Search Results: sir hubert wilkins by thomas lowell

mcgraw hill, , 1961 . very good book very good jacket ex-library

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. VG/VG- Prev. Owner Name FFEP. DJ Lightly Edgeworn. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Pages: 297.. 1961. Hardcover..

McGraw-Hill Book Co. NY, 1961. no additional printings listed . Hardcover. near fine/very good. NOT an ex library book. 296 pages. Dust jacket has 1/4" chip top of spine, some rubbing on edges, price is not clipped.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, 1961. 1st not stated. Discarded Library Book. Hardbound. 8vo. 5 Pgs + Pattern.. VG. Sir Hubert Wilkins, His World of Adventure by Lowell Thomas. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Co Inc, New York, NY, 1961. 1st Edition (Not Stated). No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG. Discarded Library Book. 296 Pgs. LCCN 61-16533. Illustrated with photographs. Description text copyright 2001 BooksForComfort. Item ID 3171.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Previous owner's stamp on the front fly else fine in very good dustwrapper with water damage to the rear panel, a piece of the foot missing, and attempted tape repairs of some of the tears.

New york: McGraw-Hill, 1961. First edition . Hardcover. Very good/Torn and worn. 8vo. pp.297, torn and worn dust jacket

mcgraw hill, , hardcover. 1961, fine book in a very good -fine dust jacket , some edge creases, tiny chips

Arthur Barker Limited, London, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 1st Edition; 278 pages, illustrated, b/w photographs. Original hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers have remnants of old Sellotape, covers slightly faded top and bottom of spine. Contents clean. Biography of the polar explorer, who went on expeditions with Stefansson and Shackleton and made pioneering air flights in both the Arctic and Antarctic. George Hubert Wilkins (1888 - 1958), was an Australian-born British explorer who advanced the use of the airplane and pioneered the use of the submarine for polar research, exploring both poles. Written from Wilkins diaries and notes. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2891. .

Quarter bound with faux marble design and teal blue. Black and white lettering on spine. Binding tight, pages unmarked. Very clean. DJ is is good condition, with minor chipping scuffing, and edge wear. Crease on front cover and one closed tear on upper spine. Mylar protected.

Thomas, Lowell. Sir Hubert Wilkins. His World of Adventure. London. Arthur Barker 1962. 8vo, 1st UK Edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper, pp278, 28 blanck and white illustrations on 8 leaves. Dustwrapper chipped with a little loss to front. Binding and all pages tight, bright and clean. Wilkins undertook the first flight over antarctica, and in command of the Submarine Nautilus made the first voyage beneath polar ice. An interesting perspective on Polar exploration.

A. Barker, 1962. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.5x6in]; 296 pp., [1], 28 black and white images; Pale blue cloth back strip on patterned gray paper boards, white and black ink lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with blue, white and red lettering on front and spine, blue tinted image of Wilkins on front and narratives of author and reviews on back; Minimal shelf wear, inscription on front end paper signed by Lady Suzanne Wilkins, tipped in in news paper article that was taped to back end paper; Some edge chips and wear to dust jacket, price clipped, rubbing and fading to spine and edges. Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958), an Australian, was one of the last great heroes of the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration in the early 1900's. In 1913, he was selected by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to be the photographer on the Karluk to explore the Arctic Beaufort Sea area. He was part of the British Expedition to Antarctic Graham Land in 1920-21, which, of… Read More

McGraw-Hill. hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. Signed by Author. 'HERE'S TO YOU, MATE! LET'S HAVE ANOTHER EXPEDITION! THE ONE WITH YOU WAS GREAT. LOWELL