Verlag: Penguin, 1938
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1938. 310 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Verlag: London, The Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 244 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original beige cloth binding with lettering to the spine against a blue label. First edition thus.
Verlag: Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Fair. 1953. First Edition Thus. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages have medium tanning and light foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.
Verlag: VANGUARD LIBRARY EDITION, LONDON, 1953
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. WITH 244 PAGES , BEIGE CLOTH , HARD COVER , GILT LETTERED , NO MARKINGS , SOME UNIFORM TANNING THROUGHOUT O/W VERY GOOD WITH NO MARKINGS ,
Verlag: Penguin Books
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
paperback (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Verlag: Penguin, 1938
Anbieter: christopher heppa, Chelmsford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An early Penguin first edition, being number 133, in the Travel and Adventure series, in cerise covers. A sound VG copy, no loss, spine just slightly sunned.
Verlag: Chatto & Windus, 1934
Anbieter: Orbit Books, Hexham, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Condition: Ex Library copy with the usual stamps. Good. 1934. First Edition 291 pages. 48 pages of plates and a map. No dust jacket. Green cloth, leather spine with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Rough-cut pages.Moderate foxing and tanning to pages.
Verlag: 'Penguin Books' '1938', 1938
Anbieter: Allyouneedisbooks Ltd, Westbury, WILTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
'133'. Zustand: 'good'. 'good Penguin books 1938 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse'.
Verlag: Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Fair. 1953. First Edition Thus. 244 pages. No dust jacket. Brown patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor scuffing to boards. Visible wear marks to boards.
Verlag: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1938
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
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Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. No Jacket. First Penguin. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed, paperstock tanned, spine sunned; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 310, [10 (pubs. cat., last blank)]. A very good copy. [Neate C32].
Verlag: Penguin, Harmondswortth, 1938
Anbieter: Garden City Books, Herts, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1938 Penguin First Edition number 133 in the Travel and Adventure Series.An account of the preparation for a Greenland trek during which the leader, Gino Watkins, was drowned whilst out kayaking. The book, which is named in his honour, is also important for an early use of the word "anorak".Interior clean, devoid of inscriptions, marks, tears or folds. All pages tight within binding. Covers clean and unscuffed.UK shipping offer : any six Penguins combined to one postage of £3.50, postage will be reduced at checkout.
Verlag: Penguin Books, 1938
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1938. No edition remarks. 310 pages. Dust jacket over paperback book with pictorial cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and mild foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate water staining to panels. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.
Verlag: Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1953. First Issued. 244 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth. Light foxing and heavy tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.
Verlag: Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Good. 1953. First Edition Thus. 244 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Clipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Verlag: Penguin, 1938
Anbieter: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Rare Penguin Hardback title. Clean tight copy with no inscriptions. .
Verlag: London: The Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Chapman, Spencer. Watkins' last expedition / with an introduction by Augustine Courtauld. London: The Vanguard Library, 1953. The Vanguard Library ; No.14. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Textured brown cloth, rubbed to spine, with a few small blemishes. Gilt lettering to spine inside a blue text box. Binding strong. Tanning to edges of endpapers. "1/-" in biro to ffep along with a small date stamp. 244pp. + publisher advertisements. Edges of page block lightly tanned; contents clean and bright. Frederick Spencer Chapman, DSO & Bar, ED (10 May 1907 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. Chapman was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to Gino Watkins' 193031 British Arctic Air Route Expedition. Expedition members included John Rymill and Augustine Courtauld. He also joined Watkins' subsequent fatal Greenland Expedition of 193233, which was led by Rymill after Watkins' death. Chapman experienced cold of such intensity that he lost all his finger and toe nails. He spent twenty hours in a storm at sea in his kayak and at one point fell into a deep crevasse, saving himself by holding onto the handles of his dog sled. He later led a three-man team across the desolate Greenland ice-cap. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Verlag: Chatto and Windus Ltd., 1934
Anbieter: Book Emporium 57, Ottawa, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 291 pgs. 1st Edition; Illustrated with 48 black & white plates on glossy paper, 2 maps (1 folding). Green cloth covers= Samaritan Club sticky label on front (see pic) with gilt lettering on spine, no dust jacket. Sanatorium stamp on front paste-down and first page. Deckle edge paper. Narrative of Gino Watkins last expedition to East Greenland, 1932-33 where he died so tragically. No highlighting, notations or underlining.
Verlag: The Vanguard Library, 1953
Anbieter: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition Thus. All books outside UK sent airmail and over£30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected. First edition thus. With an introduction by Augustine Courtauld. Original patterned cloth in pictorial dust wrapper designed by Edward Bawden.With a Vignette by Biro. Pages browned. Small 8vo size.
Verlag: Penguin Books
Anbieter: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
London, 1934. XV,291 pp. 48 plts & 1 map. Cloth, soiled.
Verlag: Penguin, 1938
Anbieter: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher - Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1938. 1st Penguin edition in original pink and white card wraps. With an introduction by Augustine Courtauld. Marks to spine, small tear to top of spine, corners slightly curled. Pages browned. Several full page b/w illustrations. Interesting account of an expedition to Greenland.
Verlag: England : Penguin Books, 1938
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
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1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Now protected in a plastic sleeve. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. Watkins -- History of aviation. Expeditions: 1932-33 Watkins. Arctic Regions - expeditions. 1 Kg.
Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60138761: 1938. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 310 pages. Photo en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de photos et cartes en noir et blanc hors texte. Jaquette abîmée. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Verlag: Penguin Books, 1938
Anbieter: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Penguin Books 1938, first thus. Softcover. Tanning to page margins. Binding firm. Book appears unread. Includes a dust jacket, with minor foxing, price unclipped, in fine condition. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Penguin, UK, 1938
Anbieter: Anytime Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. The classic account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition. pp,310.ads. Illus. Travel and Adventure No. 133. Spine sunned. Unread.
Verlag: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1938
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Digitalis, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First edition in Penguin Books, 310, (10) pp., stiff paper wrappers. Age toning and wear on wrappers, good copy. Photo's in black/whte. 18 x 11 cm.
London, 1934. XV,291 pp. Plts. Hardcover.
Verlag: England : Penguin Books, 1938
Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
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1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Now protected in a plastic sleeve. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 256 p 18 cm. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Watkins, Henry George 1907-1932. Watkins -- History of aviation. Expeditions: 1932-33 Watkins. Arctic Regions - expeditions. 1 Kg.
Verlag: Chatto & Windus, 1934
Anbieter: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. II1) Green cloth boards with gilt spine tiles. Fading and darkening to edges. Spine is slightly darkened with some wear to head and heel. Greyed top edge. Foxed lower and foredge. Prelims are yellowed with some very faint foxing otherwise contents are generally unmarked. Well-bound volume.
Verlag: Chatto and Windus, 1934
Anbieter: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Cloth. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition; xv, (2), 291pages, illustrated 48 b/w plates, 2 maps (1 folding). Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, no dustjacket. Narrative of Gino Watkins last expedition to East Greenland, 1932-33 where he died so tragically. Covers lightly maked, very slight foxing, contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3260. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.