'BIRDIE' BOWERS OF THE ANTARCTIC.

Seaver, George

Verlag: John Murray, London, 1938

Beschreibung

1st Edition; Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, xxxiii, 270 pages, 13 plates including frontispiece, (1 double-page reproduced from South Polar Times) 2 maps (1 folding) Original covers in RARE price clipped pictorial dust jacket. Gift Ink inscription on front end paper dated 1938. Dust jacket nibbled, odd small pieces missing, contents clean and bright. "About half the book deals with Bowers Antarctic trip. Extensive quotations from other sources, primarily Cherry-Garrard s Worst Journey . . . (in which much of Bowers Pole Trip diary was first published) and much from Bowers weekly letters home. The letters are not easily found elsewhere." Conrad, Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration. "As the troubles have thickened about us his dauntless spirit ever shone brighter and he remained cheerful, hopeful and indomitable to the end." R. F. Scott. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 491. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 491

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 'BIRDIE' BOWERS OF THE ANTARCTIC.

Verlag: John Murray, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1938

Einband: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: First Edition.