Antarctic Isle by Niall Rankin - 1951

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 383 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographs. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1951. No edition stated. 383 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to mapped front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, tape, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

Very good with slight bump to lower spine. Owner's name to FEP. Extensively illustrated in b/w. Dustcover with minor marks and edgewear. Foxing to back cover of dustcover.

London: Collins, 1951. Hardcover. 8vo, 384pp, 95 photo plates, ills in text, 3 maps. Blue cloth w/ gilt, pic. dj, vg+. Spence 958. Headland 1908. Tales of a small summer expedition to study and photograph the penguins, elephant seals and the great wandering albatross of S. Georgia. By sailing in his 42 foot motor yacht, on of the smallest craft to penetrate the waters of the South Polar region, Rankin was able to visit and photograph little-known bays and inlets.

London: Collins, 1951. 1st ed. thus. Near Fine. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 383pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., ep maps, appends., bibliog., index, Minimal chips to unclipped dust jacket o/w nice copy