The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 by Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hilary - 1958

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Heavy foxing to textblock edges. Pencil inscription to mapped front free endpaper and pen to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing and some water spotting.

London: Cassell & Co.. 1958. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has somevtape marks near top of spine where previous onwer repaired small tears - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A few very small tape stains to endpapers. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 338pages.. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Cassell, 1958 First Edition. Maps as endpapers. Many full page photo illustrations - many in color. Some erratic foxing here and there. Nice dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good condition..