The Saga of the "Discovery" by Bernacchi, L C - 1938

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pages, indexed and illustrated. The book has been recased in library binding: marbled boars and green spine strip with gilt title and gilt Dewey number on spine. It sufferes form the usual library markings:cancelled stamp on the front end paper; small libray one on the title page; the back end paper has another cancelled stamp, library stamp and handwritten accession number plus the remnants of a date due slip and finallly a library pocket on the back paste down. Themaps on the end paper are missing, lost by the rebind as is the one titled '"Discovery's " First Voyage'. The fold out map and the ones cealing with the seasonal distribution of whales are present. The book has been read but remains a clean, unmarked and solid copy, for indeed the one advantage of library binding is that it is indestructible. First edition, not recommended for… Read More

Blackie, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit marked and worn. Soundly bound. Some tanning and library markings.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Blackie & Son. Good with no dust jacket. (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine. A couple of 1/4" tears at head and tail of spine. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. ; xv, [1], 240 pages + plates + folding map. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213mm x 132mm. "The long line of explorers of the Southern Seas extends back into Spanish days, and the work was taken up by those large-hearted Elizabethans who did really feel the 'frost and cold, the ice and snow, and whales and all that move in the waters did bless the Lord and did magnify Him for ever'. The line passes down from sailing ships to steamships until to-day we stand with the aeroplane." - the opening paragraph. ; 8vo .

London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1938. 240 pages in very good condition; outer edges and endpapers a little yellowed and foxed. With plates and maps. Front endpapers illustrated with a map; previous owner's name and address on the reverse of the ffep. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Spine faded, small stains. Light wear on corners and edges. VG-. First Edition. Hardcover. VG-.

Blackie and Son, 1938. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Fair. complete with all plates and maps. the jacket is torn and creased. foxing and markings throughout the pages. binding is intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.