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Vanguard, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1938 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].. First Penguin. Soft Cover. VG/No Jacket.

Vanguard Library, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 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.

Vanguard Library, 1953. Hardcover. Good/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.

"Watkins' Last Expedition" by F. Spencer Chapman. With an Introduction by Augustine Courtauld. London: The Vanguard Library (Chatto & Windus in association with William Heinemann Ltd.), [1953]. pp. 244. Hardcover, tan cloth, with gilt title on blue label, on spine (top of spine worn, 1 corner bent, dark top edge, heavy tanning to pages throughout, but otherwise clean & unmarked). d.j. (soiled, edges worn, few nicks, few small pieces missing, small hole on back cover, price on front cover).Good condition.Size: 7 1/8" x 4 1/2" (18cm x 11.5cm).

Chatto and Windus, 1934. 1934 First Edition. hardcover. xv, 291pp, original blue cloth, sunning to spine, corners rounded, owner's signature, near VG, no dustwrapper.. Account of a meteorological expedition to East Greenland in 1932 and the death of Gino Watkins.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Penguin Books, 1938. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 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.

Chatto and Windus, 1934. Cloth. 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.

London: Chatto & Windus. G+ : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Slight edge darkeneing to cover. 1934. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 291pp. 48 plates and map. Introduction by Augustine Courtauld. .

Chatto and Windus. London. 1934. Chatto and Windus. London. 1934. First edition. No DW. Hardback. Original turquoise cloth, spine faded to a greyish colour. Large 8vo. 290 pages. 48 plates, mainly photographs and large folding map. Prelims, some margins and outer edges of pages foxed. A very clean and fresh copy apart from this.

London.: Penguin Books Limited.. Reprint.. 1938.. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 310pp + 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Rebound Penguin paperback in half cloth with marbled paper covered boards Text block browned throughout especially at the edges, blurbs from the book pasted on the front fixed and free endpapers, and signed "Ever Yours F. Spencer Chapman". Newspaper clipping titled "Conqueror of Chomulhari" laid down lower free endpaper. Upper hinge cracked. Originally printed in 1934 this Penguin edition was published in 1938 and is signed by the author. 'This is the story of the Watkins' East Greenland Expedition, 1932-33, during which the leader lost his life, with an account of the sledge and boat journeys in the Angmagssalik region, descriptions of the East Greenlanders, kayaking, hunting and dog sledging.' .

Chatto & Windus, 1934. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (9½ x 6¼ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth, top edge green (top edge faded and some light bumping at corners - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (rather chipped and rubbed at head of spine and creasing at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xv + 290, illus with folding map and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this illustrated account of Gino Watkins's fatal East Greenland Expedition, enclosed in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of British Army Officer Freddie Spencer Chapman's account of the ill-fated 1932-33 Greenland Expedition led by twenty-five year old explorer Henry 'Gino' Watkins.Following the discovery of Watkins' empty kayak, Chapman led a three man team across the desolate Greenland ice cap. The first to do this since Fridtjof Nansen, Chapman experienced cold of such intensity that he lost all his finger and toe nails.Watkins's body was never found.Enclosed in the original scarce dust wrapper. Illustrated with one folding map, one further map, and forty-eight photographic plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound, with some shelf wear to the boards. Some light tidemarks to the front board and some light… Read More