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Explorations Great Moments of Discovery from the Royal Geographic Society
New York City, Artisan. 2002, 1st edition. Or. Wrappers. 4to, 340 pages, with beautiful illustrations in colour and black/white."Explorations" captures in photographs and interviews the expeditions and emotions of some of the most daring adventurers of the last century. Includes essays by Sir Edmund Hillary, Richard Leakey, Ranulph T-W-Fiennes, Wilfred Thesiger, Christina Dodwell, and John Hemming. Some of the pictures recall historic moments in time--Scott finding Amundsen's empty tent at the South Pole, Tenzing Norgay photographed by Hillary on the peak of Everest, the ferryman who took David Livingstone across the river on the last day of his life. Other pictures are remarkable as records of vanished or vanishing peoples, or simply as beautiful pieces of art.Exciting, heavy book, very suitable as a present. AS NEW.
Antiquariaat Jacob E. van RullerProfessional sellerBook number: 6590
€ 20.00 [Appr.: US$ 23.47 | £UK 17.5 | JP„ 3453]
Catalogue: Travel/Voyage/Reizen
Keywords: Geographic Society/Travel/Photography/Ethnography
High Adventure
London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket , foxing, top quarter of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, otherwise VG. Very Good/No Jacket.
Fortuna BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 006490
NZD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 15.05 | £UK 11.25 | JP„ 2214]
Catalogue: Travel & Exploration
Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic
High Adventure
London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. lacks dust jacket, mild foxing, light handling soiling to boards, spine titling dulled, otherwise VG, first edition first impression, 224pp + plates, maps and colour frontis. Very Good/No Jacket.
Fortuna BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 007190
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Catalogue: Travel & Exploration
Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic
High Adventure
London, Hodder. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: George Djurkouic. head of fep trimmed off, blind bookseller frank to bottom of fep, light age toning to closed edges, unclipped DW has a few short edge tears, corners chipped or split etc, otherwise VG. Very Good/Good.
Fortuna BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 010284
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Catalogue: Travel & Exploration
Keywords: Everest Hillary Mountaineering Climbing George Djurkouic
High in the Thin Cold Air
Garden City, Doubleday. 1962, First Edition/First Print. Hardcover. Book, PAGEDGE SOIL/BROWNING,SOME BOARDEDGE WEAR. DW SHOWS GENERAL RUBBING/EDGEWEAR.SEVERAL CLOSED SHORT TEARS. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Very Good +/Good.
Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 003026
USD 15.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 | £UK 11.5 | JP„ 2280]
No Latitude for Error
London, Hodder. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket with light wear to edges and corners, handling soiling, book unmarked, 255pp+ plates, the Transantarctic Expedition led by Hillary. Very Good/Very Good.
Fortuna BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 007847
NZD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 15.05 | £UK 11.25 | JP„ 2214]
Catalogue: Travel & Exploration
Keywords: Edmund Hillary Antarctica South Pole Expedition First Edition Transantarctic Expedition
De l'océan jusqu'au ciel. La remontée du gange en bateau jet du delta jusqu'aux contreforts de l'Himalaya._
BUCHET CHASTEL, 1981, in-8. broché, Paris, bon. 287p
Les routes du globeProfessional sellerBook number: H18111-071
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Keywords: inde, himalaya,
Indigenous peoples and protected areas: the law of mother
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, ©1993., 1993. xix, 296 pages: color illustrations, color map;Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.; gebonden - bound - hard cover; met stofomslag - with dust wrappers - dust jacket. trefwoorden: Indigenous peoples.., Nature conservation.., Environmental policy.., Indigenous peoples Africa.., Indigenous peoples Asia.., Indigenous peoples South and Central America.., Indigenous peoples Europe.., Indigenous peoples North America.., Environment Conservation Conservation areas.., Inheemse volken.., Natuurbehoud.., Conservation Role of Tribes Zeer goed.
De KantlijnProfessional sellerBook number: 72984
€ 15.00 [Appr.: US$ 17.6 | £UK 13.25 | JP„ 2590]
Catalogue: Etnografie of volkerenkunde
Keywords: Recht rechtspraak en orde 9780871564511
The Crossing Of Antarctica - The Commonwealth Trans - Antarctic Expedition 1955 - 58
Cassell, 1960, 1st edition thus. Paperback, G+. 320pp, 8pp colour & 32pp b/w plates, 10 b/w maps, index, pages a little tanned, a nice copy. Penguin 1489. Paperback , no dustjacket.
¶ Classic account of the 1955-58 expedition which drove its way across Antarctica.
¶ Classic account of the 1955-58 expedition which drove its way across Antarctica.
Eastleach BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 55704
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Keywords: antarctica, travel, exploration, polar
The Crossing of Antarctica the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition 1955-1958
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Absolutely fascinating account of the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Book in light blue full cloth covers and dotted throughout with photos and maps. DJ bears light staining and chipped all along both edges but intact and in mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good+ in Fair dust jacket .
Bluebird BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 71146
USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 14.25 | JP„ 2795]
Keywords: >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure
The Crossing of Antarctica the Commonwealth Trans- Antarctic Expedition 1955- 1958.
London: Cassell, 1958. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit faded. Gift inscription to half-title page. ; Expedition leader Fuchs and his eleven charges set out to cross the last unexplored continent, Antarctica, with Everest co-conqueror Edmund Hillary as support party, crossing from the other direction; Color Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages. Very Good.
The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional sellerBook number: 20380
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.75 | £UK 22.25 | JP„ 4414]
Catalogue: Polar Exploration
The Crossing of Antarctica: the commonwealth trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958.
Boston, Little Brown, (1958). 1st Amer ed. VG. Edges of covers and spine faded.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS001318I
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.5 | £UK 13.5 | JP„ 2648]
Catalogue: Travel
The crossing of Antarctica. the commonwealth trans-antarctic expedition 1955-58
CASSELL, 1958, in-8. reliure d'éditeur, jaquette de protection illustrée, Londres, trčs bon. [3]ff+xvp+[3]p+337+ [3]p + [32]ff de photographies.
¶ spence 490, renard 567. édition originale
¶ spence 490, renard 567. édition originale
Les routes du globeProfessional sellerBook number: F2879-085
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Catalogue: Antarctique
Keywords: Antarctique
The crossing of Antarctica
Cassell, 1958.1st edition .Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.Jacket with small tears and spots. In English.1.0 kg.
Acanthophyllum BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 39071
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 8.11 | JP„ 1194]
Catalogue: Travel
The crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Third edition.
London, Cassell, 1959. Cloth (spine foxed). With many photograhic illustrations (several in colours). XV,338 pp. The 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South Pole overland for 46 years, preceded only by Amundsen's and Scott's respective parties in 1911 and 1912. - (Some foxing). Headland 2142; Spence 491; Conrad p.394.
Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)Professional sellerBook number: 3802
€ 33.00 [Appr.: US$ 38.72 | £UK 28.75 | JP„ 5697]
Keywords: Antarctic Pole