Author: Frank Illingworth
Title: Men Against the Arctic: The Adventures of Men Who Live and Die in the Polar Regions
Description: Bath , Venturebooks Limited , 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume dedicated to Polar explorers, by Frank Illingworth, a bright copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. Frank Illingworth explores the story of the people who has battled against the hardships of the polar regions, telling of rescues, igloo nights, Greenland, hunting, explores who vanished, and more. The first edition, a scarce copy in all editions. With the unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1952. The dust wrapper is unclipped and rather worn, with some shelf wear and chipping to the spine and extremities, a minor loss to the head of the spine and a closed tear to the upper joint, amateurly tape repaired externally to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very clean though browned, as usual due to the type of paper used. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates. Collated, complete.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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