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By: Aldridge, Don
Price: $25.00
Publisher: East Lothian, Tuckwell Press, Ltd.: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18195
ISBN: 1862320705
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Top back corner lightly bumped ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 9.21 X 6.30 X 1.02 inches; 215 pages; "This book explores the reasons for the building of Scott's ship Discovery in Dundee. It recounts the remarkable exploits of Dundee's ice master, Captain Harry McKay, whose experience of rescuing ships locked in pack ice with the aid of his new explosive techniques, made him the Admiralty's choice to free Scott from this fate in 1904. The author's research in Dundee, New Zealand and Australia has uncovered' unpublished material, including photogra... View more info
Price: $21.50
Publisher: London, Collins: 1948
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 18146
Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
Price clipped DJ has some shelf wear & soil with tears and chipping, corners lightly bumped. Gift notation on FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 288 pages; This revised edition has B&W photos throughout. Mountevans was second on command on Scott's ill-fated 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition. Luckily due to a bout of scurvy during the expedition resulting in his removal to England to recuperate he did not suffer the fate of Scott and his party. He survived to recount the exploits, hardships and endurance, liv... View more info
By: Trechnikov/Treshnikov, Alexei Fedorov; V. Joukov (translator)
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Moscow, Editions en langues etrangeres: c.1960
Seller ID: 16525
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Dust jacket shows edgewear, chipping and short tears, water damage across top edge. White cloth covered boards with silver and black design show water damage to front board ; A tight solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Fold out map showing the areas of influence of the various countries and the extent of progress of the Russian expedition during the 1956-1958 period. Many B&W photos show life on the expedition and the equipment they used. Text in French; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 270 pages; Trechnikov/Treshnikov/Tryoshnikov was a Russian geographer and ... View more info