HARDBACK, “UNCOMMON,” SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 2010* Publisher: Editions Place des Victoires.* Binding and cover condition: Landscape format. Dark blue cloth, light blue title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear lower edges and to tail of spine. FINE* Jacket condition: Black and white photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing a sailing ship trapped in the ice, white titles to spine with blue & white titles to face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to front of cover. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (turquoise). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slightly dusty to top-edge, no other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, line drawings maps & diagrams within text throughout to virtually every page.* Pages: 568 pp. text.* Description: Following a general introduction, this book is divided into two sections, the first on The North Pole and the second on The South Pole. From the conquest and the first expeditions to the North in 1818 and the South in 1839 both by different explorers named Ross, this book follows the intriguing history of Polar exploration and illustrates it with numerous plates, photographs and maps. It covers the rivalry, the camaraderie and the international competition & co-operation which underlies that history. It brings the reader up to date on exploration in these inhospitable climes in the present day and mentions the changes which are taking place in the ice-sheets at the poles. The text is in 3 languages, English, German and Dutch.* A FINE copy of the 1st edition with absolutely minimal shelf wear in a FINE protected dust jacket.* 

A large, heavy item which will incur extra postage charges for overseas buyers.*