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Pen & Sword Books. Used - Very Good. 2011. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing . This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's blue cloth in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket which has just one tiny 4mm chip to the bottom edge of the rear dust-jacket inner flap.Not Price clipped.This copy has no previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely clean tight copy.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Great copy for the collectorand profusely illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white,Large and Heavy 4to with some extra postage required,4to 536pp First Edition 1st Impression [2011] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 2011.

Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Small Quarto, 7.5 x 10 in., pp. viii + 536. Richly illustrated with color and black and white drawings, photographs, and maps. Signed by author to label card on title page. Sky-blue boards with silver title to spine. Protected in mylar. "Antarctica is surrounded by some of the world's most hazardous seas and was first sighted less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged in Antarctic waters, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs, and disease. This is the story of these ships - some specially designed, some plucked from obscurity - and the critical role they played in opening up the continent. With technical information, plans, photos, paintings and maps Rorke Bryan begins the detailed information about the ships - from the earliest sightings of the 15th century up to the tourist ships and sophisticated reinforced research vessels of today into a single… Ler mais

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Sheridan House, 2011-10-17. First American Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

Sheridan House, 2011-10-17. First American Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Seaforth Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. 1st Edition; 536 pages with colour and b/w photos, diagrams & colour maps throughout. Original covers unclipped pictorial dust jacket. As new, appears unread. Detailed information about the ships that have braved the Antarctic from earliest to modern times. Antarctica is surrounded by some of the world s most hazardous seas and was first sighted less than three centuries ago. Since then, hundreds of ships have voyaged in Antarctic waters, challenged by poorly charted waters, storms, pack ice, icebergs, and disease. This is the story of these ships some specially designed, some plucked from obscurity and the critical role they played in opening up the continent. With technical information, plans, photos, paintings and maps Rorke Bryan begins the detailed information about the ships from the earliest sightings of the 15th century up to the tourist ships and sophisticated reinforced research vessels of today… Ler mais

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Bryan, Rorke, 2011. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 536 pp.: illustrations (some color), color maps, plans ; 25 cm. Contents; First encounters with the Southern Ocean -- Into the ice with Resolution -- The South Sheltland 'Seal Rush' and the 'First' discovery of Antarctica -- The threshold of the Continent -- The dawn of the 'Heroic Age' -- Nationalism and the Antarctic 'Exploration Rush' -- Triumph and tragedy: the race to the South Pole -- The aftermath of the South Polar obsession -- Commercial whaling and territorial claims -- The changing role of ships -- A new era in a 'Continent for Science' -- Whalers, scientists and tourist. Subjects; Ships Antarctica History. Naval architecture History. Scientific expeditions Antarctica. Boats for hunting and fishing. Whaling vessels Sea transport.