Adventure from Parker's Rare Books

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. HB. Gray cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 209 pp., brown endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. In an unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket that shows light soiling. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Stated First Edition, First Printing. HB. Quarter brown and orange paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 407 pp., map endpapers. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight, remainder mark bottom of text block. In nice unclipped dust jacket. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. HB. Quarter gray cloth with black cloth covered boards, silver lettering on front cover and blue lettering on spine, 8vo, 288 pp. Illustrated with photographs. No marks in book, binding tight. In an unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket that shows edge wear and chipping. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1925. HB. Tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine and brown lettering on front cover, with illustration of an airplane on both spine and front cover, 8vo, 278 pp., tan endpapers. Top edge of text block stained brown. Account of the 1925 attempt to reach the North Pole by a team led by Amundsen and Lincoln… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. HB. Black cloth, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 256 pp. No date, but circa 1954. Illustrated with photographs and maps. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light edge wear, minor soiling edges of text block. In unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket that shows some chipping, 1/4" loss top of spine. Book condition VG… Read more about this item

New York: Norton, 1982. 1st. HB. Quarter gray cloth over gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 270 pp. Owners inscription ffep, otherwise clean book, in dust jacket that shows some browning to spine and edges, minor chipping. Slight bowing to covers. Book condition VG- in Good+ DJ.

New York: Macmillan, 1938. 1st, Stated 1st pr. HB. Blue cloth, white lettering on front cover and spine, white sailing ship on front cover, 8vo., 335 pp. Some slight soiling to covers, owners name ffep, map end papers. Remnants of dust jacket tipped in at back. Book condition VG-.

Leipzig und Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. HB. Blue illustrated cloth, 8vo, viii, 304 pp. Aus dem Norwegischen iibersetzt von M. Langfeldt, funftes bis zehntes Tausend. Owners name top of title page only marks in text. Missing ffep, front hinge cracked and loose. Covers show some edge wear and soiling. A good reading copy. Text in German. Book condition… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1994. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 246pp. Dust jacket shows the slightest of edge wear. Book condition NF in VG+ DJ.

Washington, DC: National Geographic, 1987. 1st. hb. Brown leatherette, 4to, 336pp. Dust jacket shows some shelf wear, chipping. Book condition VG, DJ Good+.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1954. 1st imp. stated. HB. Quarter brown cloth over cream cloth, 8vo., 352pp. Clean book in dust jacket with substantial wear, tears. Book condition VG in Good DJ.