Man and the Conquest of the Poles Translated from the French by Scott Sullivan
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. Tall octavo, bottle-green cloth, spine embossed with silver lettering, viii, 306 pp., illustrated endpapers, 14 double-sided black-and-white plates included. Spine ends a little bumped, spine and top edge of text block have a few pale red spots, light foxing on leaves throughout, otherwise a very good copy. First English edition. A detailed history of man's quest to conquer the earth's poles, beginning with the voyages of Pytheas of Massalia in fourth century BC to the 1959-exploits of The Skate, the first submarine to make a completely submerged transatlantic crossing and the first to surface at the North Pole. Item #4628
Price (AUD): $40.00