The Worst Journey in the World

Some fading and a few marks and stains to spine and boards. Front free endpaper torn out. Previous owner's rubber name stamp. Front hinge split at gutter between pages xvi and xvii. Moderate patchy foxing to preliminary leaves and last few leaves at rear. ; One volume edition. April 1937 reprint of the 1937 one volume edition, of a title first published in 1922. lxiv, 1-300, 300A-300D, 301-585, [3 (blank)] pages + 10 black and white plates + 4 folding maps. Light blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 221 x 142mm. This edition has two prefaces, dated 1923 and 1937. "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised." - from the Introduction, page xvii.

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Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Year: (1937)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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