Innes, Hammond
The White South

Imprint: London, Fontana, 1971
Edition: 11th Impression.
Binding: Paperback, No Jacket

12mo, 256 pages, damage to the front cover, pages edges browned., Good

Stock number: 009201.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Gravity Books

£ 0.90 (approx. $US 1.17 )

INNES, Hammond
The White South

Imprint: Collins, 1949
Edition: First Edition

A fine copy in a vg++ d.we., shallow chipping spine ends, closed split head rear flapfold.

Stock number: 73539.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Collectors Treasury

$US 40.00

INNES**, HAMMOND:
The White South.

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS+Book Soc,1949.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.Owner's name to THE BOOK SOCIETY brown+white illustrated bookplate pasted to front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Protected dw/dj,but with creasing to rear top edge,with minimal chipping and loss to head of spine/backstrip.Closed tears(2),no loss to bottom edge dw/dj.About 2" loss of dw/dj to foot of spine/backstrip,up to and just beneath the BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE roundel /logothe,the remainder of the spine/backstrip being lightly darkened.Top edges coloured with slight fade to headband area,fore-edges lightly and sporadically foxed/spotted,bottom edges deckled (untrimed),slight foxing to tops of prelims to half-title page; contents bright, tight,solid and sound with minimal foxing to body text - no dog-ear reading creases to any ages corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered - exception of front lower corner with corner tip pushing - spine/ backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn, 8-319pp [paginated includes 3 sections comprising Disaster in the Antarctic,the story/account and The Survivors; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a Contents list/table. Thriller novel by British writer Hammond Innes, set on a whaling factory ship Southern Cross operating in the Antarctic Ocean which is ccaught and crushed by the polar ice and abandoned.An unsucessful rescue mission is called off.As the whaling stations in South Georgia close down for the Antarctic winter,two battered lifeboats sail into the harbour..The White South is the story of that tragedy.Told by Duncan Craig,an ex-naval officer who became a whaler by accident rather than by designHis is the epic story of the indomitable courage and endurance of a handful of English and Norwegians plunged through unforeseen circumstances into a fight with the pitiless forces of nature in the frozen south. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1220. ISBN: No ISBN.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

Innes, Hammond
The White South

Imprint: Fontana, 1978
Binding: Softback

16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. Thanks for looking. Book Condition: Good +. Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Stock number: 007979.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Wally's Books

$US 1.99