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Martin Secker & Warburg, publishers, London, 1965. hardcover, 7¼" x 10½", with dust jacket. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering with usual stamps, stickers, etc.GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket. Here is Richard S Lewis's definitive history of the world's last land frontier (after two personal trips to Antarcticia). Although the first explorers to set foot on the seventh continent found that it had nothing to offer greedy exploitation, the remote white world continues to challenge heroic men. The International Geophysical Year brought modern technology and teamwork to bear on the mysteries of the continent's structure and geological history. Over 80 photos, maps and drawings; references & index.