152pp, 47pp black and white photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Sun faded spine, bumped ends. Lightly bumped corners. Stains and coiling to covers. Text block edges tanned. Ex Air Ministry library copy with stamps on front free endpaper and verso of frontispiece. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo.
Rare hardback which charts the mammoth journey with the help of 74 illustrations.