Expedition South.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (corners bumped, bottom of spine lightly worn, small dampstain in margin). London: Travel Book Club, n.d. Author was a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Expedition, Hope Bay, 1954-6. More
ANTARCTICA
Whaler's Eye.
London: Macmillan, 1964. Illustrated throughout. Tall 8vo, cloth. London: Macmillan, 1964. A Chief Chemist's memoir of 20 years whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. More
A Map of the South Pole, with the track of his Majestys' Sloop Resolution in Search of a Southern Continent
London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1755. Map. Engraving. Measures 8 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches. Fascinating map of the Southern Hemisphere, published in Gentlemen's Magazine in 17776. The chart traces Cook's search for the southern continent, circling but not reaching Antarctica, with the southern portion of South American, the Cape of Good Hope, and New Zealand shown. Dampstains and margins cropped with repairs to right margin. The Gentleman's Magazine, founded by Edward Cave of London in 1731, was the first to use..... More
Northern Hemisphere / Southern Hemispere
Boston: Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel, 1835. Map. Engraving with original hand outline coloring. Image measures 10" x 7.75". Unusual polar projection world map with wonderful joined design. Australia is still called New Holland. T.G. Bradford (1802-1887) was a Boston based publisher. He worked as assistant editor of the American Encyclopedia before entering the field of map making. More
Discovery; The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
New York: Putnam, 1935. illus. 405pp. 8vo, cloth; (spine faded and lightly spotted, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Putnam, 1935. More
Discovery; The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
New York: Putnam, 1935. Illustrations and maps. 405pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards (spine slightly concave as is typical). N.Y.: Putnam, 1935. Limited First Edition. Number 122 of 500 copies on rag paper, signed by Byrd. Fine, lacking publisher's board slipcase. More
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole.
New York: Putnam, 1930. 74 Illustrations and maps. 422 pages. Tall thick 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded and with one spot, small ring stain on front cover, rear paper hinge cracked. New York: Putnam, 1930. First edition. A good copy. More
The Crystal Desert; Summers in Antarctica
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Very good. More
The Worst Journey in the World.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. 4 maps. 613pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Barnes & Noble, (2004). Very good. More
A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere showing the tracks of some of the most distinguished Navigators
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 22" x 21 1/4". London: W. Stahan and T. Cadell, 1777. This incredibly detailed polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere was compiled by Captain James Cook after his famous second voyage to the region. It depicts the coastlines of Australia, New Zealand, and other Southeast Asian and South Pacific islands, in addition to Madagascar and parts of Africa and South America. Most notably, the map includes detailed..... More
Planisfero Del Mondo Vecchio; C.1691 Coronelli Map of the Eastern Hemisphere
Venice: Vincenzo Coronelli. Map. Engraving with hand color. Sheet measures 19.5" x 26.25". This lovely map of the Eastern Hemisphere was issued by Vincenzo Coronelli in circa 1691. The map covers the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia in detail and includes the discoveries made by Abel Tasman in Australia. The map is cartographically based on Coronelli's large gores from 1688, which were themselves derived from the manuscript globes constructed for Louis XI in 1683. An early mapping of..... More
The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau; (Volume 16): The White Caps.
many color illus. 4to, boards, d.w. N.Y.: World, (1974). vg. More
Zum Kontinent des Eisigen Sudens; Deutsche Sudpolarexpedition, Fahreten und Forschungen des "Gauss," 1901-1903.
Berlin: Reimer, 1904. 21 folding maps and plates, 400 text illustrations. 668pp. thick 4to, gray cloth backed pictorial boards; (ex-lib). Berlin, 1904. First edition. Very good. "valuable scientific results were obtained." J.N.L. Baker. More
Antarctic Adventure; The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58
New York: Dutton, 1961. Illustrated with a few in color. 8vo, blue cloth, pictorial d.w. New York: Dutton, (1961). First Edition. Top edge spotty, still a very good(+) copy. More
The White Desert; The Official Account of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (paint on front cover and d.w.). N.Y.: Dutton, 1955. More
North and South polar projections
Nuremburg: 1666. Map. Engraving, sheet measures 11 x 11 1/4, octagon image 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Light folds as issued but otherwise in good condition. Beautiful twin hemispheres maps on a north and south polar projection printed on separate sheets. Fine equatorial scales and ships tie the design together in this unusual set. North and south magnetic poles are noted on the North east tip of Asia and south-west of Tierra del Fuego. First printed on a smaller..... More
Snow, Ice and Penguins: A Cavalcade of Antarctic Adventures
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1950. 417 pages. 8vo, light blue boards, worn at extremities; dust wrapper, price clipped, a few chips. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1950). A very good(-) copy, corners and spine frayed, in a good dust wrapper. In the words of the explorers themselves, tells the epic of Antarctic adventure from the first recorded sixteenth-century voyage to Commander Finn Rome's expedition of 1946-1948. More
South of Zero; The Journal of John Hale Meredith while with the Clark-Jamison Antarctic Expedition of 191- to 191-
New York: Harper, 1931. Ed. by M. I. Ross. Color Frontis., b/w Illus. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth soiled, ex-lib, lettering on spine faded, spine sunned. New York: Harper, 1931. More
The Lonely South.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (corners bumped). London: Travel Book Club, n.d. More
Whaling, North and South.
New York: Century, 1926. Illus. 8vo, original green cloth, spine toned to tan, spine ends worn, ex-lib with usual markings. New York: Century, (1926). More
Waiting to Fly; My Escapades with the Penguins of Antarctica.
color illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled). N.Y.: Morrow, (1999). Presentation copy. More
Ice Bound; A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Talk Miramax Books, (2001). More
Au Pole Antarctique
Paris: Flammarion, 1910. Traduit par Charles Rabot. 105 illustrations. xii, 403pp with text in French. 8vo, handsomely rebound in older 1/2 red morocco over marbled boards with original wrappers bound-in. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, (no date, circa 1910). A very good(+) copy. More
South Latitude.
illus. 8vo, cloth; (head of spine and edges of corners lightly worn, spine crudely rebacked with tape). London: Longmans, (1940). More
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.
New York: Viking, 2003. Illustrated. xxv + 452 pages, 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. (New York): Viking, (2003). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More