New York: Knopf, 1999. Filled with black-and-white photographs. 212 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. A near fien copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Very good. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. 4 maps. 613pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Barnes & Noble, (2004). Very good. More
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
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
many color illus. 4to, boards, d.w. N.Y.: World, (1974). vg. More
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
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
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (paint on front cover and d.w.). N.Y.: Dutton, 1955. More
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
New York: Johnson & Browning, 1861. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 24 1/2" x 17". New York: 1861. Beautiful map of the continent extending from Gulf of Mexico to the South Shetland Islands. Includes black and white view of Cape Horn and paths and dates of historical explorations. Some splitting along centerfold, reinforced with archival tape. Otherwise in very good condition. A dark, crisp impression with vibrant hand-colored outlines. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the..... More
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
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
illus. 8vo, cloth; (corners bumped). London: Travel Book Club, n.d. More
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
color illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled). N.Y.: Morrow, (1999). Presentation copy. More
New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Talk Miramax Books, (2001). More
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
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
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