The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition.
New York: Knopf, 1998. Illustrated. 212 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth-backed boards. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. A near fine copy. More
ANTARCTICA
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
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
Northern Hemisphere. Southern Hemisphere.
New York: Illman & Pilbrow, 1835. Map (diptych). Two engravings with original hand coloring. Each page measures 15" x 12 3/8". Great world map set, showing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Both sheets in very good condition, with only minor aging and a few small tears to edges. 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
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole.
New York: Putnam, 1930. 74 Illustrations and maps. 422 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded, small ring stain front cover. New York: Putnam, 1930. First edition. A very 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
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
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
Below the Convergence; Voyages toward Antarctica, 1699- 1839.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Norton, (1997). vg. 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
The Antarctic Regions
Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1932. Map. Full-color lithograph. 19.5 x 26.25 inches. Shows some light wear along original fold lines. In very good condition. Azimuthal Equidistant Projection executed by Albert Bumstead and James Darley. Appeared in the October, 1932 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Includes insets of the Antarctic Archipelago, Byrd's South Pole Flight, and King Edward VII Land and Part of Marie Byrd Land. Parts of the inset maps were constructed using aerial photographs. 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 very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Antarctica
New York: Dutton, 1978. many color plates. square 4to, cloth, d.w. lightly dust soiled, N.Y., (1978). A very good copy. More
Of Whales And Men.
illus. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1954. 1950-1 whaling expedition in the South Atlantic. More
Polar Reaches: The History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 2002. Many illustrations. 224 pages, 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, (2002). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More