Voyage Through the Antarctic
London: Allen Lane, 1982. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (London): Allen Lane, (1982). Very good. More
ANTARCTICA
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
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
Whailing in the Antarctic
New York: Henry Holt, 1932. 8vo, original green cloth, lacks front flyleaf, ex-lib with usual markings. New York: Henry Holt, (1932). 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.
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 Illus. and maps. 422pp. 8vo, blue cloth, spine soiled. New York: Putnam, 1930. 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
Official R.E. Byrd Globe
Indianapolis: George F. Cram & Co. Tabletop globe. 12 inch diameter. 18 inches tall including decorative cat-iron and turned wood stand on circular base. 12 chromolithograph gores. Circular overlabel in South Indian Ocean, signed below label. Some general light crackling and soiling to gores, a couple small scratches with paper loss, some light wear to stand. This wonderful commemorative globe was editioned to celebrate Richard E. Byrd's historic Antarctic expedition of 1928-1930. In 1929, Byrd launched his famous flight to... More
Hemispheriu Ab Aequinoctiali Linea, Ad Circulu Poli Arctici / Hemispherii Ab Aequinoctiali Linea, Ad Circulu Poli Atarctici
1593. Map. Original engraving. 16 x 20.5 inches. Archival silver frame 25.25 x 29 inches. This important map renders the two hemispheres on north and south polar projection, with an elaborate and magical surround of clouds and wind-heads. The North Pole shows a rock (the Rupes Nigra) that according to legend, stood in the center of an Open Polar Sea. The legend is derived from Inventio Fortunata, a lost 14th c manuscript that described the North Pole as a magnetic... 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
Troubling A Star
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. 296 pages, 8vo, blue cloth backed blue boards, dust wrapper. First edition. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Presentation copy, signed in full on the title page, "For Marilyn - near & far" 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
Byrd's Great Adventure, with the Complete Story of All Polar Explorations for One Thousand Years
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1930. Color Frontis., many b/w Illus. 8vo, pictorial cloth, back cover soiled, covers bowed, bottom of spine lightly worn, edges of corners lightly worn and lightly bumped. Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (1930). 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
Shackleton; The Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers
London: Carlton Books, 2002. Many photo Illus., several in color. 128pp. 4to, pr. wrs. (London): Carlton Books, (2002). Very good. 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