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
London: Allen Lane, 1982. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (London): Allen Lane, (1982). Very good. More
New York: Knopf, 1998. Illustrated. 212 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth-backed boards. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. A near fine copy. 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
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
New York: Putnam, 1935. illus. 405pp. 8vo, cloth; (spine faded and lightly spotted, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Putnam, 1935. More
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
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
Paris. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 22 3/4" x 23". This incredibly detailed polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere is a French edition of Captain James Cook's 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 depictions of voyages to the region between 1595 and 1775..... 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
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
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
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (paint on front cover and d.w.). N.Y.: Dutton, 1955. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Norton, (1997). vg. 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
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
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
illus. 8vo, cloth; (head of spine and edges of corners lightly worn, spine crudely rebacked with tape). London: Longmans, (1940). More
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
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