Resultados de búsqueda: Mountaineering, Caving, Arctic and Antarctic from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: Collins, 1976. 160pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or greenish cloth in jacket. Top corner of front free endpaper clipped, light edge wear and light toning. Four Antarctic expeditions examined- Scott's two journeys ((1901-04; 1910-13); Shackleton (1908-09) and Amundsen (1910-12).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1960. xviii, 483pp, maps, diagrams, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Occasional foxing, prev owners anme on half-title page. jacket edgeworn with several tears and creases. Collection of technical papers on various aspects of Antarctic meteorology and climatology.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Wellington: Millwood Press, 1981. xvii, 192pp, refrences, bw ills, maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Ten of the lesser known Antarctic explorers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc., 1956. xi, 399pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Cloth backed boards in jacket. The jacket is quite heavily worn and has been laid onto card to prevent further deterioration, price clipped, moderate foxing to page edges, small bumps to front corners. The story of Archibald Lang Fleming (the Flying Bishop), First Bishop of the Arctic, who spent 40 years among the Esquimeax preparing them for civilization.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1902. x, 444pp, glosary, num bw ills. Blue cloth. Boards bright but spine faded. Endpapers replaced, tissue guard for frontis foxed.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1870. x, 510pp, glosary, notes, folding map, num bw ills- all edges gilt. Rebound with original red pictorial cloth laid on to front, rear and spine. Bottom half of map missing with further loss to lower left of remaining half, occasional foxing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. viii, 340pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Biography of Canadian Polar explorer who undertook a series of Arctic expeditions spanning almost half a century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1850. No date (c1850). viii, 192pp and viii,192pp. Lacks frontis.The title page of the second book may be missing. The lower section of pp29/30 in the second book is damaged. Or blindstamped cloth, dec spine, gilt. The cloth is rubbed, with several tears at the spine and some wrinkling to the cloth of the rear board. There are the remains of a paper sticker by the spine foot. This slightly abridged version of the two books, which were first published in 1820, covers the natural history of northern waters, observations of the atmospheneology of the Arctic regions, northern whale-fisheries, an account of a modern whale-fishery, and the narrative of proceedings on board the ship Esk during a whale-fishing voyage to the coast of Spitzbergen in 1816.. Abridged Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: The Hakluyt Society, 2003. lxi, 242pp, index, works cited, few bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Tiny (1mm) tear at bottom of spine of jacket. Scoreby's logs were lengthy journals that included scientific records and social and religious comment as well as detailed descriptions of navigation and whaling.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Small 4to.

London: Collins, 1991. xi, 210pp, glossary, notes, bw ills, maps. Or boards in jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers and page edges, minor edge wear to jacket. Since walking through the mountains from Simla to Kashmir in 1970 the author has spent a large part of each year in Manali at the head of the Kullu Valley the West Himalayas with her business organizing trekking holidays in the West Himalayas. Not only an autobiography, but also a portrait of Kullu life.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1929. 286pp + 20 bw plates, 24 text figures, 16 tables, appendix. Or wraps. Front cover detached but present, stamp of Royal Society Qld (and cancelled stamp) on front cover. Issued June, 1929. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1929. pp195-331 + tables. Or wraps. Chipped at base of spine, slight damp mark at bottom front corner, a couple of tiny edge tears, stamp of Royal Society Qld (and cancelled stamp) on front cover. Issued March, 1929. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: David Harold Paisley Government Printer, 1937. 4pp, erratum. Or wraps. Damp stained at corners, stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to.

Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1923. 33pp + 6 plates. Or wraps. Damp at top edge of plates with some adhesion, stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Sydney: Alfred James Kent, 1924. 23pp, index , 5 text figures. Or wraps. Approx 2cm tear at lower fore-edge affecting margins of all pages and covers. Stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Sydney: David Harold Paisley Government Printer, 1938. 15pp + 1 plate, bw ils. Or wraps. Stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: David Harold Paisley Government Printer, 1937. 24pp, 11 bw plates, 2bw text ills, references. Or wraps. Stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page, damp mark bottom corner. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Sydney: David Harold Paisley Government Printer, 1938. 31pp, 10 bw text ills, references. Or wraps. Stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page, damp mark bottom corner. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Sydney: Thomas Henry Tennant, Government Printer, 1947. 31pp text + 365 charts, 4 text figures. Or wraps. Tear and associated crease to front cover, bottom 5cm of spine strip lacking, some damp stains, stamp of Royal Society Qld (and cancelled stamp) on front cover. Issued 1947. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: David Harold Paisley Government Printer, 1938. 13pp + 1 plate, corrigenda, index. Or wraps. Damp stained at corners, stamps of Royal Society Queensland on front cover and inside page. Scientific report from the Australasian Antarctic expedition 1911-14 under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to.