TRAVEL / Polar Regions from Lawrence Jones

London: Hollis & Carter, 1959. x, 374pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minor wear. Page edges and prelims foxed. A history of polar exploration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Universe Books, 1977. 165pp. Blue cloth in acket. Some silverfishing to bottom edge of cloth. In the 1920s the author, as a young man, sailed Antarctic waters at the height of the whaling and sealing season. Wherever he travelled- the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Shetlands and South Orkneys- he encountered penguins. Here he records his observations of… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.

Rutland, Vt: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. HEAVY. xl, 320pp + clvii pp appendix, tables, bw & col ills, folding maps in rear pocket. Red cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, light even toning to page edges. A nice edition of this work on polar exploration. Includes Richardson's account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1995. 144pp, index, bw ills, Mawson Roll of Honour. Pictorial card covers. Bumped at bottom of spine, rear cover creased. Collection of stories from Antarctic expeditioners over 45 years telling of their love and admiration for the dogs which played such an important role in exploration work, transporting scientists to dangerous crevassed areas in outlying mountains and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Blandford, 1972. xxiii, 279pp, index, references, map, appendices, bw ills, col plates. Beige cloth in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, bump to bottom edge of rear cover, some foxing to prelims. Diary of the Chief Scientific Officer on Scott's expedition to the Antarctic on the Terra Nova. A close personal acocunt of this heroic and tragic journey.. First… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1979. HEAVY. v, 498pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1966. HEAVY. v, 521pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1974. HEAVY. v, 467pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, light foxing to page edges, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1978. HEAVY. v, 495pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1971. HEAVY. vii, 491pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1968. HEAVY. vii, 491pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, damp marked at top spine corner of first 10 pages, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1965. HEAVY. vi, 506pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, a bit musty. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. HEAVY. vii, 499pp, indexes, sources. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine slightly faded, slight thumb soiling to bottom page corners, endpapers replaced. Important Antarctic bibliographic reference with listings under 13 subject headings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

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.

Christchurch, NZ: Canterbury University Press., 2004. 315pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket, sticker remnant to rear. Tells the story of Shackleton's support party on the other side of Antarctica from where his expedition became icebound. After 90 years this book provides the first in-depth account of the Ross Sea… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: University of Toronto Press., 2008. xxiv, 168pp, index, appendices, bw ills, maps. Black cloth in jacket. Near new. Present day Nunavut Inuit tells their stories passed down from their ancestors of the first encounters with European explorers. From Frobisher in 1576 and the more recent (19th century) expeditions of Parry, Ross, Franklin and Amundsen.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

Adelaide: Irene Gale, 2011. 224pp, index, bw ills. Pictorial card. Minor edge wear to cover. Stan Taylor was a fireman aboard the Aurora in 1912 on its voyage to Antarctica to collect Douglas Mawson and the men of the Australian Antarctic Expedition. He was not supposed to keep a diary or take photographs, as the expedition's activities were deeemed to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1859. xxvii, 403pp + publisher catalogue, index, appendix, 3 (of 4) maps, bw ills, frontis. Rebound in modern half-leather (red cloth with black leather spine and corners). Lacks final map, a little foxing to prelims but generally very clean internally. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo.