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1333722710.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1341798720.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
A9781013400308Hardback. New. hardcover
B9781013400308Hardback. New. hardcover
192715213London: John Murray. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. Cheap Edition. Hardcover. With biographical introduction by J. M. Barrie and a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham K. C. B. F. R. S. pagination - xxviii 522 last blank 2 pages of publishers adverts illustrated with photographs by Herbert Ponting endpaper maps original blue cloth with printed image of ski-ing party spine lightly faded with a facsimile dust jacket. A very good copy. ; 205 x 135mm . John Murray hardcover
19133113London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Third Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue/gilt. Vol I 5vi-xxvi12-636pplfold out maps.illuscolorteg.Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott.Vol II 5vi-xvi32-534pfold out maps plilluscolor.Being the Reports of the journeys & the Scienfific Work Arranged by leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements R Markham Both copies clean tight with fine interior. Head and tail crimped. 6 original Sketches 18 coloured plates 260 Full-Page and smaller Illustrations from Photographs. Panoramas and Maps. Stated Third Edition after Ht page <br/> <br/> Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
1385692375.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19240008935London: A. M. Philpot Ltd. 1924. First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 240 pages brown cloth untrimmed for and bottom edges. partially unopened; ex libris Thomas Barbour. <br/><br/>Penzer was of course Burton's bibliographer. He has selected ten excellent but obscure writings by Burton on Sind Mecca Harar Tanganyika and also Rome and Biovannie Battista Belzoni. A. M. Philpot Ltd. hardcover
192912469New York: Harcourt Brace. 1929. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Moderate wear and small open tears to price clipped DJ. ; About the Merritt family who prospected for iron. Very nicely INSCRIBED by the author on title page with black fountain pen dated 1931. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages . Harcourt Brace hardcover
19752090502113717262Not Available 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1918880611918. SIBERIAN EXPEDITION. Teikoku Gunjin Kyoiku-kai editors. SHIBERI JIHEN KINEN SHASHIN-CHO. Tokyo Taisho Tsushinsha Taisho 7 1918 Oblong folio bound western-style in cloth gilt. Illustrated throughout in collotype. Photos and cations on the International Siberian Expedition in support of the Whites against the Red Army in which the Japanese played a prominent role. 4 page folding panorama of Vladivostok harbor and views of the cities the countryside troops inhabitants diplomats war preparations etc. etc. One can feel the Winter coming. Very good condition throughout. Very scarce. unknown
1970003901The Expedition 1970 Original pictorial postcard with Pakistan Stamps 50 paisa postmarked Gilgit 9 May 1970 with expedition cachet minutest rubbing to tips of two corners. otherwise unblemished; Signed by 16 team members including leader Karl Herrligkoffer summiteers Reinhold Messner Gunther Messner and Felix Kuen as well as Michl Anderl Gerhard Baur Wolf-Dietrich Bitterling Werner Haim Gunther Kroh Hermann Kuhn Gerd Mandl Elmer Raab Hans Saler Peter Vogler Jurgen Winkler Alice Von Hobe and a sherpa thumbprint. A fine copy carrying the rare Gunther Messner signature. The success of the German 1970 Rupal Face expedition to Nanga Parbat was marred by the death of Gunther Messner in an avalanche after descending the unknown slopes of the Diamir Face. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. Soft Cover. F. The Expedition paperback
1970004083Munich: The Expedition 1970 Original pictorial postcard with Pakistan Stamps 50 paisa postmarked Gilgit 9 May 1970 with expedition cachet; Signed by 16 team members including leader Karl Herrligkoffer summiteers Reinhold Messner Felix Kuen and Peter Scholz as well as Michl Anderl Gerhard Baur Wolf-Dietrich Bitterling Werner Haim Gunther Kroh Hermann Kuhn Gerd Mandl Elmer Raab Hans Saler Peter Vogler Jurgen Winkler Alice Von Hobe Max von Kienlin and a sherpa thumbprint. A near fine copy. The success of the German 1970 Rupal Face expedition to Nanga Parbat was marred by the death of Gunther Messner after descending the unknown slopes of the Diamir Face. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. Soft Cover. F-. The Expedition paperback
22430No place or date. 8 x 12 cm illustration of a ship in polar waters cut from book or periodical with bold signature at bottom right: 'V. E. Fuchs 1968'. Laid down on piece of white paper. In fair condition but with slight bleeding of ink from signature towards foot of paper. Accompanying the item is an unsigned typed note by the recipient of the autograph on a 4to piece of paper. It reads: 'Antarctic Crossing The autograph of Sir Vivian Fuchs The first crossing of the Antarctic continent was completed at 1.47 p.m. on 2 March 1958 after a 2158 mile trek lasting 99 days from 24th Nov. 1957 from Shackleton Base to Scott Base via the Pole. The crossing party of twelve was led by Dr. now Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs born 11th Feb 1908 As you can see in the picture it is of the R.R.S. Shackleton and that is why I got Sir Vivian Fuchs to autograph it.' Anthony Tucker in his Guardian obituary 13 November 1999 summed up Fuchs's achievements: 'Famous as the leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1957-58 during which he met Sir Edmund Hillary at the South Pole and carried out research which established the existence of a huge continental land mass beneath the polar ice cap Sir Vivian Fuchs . was one of the great adventurers scientist-explorers and expedition organisers of our time. He was director of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey from its creation in 1947 and from 1958-73 the continuing director of its successor the British Antarctic Survey BAS. His life spanned a period of massive transition in the nature and purposes of exploration.' No place or date. unknown
1856059903New York: Harper & Brothers 1856. Original blind-stamped cloth binding just rubbed through at corners and spine ends. Darkly toned endpapers. Light scattered foxing inside. ix 445pp. with four pages of publisher adverts. 12 illustrations. March Charles W. Charles Wainwright 1815-1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
183619113Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard 1836. Volume II only. Purple cloth heavily sunned along spine and outer margins. Paper label intact on spine though somewhat scuffed. Corners bumped and rubbed. No ownership or any other markings. Scattered foxing throughout. Sound binding. 239pp. The author's 1828 travelogue of Switzerland. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Carey, Lea & Blanchard Hardcover
1938TRAF00004New York: The Macmillan Company 1938 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth reverse foil titles on spine xi 265 pp 4 maps 20 ff b & w photo plates. Half of plate 17 missing large chip to margin of pp 135-6 tears to margins of plate 16 pp 127-8 otherwise very good cloth sunned on spine & near top & fore-edges partially removed bookplate on fpd. Memoir of the author's fourteen years in Africa during which time he farmed land awarded to war veterans in British East Africa later Kenya climbed mountains Kenya Mountain Ruwenzori and Kilimanjaro prospected for gold and finally began his return to England by bicycling most of the way across the continent from Uganda to Cameroon. In the same year this book was published Tilman led an attempt to climb Mt. Everest having previously taken part in a 1935 reconaissance expedition. Bad weather forced the abandonment of the 1938 attempt. 95 pages and 16 of the 20 plates are devoted to mountaineering. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First US Edition. . Fair/No dj. 22 X 15 cm. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
191440Smith Elder London 1914. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; This copy is 243 of a limited edition of 350. Volume 1 & 2 were Scott's 1st "Discovery Expedition" whilst this Volume 3 is from his 2nd "Terra Nova" Expedition. Although often sold as a set Volume 3 is a complete book in its' own right. The original broadsheets were produced at Cape Evans to amuse the men on the 'Terra Nova' Expedition. It was designed to be published separately from Volume 1 & 2. Cherry-Garrard was the Editor and typist and Wilson the main illustrator. The 1st issue was presented on Midwinter's Day 1911 the 2nd on 8th September and the 3rd on 15th October. Content included poetry humorous articles illustrations of sledging flags and caricatures. Includes Wilson's moving poem 'The Barrier Silence' and Ponting's hilarious tongue twister 'The Sleeping Bag'. Original covers all page edges gilt. Copiously illustrated drawings in the text and full-page plates from sketches and paintings by E. Wilson H. Ponting and others. Ex Library with stamps on some pages Croydon Library. Spine shaken gutta-percha binding delicate some pages loose as is usual with the 1st Edition. Gutta Percha was used as the binding glue in many early books it is not a difficult job to remove and reback using modern glues The South Polar Times was a magazine written and printed by the members of Antarctic Expeditions during the various voyages they undertook. In 1907 the batches were printed and issued in some 250 copies. The South Polar Times form what is perhaps the most personal of the printed documents to have come out of that most remarkable of periods of Antarctic adventures revealing so many often contradictory aspects of these men's various personalities. It contains a diary of the events of each month a record of the proceedings of the local Debating Society a monthly acrostic humorous notes besides articles of a more solid nature as well as stories sketches of various kinds and poems. One of the corner stones of an Antarctic collection. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Limited Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Smith Elder hardcover
41Smith Elder London 1914. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Number 35 of a limited edition of 350. Original covers page edges gilt no dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: Pages 16 3342434493125 and 148 are PHOTOCOPIES. Contents clean. Volume 1 & 2 were Scott's 1st "Discovery Expedition" whilst Volume 3 is from his 2nd "Terra Nova" Expedition. Although often sold as a set Volume 3 is a complete book in its' own right. The original broadsheets were produced at Cape Evans to amuse the men on the 'Terra Nova' Expedition. It was designed to be published separately from Volume 1 & 2. Cherry-Garrard was the Editor and typist and Wilson the main illustrator. The 1st issue was presented on Midwinter's Day 1911 the 2nd on 8th September and the 3rd on 15th October. Content included poetry humorous articles illustrations of sledging flags and caricatures. Includes Wilson's moving poem 'The Barrier Silence'. Copiously illustrated drawings in the text and full-page plates from sketches and paintings by E. Wilson H. Ponting and others. Spine shaken gutta-percha binding delicate some pages loose as is usual with the 1st Edition. This copy is still bright and handleable with care Gutta Percha was used as the binding glue in many early books it is not a difficult job to remove and reback using modern glues The South Polar Times was a magazine written and printed by the members of Antarctic Expeditions during the various voyages they undertook and forms what is perhaps the most personal of the printed documents to have come out of that most remarkable of periods of Antarctic adventures revealing so many often contradictory aspects of these men's various personalities. It contains a diary of the events of each month a record of the proceedings of the local Debating Society a monthly acrostic humorous notes besides articles of a more solid nature as well as stories sketches of various kinds and poems. One of the corner stones of an Antarctic collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Smith Elder hardcover
196712030424Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 481 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Oxford University Press London 1967. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Front hinge is cracked and binding is quite loose. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. No inscriptions. ABOUT THIS BOOK: History of exploration of the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica. Pasted into the front of the book is a typed letter unsigned from the author to Gladys Jack lamenting the passing of Keith Jack who was part of Shackleton's 1914-1917 stranded expedition to Antarctica. Also included are newspaper clippings regarding the death of Keith Jacks and Captain John King Davis who took Shackleton and Mawson to the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; Arctic & Antarctic. Inventory No: 12030424. Oxford University Press hardcover
0259452548.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1992006383Kathmandu 1992 Special expedition souvenir cover with Nepal R.5 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 11 Nov 1992. Signed by five team members including three summiteers Carlos Bravo Diego Fernandez and Manuel de la Matta. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
19253088Oxford: Oxford University Press 1925. First edition. Original Cloth. Fine significant water damage and warping to interior. octavo. pp 444. contains appendix. contains information about the ecology of Spitsbergen from the early 20th century. Oxford University Press hardcover
192553796London Oxford University Press 1925-29. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering on spines. Containing 33 25 original offprints published in various periodicals in various sizes published between 1921-29 some with plates and textillustrations in the fields of geology zoology geography hydrography glaciology etc. hardcover
1756BB0568London: Printed by H. Woodfall 1756. Quarter-bound Leather. Near Fine. First Edition "printed for presentation only and not sold." DNB. The more common second edition published in octavo appeared the following year. 4to: 62015203-3611pp with engraved frontispiece and engraved plate opposite the divisional title to the Essay on Tea both by Thomas Major after Samuel Wale. Modern quarter-calf over plain paper-covered boards flat spine in six compartments between decorative gilt bands red morocco lettering piece gilt; all edges stained red end papers renewed. Title page and preliminaries lightly foxed but contents otherwise clean and bright the binding tight and firm. A splendid wide-margined copy. ESTC Citation No. T127188. Gibson's Library p. 144. Goldsmiths'-Kress 9083. Cox I p. 19. Hanway was both a widely traveled merchant with connections to the Russia Company and a philanthropist whose causes included foundlings prostitutes and the climbing apprentices of chimney sweeps. His mother's death in 1755 prompted him to return to Portsmouth where she was buried that sojourn served as inspiration for this his second book to which he appended An Essay on Tea. Hanway describes many of the places he visited including Salisbury with its great cathedral and Stonehenge with digressions on tombstones sacred music and oratorios divine poetry temperance lapdogs false grief the ruling passion of women and much else. His Essay on Tea indicts the beverage for causing everything from insomnia weak nerves and scurvy to bad teeth and proposes 'Herbs of our own growth in lieu of tea.' Oliver Goldsmith Samuel Johnson and other ardent tea-drinkers criticized these eccentric views in The Idler and other publications. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Printed by H. Woodfall unknown