Polar
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1897 Cook's Guide to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, Including IcelandLondon: 1897A bright third edition of this guide to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
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1848-49 The Tahtar Tribes, The Arctic Regions, The Northern Whale-FisheryLondon: 1848-49Three uncommon travel paperback volumes published by the Religious Tract Society, exploring the Arctic and Tartary.
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1913 My Life with the EskimoLondon: 1913A bright first edition of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's experiences with the Inuit population during his second polar expedition, inscribed by William L. McKinlay.
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1911 With Ski in Norway & LaplandLondon: 1911A smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's experiences skiing in Norway and Lapland.
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1938 Saga of the "Discovery"London: 1938A bright first edition of Louis Bernacchi's account of Scott's 'Discovery' in the increasingly scarce dust wrapper.
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1905 The Siege of the South Pole The Story of Antarctic ExplorationLondon : 1905A first edition copy of this history of Antarctic exploration, with a large folding map.
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1908 The People of the Polar NorthLondon: 1908The first English translation of Knud Rasmussen's illustrated polar account of Inuit folklore.
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1923 Into the Frozen SouthLondon : 1923A first edition copy of Into the Frozen South, with illustrations.
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1897 Farthest NorthLondon: 1897An excellent copy of the first Edition of Fridtjof Nansen's classic account of the Fram expedition of 1893, illustrated throughout, and from the library of a man who arranged a talk from Nansen.
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1859 Narrative Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his CompanionsLondon: 1859An excellent example of the fascinating first edition of the journey to locate John Franklin's lost expedition. Illustrated throughout.
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1988 The Falkland Islands as an International ProblemLondon and New York: 1988A bright first edition of this very scarce history of the Falkland Islands by Peter Beck.
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1971 Americans in AntarcticaNew York: 1971A bright first edition of this uncommon survey of American polar exploration by Kenneth J Bertrand.
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1952 The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913London: 1952Apsley Cherry-Garrad's acclaimed account of the Terra Nova expedition, with eight plates and four maps, including two folding maps.
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1921 South with ScottLondon: 1921A very neat early edition of this exciting account of expeditions to the South Pole.
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1922 The Dominion of Canada with Newfoundland and an Excursion to AlaskaLeipzig: 1922Fourth revised edition of Karl Baedeker's travel guide to Canada, Newfoundland and Alaska, enclosed in the scarce dust wrapper.
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1921 The Lands of Silence a History of Arctic and Antarctic ExplorationCambridge: 1921The first edition posthumously published work by Clements Markham in which he explores the history of the Arctic.
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1969 2vols A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic RegionsNot Stated: 1969Two compelling volumes on Sir James Ross's Antarctic expedition between 1839 and 1843, illustrated with fascinating maps and plates.
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1942 Alpine WaysLondon : 1942A lovely photographic album of the Swiss and Austrian Alps, in its first edition.
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1921 The Lands of Silence A History of Arctic and Antarctic ExplorationCambridge: 1921The first edition of this uncommon work on early polar exploration with illustrations.
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1821 Letters Written During the Late Voyage of Discovery in the Western Arctic SeaLondon: 1821The first edition of this early nineteenth century work providing a first hand account of a voyage in the Western Arctic sea. Illustrated with four plates.
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1857 Letters from High LatitudesLondon: 1857A lovely half morocco bound copy of this popular travelogue regarding Lord Dufferin's voyage to Iceland and other arctic areas.
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1915 Natural History of the Adelie Penguin; CetaceaLondon: 1915Two very scarce consecutive volumes of the zoology portion of the Natural History Report published following the Terra Nova Expedition, concerning Adelie penguins, and crustaceans. Both works by members of the Antarctic expedition.
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1959 The Volcanic Rocks of Cape Adare South Victoria LandLondon: 1959British mineralogist and petrologist Walter Campbell Smith's very scarce geological report on the volcanic rocks of the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula, East Antarctica.
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1903 EskimolebenLeipzig : 1903A smart copy of this fascinating German book on the life of Eskimos.
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c1874 Alpine Club Map of Switzerland Sheet 2. North EastLondon : c1874A detailed colour folding map of the North East of Switzerland.
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1932 Alfred Wegeners Letzte GronlandfahrtLeipzig : 1932A smart first German edition of this volume that descibes the last Greenland expedition of Alfred Wegener, with illustrations throughout.
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1897 2 Vols In Nach und Eis Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-1896Leipzig : 1897Two wonderful volumes that detail the famous 1893-1896 Fram polar Expedition, with folding maps and illustrations.
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1966 La Austrialia del Espiritu SantoCambridge: 1966An exceptionally smart two volume set from the Hakluyt Society, providing an account of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros's early seventeenth century navigations.
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1908-1909 3vols Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Vol. 46, Parts I-III, 1907-09London: 1908-1909Volume 46 of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, containing fascinating scientific essays, with 69 plates.
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1932 The Conquest of the South Pole Antarctic Exploration 1906-1931London : 1932A widely fascinating volume that details the progress of Antarctic exploration with illustrations.
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1882 Three in Norway, by Two of ThemLondon: 1882Illustrated by the authors themselves, this is the very scarce first edition of this humorous travelogue, following three inexperienced British men as they camp in the wilds of Norway for a summer.
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1930 The Polar BookLondon: 1930A scarce first edition of this vivid work on Polar Exploration, an interesting volume edited by Louis Bernacchi, complete with a folding map.
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1978 The Voyage of the 'Pourquoi-Pas?' The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910London : 1978A smart facsimile copy of the The Voyage of the 'Pourquoi-Pas?' The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910.
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1968 2 Vols Farthest NorthNew York : 1968A scarce two volume set detailing the heroic expedition of two men to the North Pole.
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1934 Watkins' Last ExpeditionLondon: 1934The first edition of this illustrated account of Gino Watkins's fatal East Greenland Expedition, enclosed in the original scarce dust wrapper.
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1953 Return from the PoleLondon: 1953A smart copy of this harrowing account of American explorer Frederick A. Cook's journey back from the polar regions, the first UK edition of this work..