Search Results: Authors starting with B from Polar Books

Macmillan Company, New York, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 1st US Edition: xxi, 292 pages, photographic frontispiece, 32 photographic illustrations on nineteen plates, two photographic panoramas on one folding plate, double page meteorological table and three sketches to text. Two young and inexperienced junior team members stayed to winter on a tiny islet in the Antarctic in a disused boat, a handful of instruments and a scanty stock of provisions. Not only did they survive, but they also carried out scientific work. Previous owners signature (in pencil) on front fly page. Dust jacket has some very minor closed edge minor tears and there is strengthening on the inside. PLUS Transactions of the Zoological Society of London - NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GENTOO AND RINGED OR ANTARCTIC PENGUINS. 1938 reprint of the above article; pages 186 to 307. Illustrated with many b/w photos of penguins plus some b/w diagrams and maps. Fascinating study of the Gentoo… Read More

Scott Polar Research Institute, 1951. Card. Very Good. Reprint from the Polar Record in buff card covers; 79pp, illustrated. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 476. .

Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.,, 1907. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The Evergreen Library" series Circa 1907; xix, 449pp, illustrated, Frontispiece portrait ,47 illustrations including a map. The first edition of this title was in 1897, bound in blue cloth over bevelled boards, containing 682 pages, this copy is bound in grey cloth over straight boards, with 449 pages, the publisher's code at back indicates date as Nov 1907. E J McGrath pencil signature verso front cover., spine bumped, worn, some foxing to prelims, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1809. .

Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1897. Second Edition. Cloth. Good. 2nd Edition; [7], x, 290pp [12pp advertisements]. Green cloth covers with gilt title and ship vignette to spine with gilt and black title and portrait vignette front. Illustrated with photograph portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs and other illustrations, teg. Pale cream and gold floral endpapers. Some minor foxing, mainly to page edges, light toning to free endpapers otherwise clean pages. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1808. .

Walter Scott, Ltd, 1900. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Not Dated, but evening school prize plate on fly-leaf dated 1902: xix, 449pp [16pp publishers advertisements]. Blue cloth covers with gilt title and portrait vignette to front cover, gilt titles and silver vignettes 'Tthe Fram' and ice to spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 14 full page b/w plates plus numerous photographs and other illustrations in text. A wonderfully illustrated biography of the renowned Norwegian explorer (1861-1930) and his polar expedition in an attractive binding. Presentation bookplate verso front cover, some minor foxing. Covers slightly grubby, bumped, shelfware, spine darkened. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1981. .

Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1902. Early Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. New Edition,1902 reprint: 435 pages plus 4 pages publishers adverts, illustrated, frontispiece plus 11 full page b/w drawings, page edges gilt, red cloth covers. Gift inscription dated 1919 on front end paper, minor shelf wear spine sunned slightly, contents clean. A nice copy. 6 stories "Bummer and his poor acquaintance" "The cruise of the whaler Sophia" "Everard Harcourt" "Hassan Ali and the golden basin" "Something about dogs.." "Elephant tales, and reminiscences of natural history" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3494. .

Wells: Clare Son & Co., The Cathedral Press, UK, 1937. 2nd, 1st, 1st. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 3 Volumes in one. 2nd Edition, 1st Edition and 1st Edition. 163 pages, 177 pages, 211 pages, illustrated, folding chart. Original covers, no dust jacket. Previous owners signature front end paper, contents clean. Shelf wear, covers bumped, rubbed, end paper hinges split, text block slightly shaken but overall a nice copy. Fascinating folding table 'Man and the Wild Beasts of Mendip from long Ago and their Haunts'. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3528. .

Humphrey Milford at the University Press, Oxford, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author. 1st Edition: SIGNED Presentation Copy. FULL TITLE: WOOKEY HOLE Its Caves and Cave Dwellers. With an Introduction by Professor Boyd Dawkins, Period Restorations and numerous Drawings by John Hassall, R.I, Cave Photographs and Diagrams by J.H. Savory. xiv, 268 pages., photographic frontispiece, 35 plates including coloured maps, 55 illustrations throughout the text. Bound in the publisher's original covers in dust jacket miraculously present. Majority of dustjacket present but missing pieces on spine which has been attached very neatly to a heavier brown paper. A very good copy of this expensive edition, printed for subscribers. Delightful presentation plate verso front cover, bookplate on front end paper. Newspaper clipping laid in commemorating the Freedom of the City of Wells to H.E. Balch. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5… Read More

John Wright & Sons, UK, 1948. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 2nd Edition; 156 pages, soft cover with pictorial dust jacket, illustrated frontispiece plus 35 b/w photos. Described by Balch in the Preface as "the third book in the Mendip series". Previous owners signature verso front cover, contents clean. Shelf wear, dust jacket nibbled with small tears, pieces missing. Fascinating folding table 'Man and the Wild Beasts of Mendip from long Ago and their Haunts'. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Climbing; Sports & Pastimes. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3525. .

Trans-Antarctic Expedition Committee, 1965. First Edition. Card. Very Good. 1st Edition; 24pp, 1 b/w maps, tables in text. Card covers as issued. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1667. .

Thomas Nelson & Sons,, 1902. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Not dated but gift inscription dated 1902; [8], 315pp, illustrated. Green cloth illustrated covers. Adventure set in the Arctic written by the author of "The Coral Island". Atmospherically illustrated with b/w illustrations. Grey-green boards with sailing ship image on front and sailor on spine, gilt titling. Gift inscription on verso frontispiece, previous owners (childlike) signature on fep and pen mark down hinge, shelfware, covers slightly grubby, stained, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1863. .

Thomas Nelson & Sons,, 1902. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1906 New Edition; 393pp, illustrated with colour illustrations. Green cloth illustrated covers. Gift inscription on prelim, previous owners signature on fep, shelfware, title page beggining to loosen, mild foxing, covers slightly grubby,contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1864. .

David & Charles,1975. Rowman and Littlefield, England, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/As New. 1st Edition; 208 pages, illustrated, maps, acknowledgments, concise bibliography, index. Original covers in pictorial dust jacket, appears unread, as new. "Life in Greenland is dominated by the Arctic environment. The permanent daylight of summer imparts an invigorating feeling of timelessness: the migratory birds have arrived and the frozen pack ice of the winter sea has given way to open water with lazily drifting icebergs and the scant plant life comes quickly to bloom. All too soon winter returns, dark, cold and menacing, and most of the country retreats into darkness bordered by frozen sea. Yet there is a notable indigenous population of Greenlanders, centuries ago pure eskimo and now a mixed race with characteristic life of their own. The development of modern fishing and canning industry has resulted hotels and summer tourism since the 1960s. The Country's history, geography, and… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition; NOTE: This edition has more photos than the Travel Book Club Edition of the same year. and viii, 205 pages, illustrated with 31 b/w photos and 1 map. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers rubbed, minor spotting to page edges. The Author's personal account of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs in 1957/8. True Adventure of the Fuchs-Hillary Expedition to gather scientific information for the International Geophysical Year together with the author's own experiences. Barber arrived on an American plane and was the first Briton to reach the South Pole since Scott and his companions in 1912. Fuchs & Hillary arrived from the opposite direction by tractor. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Travel Book Club Edition; viii, 205 pages, illustrated with 10 b/w photos, map frontispiece. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket, contents clean. The authors personal account of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs in 1957/8. True Adventure of the Fuchs-Hillary Trek to gather scientific information for the International Geophysical Year together with the author's own experiences. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1362. .

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 2nd Impression September 1958: viii, 205 pages, illustrated 24 pages of B/W photo, map. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket previously repaired with Sellotape, now in archival sleeve. Barber's personal account of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs in 1957/8. True Adventure of the Fuchs-Hillary Trek to gather scientific information for the International Geophysical Year together with the author's own experiences. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3669. .

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1892. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 7th Edition, 250 pages, 2 pages publishers adverts. Original covers, green end papers. Shelf wear, age toning to pages as expected, previous owners pencil signature half title page and booksellers contemporary stamp on rear end paper otherwise contents clean. "Auld Licht Idylls" is Barrie's second book and first serious work of fiction, a series of stories centering around a religious sect called Auld Licht in the Scottish community of Thrums. "Spectator - At once the most successful, the most literary, and the most realistic attempt that has been made for years - if not generations - to reproduce humble Scotch life...." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3509. .

Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1892. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 5th Edition: 289 pages, 2 pages publishers adverts. Shelf wear, covers bumped, stained, rear hinge splitting, previous owners signatures half title, contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3503. .

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1922. First Edition. Paperback. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Paperback booklet, 31pages, original sixpenny edition of J M Barrie's famous rectorial address. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. Born in Kirriemuir, Angus, the second youngest of ten children, Barrie was educated at the Glasgow Academy, Forfar Academy and Dumfries Academy, and the University of Edinburgh. He became a journalist in Nottingham, then London, and turned to writing novels and subsequently plays. He is also credited for the invention or popularisation of the name Wendy. First softcover edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. 4th Edition completing fortieth thousand: 204 pages, 4 pages publishers adverts, frontispiece. Original covers, no dust jacket. Gift inscription dated 1897 on front end paper. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3534. .