Search Results: Authors starting with V from Polar Books

Museum Press Limited, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. 1st Edition: 202 pages, illustrated, 27 b/w photographs, end paper maps. Green cloth covers with gilt titling top spine in price clipped dust jacket. Shelfware. Dust jacket tatty, pieces missing. Contents clean. The author's memoirs of life in Alaska working with the Inuit in the early 20th century, wartime quality paper; a nice solid copy. Good This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2960. .

Museum Press Limited, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Photocopied DJ. 1st Edition: 202pp, illustrated, 27 b/w photographs, end paper maps. Green cloth covers with gilt titling top spine. The author's memoirs of life in Alaska working with the Inuit in the early 20th century, wartime quality paper, small tear to top of page 17 and split on half title page. Shelfware. Photocopied dustjacket. Good Reading Copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1920s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2958. .

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1954. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers grubby with odd tear to spine. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1950s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3008. .

Royal Geographical Society, 1934. First Edition. paper. Good. 1st Edition; [viii advertisements], 257pp-352pp + 2 folding maps, [ix-x advertisements]. Illustrated b/w photographs,text figures, maps. Original printed blue paper covers. This issue contents include:- Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary (Lieut.-Col. E.R.L. Peake), In Search of Zerzura (Lieut. Orde Wingate), Saxton's Survey of Northern England (Gordon Manley), The First Sighting of Australia by the English (Ida Lee), Moving Swamps in Ceylon (W.G.Adam), The Carte du Monde au Millionieme (Col. Sir Charles Close). Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Geography & Maps; Antarctic; 1930s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2575. .

Manchester Geographical Society, 1950. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Green wrappers as issued, 147pp, (viii- advertisements) illustrated, bw line drawings, photos, maps. Contents Include: Scott, Peter - Wild Geese in the Arctic; Flynn, W.L. - Iran in Wartime; West, H.W. - Current Economic Production in the Malay Peninsula; Leigh, M.D. - The Basques and their Country; Linton, D. - The Scenery of the Cairngorm Mountains; Lindsay, H - The Scope and Pattern of Geography; The Manchester Geographical Society was one of the most important provincial geographical societies in Britain, in its heyday rivalling even the Royal Geographical Society of London. The Society was founded in 1884, stimulated by the commercial opportunities being created by the `opening up' of Africa. It has organised a lecture series throughout its history with many eminent explorers, scientists and philanthropists of the day. Its Journal began publication in 1885. The first issue… Read More

Arctic Institute of North America, 1972. First Edition. Wrappers. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. Shelfware, covers grubby, contents clean. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3083. . This book is extra heavy or expensive, and as such may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Manchester Geographical Society, 1927. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Pale green wrappers as issued, vii 144pp, illustrated, bw line drawings, maps; Contents Include: Ogden, H.W. - The Geographical Basis of the Lancashire Cotton Industry; Barker, W.H. - Towns of South-East Lancashire; King, H. - The Agricultural Geography of Lancastria; Fitzgerald, W. - The Ribble Basin; The Manchester Geographical Society was one of the most important provincial geographical societies in Britain, in its heyday rivalling even the Royal Geographical Society of London. The Society was founded in 1884, stimulated by the commercial opportunities being created by the `opening up' of Africa. It has organised a lecture series throughout its history with many eminent explorers, scientists and philanthropists of the day. Its Journal began publication in 1885. The first issue included an article by H M Stanley. It ceased publication in 1960. Some staining to covers, contents… Read More

Ejnar Munksgaard, 1937. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition: Cream coloured wrappers as issued. Volume I - Parts 4,6 & 11; Volume II - Parts 2, 5a,5b,6,7,8,9,10,20a,21,22 &23; Volume III - Parts 24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,47,58; Volume IV - Parts 59,60,61,62,62,63,64,65,66b,67,70,71,72,76. From the back of the parts this appears to be a nearly complete set of the issued numbers. Numerous text-figures, illustrations, tables, charts, and maps (some folding). Original wrappers. Most titles are on marine & freshwater invertebrates, the benthonic animal communitites of coastal waters, Hot Springs and their communities aswell as a paper on mammalia including the sppendix on the field mouse. Authors include H. Thomsen, R. Sparck, S. Tuxen, A. Norvang, M. Burton, P.L. Kramp, O. Carlgren, O. Steinbock, M. de Ridder, E. Wesenberg-Lund, K. Stephensen, and others. Some wrinkling to some pages, many pages uncut. Very Good. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur… Read More

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1975. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1970s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3080. .

Manchester Geographical Society, 1922. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition; Green wrappers as issued, vii, (1), 280pp, (1 advertisement), illustrated, bw plates, maps; Contents Include: Rev. J. Gordon Hayes - Did Peary Reach the Pole?; Arnold Williams - Growth of the British Empire; H.H. Bowdon - Czecho-Slovakia; Kate Qualtrough - Atlantis and the Ancients; W.H. Barker - The Gold Coast Colony; The Manchester Geographical Society was one of the most important provincial geographical societies in Britain, in its heyday rivalling even the Royal Geographical Society of London. The Society was founded in 1884, stimulated by the commercial opportunities being created by the `opening up' of Africa. It has organised a lecture series throughout its history with many eminent explorers, scientists and philanthropists of the day. Its Journal began publication in 1885. The first issue included an article by H M Stanley. It ceased publication in 1960. Small piece missing from bottom… Read More

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1968. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1960s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3011. .

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1966. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers grubby, odd ink annotation to covers. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1960s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3010. .

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1972. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers grubby, spines sunned. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1970s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3013. .

British Glaciological Society, 1958. Wrappers. Good. Separate issues of the journal beginning with Issue No. 1 of January 1958 through to Issue No.37 of December 1971. illustrated with maps and illustrations. Original wrappers.Good Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3075. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1970. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1970s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3012. .

Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition thus: A collection of 17 papers from varous members of the expeditions, with folding maps and illustrations, many from photographs. Six of the papers are on birds. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Previous owners signature G.C.L. Bertram on fep. 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: 2731. .

Manchester Geographical Society, 1947. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition; Wrappers as issued, [1 advertisement], 87pp, [1 advertisement], illustrated, b/w plates; Contents Include: Mr.W. Zimmerman - Colombia, Equador, Venezuela and The West Indies; W.Cross - The isle of Capri; Miss K. Qualtrough - History and Legend of The Isle of Man; The Manchester Geographical Society was one of the most important provincial geographical societies in Britain, in its heyday rivalling even the Royal Geographical Society of London. The Society was founded in 1884, stimulated by the commercial opportunities being created by the `opening up' of Africa. It has organised a lecture series throughout its history with many eminent explorers, scientists and philanthropists of the day. Its Journal began publication in 1885. The first issue included an article by H M Stanley. It ceased publication in 1960. Some staining,sunning, to covers, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

German Society of Polar Research, 1970. First Edition. Wrappers. Reading Copy. Articles in German & English. Card wrappers as issued. Good Reading Copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1960s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3062. .

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1972. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1970s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3079. .

The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1978. First Edition. Paper. Good. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. All magazines are still intact, shelfware, some creasing to spines, odd cover. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1970s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3014. .