Search Results: Titles starting with E from Polar Books

John Murray, London, 1937. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. 10th impression, June 1937 Edition; xxxiv, 301 pages, illustrated, 23 plates (7 in colour), 3 maps (1 folding), 49 drawings in text. Original covers with spine label in photocopied dust jacket. Some spotting, mainly to page edges, contents clean. Noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1245. .

John Murray, London, 1947. Fifth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. 5th impression: viii, 219 pages, 14 plates (13 in colour including frontispiece), 49 drawings in text. With a brief fore word by Orianan F. Wilson to whom the book is dedicated. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Some spotting to prelims, previous owners name and date on front end paper, contents clean. Shelf wear, dust jacket tatty, nibbled, odd small piece missing, neatly repaired. A handsome book profusely illustrated by Wilson's paintings & sketches. Noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3224. .

John Murray, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition, 2nd printing (same month as the 1st Edition): xi, 221 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 28 in line drawings and 22 half tone in text. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. With a brief forward by Orianan F. Wilson to whom the book is dedicated. Shelf wear, spine label faded, some spotting to end papers, contents clean. A handsome book profusely illustrated by Wilson's paintings & sketches, noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1269. .

John Murray, London, 1941. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. John Murray 15th reprint June 1948; xxxiv, 301 pages 18 plates (including colour frontispiece) 3 maps (1 folding). Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Original covers, no dust jacket, ink signature dated 1950 on front end cover, contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1255. .

Limusa-Wiley S.A, 1967. Paperback. Good. Spanish Translation of "Our World in Antarctica" first published in 1962; 160pp, illustrated with many colour and b/w photographs. The story of the US Navy in Antarctica and the installation of the first nuclear power generator to support the research station. Spence 303. Paperback. 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: 1451. .

HMSO, 1828. Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 18pp. Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 4th March 1828;- for "Copy of the Report, Laid Before the Colonial Dept by Lieut Colonel Cockburn, on the Subject of Emigration, Together with the Instructions Received from That Dept. On 26 January 1827". Colonial Dept., Downing-Street, 7th March 1828, F.L. Gower. Ordered by the House of Commons to Be Printed, 10 March 1828. Paper wrappers as issued.Parliamentary Paper C 109. Concerned with emigration to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward's Islands. 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: 1644. .

Vintage Chatto & Windus, 2012. Publishers Proof Copy. Paperback. As New/No Dust Jacket. Uncorrected proof copy; xi, 260 pages, illustrated, b/w photographs, 1 double map. Illustrated paperback. Appears unread. Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the base-camp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. Gavin Francis explores a world of great beauty conjured from the simplest elements, the hardship of living at 50degreeC below zero and the unexpected comfort that the penguin community bring. "Empire Antarctica" is the story of one man and his fascination with the world's loneliest continent, as well as the emperor penguins who weather the winter with him. Combining an evocative narrative with a sublime sensitivity to the natural world, this is travel writing at its very best. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration.… Read More

Readers Union, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1961 Readers Union Book Club Edition; 269 pages, illustrated 8 b/w photographs, double page map in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket slightly grubby as usual, pages edges browned, contents clean. A very nice copy. Ernest Shackleton's third Antarctic expedition sailed from London. His ship was the Endurance, but little did her complement know that their own Endurance would be tested to the full after the ship was trapped in the ice in the Weddell Sea late in 1915 and had to be abandoned. This was the beginning of a struggle for survival, with 28 men with three small boats striking out by sledge and boat across the hazardous Weddel Sea for Elephant Island. Their journey took from Christmas 1915 to April 1916. From the island Shackleton, with a crew of five others, left on April 24 to sail one of the small boats to South Georgia, which… Read More

Readers Union, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Readers Union Book Club Edition; 269 pages, illustrated 8 b/w photographs, double page map in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket spotted, missing some pieces and rear flap of original dust jacket missing, additional photocopied dust jacket also supplied with the book. Covers faded where dust jacket has pieces missing, contents clean. Ernest Shackleton's third Antarctic expedition sailed from London. His ship was the Endurance, but little did her complement know that their own Endurance would be tested to the full after the ship was trapped in the ice in the Weddell Sea late in 1915 and had to be abandoned. This was the beginning of a struggle for survival, with 28 men with three small boats striking out by sledge and boat across the hazardous Weddel Sea for Elephant Island. Their journey took from Christmas 1915 to April 1916. From the… Read More

Geoffrey Bles, London, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Geoffrey Bles 1939 issue; xii, 316 pages, 18 photos. Blue hardcovers with silver titling to spine in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. (The original publication was in 1931 and is very rare). Shelf wear, top and bottom of spine softening, sunned. Spotting, mainly pages edges. Text block cracking in a couple of places but still intact. Contents clean. The author was in the Endurance with Shackleton on his Antarctic Expedition. A telling of the great adventure by a member of the party. When the ship 'Endurance' is beset in the Antarctic pack ice, Shackleton leads his party to Elephant Island and from there sails to South Georgia, crosses it on foot (climbing mountains on the way) to seek rescue for the remaining party. Worsley made the voyage in the James Caird. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic;… Read More

Bloomsbury, UK, 1998. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 1st UK Edition; x, 212 pages, illustrated, 142 b/w photographs, many by Hurley. Original covers in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. A photographic record of one of the greatest survival stories ever. Shackleton's journey to the Antarctic in the ship Endurance in 1914, where they became entombed in ice. A collection of photographs taken by Hurley during the voyage, the break up of the 'Endurance', the subsequent drift for five months on an ice flow and the landing on Elephant Island: The fact that these glass plate negatives survived the ordeal is remarkable in itself. Rosove 6: "What makes this volume especially appealing is the comprehensive collection of Frank Hurley's photographs from Shackleton's Endurance Expedition (1914-1917), some previously unpublished, beautifully reproduced in fine resolution on thick, high quality, high-reflectance white paper." This is the first UK edition. Quantity… Read More

Ward Lock & Co. Ltd, 1906. Early Edition. Cloth. No Dust Jacket. Undated Early Edition: 248pp, [8pp publishers catalogue]. Frontispiece b/w illustration by Henry Austin of the 'Forward' in Arctic sea. This book was published in Ward Lock's "Jules Verne Series" . The series reprinted the Verne's works in a standard (and quite attractive) binding. School presentation bookplate on front paste down. Shelfware, bumping, covers grubby, eps and page edges heavily toned,spotting. Good reading copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2915. .

Peter Davies, 1933. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition; 178 pp, 11 black and white photos, fold-out map and mileage page at rear. Cream cloth, no dustjacket. The story of the ill-fated South Pole expedition. Author achieved artic explorer distinction, notably for discovery of new Greenland mountains during a 1,200 mile sledge journey; he was a member of Parliament (1933). covers slightly stained, faded and bumped, 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: 1223. .

Putnam's, 1949. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Norweigan Edition; Norweigan translation of Antarctic Conquest: The Story of the Ronne Expedition 1946-1948. 191pp, illustrated with 24 b/w photographic plates. Quarter blue cloth with marbled boards, illustrated with gilt penguins on front cover, gilt titling to green label on spine. The story of the Ronne expedition 1946-1948 which by dog sled, by tractor and plane covered more than a quarter million miles of new terrritory. Previous owners library stamp on front ep. Very Good. This is the first Norweigan edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1940s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 611. .

Journal of Glaciology, 1969. Disbound. Reading Copy. J Glaciology, Vol 8, No 52, pp. 91-105, Illustrated, disbound & removed from original volume. Good Reading Copy. 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: 3066. .

The World Publishing Company, London, 1932. Fifth Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 5th impression October 1932; 447 pages, Publishers appendix. Original covers, no dust jacket. A classic topic covered by a classic writer. This translation was done by A. Paul Maerker-Branden and Elsa Branden. 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: 3388. .

University of Washington Press, 1960. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition; xv, 215pp, illustrated, b/w photographs, illustrations, charts, 1 map. Blue cloth covers with yellow titling in pictorial dustjacket. "This is ..... my principal reason for presenting [the personal histories] here. They are fragmentary compared with the book-length biographies obtained from a few Indians of the United States but they do show the personal aspects of those customs that anthropologists usually describe so impersonally, e. g. , marriage, adoption, the making of a hunter, and the child's instruction in religion and social relationships. We see in the reminiscences of several people, probably better than in one long autobiography, the variance in culture, even in a small isolated group. Also, it is hoped, we see not 'the Nunivak Eskimos' but individuals." Contents clean. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of… Read More

George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition; Translated by Karin Elliott, 149pages, 3pages publishers advertisements, illustrated, end paper maps, frontispiece plus 46 b/w photographs. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Biography of this Danish physician who went "to live with an isolated group of Polar Eskimos in Thule, Greenland, the northernmost human settlement in the world." Shelfware, dust jacket tatty, pieces missing, covers sunned where dust jacket missing, contents clean. 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: 2123. .

Museum Press Limited, 1950. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st UK Edition: 255pp, illustrated, 25 b/w photographs. Green cloth covers with black titling to spine in illustrated dustjacket. AB 9825, Account of archeologists sojourn on Button Islands (off the Northern Labrador peninsula) with Labrador eskimos.... as companions. Shelfware, contents clean. Dustjacket chipped, tatty with old sellotape repairs. Very Good/Dustjacket Fair. 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: 2392. .

Canadian Research Centre for Anthropology, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. 1st Edition: xx, 278pp, illustrated, 6 diagrams, 38tables, 151 b/w plates. Card covers. An anthropological study based on the author's researches at Frobisher Bay in 1963. 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: 2315. .