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GAME ANIMALS OF THE SUDAN Their Habits and Distribution A Handbook for Hunters and Naturalists
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GAME ANIMALS OF THE SUDAN Their Habits and Distribution A Handbook for Hunters and Naturalists

by Brocklehurst, Capt. C H

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Gurney and Jackson, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xix, 170 pages, [6] blank for notes. Pages uncut, illustrated, 12 coloured photographs by W.H. Riddel with tissue guards, 14 b/w photos and forty-five illustrations in the text, folding map. Original covers with gilt lion on front cover, gift inscription on front end paper, typed sheet "with author's compliments" and newspaper cutting laid in. Shelf wear, some spotting mainly to prelims and end pages. Covers nice and bright. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Wildlife; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3686. .
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GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, SOUTH GEORGIA  AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

by H.M.S.O

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HMSO, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 1st Edition; 34pp with 4page 1st supplement to the 1st Edition, 1964. Compliment slip from The Antarctic Place-names committee 1963 laid in. Original stapled paper wraps. Damp staining to front cover. 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: 620. .
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THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, VOL LXXXIII No 4, April 1934

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, VOL LXXXIII No 4, April 1934

by Various

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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. .
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GHOST SHIP OF THE POLE: The incredible story of the dirigible 'Italia'
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GHOST SHIP OF THE POLE: The incredible story of the dirigible 'Italia'

by Cross, Wilbur (Foreword by Vilhjalmur Stefansson)

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Heinemann, 1960, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st UK Edition; xi, 306pp, illustrated 35 b/w photographs. Blue cloth covers with silver titling to spine in pictorial price clipped dustjacket. The incredible story of Dirigible "Italia" and Umberto Nobile, her captain, who crashed onto an Arctic ice pack in 1928 and reflection of the incident in the politics and international situation of the time. Dustjacket edgeworn with tears, chips to front, old sellotape marks to inside of cover, age toned. Contents clean. 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: 1965. .
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GINO WATKINS
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GINO WATKINS

by Scott, J.M

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Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1935. Cloth. Good. October 1935 Edition (1st edition, 2nd reprint) xviii, 317 pages. illustrated, coloured frontispiece, 28 b/w plates, 7 maps. Original cloth covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers slightly grubby. Front end paper ,missing, Southampton 14.12.74 on verso frontispiece, some minor spotting to page edges, newspaper cutting (Obituary of Author laid in) contents clean. Biography of the polar explorer and hero with a tribute from Stanley Baldwin. The life of Henry "Gino" Watkins, who died in 1932 at the age of 25 on his 4th Arctic expedition, to Greenland. 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: 2803. .
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GLACIER ISLAND: The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955
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GLACIER ISLAND: The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955

by Sutton, George

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Travel Book Club, London, 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Travel Book Club Edition; 224 pages, 4 maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket, protected in archival sleeve. Age toning to pages, minor spotting to page edges,end papers browned, page 30/31 looks like it was previously uncut and then be separated badly which resulted in small margin loss and repair, text unaffected. The British South Georgia Expedition, 1954-55 was the first expedition to enter Antarctic regions with mountaineering as its principal objective. The author set out to explore the ice-bound mountain in the Allardyce Range. With several dangerous passages and narrow escapes in the process. 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: 3668. .
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THE GREAT FROZEN SEA. A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the “Alert” During the...
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THE GREAT FROZEN SEA. A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the “Alert” During the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6

by Markham, Capt. Albert Hastings

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London: Daldy, Isbister, & Co, 1878. . Fair. 3rd edition: xx, 440 pages. MISSING 2 of the 7 full page plates and the folding map and 1 of the 2 double-page colour plates of the flags and activities of the sledge parties. Library blue cloth binding with gilt titling and library numbers to spine. Ex. Libri, pages grubby, some split, some repaired, spotting, embossed library stamps. Reading copy. The author commanded the Alert during the British Arctic Expedition under Nares to the North Polar Sea, and wintered on Ellesmere Island. Markham led the two-sledge party that attempted to reach the North Pole in 1876, but was forced to turn back on account of his party suffering from scurvy. His account describes in detail the passage, wintering, sledge journeys, notes on the dogs, scurvy, frostbite, snow blindness, and other occurrences. Markham was appointed second-in-command of HMS Alert under Captain Nares. Despite suffering from scurvy and being poorly clothed, he led a sledge-party to reach the… Read More
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THE GREAT FUR LAND OR SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY with Numerous...
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THE GREAT FUR LAND OR SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY with Numerous Illustrations from designs by Charles Gasche

by Robinson, H. M

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Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition. x (1) 348pp, + 4pp advertisements. Illustrated 23 b/w illustrations, brown eps. Grey cloth covers with black illustrations and titling to front cover and gilt titling to spine. True account of adventure and hunting furs in the Canadian wilderness. Information and detail on the Indian population, their beliefs and customs as well as the hunting and habits of fur bearing animals including beaver. Much of the travel undertaken by birch-bark canoe and dog-sled. Shelfware, spine ends and corners bumped. 1st section to page 1 loose but intact, Missing pages 3 to 30 of the advertisements at the back. Some minor spotting but overall contents clean. Still a nice copy. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Arctic; 19th century; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2738. .
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GREAT TRUE ADVENTURES IN ICE AND SNOW
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GREAT TRUE ADVENTURES IN ICE AND SNOW

by Bristow, John and Hinton, Anthony (Selected and editied by)

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Arco Publications, 1958. Cloth. Good/Poor. 2nd Edition; 224pp, Blue covers with black titling to spine in price clipped dustjacket. Gift inscription on fep, pages browned, Dustjacket very tatty. Good/Poor. 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: 1409. .
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: Being an Account of Experiences With Captain Scott's South Pole...
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: Being an Account of Experiences With Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic

by Ponting, Herbert G

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Duckworth, London, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: First published in 1921 All rights reserved. (Over 80 editions of this work were published, this is the rare first edition) xxvi, 306 pages, 97 plates including frontispiece, (the majority from Ponting’s photographs), 1 map in text. With an Introduction by Lady Scott. Rebound quarter leather. Contents clean. All illustrations as called for. The author took part in and recounts the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, led by Captain Robert Scott. Widely regarded as the "best outdoor cameraman in the world", Ponting was invited by Scott to join his expedition; "During the long Antarctic winter of 1911 he developed all his breathtaking photographs and thousands of feet of film, as well as teaching photography to his companions and entertaining them with lantern slide lectures on his travels. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2… Read More
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: Being an Account of Experiences With Captain Scott's South Pole...
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: Being an Account of Experiences With Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic

by Ponting, Herbert G

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Duckworth, London, 1923. Third Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Photocopied Protection. 3rd Edition, Duckworth Edition; (2), xxvi, 306 pages, numerous b/w photos (the majority from Ponting’s photographs). I route map to the South Pole. With an introduction by Lady Scott. Blue cloth with red ruling and titling and Terra Nova crest to spine and upper board, in photocopied dust jacket for protections. Shelfware, covers grubby with some staining. Minor foxing, mainly to page edges, end papers browned, gift inscription in pencil on front end paper otherwise contents clean. The author took part in and recounts the British Antactic Expedition of 1910-1913, led by Captain Robert Scott. Widely regarded as the "best outdoor cameraman in the world", Ponting was invited by Scott to join his expedition. 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.… Read More
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: OR WITH SCOTT IN THE ANTARCTIC
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THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: OR WITH SCOTT IN THE ANTARCTIC

by Ponting, Herbert G

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Duckworth, London, 1947. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12th Impression; (2), xxv, 306pp, (1) 48 plate leaves, grouped at rear of text, 177 photographs,2 illustrations (the majority from Ponting’s photographs) 1 map. 132 illustrations indicated on fly leaf but this is incorrect (Rosove 251.C). Original blue cloth with silver titling and Terra Nova crest to spine and upper board. With an Introduction by Lady Scott. The author took part in and recounts the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, led by Captain Robert Scott. Widely regarded as the "best outdoor cameraman in the world", Ponting was invited by Scott to join his expedition; "During the long Antarctic winter of 1911 he developed all his breathtaking photographs and thousands of feet of film, as well as teaching photography to his companions and entertaining them with lantern slide lectures on his travels. In October 1911 the first fruits of his ‘"live" chronicles of life among the snows’, as the… Read More
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GREENLAND

GREENLAND

by Michael Banks

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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
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GREENLAND PAST AND PRESENT
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GREENLAND PAST AND PRESENT

by Hertling, Knud and Erik Hesselbjerg, Svend Klitgaard, Ebbe Munck and Olaf Petersen

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Edvard Henriksen, 1970. Edition Unstated. Cloth. Very Good/Good. No date, circa 1970, presumed 1st Edition: 370 pp, illustrated, b/w photographs, charts, maps. Half-leather, with marbled boards, illustrated endpapers in unclipped dustjacket. An illustrated history of Greenland, Denmark's most northern province. Contributions include geography, climate, weather, mammals, birds, marine life, sea, geology, natural history, language, education, constitution, art, commerce etc. 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: 2307. .
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GRONLAND OG SPITSBERGEN
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GRONLAND OG SPITSBERGEN

by RÆSTAD, Arnold

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H. Aschehoug & Co, 1923. Card Wrappers. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 49 pages. Card wrappers. Translation notes in margins in pencil. 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: 2712. .
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The Geology of Scripture, Illustrating the Operation of the Deluge, and the Effects of Which It...
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The Geology of Scripture, Illustrating the Operation of the Deluge, and the Effects of Which It Was Productive

by Browne (H., of Amesbury)

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W. Penny and sold by the Author, UK, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st edition, vi, [2], 216pages. Complete with 9 lithographic plates (which include 2 hand-coloured) plus 1 hand-coloured map, totalling 10 in all. Hard grey-green paper boards, with cloth spine and printed paper spine-label. Covers very worn, spine label worn away, text block still solid, all 9 plates and map present, some spotting throughout. Previous owners signature on front end paper, contents clean. FULL TITLE: The geology of Scripture, illustrating the operation of the deluge, and the effects of which it was productive: with a consideration of Scripture history, in reference to Stonehenge and Abury, in Wiltshire; and to the Caves of Elephanta and Salsette, and the wonders of Elora , in Hindoostan; a statement of new and important views of geology, resulting from information contained in Scripture, and an interesting tour from Christchurch, along the banks of the river Avon, and across the… Read More
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Georg Wilhem Steller: The Pioneer of Alaskan Natural History
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Georg Wilhem Steller: The Pioneer of Alaskan Natural History

by Leonhard Stejneger

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Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1970. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1970 publication of the original1936 Edition: 623pages, illustrated 29 plates. Red cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Bibliography.Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 - 1746) German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer is considered a pioneer of Alaskan natural history. He accompanied Vitus Bering on the Second Kamchatka Expedition (ca.1740), sailed with Bering across the straits to land at Kayak, Alaska in 1741. Steller became the first European naturalist to describe many North American plants and animals, including several species that bear his name, such as Steller's sea cow. His extraordinary survival through wrecks, disease, and starvation on the return trip is one of the great chapters of Arctic exploration. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0576291242. ISBN/EAN: 9780576291248. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More
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Gold, Men and Dogs
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Gold, Men and Dogs

by A.A. "Scotty" Allan

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G.P.Putman's Sons, The Knickerboker Press, New York, 1931. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. G.P. Putmans Knickerbocker Press 1931 Edition: 337 pages, illustrated, b/w photos. Original covers, no dust jacket. Covers grubby, spine softening, hinges cracked and repaired, old sellotape markings, frontispiece loosening, front end paper and frontispiece loosening, needs a little tlc binding wise. Contents clean. Fascinating reading, a chapter on Soapy Smith. 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: 3367. .
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Great Exploration Hoaxes
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Great Exploration Hoaxes

by Roberts, David

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Sierra Club Books, San Fransico, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition: x, 182 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket tatty with odd piece missing. Previous owners neat inscription verso half title, front end paper removed. Contents clean. David Roberts scrutinises 10 famous hoaxes from 450 years of exploration, ranging from Cabot's voyage down the east coast of North America in 1508 to Donald Crowhurst's bid to sail single handed circumnavigation in 1968, obviously it also includes Dr. Cook on Mount McKinley. A good read which leaves you with a lot of questions! This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; History. ISBN: 0871563258. ISBN/EAN: 9780871563255. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3704. . 9780871563255
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Greenland: Volume III  ONLY The Colonization of Greenland and its History until 1929
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Greenland: Volume III ONLY The Colonization of Greenland and its History until 1929

by Various - Editors: M. Vahl (Cheig Editor), G.C. Amdrup, L.Bobe, AD.S.Jensen

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Copenhagen & London: C.A. Reitzel & Humprey Milford, Oxford University Press,, 1929. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition, Card wrappers as issued. 468pp, illustrated with maps, tables, b/w photographs. Large coloured folding map at end of Volume III. Shelfware, covers grubby, small split to bottom of spine. Contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1920s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3016. .
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