Search Results: Titles starting with H from Polar Books

Fleming H. Revell Company, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 448pp, illustrated, portrait frontispiece plus 16 black and white photographs and 1 map, as called for. Green cloth covers with gilt titling. An Autobiography of John Hall Young in his dog mushing days as a parson travelling and living in Alaska. Completed by him just shortly before his sudden accidental death. Shelfware, sovers slightly grubby, hinges splitting, text block tight. Gift inscription on fep, contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Arctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2994. .

Joan Marr, 2006. Paperback. New. Limited 1st Edition (200 printed); xii, 332pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Paperback. A personal account of the life of Brian Leonard Hodson Foote, his life in Britain before, during and after the war and his progression at the age of thirty to the Antarctic Continent as a member of the British Antarctic Survey team. New. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; ISBN: 0975173618. ISBN/EAN: 9780975173619. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1606. . 9780975173619

William Heinemann, London, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition, VOLUME 2 ONLY Vol II, xvi, 419 pages, 102 plate leaves, plus 38 diagrams in text; Folding panorama is a COPY and the 3 maps in rear pocket are professional coloured COPIES. Original covers. All coloured an b/w plates originals. Ex school library bookplate turned in to presentation plate verso cover, library number to spine, contents clean. Covers faded, fraying, bumped, stained, spine splitting, hinges splitting. A good reading copy This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3505. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

William Heinemann, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition, Association Copy: Ink signature "Charles Swithinbank November 1943" in front end papers, both volumes. Tanning to end papers. Covers worn, stained, fading, shelf wear, spines faded and splitting. Hinge splitting both volumes. Contents clean. Vol I, xlviii, 372 pages, 112 plate leaves, plus 111 diagrams in text; Vol II, xvi, 419 pages, 102 plate leaves, plus 38 diagrams in text; 1 folding page depicting 2 panoramas, 3 folding maps in rear pocket Errata slip tipped in Volume 2. Original blue cloth lettered in silver, silver pictorial vignettes to upper covers and spines, top edges gilt. NOTE: Charles Swithinbank (1926-2014), glaciologist and polar explorer, first visited the Antarctic as a member of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52. Overall he has spent three winters and twenty field seasons in the polar regions, many of them involved with… Read More

William Heinemann, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition, 2 Volumes; Vol I, xlviii, 372 pages, 112 plates plus 111 diagrams in text; Vol II, xvi, 419 pages, 102 plates plus 38 diagrams in text; 1 folding page depicting 2 panoramas, 3 folding maps in rear pocket as called for. Original covers. Spines softening, covers slightly faded, bumped and marked. Spine on volume 1 slightly split. End papers age toned, contents clean. Odd crack to text block but still in overall tight, clean condition. A very nice set. Shackleton first gained fame as a member of Scott’s 1901-2 expedition, and in August 1907 he left London as commander of his own expedition, popularly known as the "Nimrod" Expedition and renowned "for having reached within 97 miles of the South Pole (almost four years before Amundsen and Scott achieved the Pole itself) This expedition established Shackleton as a bona-fide English hero," This is the first UK… Read More

Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st US Edition; x, 421pages, (3pages publishers advertisements) maps on end papers. Blue cloth covers with gilt vignette of ship on front cover and titling to spine. Shelf wear, spine softening, corners bumped. Age toning to end paper maps. Contents clean. In 1876, James Gordon Bennett jr, owner of the New York Herald bought the barque-rigged steamship "Jeanette" for the purpose of getting to the North Pole. In June 1879 the ship, under command of Captain DeLong, departed San Francisco on what was to become one of the most tragic and heroic expeditions in Arctic exploration. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1930s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2072. . This book weigh more than a kilo so may involve extra… Read More

Cassell, 1963. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1st UK Edition; 153pp, many illustrations throughout, pictorial end papers. Illustrated laminated boards. A book in the Horizon Caravel series. This series includes 34 titles and was published from 1962 to 1970. The books present key points and people throughout history in an interesting format, suitable for advanced young readers or even adults. The pictures are all well captioned, adding much interest. Damp damaged, some pages with slight top and bottom damp stains and pages are "crinkled". Reading copy. 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: 2011. .

Cassell, 1963. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st UK Edition; 153pp, many illustrations throughout, pictorial end papers. Illustrated laminated boards. A book in the Horizon Caravel series. This series includes 34 titles and was published from 1962 to 1970. The books present key points and people throughout history in an interesting format, suitable for advanced young readers or even adults. The pictures are all well captioned, adding much interest. Spine bumped with half inch tear to bottom of spine otherwise 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: 2009. .

The Sunday School Union, London, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Presumed 1st Edition: Circa 1896 ,159 pages plus 16 pages publishers adverts, illustrated 17 line drawings, Presentation inscription on front end paper dated July 12th 1896, spotting to end papers and page edges, contents clean. Shelf wear. 21 stories and 1 poem about heroic women in society. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Women & Feminism; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3477. .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. Cloth. Reading Copy. Companion Bookclub Edition; 256 pp, illustrated, b/w drawings, photographs, maps, ate,with maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic. Blue cloth with titling to spine, no dustjacket. Hillary's account of his 2 Everest expeditions, including the successful one in 1953.Sir Edmund Hillary's climbing autobiography which culminates in his conquest of Everest in 1953. Tackling his first peak on the Seally Range, his first small Himalayan expedition with Lowe, Riddiford, and Cotter, he moved on to share in Shipton's Reconnaissance of 1951, and from Cho Oyu in 1952. Damp damage to covers, covers slightly warped, previous owners signature to fep. 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: 3058. .

Tide Water Oil Company, 1930. First Edition. Paper. Fair. 1st Edition; 32pp, sepia tone photos and illustrated throughout. Includes copy of Byrd Comes Home painting by Peter Hurd. Photographs by the courtesy of the New York Times and St. Louis Post Dispatch Look at Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Antarctic Expedition from August, 1928 to June, 1930. Front and back cover slightly dirty and stained. Staples missing and pages separated from cover. Rust marks from staples to gutter. Large trade paperback (magazine format). A somewhat commercially skewed view of the 1927 Expedition, with an obvious bias toward its use of Veedol Motor Oil and Tydol Gasoline products. An attractively produced large-format, illustrated card-covered book celebrating the return of the Antarctic Expedition. Atmospheric (almost art deco) illustrations to the front and rear wrappers. Fair First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram.… Read More

Tide Water Oil Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 32pp, sepia tone photos and illustrated throughout. Includes copy of Byrd Comes Home painting by Peter Hurd. Photographs by the courtesy of the New York Times and St. Louis Post Dispatch. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Antarctic Expedition from August 1928 to June 1930. Large trade paperback (magazine format). A somewhat commercially skewed view of the 1927 Expedition, with an obvious bias toward its use of Motor Oil and Gasoline products. An attractively produced large-format celebrating the return of the Antarctic Expedition. This pamphlet has been nicely rebound in brown cloth covers, the original front and back cover have been removed. Remnants of label pasted into verso rear cover. Very Good. 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; Antarctic; 1920s;… Read More

The Royal Geographical Society, London, 1935. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Fair. 11th Edition; Volume I, - Survey and Field Astronomy; vii, 448 pages, [xvi, advertisements], map wallet to back cover containing 2 astronomical charts. Vol II Organisation and equipment scientific observation health, sickness, and injury. xvi, 286 pages. Both volumes illustrated with numerous diagrams and black and white photos, index and publishers adverts. Original covers in unclipped dust jackets. Shelf wear, previous owners names on front end papers, contents clean, dust jackets grubby, mended splits, old Sellotape marks. Comprehensive volume covering all aspects of expeditions before and after the Second World War. Serious books for would be travellers and expedition leaders of the middle 20th century. Full of hidden gems, a great book to dip in and out of "The Yak does not like the scent of a European who should not stand near during loading" "Donkeys are useful for men… Read More

Oliver & Boyd, 1833. Early Edition. Leather. Good. 'Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., F.R.S. & F.S.A with Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American Regions by James WIlson, Esq., F.R.S.E & M.W.S. To which is added an appendix, containing Remarks on the Late memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Vindication of Richard Hakluyt. 2nd Edition: 444pp, [16pp publishers catalogue], illustrated, 1 folding map, vignette, 8 b/w drawings/engravings, some with tissue guards. Rebound, brown cloth covers with part of original binding acting as spine label. A general history of discovery, including the voyages of the Portuguese, French, and Spaniards; the Russian and English voyages; Hearne and Sir Alexander Mackenzie; Franklin and Beechey. The second half of the book deals with the natural history including quadrupeds, birds, fish, botany, and… Read More

Oxford, At the Theatre,, . First Edition. . Fair/No Dust Jacket. THE HISTORY OF LAPLAND WHEREIN ARE SHEWED THE ORIGINAL MANNERS, HABITS, MARRIAGES, CONJURATIONS, &C. OF THAT PEOPLE 1st 1674 English Edition; (first published in Latin in Uppsala in 1670), woodcut title vignette, 25 woodcut illustrations in the text, 147 pages, adverts. Bound together with Sandys Travels, Containing an History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire1673, The Seventh Edition with a folding map part of Africa. Title page, [ii], folding map, (torn and repaired, taped) 240pages. Contemporary owners inscription of 1830 on front board and top of title page. Boards, maps and some pages mended with a thick brown paper. Damp staining throughout, tops of some pages worn away, damaged but contents all still readable and clear. Hardly surprising considering the age. .Scheffer (1621-1679), Swedish philologist and archaeologist, was appointed professor at Uppsala University in 1647 where he undertook… Read More

C. Hurst & Company, 1970. First English Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st UK Edition, English Translation; Vol I; xiii, 350pp, illustrated, 45 b/w plates, maps, line drawings. Cream cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial illustrated dustjackets. small tear and crease to dustjacket rear Vol I. Very Good/Very Good. 2-volume set (complete). 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: 2119. .

Wildlife Management Institute, 1957. Wrappers. Good. Scientific Paper: Reprinted from Transactions of the Twenty-second North Americal Wildlife Conference, March 4, 5, and 6, 1957. 15pp, 1 map in text. An evaluation of the decline of the walrus population over a period of over 200years during which the Europeans have been active in the Arctic. Damp markings to pages but complete. 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: 3000. .

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1939. Cloth. Very Good. (No date circa 1939): xiv, 987pp. with appendix of brief bibliographic notes, and index. 12 sketch maps (many folding). Errata sheet tipped in at Table of Contents page. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. (All maps present and in nice condition - The Northern Forest Belt, The Three North-Wests & Their Aboriginal Tribes Samuel Hearne's Voyage to the Coppermine & Slaves Rivers, James Bay, Port Churchill Hudson's Bay, Rupert's Land and the West in the Time of the Pedlars 1763-1787, Sketch Map to Illustrate Ideas of the west coast of America., After A Draught of Nelson & Haye's Rivers, French Occupation of the Forest Belt From 1731 Ruperts Land 1744-1763, Rupert's Land and the North West Territory 1821-1870, The Pacific Slope 1821-1870, Fur Traders' Posts 1787-1821, The Pacific Slope Till 1821). Peel 630 (3): "An encyclopaedic history of the west to 1870".Morton wrote this first… Read More

William Heinemann, London, 1915. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st 2 Volume Edition; Vol I, xxx, 349 pages, illustrated. Frontispiece, 8 colour plates, 108 b/w plates (4 folding), 17 text illustrations. Vol II, xiii, 338 pages. Frontispiece, 10 colour plates, 93 b/w plates (5 folding), 20 text illustrations, 3 folding maps in rear pocket. Original Cloth covers with pictorial block "Leaning into the Wind" in silver to front covers. Both volumes shelf ware, covers faded, marked. Spines softening with small splits, some minor wrinkling to some pages, mainly plates. Minor spotting, mainly to prelims and page edges. Volume 1 rear hinge split, text block shaken but complete. The first official Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Mawson charted more than 2000 miles of coastline and nearly lost his life in a wild sledge journey. In the process he developed a detailed scientific analysis of George V Land and Macquarie Island and produced this classic account of heroic age… Read More

Hodder and Stourton Limited, London, 1930. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 6th Edition (1st in this form) xix, 348 pages, 10 maps and plans. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelfwear, covers stained, some minor spotting, mainly to page edges, contents clean. A neat concise volume of this expedition. A participant in Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition (1907-09), Mawson went on to lead his own expedition from his native Australia to an area of the Antarctic previously unexplored, departing in December 1911. At the end of 1912 disaster struck when one member of his three-man sub-team fell into a crevasse with most of their sled dogs and supplies. Mawson and Xavier Mertz began the 480km trek back to base, but Mertz fell victim to vitamin A poisoning from the dog's livers they were forced to eat, and died before they reached their goal. In this book Mawson records his extraordinary survival experiences. First edition of the work in this format and… Read More