Search Results: Titles starting with J from Polar Books

W.E. Dibble, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xvi, 840 pages, illustrated, 200 engravings (illustrations and tailpieces). Original decorative red cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, floral eps, marbled page edges. Full Title: THE JEANNETTE: And a Complete and Authentic Narrative Encyclopedia of All Voyages and Expeditions to the North Polar Regions, containing a complete account of the most remarkable examples of heroism, endurance and suffering on record. Embracing the biography of voyages of Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall and De Long. With an account of the development of Arctic navigation through the voyages of the norsemen, the cabots, Gilbert, Davids, Barentz, Hudson, Baffin, Behring, Mackenzie, Cook, Scorseby, Parry, Wrangell, Ross, Nares, Nordenskiold, Schwatka,Smith, Young, and many others; An accurate description of all important scientific and geographical discoveries ever made in the frozen North. A very rare title.… Read More

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Cloth. Fair. 3rd Edition, 1821; xi, 320pp, illustrated, 5 woodcuts, 2 maps (1 folding). Library bookplate on verso front cover. Half leather with marbled boards. This was the first voyage commanded by William Edward Parry, Fisher was assistant surgeon aboard the Hecla, they wintered at Melville Island, and earned a 5000 pound reward for being the first to cross the meridian, longitude 110' west. Fisher's journal is a valuable supplement to Parry's official account, notably for his information on natural history and ice conditions. TPL 1194, Sabin 24453, Hill 605. Covers detached, map at front worn and poorly folded, NEEDS REBINDING, back beginning to split at bottom on quite a few pages at hinge. Age toning, slight foxing as expected. Fair. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic;… Read More

The Royal Institute of Navigation Cambridge University Press, 1982. First Edition. Wrappers. As New. 1st Edition: Contents: Integrated Navigation under the Sea. A High-precision Underwater Navigation System. Weather Satellite Information for Offshore Industry. Dekametric Radar for Surveillance of Sea-state and Oceanic Winds. A Sideways-looking Towed Depth-measuring System. The Present Use of Satellites for Sea-state Observation and Predictions. The Nautical Chart. Communication and the Nautical Chart. Shipping and the European Environment. Present Development Phases of the Suez Canal Project. Economic Aspects of Marine Navigational Casualties. Marine Traffic Analysis. The Development of Electronic Navigation Systems. The Placement of Ancient Sites in the New Forest Area. The North Atlantic Organized Track Structure. The Development of Programs for Minimum-time Tracks. Some Interim Results of the Study. Appears unread. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic &… Read More

John Murray, London, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. THREE TITLES BOUND INTO 2 VOLUMES - WILL SELL JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 1819-20 WITH APPENDIX SEPARATELY FOR £600.00 Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Griper. With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations: The Second Edition: London: John Murray, 1821. xxix, folding chart, 310pp, clxxix appendix, illustrated 20 charts and plates as called for, (Plate XIII as frontispiece rather than facing page 97) Leather covers with paper label to spine. Front cover detached, armorial owners bookplate on verso front cover, price in ink on title page, repair to chart of Baffins bay, this chart has also been poorly folded. Age toning, foxing to pages as expected. Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a… Read More

John Murray, London, 1828. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 6 volumes, 1st Edition thus; Vol I, viii,283 pages (printed 1828); Vol II, iv, 270 pages (printed 1828); Vol III, vii,312 pages (printed 1828); Vol IV, vii,295 pages (printed 1828); Vol V, vii, 300 pages (printed in 1831, different binding to previous 4 volumes) Vol VI, xxxv, 211 pages (printed 1829); illustrated, engraved plates, folding map, (page edges uncut, Volumes I-IV) Volumes V original cloth with title labels on spines. Vols 1-4,1828; Vol 5 - 1831; Vol 6, 1829, leather covers with gilt decoration and titling to spine. The first 5 volumes are accounts of Parry's voyages to discover the North West Passage and were initially published separately in four quarto volumes between 1821 and 1826. This set of 5 volumes was printed as a complete edition in 1828 whilst Vol VI "Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole in boats fitted for the purpose, and attached to His Majesty's… Read More

John Murray, 1828. Cloth. Fair. Volume III ONLY - 1st Edition thus; Vol III, vii,312pp, engraved plates frontispiece, folding map. Leather covers with gilt titling to spine. Covers worn, piece from top of spine missing, title page and pages iv-vii loosening, pages age toned, spotting to pages. 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: 2665. .

John Murray, 1828. Cloth. Fair. Volume II ONLY - 1st Edition thus; Vol II, v, 270pp, engraved plates frontispiece, page edges uncut. Covers grubby, worn, piece from top of spine missing,bumped, very worn esp. along edges & spines, Age toning, spotting to pages. 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: 2664. .

John Murray, London, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st small volume edition: VOLUME 2 ONLY. Vol II vi, [1], 268 pages, illustrated, 4 woodcuts. Original covers, blue marble end papers, pencil annotations on p258 saying "skip next two pages." crosses over pages, all in pencil. Pages 257 to 260 then inserted again are from Vol III, also again pages 261 to 264. Parts of spine missing, covers detached, text block sound, age toning to pages. Binder must have had an off day! Volume 4 recalls the departure from Isle a la Crosse to Chipewyan, subsequent departure from there and difficulties of the various navigation of the rivers and lakes and return to winter quarters at Fort Enterprise. 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; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2130. .

Centaur Open Gate Press, London, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). New Book/As New. 1st Edition: 127 pages illustrated, b/w photos. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. The Authors diary when he was employed by British Antarctic Survey at Adelaide Base from 1963 to 1965. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1960s; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9780900001642. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3664. . 9780900001642

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition: xiv [1] 278 pages, illusrated, b/w photos, line drawings. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, some minor spotting, mainly to page edges, contents clean, discrete booksellers stamp verso rear cover. "Translated from the Swedish by E.G. Nash." Sven Hedin was a Swedish explorer who devoted a number of years to exploring Turkestan and the Gobi Desert. "Jehol, the City of emperors, is truly a dead city. The founders of the Manchu Dynasty, K'ang Hai and Ch'ien Lung, created it as a place for hunting, military exercises, and that religious devotion which they knew so well how to combine with a certain Machiavellianism in mundane affairs. Now, its glories have almost departed and it is doomed to complete ruin in the space of a few years." Chapters include: The road to Jehol; The Potala; The flight of the Torgot; The Hsien-Kung… Read More

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

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

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

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

Manchester Geographical Society, 1900. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Pale blue brown wrappers as issued, [2 advertisements], pp69-148,[2 advertisements], illustrated, bw line drawings, photographs, map; Contents Include: Mr E.W. Mellor - The Harz Mountains, with Brunswick and Hildenshiem; Mr. E. Cowan - Across the Lapland Alps; Mr. J.R. Newby - Iceland and the Icelanders; 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

Manchester Geographical Society, 1902. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition; Brown wrappers as issued, (1 advertisement),vii, pp153-244pp, illustrated, bw photographs. Contents Include: H. Guillaume - The Peruvian Amazonian Basin .....; W.G. Black - Rainfall in 1901; J.R. Newby - The 1902 Summer in Iceland; William Green's Map of Manchester and Salford; 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 and chipping to covers, contents clean. Very Good.… Read More

Manchester Geographical Society, 1901. Wrappers. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Pale brown wrappers as issued, [2 advertisements], pages 89-164,illustrated, bw line drawings, photographs; Covers chipped, minor staining. Contents Include: Dr. Reginald Koettlitz - Polar Work; Mr. C. Wragge - The Snowy Ranges of Australia, Mount Kosciusko and its Observatory; Rev.J.W. Heywood - A Holiday in Japan; J.R. Newby - The Death of Mr. F.W.W. Howell in Iceland; 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… Read More

Manchester Geographical Society, 1897. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Brown wrappers as issued, (1 advertisement),124pages (1 advertisement)illustrated, bw photographs, map. Covers chipped, pieces missing, front cover attached with archival tape. Contents Include: Mellor, E.W. - A Cruise of the Dolphin in Dutch Waters, 1896; Nansen, F. - The Furthest North; Monteflore Brice - The Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition; Weir, T. - Within the Arctic Circle with the Eclipse Expedition; Bibliography of Arctic Research; Lancaster, W. - Notes on a Short Visit to the Island of Skye; The Diamond Jubilee of Her Gracious Majesty the Queen; 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… Read More

Manchester Geographical Society, UK, 1896. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition; Pale blue grey wrappers as issued, [1 publishers advertisements], pp109-204, [1 publishers advertisements], maps and tables (1 folding coloured map) Contents Include: Cook - Captain Cook's Voyages, 1772-1780. Logs in three oceans - Atlantic, Indian, Pacific. Summaries of Ocean rainfall; W Harper - The Growth and Progress of the Australian Colonies; Alderman Isaac Bowes - The Suez Canal & The Nicaragua Canal; John Newby - The Earthquakes of Iceland; Lionel E Wells - The Canals and Navigable Rivers of England; 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… Read More

Manchester Geographical Society, 1891. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 1st Edition; Pale brown wrappers as issued, [2 publishers advertisements], pp81-152, [2 publishers advertisements], illustrated, bw line drawings, 1 folding coloured map; Contents Include: Dawkins, Prof. Boyd - The Channel Tunnel; Tcheraz, Prof. M - Armenia; Vambery, Prof. A., British Trade in Central Asia; Millson, A - Yoruba; Burton, F.G - Mexico; 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… Read More