Search Results: Titles starting with M from Polar Books

Venturebooks Limited, 1949. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition: vi, 209pp, [1 publishers advertisement], illustrated, portrait frontispiece, 8 b/w photographs. Yellow cloth covers with black titling to spine, no dustjacket. AB 29777 Contains 14 articles in poopular style about travel and hunting in Canada, Spitsbergen, and Scandanavia, and an episode of World War II in Greenland. covers slightly grubby, pages age toned as usual., contents clean. 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: 2346. .

Jonathan Cape, London, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; 189 pages, illustrated, b/w plates, coloured folding map in blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Missing end papers (blank), closed repaired tear to folding map which has been poorly folded in the past. Shelf ware, covers bumped, grubby, small split to top of spine. Contents clean - Introduction to the present day; The modern expedition; Map-making; Geology; Biology; Marine research; The peoples of the Arctic; Polar voyages of the most recent times; Conclusion. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2926. .

Jonathan Cape, London, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; 189 pages, illustrated, b/w plates, coloured folding map. Blue cloth covers with black titling to spine. Shelf ware, odd spotting, mainly to page edges. Contents clean. Contents: Introduction to the present day; The modern expedition; Map-making; Geology; Biology; Marine research; The peoples of the Arctic; Polar voyages of the most recent times; Conclusion. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2817. .

FeedARead Publishing, 2013. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Paperback Edition; 307pages. Fiction based in Antarctic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Fiction. ISBN/EAN: 9781784072766. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3122. . 9781784072766

Harper and Row, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Paperback Edition; 'Musco Blue Whale is a journey into the world of whales where the warmth of the Chagos Archipelago and the icy depths of the Antarctic are home. To Musco, a giant of the biggest species ever to inhabit the earth, the ocean is tranquility, love, sympathy and security, until people intrude with instruments of death.' Describes the plight of whales being hunted by man. The author does this with care and perception and provides rare insight into a major issue of the day. Illustrated with delicate line drawings by Wilson Buchanan. First softcover edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Arctic & Antarctic. ISBN: 0063120259. ISBN/EAN: 9780063120259. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2832. . 9780063120259

The Polar Publishing Co, 1911. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition; xx, 604pp, illustrated, frontispiece, plus 49 b/w photographic illustrations. Original brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five years… Read More

The Polar Publishing Co, 1911. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition; xx, 604pp, illustrated, frontispiece, plus 49 b/w photographic illustrations. Original brown pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five… Read More

Johan Grundt Tanum, Oslo, 1938. First Edition. Card Wrappers. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 16 pages plus frontispiece, 10 pages of b/w photos, 2 maps. Ex Libri: Grey wrappers, The Toronto Star library stamp and number on front cover. Top corner of front cover clipped, contents clean. 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; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 534. .

William Heinemann, London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1st UK Edition; 282 pages. Original covers, in photocopied dust jacket. "Croydon 20.1.71" in ink on front end paper and discreet booksellers stamps verso front cover otherwise contents clean. Shelf wear, end papers browned and some spotting to page edges and margins. A nice copy. An autobiography of the Norwegian explorer who led the first expeditions to reach the South Pole, traverse the Northwest Passage, and fly over the North Pole in a dirigible. This is the first UK edition. 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: 3556. .

The Macmillan Company, 1913. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. US Edition; ix, 538 pages plus 4 pages publishers catalogue, illustrated, b/w photographs, 2 folding maps,pictorial end papers. Blue cloth covers with gilt decoration of a sledge and titling, top edges gilt. Ex Library, stamps to end papers, book plate on rear end paper. Previous owners pencil signature to title page. Shelfware, covers grubby, worn. Text block loosening, rear fly and end paper loose. Old Sellotape markings to rear end paper. Odd piece missing from edge of odd page, however contents clean and all complete. Describes the adventures of this noted Canadian explorer & ethnologist in the early twentieth century in the Arctic, highlighting his second expedition among the Mackenzie Eskimo. This is the first USA edition. Ex Libris with usual stamps and markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Arctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1924. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. New Edition, revised and abridged; xii, 308 pages,illustrated, b/w photos, 2 folding maps. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Ex seafarers library, withdrawn bookplates to front end paper and small stamps to maps. Shelf ware, covers faded, stained, front hinge cracking and some splitting to sections. Good reading copy. Describes the adventures of this noted Canadian explorer & ethnologist in the early twentieth century in the Arctic, highlighting his second expedition among the Mackenzie Eskimo. 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: 2869. .

S.W.Partridge & Co, 1930. Cloth. Good. 1930 Reprint (1st published 1927); 256pp. Blue cloth covers with black titling and illustration to front cover, titling to spine. Fiction adventure. Covers stained, age toning to pages, minor foxing. 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: 2074. .

Faber and Faber, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st UK Edition: 197 pages, illustrated, 8 b/w photographs. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Some minor spotting to prelim end paper edges, contents clean. An anthropological study of the Azande tribe and the relationship between man and woman of that tribe in the 1930s. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Anthropology; History. ISBN: 057110407x. ISBN/EAN: 9780571104079. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3572. . 9780571104079

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. 4th Edition completing fortieth thousand: 204 pages, 4 pages publishers adverts, frontispiece. Original covers, no dust jacket. Gift inscription dated 1897 on front end paper. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3534. .

John Wright & Sons, UK, 1948. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 2nd Edition; 156 pages, soft cover with pictorial dust jacket, illustrated frontispiece plus 35 b/w photos. Described by Balch in the Preface as "the third book in the Mendip series". Previous owners signature verso front cover, contents clean. Shelf wear, dust jacket nibbled with small tears, pieces missing. Fascinating folding table 'Man and the Wild Beasts of Mendip from long Ago and their Haunts'. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Climbing; Sports & Pastimes. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3525. .

Wells: Clare Son & Co., The Cathedral Press, UK, 1937. 2nd, 1st, 1st. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 3 Volumes in one. 2nd Edition, 1st Edition and 1st Edition. 163 pages, 177 pages, 211 pages, illustrated, folding chart. Original covers, no dust jacket. Previous owners signature front end paper, contents clean. Shelf wear, covers bumped, rubbed, end paper hinges split, text block slightly shaken but overall a nice copy. Fascinating folding table 'Man and the Wild Beasts of Mendip from long Ago and their Haunts'. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3528. .

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. 1st UK Edition: 216 pages, illustrated, map, b/w photos. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, repaired tears to dust jacket, neat previous owners signature on front end papers otherwise contents clean, publishers details rubbed out on title page. An account of the author's search for land in the Beaufort Sea and the subsequent journey of 2,500 miles south, through Alaska and Canada. During the trip he met many of the prospectors who thronged the Gold towns in search of fortune. This is the first UK edition. 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: 3719. .

George Allen, London, 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1897 Edition: An early work by John Ruskin, first published from 1843 to 1860, this being a new edition in small form. Volume I: Of General Principles, and of Truth, lxxii, 456 pages. Volume II: Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties, xxviii, 285 pages. Volume III: Of Many Things, frontispiece with tissue overlay, xvi, 362 pages, plates 1 to 17. Volume IV: Of Mountain Beauty, frontispiece with tissue overlay, xii, 455 pages, plates 18 to 50 and illustrations. Volume V: Of Leaf Beauty-Of Cloud Beauty-Of Ideas of Relation, frontispiece, xvi, 398 pages, plates 51 to 87, illustrations in text. Last Volume: General Index, Bibliography, and Notes, v, 429 pages. Complete in six volumes. Original covers, top edge gilt other uncut. End papers age toned, contents clean. A very nice set. Ruskin began this endeavour when he was 24 years old, based upon material he collected in Switzerland in 1842.… Read More

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xviii, 405 pages, (2 pages publishers adverts), illustrated, coloured frontispiece, 29 plates, 17 diagrams, 6 maps. Shelf wear, spine sunned, some minor spotting, mainly to pages edges. Newspaper cutting laid in. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3455. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Max Parrish, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Reading Copy/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 128 pages, illustrated b/w photos. Ex Libri, bookplates and library markings crudely erased, previous owners signature front end paper.Covers badly worn, missing part of spine, faded. Book of winter sports and climbing. The Cresta run, profile of John Hunt, Wynford Vaughn Thomas,1956 Olympic Winter Games, skating, rock climbing and skiing plus the "Dilema of Rum Doodle". A good read. Reading copy quality. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; Sports & Pastimes. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3479. .