Search Results: Titles starting with S from Polar Books

Smith Elder & Co, 1901. Cloth. Very Good. 2nd Edition; viii,389pp, [18pp publishers advertisements], teg, other page edges uncut. Black cloth covers with gilt titling and decoration to front cover and spine. Shakings are odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during a voyage. This books is a set of essays on various nautical subjects and adventures by the author. Shelfware, corners, top bottom of spine bumped, previous owners name and date on verso front cover, some minor foxing. 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: 2002. .

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 1st American Edition of English Translation. Published for the American-Scandinavian Foundation; 372pp, (1 publishers advertisements). Illustrated, 22 b/w photographs. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, with tatty dustjacket. The first full-life biography of the renowned Norwegian explorer/biologist, published soon after his death. An account of the adventures of Fridtjof Nansen, explorer and Nobel Prize winner. First English edition. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 8614' during his North Pole expedition of 189396. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. Dustjacket is in… Read More

Blackie & Son Ltd, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; xv, 240 pages, map end papers, 24 plates [54 photos, 5 sketches] 4 maps in text, 2 folding. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers slightly grubby, pages age toned, some spotting to page edges. Contents clean. When in mid-1901 the author accepted an offer to be physicist with Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Royal Geographic Society Antarctic Expedition he was less than a year back from his first venture to the southern polar regions. It was Christmas Eve 1901 when the Discovery, specially built for the expedition, sailed from Lyttelton, New Zealand for the Antarctic, on Scott's first and successful exploration voyage there. The story of the ship Discovery and its adventures. She was built in Dundee in 1900 for Scott's Expedition and now rests again in Dundee. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:… Read More

Andrew Melrose, 1953. Cloth. Good. Abridged edition; 192pp, monochrome frontispiece and small line illustrations, map eps. Green cloth covers with silver titling to spine, no dustjacket. Born at sea in 1879 & reared in St. Helena, then to sea whale hunting in a series of American sailing whalers, out of New Bedford & Boston. Personal story of Hunting Great Whales in Southern Oceans. Shelfware, contents clean. 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: 2005. .

Pan Books Ltd, 1983. Early Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1983 Revised Edition; 565 pages, illustrated,16 b/w pages of b/w photos, maps. Contents clean. The amazing story of the race to the South Pole between the English & Norwegian teams. 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. ISBN: 0330280902. ISBN/EAN: 9780330280907. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 592. . 9780330280907

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 665 pages, 16 plates [108 photographs and illustrations], 13 maps, complete with notes, sources & index. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket designed by Melvyn Gill. Dust jacket has been stuck onto covers, small previous owners name on front end paper. The 1st edition was withdrawn, due to assertions & claims made & later reprinted. Expertly researched and full of material drawn from contemporary sources Huntford's book is an excellent choice if you are looking for a single history of the famous race between British Capt. Robert F. Scott and Norwegian Roald Amundsen. For Amundsen the race would be a world-renown triumph, for Scott a failure that would cost him his life. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0340195657. ISBN/EAN: 9780340195659. Pictures of this… Read More

Cassell, London, 1968. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Very Good. 1968 World Books Edition; viii, pages 9-304, illustrated, 8 plate, 2 maps and 1 diary entry in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. E J McGrath signature in pencil on front end paper. This fascinating biography of Scott of the Antarctic penetrates behind the rigidly orthodox facade of the naval officer to reveal a three-dimensional portrait of a complex human being. 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; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1208. .

Cassell, London, 1968. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Photocopy. World Books Edition; viii, 9-304 pages, 8 plates, 2 maps, 1 diary entry in text. Original covers, in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean. Fascinating biography of Scott of the Antarctic penetrates behind the rigidly orthodox facade of the naval officer to reveal a three-dimensional portrait of a complex human being. 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: 746. .

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st UK Edition; xiv, 303 pages, 26 illustrations, 3 maps. Original covers in unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket has some small tears, repaired. Contents clean. This biography of Scott of the Antarctic reexamines his life in the light of the diaries and letters of his colleagues, as well as his own writings. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0297774336. ISBN/EAN: 9780297774334. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3368. . 9780297774334

Cassell, London, 1968. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. World Books Edition; viii, 9-304 pages, 8 plates, 2 maps, 1 diary entry in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Damp staining to rear of dust jacket and rear cover, pages age tanned. This fascinating biography of Scott of the Antarctic penetrates behind the rigidly orthodox facade of the naval officer to reveal a three-dimensional portrait of a complex human being. 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: 1935. .

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 3rd Edition; Two Volumes. Contemporarily rebound in tan cloth with dark brown label with similar gilt titling as original on spine. Top page edges gilt, some minor foxing to page edges, contents clean, a handsome set. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Vol 1, xxvi, 636 pages, similar collation, edges and formatting, with changes of 2nd edition, addition of 3 pages to appendix of volume I, an additional map at page110 and table of distances in volume I expanded. Vol 2, xii,534 pages, 84 plates including photogravure frontispiece plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Third impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item… Read More

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Vol. I. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Original cloth covers, top page edges gilt,other edges uncut. Remnants of WH Smith and Sons Library plates on verso covers both volumes, otherwise contents clean. Some spotting, mainly to tissue guards, pages rippled as expected due to paper quality in 1st Edition. Shelf wear, spines and edges of covers softening, odd mark to covers.Vol 1, xxvi,633 pages,7 photogravure plates including frontispiece, 10 coloured plates from water-colour drawings by Dr. Edward Wilson, 2 panoramas from photographs by Herbert G. Ponting, 100 plates, majority from photographs by Ponting, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves, folding map, illustrations in text,… Read More

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1913. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4th Edition; Vol 1, xxvi, 636 pages. Similar collation, edges and formatting, with changes of 2nd edition, addition of 3 pages to appendix of volume I, an additional map at page 110 and table of distances in volume I expanded, no tipped in slip, some new authorship attributions in Vol 2 (with changes made accordingly in contents, extending preliminaries by 2 pages. Vol 2, xvii, 534 pages, 84 plates including photogravure frontispiece plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers, top edges gilt. Shelf wear, covers slightly stained, some foxing, contents clean. Considered by Rosove & Spence to be the best with typographical errors and mistakes of the earlier editions corrected. Vol. I. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.… Read More

John Murray, London, 1952. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Reading Copy/Fair. 10th impression, pocket sized highly abridged 1 volume edition: 188 pages, illustrated, 22 b/w photos, map end papers. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Contents: Preface, Names of Officers and Men, Scott's early days and naval career, Through Stormy Seas, In the Pack, Land, Settling In, At Discovery Hut, Home impressions, The work and the workers, In winter quarters: Modern Style, To Midwinter Day, The last weeks at Cape Evans, Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, On the Beardmore Glaciers, The Summit journey to the pole, The return from the pole, the Last March and The finding of the dead, Glosssary, Questions. (The questions page is not present and looks like it was never there in this volume as page 188 now states the printers details. Damp damage to covers and dust jacket, large piece of dust jacket missing, splitting to front hinge, minor wrinkling to pages. Sunday School… Read More

Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1999. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition; Foreward by Beryl Bainbridge, 192pp, illustrated with over 140 illustrations, many by Herbert Ponting including some only recently released by the Royal Geographical Society. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in pictorial dustjacket. The dramatic disappearance of the explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions in their race to reach the South Pole was seen by their contemporaries as creating heroes in a new mould. A few years later, during World War I, Scott's rival Shackleton also nearly met his death in the Antarctic, becoming in the process another hero. Both men were set on a pedestal, uncritically, because they tried and failed. As the years have gone by, Scott's reputation has been weighed in the balance with Shackleton's— and found wanting. Even the precious journals that Scott wrote on the journey are no longer in print, while photographs of the expedition have gathered dust in… Read More

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition; Vol. I. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Original covers, top edges gilt. Shelf wear, bumping to covers, some foxing, wrinkling of plates, pages as expected. Vol 1, xxvi, 633pages,120 plates including photogravure frontispiece, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves, tipped in note,(prior to), folding map, 7 illustrations in text, 2 advertisements. Vol 2, xii, 534pages, 84 plates including photogravure frontispiece, 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1080.… Read More

Allen Lane, Penguin Books, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Very Good. 1st Edition; xiv, 331 pages, 28 b/w photographs, 1 map. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. Most literature relating to R F Scott's Antarctic explorations of the early 1900s have concentrated on those people closest to the leader, particularly those who died with him on their ill-fated polar trek. While these figures remain prominent in Thomson's account, he has undertaken a collective biography of other team members, including those in the background in England, the patrons and organisers. His innovative study reveals much that is new regarding the character of the expedition members he examines closely. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1900-1920; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0713910348. ISBN/EAN: 9780713910346. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

Troubader Press, 1975. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition; Introduction by Karl Kortum. 120pp, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. SIGNED by author on fep. Cream cloth covers with blind stamped depiction of a piece of scrimshaw on the front cover and gilt titling to spine in pictorial dustjacket. "The nautical ivory worker and his art of scrimshaw, historical and contemporary". Contents: The old and new scrimshaw. An endangered species and an endangered art form. A photographic portfolio of scrimshaw including whalers, ship portraits, crafted artifacts, fantasy and imagery, pirates, tools and techniques, acknowledgements, bibliography, Index. Shelfware, contents clean. Very Good/Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; ISBN: 0912300531. ISBN/EAN: 9780912300535. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2129. . 9780912300535

J B Lippincott Company,, New York, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 510 pages, illustrated, 16 b/w plates. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean. A nice copy. This book explores the contributions made by New England whalemen to the history, geography, and economy of America. The author has pieced together the dramatic adventures of American whalers from old logs, account books, and journals. The book contains photographs, illustrations, maps, notes, and an index. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Whales; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2846. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

John Dent & Sons Ltd, 1908. Cloth. Very Good. Everyman Library Edition; xii, 387pp, Green cloth covers, with gilt titling to spine, illustrated jesuit end papers. One of 8 volumes. Richard Hakluyt was born in 1552 and took Holy Orders, and in 1593 he became Archdeacon of Westminster. He died in 1616 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Edited by Ernest Rhys and introduced by John Masefield. A history of noteworthy British voyages from earliest times, starting with King Arthur's voyage to Iceland in 517. "The full title of the great work commonly known as Hakluyt's Voyages is The Principal Navigations, Voyages, and Discoveries of the English Nation made by Sea or over Land to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compass of these 1,500 years. It was first published in 1589, and it its final form, in three folio volumes in 1599. In the three sections of the work, the first deals with voyages to the northern regions. Russia and Tartary;… Read More