Search Results: Titles starting with V from Polar Books

Geoffrey Bles, 1931, 1931. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 269pages, illustrated, frontispiece plus 10 b/w photographs. Blue cloth covers with black titling. Shelfware. Page edges spotted, contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; 1930s; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2930. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Penguin Books, Pelican Books, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Mass Market Paperback, 1st edition thus; 283pages, illustrated, b/w plates, maps, drawings, diagrams in-text, index. Pictorial wrappers, pages age toned as expected. The author, a physicist, went to the Arctic three times as part of scientific expiditons, the last being as Chief Scientist of the British North Greenland Expidition, 1952 - 1954. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2305. .

Ernest Flammarion, 1897. leather. Very Good. Illustrated French Edition: French Text. viii, 424pp, illustrated, b/w photographs, illustrations in text, map, tables. Half leather binding, decorated and titled in gilt, teg, marbled eps. Richly illustrated popular French edition of the account of the famous Polar expedition of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer and scholar. Nansen laid the foundation for modern Polar science, and later he also played a large role in international politics, in the League of Nations, also receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace. Shelfware, leather rubbing at edges, corners, booksellers or library stamp to title page, no other markings, some minor foxing, age toning to pages. 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: 2711. .

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1935. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 2nd Keystone Library impression; 240 pages, 8 plates, 2 double-page maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket tatty, closed repair. Covers bumped, spine sunned, foxing to page edges,discrete inscriptions dated 1936 front end cover. Contents clean. Biography of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "No Surrender" Oates. who died with Captain Scott on the return from the South Pole in 1912. 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: 969. .

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1935. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Keystone Library, 2nd impression, 1935: 240 pages, illustrated, 8 b/w photos, 2 double-page maps. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers bumped and slightly faded, spine titling worn, previous owner name and address on front end paper and newspaper article relating to death of Captain Oates mother tipped onto prelim page, contents clean. Biography of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "No Surrender" Oates. who died with Captain Scott on the return from the South Pole in 1912. 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: 1273. .

The Book Guild, UK, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 1st Edition; ix, 165 pages, illustrated with b/w and colour photographs, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous neat owners inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean, appears unread. Charles Swithinbank, a British exchange scientist, joins the Soviet 1964-65 Antarctic programme, the first British scientist to do so. For an insight to the thinking of the Russians at that time a better choice in Charles Swithinbank could not have been made. He quickly joins in all the activities, tractor driving, discharging ships and all chores associated with a polar expedition on ship or on shore. He has a knack of getting expedition members to talk freely of themselves, their life at home, their ambitions and even their political views, and this, the time of the cold war, was something very rarely done.To get to his base at Novolazarevskaya, Swithinbank travels in the Soviet ships,… Read More

Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs, 1880. Early Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1880 New Edition; French Text; (Title translates: JOURNEY TO THE POLAR SEAS IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN: With an Introduction by Dr. Paul Boiteau and accompanies a map of the Arctic. Revised edition, illustrated by M Ad Beaune.) lix, 487 pages, illustrated, 37 b/w illustrations, 1 folding map. Red cloth covers with blind stamped decoration to boards and gilt titling and decoration to spine, page edges gilt. PLEASE NOTE: The rear cover is detached, however the text block is sound. Gift inscription to half title otherwise contents clean, some damp staining and minor foxing, mainly to the prelims.A young French naval officer, Bellot volunteered for British service in the search for the missing Sir John Franklin, and accompanied the expedition of 1851-52 under command of Sir William Kennedy on Lady Franklin's yacht, the Prince Albert. This book describes that voyage to Prince Regent Inlet and… Read More

The Marine Historical Association, 1955. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1955 Edition, 86 pages, illustrated with maps and plates. Original stapled wrappers, wrappers stained from staples as expected, previous owners signature on front cover, contents clean. Folding map is a modern copy laid in (Rosove states this is often missing) This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 509. .

John Murray, London, 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xxvii, 403 pages, [3 pages publishers advertisements],illustrated folding map, wood engraved plates, folding facsimile of handwriting, folding map in pocket at end. Original covers. Hinges split. Text block loosening, remnants of old Sellotape. Folding map in pocket present, minor tears along folds but overall map in good condition. Narrative of Lady Franklin's fin al searching expedition under Capt. M'Clintock, drawn from his day-to-day journal. It records the voyage to Greenland and on to Melville Bay, Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Lancaster Sound and so on. Includes notes on the Inuit and on geographic features, weather conditions and more. This expedition was funded by Lady Franklin and her subscribers proved that Franklin had died when they discovered the cairn on King William Island, containing the letter from Lieutenant Gore written in 1848. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available:… Read More

Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I is UK 1st Edition: Volume II is US 1st Edition: Vol I - xii, 1-440 pages, illustrated, 16 plates, including portrait frontispiece, vignettes,maps (2 large folding), charts and diagrams. Original covers, black end papers. Volume II is the US 1st Edition: xii, 441-911pages, illustrated, 16 plates, vignettes, 16 maps, charts and diagrams, (1 folding). Brown cloth covers depicting The Jeannette. Both volumes shelf wear. Volume I missing front end paper, gift inscription dated 1885 on fly leaf. Crease to front cover and mark to fly leaf, text block shaken, contents clean. Volume II covers tatty with splits, frays. Front end paper and frontispiece loose, age toning, neatly repaired tears to folding map, all complete. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram.… Read More

Macmillan and Co, London, 1883. Later Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1883 Edition: xviv, 415 pages, [32 pages publishers advertisements]. illustrated with 2 steel portraits, 2 coloured maps and 186 woodcut illustrations. Original covers, gilt titling to spine. Corners slightly bumped, folding map has neat closed repaired tear, contents clean. A very nice copy. The voyage, which lasted from 1878 to 1880, was undertaken to prove the navigability by steamship of the North-East Passage. 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: 2641. .

William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xxiv, 375 pages, 59 plates and 3 maps, (2 folding). Scarce variant binding, original blue grey covers with black titling to spine, Shelf ware, some foxing and age toning of paper. An account of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition 1902-1905, written for the general public by Rudmose Brown and two other members of the scientific staff. The text substantiates the important events, supplies a day-to-day look at life on the expedition, and describes many of the most interesting scientific findings. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3181. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition; Association Copy - Rudmose-Brown. English Version translated by Philip Walsh. viii, 315 pages, folding photographic frontispiece plus 47 photographs, 3 sketches and 1 map. Original blue-grey cloth binding, embossed with gilt illustration of a ship and titling on front cover, white a penguin and gilt titling to spine. "Ex Libri Rudmose Brown" stamp of verso front cover and signed R N Rudmose Brown may 28th 1912 on Front end paper. Spine faded, endpapers browned, Bubbling and bowing to covers. Contents clean. Exploration & mapping of 3000km of the Antarctic Peninsula (Graham Land) by a French expedition. Charcot continued exploring and recording data in the polar water until his death in 1936 in a storm-induced shipwreck on the coast of Iceland. Provenance: Library stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown with his signature dated May 28, 1912 on front end paper. Rudmose Brown was a botanist and… Read More

John Murray, London, 1881. Fifth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 5th Edition, with a chapter on the recent searching expeditions of Capt. C.F.Hall & Liet. F. Schwatka, U.S.A.: xxiv, pages 25-336, [32 pages publishers advertisements], 3 folding maps, 28 b/w plates, folding facsimile of handwriting. Original cloth covers, gilt titling and blind stamped portrait of Franklin to front cover. Shelf wear, minor staining to covers, minor repaired to tears at the margins of the very fragile maps maps, previous owners on free end paper otherwise contents clean. The 5th Edition is in a slightly smaller format than the previous editions, ideal for traveling. A lovely copy. This is a narrative of Lady Franklin's final searching expedition under Capt. M'Clintock, drawn from his day-to-day journal. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More

Hakluyt, Cambridge, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition. 2 volumes, Vol I xxx, pages 1-259, Vol II viii, pages 261-474. 20 maps, some folding, frontispiece and map in pocket to each volume, 36 plates, index. Original covers. One of the most important Antarctic voyages in the 19th century. The first expedition that discovered land beyond the Antarctic circle. Bookplate of previous owner on front end paper of both volumes. Shelf ware, contents clean. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 239. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 2002. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 2002 Softcover Edition with new foreword by Dr David Munro; xv, 192 pages, illustrated, 22 b/w photos, frontispiece track chart. Contents clean. Account of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition 1902-1905, written for the general public by Rudmose Brown and two other members of the scientific staff. The text substantiates the important events, supplies a day-to-day look at life on the expedition, and describes many of the most interesting scientific findings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1841830445. ISBN/EAN: 9781841830445. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3342. . 9781841830445

Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition: Vol I - xii, 1-440 pages, Vol II - x, 441-911 pages, illustrated, 16 engraved plates including portraits, plus vignettes, maps and charts and diagrams, (2 large folding maps) Ex library with red cloth covers with original covers pasted to fronts, black end papers. Library stamp on rear of title page, both volumes and withdrawn stamp on top of contents page. Volume 2, some evidence of water staining to some pages. Occasional spotting, mainly to prelims but overall a very nice copy of this rare title. George W. De Long was a naval officer and explorer, who is best remembered for his role as the leader of the Jeannette Expedition of the late 19th century. This expedition saw a U.S. ship seek to travel to the North Pole via the Bering Strait. This journey resulted in the death of many crew members, including De Long. This particular set of work was edited by De… Read More

William Blackwood & Sons, London, 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xxiv, 375 pages, 59 plates and 3 maps, (2 folding). Original pictorial covers with white titles and illustration of ship and penguins, dark blue end papers, top edge gilt, rest uncut. Spine slightly worn and faded. Mild foxing. Shelf ware, original folding map wrinkled with some closed tear repairs. Contents clean. The primary narrative of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. original pictorial cloth. First edition, with the binding in Rosove's variant 'a'. This is the scarce official account of the ill-financed Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904, that nonetheless made important contributions to the scientific exploration of the Antarctic, undertaking the first oceanographic exploration of the Weddell Sea and charting the northern part of the Caird Coast. Rudmose Brown was the expedition botanist, Mossman was meteorologist, and Pirie was surgeon and… Read More

Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition, 2nd impression (one month after the first). Similar binding,formatting, collation to the 1st Edition. Volume 1: xx 556 pages, 93 plate leaves [inc photogravure frontispiece from a drawing by Dr.E.A. Wilson, 7 color from watercolor paintings by Wilson, 1 double-page with 2 panoramas, and 84 single-page with 105 photographs and 14 illustrations by Wilson], 16 illustrations in the text [15 by Wilson], and 3 maps [1 double-page, 1 folding in rear pocket]. Volume 2: xii, 508 pages, 93 plate leaves [including photogravure frontispiece from a photograph, 6 colour from watercolor paintings by Wilson, 4 double-page, 8 panoramas (4 from drawings by Wilson), 82 single-page with 120 photographs and 4 illustrations by Wilson], plus 2 maps, [1 folding in rear pocket]. Top edges gilt, others uncut. Some foxing, more prominent at beginning and end of volumes. Original blue cloth covers with gilt medallions stamped… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition; English Version translated by Philip Walsh. viii, 315 pages, folding photographic frontispiece plus 47 photographs, 3 sketches and 1 map. Original blue-grey cloth covers, gilt illustration of ship and titling to front cover, penguin and gilt titling to spine. Spine faded and worn and splitting, covers slightly bowed. Hinges cracked but text block still tight. Some foxing throughout, more so to end papers. Contents clean. 1st Edition; ix, 364 pages, 2 maps, one coloured and one folding, numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text including vignette on title page, publisher's catalogue to rear. Original coarse-grain green cloth with silver titling and illustration of whaling in the ice. Contemporary owners signature dated 1859 on front end paper. The colour maps is of Graham Land, Soth Shetland and South Orkneys; the folding map shows the route of the entire journey. Covers… Read More