650 g; pp. 160; double-page map, 32 coloured photos. (some double-page), on 16 plates, 60 black-and-white photographs (6 double-page & 4 full-page), all by Peter Hirst-Smith; quarter light blue cloth and grey papered boards, lettered in silver; a very good copy in dustwrapper. "Adams and Lockley tell the story of their journey together, their voices alternating. Adams's account reveals the special narrative skills that has informed his world-famous novels as it vividly conveys to us his constant state of wonder and excitement, and his sheer delight in discovering this new world. Lockley brings to his account both a highly appealing sensibility and style and all the tools of his profession, giving us fascinating data and speculation about ... Show Complete Entry

near fine large hard cover in near fine unclipped dustjacket now in mylar. Owner gift inscription (small) on corner of first page ow clean tight and unmarked. 211pp nf/nf, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

192 pp., black and white frontispiece, sketch map, 13 other black and white photographs. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Owners name on front endpaper, the top and front edges shows slight signs of foxing, the boards show signs of rubbing, and the rear board has been knocked along its front edge. The dustwrapper has a tape repair to the bottom edge at the spine and all of the folds & edges show wear. Size: Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration; Antarctica; Inventory No: 0201141.

vg+ hard cover in vg price clipped dustjacket now in mylar. Cadet Edition, Clean tight and unmarked, Dustjacket has wear to top edge and minor chip to back bottom. 192pp vg+/vg

vg+ oblong red brown hard cover in vg unclipped dustjacket now in mylar. Clean tight and unmakred. Dustjacket has light edgewear with some minor short tears 100pp vg+/vg

Saga of Australasian exploraton in Antarctica 1895-1950. Previous owner's stamp to title page and also to page 216. Rest of interior and exterior very clean. Dustwrapper has minor age discolouration is not price clipped and has minimal shelf wear. Black/white photo illustrations and fold out maps. Without packaging this book weighs 440gms. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; antarctica; Arctic & Antarctic. Inventory No: 000583.

pp. front endpaper map, [viii], 184, (last 2 blank); 16 pages of colour plates (19 illusts.), 11 text drawings, With charcoal drawings by Lorraine Hannay.; original white cloth-grained boards, illustrated dustwrapper. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down, and stamp on title page :-( At an age when most people retire, Jean Bailey set of on an adventure of a lifetime, a trip to Antarctica. This is her telling of that adventure. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Travel; Antarctica; ISBN: 0207138214. ISBN/EAN: 9780207138218. Inventory No: 0200389.

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Illustrator: Lorraine Hannay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Australia; Australian History; ISBN: 0207138214. ISBN/EAN: 9780207138218. Inventory No: 19920.

vg hard cover in good price clipped dustjacket now in mylar, Owner name on first page ow clean tight and unmrked, Dustjacket is chipped and worn on edges with material loss to spine ends and rubbing down spine, 235pp vg/g

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket worn at edges, and is foxed here and there. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Inventory No: 15870.

vg+ trade size soft cover tight and square unmarked and uncreased. Light edgewear to covers, 322pp vg+/--

Trade size soft cover tight and square, Unmarked Light edgewear to covers, 302pp vg/--

pp. (vi), 138; profusely illustrated with 151 colour photographs, 102 b/w. photographs, 11 maps, notes, appendix: species of Antarctic mammals and birds, Antarctic reading list, index. This account, vigorous and wide-ranging, covers the history of Antarctica, its physical make-up and climate, its bird and animal life, and includes a thoughtful discussion of its potentialities. This edition is completely revised and expanded. Size: quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Natural History; Antarctica; ISBN: 0726904740. ISBN/EAN: 9780726904745. Inventory No: 0203293.

XII, 252 pages, photographic frontispiece, two maps, 11 pages of black-and-white photography, indexed; photographic illustrated dust jacket. Traces of Fox in to the front and rear end pages, and to the edges of the text block, internally clean and tidy. The dustjacket has several short tears, a triangular chip measuring approximately 1.5 in.² from the top left-hand corner of the front panel, and general wear and tear. . This book is written as a series of letters to the author's relatives and friends far off in England and Australia; and as a result of this method John Bechervaise is able not only to describe these events with a rare vividness but also, when the crisis is passed, to think about them deeply and calmly -- and in exceptionally ... Show Complete Entry

introduction by author, list of illustrations, and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, showing the ship Thala Dan in fast-ice. The text is illustrated with 14 pages of black-and-white photographs and two maps. Black coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book is written as a series of letters to the author's relatives and friends far off in England and Australia; and as a result of this method John Bechervaise is able not only to describe these events with a rare vividness but also, when the crisis is passed, to think about them deeply and calmly -- and in exceptionally beautiful prose. It is at once a ... Show Complete Entry

Fine Oblong first edition Hardcover in vg+ dj with slight edge wear and short tear at top of spine Stunning solor photos f/vg+

first edition hardcover in vg dj now in mylar. Owner gift inscription on 1/2 title page ow clean tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has short tears at top and bottom of spine at back. A excellent history of all the attempts made from 1818 -1909 to find the North West Passage. 672pp vg+/vg

VG mass Paperback tight and square, Unmarked. Moderate edgewear 672 pp Illustrated vg/--

39 pp., illustrations, maps; card cover; Well illustrated, includes: geography, flora and fauna, history, Australia's Antarctic stations. Size: quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Natural History; Antarctica; ISBN: 0642016194. ISBN/EAN: 9780642016195. Inventory No: 0202496.

500 g; X, 210 pages, foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary, appreciation by Eric M. Webb, a clinical background, author's note. Illustrated endpapers, being a map of Antarctica and the other the map of routes taken. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Bright blue boards with silver writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing men battling Antarctic conditions. Silver and red writing on the front panel and silver on the spine. The story of Mawson's epic, and tragic, journey across 600 mi. of unknown Antarctic wasteland in the early 20th century. The top edge of the front panel of the dustjacket has a piece missing measuring approximately 1" x 0.25 of an inch, and there is a 0.75 inch tear at the top left ... Show Complete Entry

vg oblong soft cover tight and unmarked. Faint dampstain to bottom edge causing some rippling of bottom edges of pages, Stunning colour illustrations, 52pp vg/--

Softcover, The life of Brother Patrick Kearney 153 pp Photos Heavily rubbed front card cover but ow vg g/--

near fine large format hard cover in fine unclipped dj now in mylar. Name on first page Clean tight and unmarked. 159pp nf/f

224 pp., index, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper showing signs of edgewear, and a crease on the rear panel. About 200 illustrations of which one-third are in full colour. "The love of Gold is one of the oldest of human passions, one of the deepest motives leading to art and culture, as well as to battle, murder, and sudden death." Every aspect of this love is herein described and pictured. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Metalwork ; History; Antarctica; Inventory No: 0200107.

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN/EAN: 9781862548336. Inventory No: 24395.

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; ISBN: 0858811960. ISBN/EAN: 9780858811966. Inventory No: 19478.

Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; ISBN: 0858811960. ISBN/EAN: 9780858811966. Inventory No: 14321.

232 pages. Cover has clear plastic covering applied to surface.. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Arctic & Antarctic. ISBN: 1865083828. ISBN/EAN: 9781865083827. Inventory No: 11116069.

Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text in GERMAN. Text unmarked. Front and rear hinges cracked, but binding still secure. Raised bands on spine. Pages tanned. Marbled edges, faded. Dust soiling to top edge of text block. Light bumping to text-block. Quarter leather with marble boards. Boards rubbed, bumped at corners, edges, and spine ends. Upper corner on front board bent with crease. Rubbed through to boards at corners and edges. Lether on spine heavily worn. Fold out maps in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Inventory No: 111162.

Fine HB in VG- DJ, protected by mylar cover. Inscribed by Byrd on FEP ("To [name]/[R E Byrd]. ix p., 2 l., 3-296 p. : illus. ; 21 cm. Dark blue cloth over boards with light blue title on front cover and spine; corners are sharp; looks practically new. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 296 pages. DJ shows wear around the edges, with chipping along the top edge; there is a 1/2" deep chip at the front fold of the spine, a 1/2" chip at the rear fold of the spine and a 3/4" chip at the top of the back panel. there is a small (1/2") spot on the front cover under the author's name. Protected in archival mylar cover. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Top page edges stained ... Show Complete Entry

Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 13671.

Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Travel & Places. Inventory No: 13686.

Dear Dr. Daugherty: I was much interested in the newspaper account of your work with connective tissues./ I had considerable correspondence with Goldblatt, who I believe carried on the same type of investigation as that conducted by Bogomolets. I would appreciate any information you can give me concerning this matter. I refer to the subject of tissues./ I have had to study medicine considerably due to the fact that I have been on detached duty in the far places so many times without doctors, that I have had to act as doctor myself. Also, I have had to make a study of diet./ You see, our expeditions generally last two years and during that time there's no fresh food available. (Exceptions to this are whale meat and seal meat)./ I hope I am not ... Show Complete Entry

Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Softcover, first edition, 310gms, 287 pages. Adrian Caesar's stunning stroke of imaginative re-creation transports us to the last days of the perilous expeditins by both Scott and Mawson in the heart of the white continent. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.

600 g; 96 pages, includes colour, and black-and-white photographs of both silver and goldware. Colour illustrated dust jacket and matching the printed boards beneath. Light rubbing of both the boards and the dust jacket edges. . The author who specialises in silver at Sotheby's has written a simple and informative account of the greatest periods of the silversmith's art, the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, with 124 illustrations included. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Metalwork ; Antarctica; ISBN: 0706400399. ISBN/EAN: 9780706400397. Inventory No: 0214695.

1.0 kg; 256pp., bibliography, index, black and white and colour illustrations and maps. In original dark green cloth covered hardcover binding, with wraparound illustrated dustwrapper reproducing the Dollman painting of 1913. The top edge of the dustwrapper is rubbed with small chips, and there is a quarter inch tear bottom left and a half inch tear bottom right of the front panel. No other damage to report. " Antarctica - five and a half million square miles of windswept ice - is the most desolate, yet in some ways the most beautiful area on earth. Its exploration has been a unique challenge; a contest between nature at her most awe-inspiring and man at his most inquisitive. The Ancients concept of Antarctica was of a Great Southern ... Show Complete Entry

VG White hardcovers with no dj. Light wear with stamp in back of volume II ow clean and tight 183 and 434pp lots of maps anc photos vg/--

VG Hard White card cover 247 pp fold out maps vg/--

Used hardback in good condition. Gift inscription, name & date (1950) inside book. This book is missing ffep & copyright page. Hard to find title. 218 pages Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Arctic & Antarctic. Inventory No: 001026.

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges badly foxed and browned. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, but very discreetly, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Illustrator: Edward A. Wilson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Inventory No: 9099.

Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Australia; ISBN: 0170052605. ISBN/EAN: 9780170052603. Inventory No: 15822.

550 g; VI, 90 pages, indexed, with a further reading list. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, colour plates, and black-and-white drawings, as well as one map, bound in a colour illustrated hardcover binding which has been laminated, and which matches the illustration on the dust jacket. Aside from a touch of spotting to the top edge of the text block the book is without damage. This book is about living and working in the Antarctic. It tells of the day-to-day activities, frustrations and excitement of life of a scientific station -- not only in summer when the weather can be fine and the daylight hours are long, but also during the harsh Antarctic winter when blizzards rage and des blend into one long night. Size: 4to - over ... Show Complete Entry

Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0732269156. ISBN/EAN: 9780732269159. Inventory No: 18013.

near fine large hard cover in near fine dj now in mylar. clean tight and unmarked. A history of the Alaska highway and its construction. 304pp nf/nf

Off-White Cloth hardcover with red Print. The story of a young child's flight in the Canadian arctic in 1932 in search of their father and their adventures. Includes several photos of places and aircraft. Light soiling of covers ow vg 172 pp vg-/--

Inscription reads "Bill, the pictures are good-can't guarantee the statistics! Louise" First softcover edition. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0521455669. ISBN/EAN: 9780521455664. Inventory No: 15818.

Trade size soft cover tight and square. Name on inside of cover ow unmarked. small bump to bottom front corner 226pp vg+/--

very good glossy digest soft cover. Edge wear, light soiling, some creasing, Bending to top right corner. Clean and tight. 136 pp. vg/--

Near fine hard cover in near fine price clipped dj now in mylar. Owner bookplate on inside of cover ow unmarked. photos 283pp, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Inventory No: 13689.