London: Murray, 1912. 1st Edition. Quarto. Cloth, Orig. 2 vols. Maps, plates. Original maroon cloth with flag design. A fine complete copy of the rare first edition, with clear lettering on spine. A nice association copy with Augustus Hamilton's book plates, his brother was on the expedition... More
London: Lovell, 1855. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. Original cloth. Complete with all plates, coloured lithographs and folding maps. Early repair at top of spine, but not affecting the look of the book. A handsome complete copy. More
London: Newnes, 1901. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xv,333. Frontispiece portrait. Plates & photographs throughout text. Original dark blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front board and spine. A very good, rare copy. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. 8vo. Original Cloth/gilt. pp viii, 315. Folding frontis, complete with all plates. Undated, c1911. Pale blue cloth with gilt pictorial and gilt titles. Insignificant library mark on spine English version by Philip Walsh. In French the ship was the 'Pourquoi Pas?'. More
Wellington: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 1909. 1st Edition. 4to. Original Decorated Cloth/Gilt. 2 vols, illus black and white photos. Complete with fold map back of vol 2. Subtitle:..."The Observations and Collections made during an Expedition in the Government Steamer 'Hinemoa' [Captain J. Bollons] in November 1907". Fold map VG. Original..... More
London: Sampson Low, 1889. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xii, 532, 32 pp adverts. Complete with Frontis, plus portrait of Collinson, and 6 folding maps. Original blue cloth, with gilt emblem on front board. Damage to both fixed endpapers, and minor mark on front board. Otherwise a very good clean copy..... More
London: John Murray, 1823. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 768. 29 of 30 plates,11 hand-coloured, lacks "Preparing an Encampment on Barren Ground". Plates engraved by Finden & Curtis. 4 folding engraved maps. 1 text illustration. Plate quality extremely good, good wide margins, bound in contemporary half calf. Franklin (1786-1847)..... More
London: Convoy Publications, 1948. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 151, in original dust wrapper. Signed by John Mills, the lead actor in the film of the same name produced at Ealing Studios, directed by Sir Michael Balcon. Interesting Antarctic related item. More
London: William Heineman, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. x 140, frontispiece, many plates (74 Figs). Green illustrated cloth boards, front board illustrated with penguins. Lettering on spine indistinct. From Andrew Begg's library. Dr G. Murray Levick, R.N. was the zoologist to the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913).Valuable work including many..... More
Bernard Durex, 1786. 300x230mm. No Binding. Original hand coloured map on right hand half of sheet: 205x165mm. Table of populations of cities of the world, on left half. (c.1786.) Circular Map of the Southern Hemisphere, naming the Antarctic Cercle [sic]. 30 x 23 cm A very good attractive map with..... More
1690. 280x210mm. No Binding. (c.1700) Original black and white engraving, Globe Sphere showing from North-West Africa, most of New Holland (as Australia was known then) and from the North to the South Poles, showing Oceanvs Avstralis & Circvivs Antarctic [sic]. In smaller diagrams below shows 2 other spheres with various..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1915. 1st Edition. 8vo. Decorative Cloth. 2 volumes. Complete with all plates and maps. Blue cloth with silver pictorial, gilt titles. A near fine, rare first edition of this important work. Will require additional postage. More
London: Hutchinson, 1952. 8vo. Cloth. pp.259,complete with plates. Minor foxing on edges. Original blue cloth. Very readable autobiography of Admiral Lord Mountevans. More
London: Longmans, 1894. First Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. Pp.364. Folding map, 32 pp book catalogue. Illustrations in text. Minor fault where page roughly opened. Some pale foxing. Otherwise a very good copy. More
National Geographic Society, 1930. Soft cover. August 1930 issue of the National Geographic Magazine, featuring Byrd and includes two articles on 'The conquest of Antarctica by Air' with 24 pages of colour and gravure illustrations, and on Byrd receiving the Society's 'Special Gold Medal of Honor'. A very good source..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. xii, 326 pp. Complete with 4 photogravures (including frontispiece) and 112 plates, folding map. Pale blue cloth with polar bear image on spine and medallion on front board.Professionally re-cased. Introduction by President Theodore Roosevelt. A good copy of Peary's account of..... More
London: Methuen & Co, 1898. 8vo. Decorative Cloth. 2 volumes. "With a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the "saviksue," or Great Cape-York meteorites. Frontis (portrait), maps, diagrams, illustrations. Very..... More
1961. No Binding. 17 b&w photographs mounted on cards 28.5 x 38.5 cm, with hand-written titles and dates. The photographs are from 18 x 12.5 cm to 19.5 x 15 cm. They show images from the sub-antarctic Campbell Islands, showing the Beeman Camp, skuas and other gulls, elephant seals, penguins..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1913. 1st Edition. 4to. Orig. Cloth. 2 volumes. Vol I, pp xxvi, 633; Vol II, pp xiv, 534. Numerous plates (some colour), maps (some folding). Original blue cloth with gilt titles. Uncut edges. An excellent first edition. More
London: Harrap, 1939. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 351. complete with 4 maps. Original red cloth in great condition, some foxing on preliminaries an edges. More
London: Stanley Paul, 1927. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 295, complete with folding map, frontis. and numerous illustrations. Original blue cloth, gilt illustration on front board, gilt on spine. Excellent copy of the rare first edition of the British Arctic expedition led by Worsley in 1925. More
