Christchurch: New Zealand Antarctic Society, 1984. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. A collection of copies of this Antarctic New Bulletin dating from 1978 - 1984 in printed wrappers. Each issue ranges from pp.80 - pp.480. Contains: v8: #8 sept 78; #9 Dec 78; #9 Mar 79 v9: #9 Mar 82; #11 Sept... More about Antarctic. A News Bulletin. 10 Copies
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1850. 1st Edition. 12mo. Half Calf. volume 5 pp. [292]. Very good half calf and marbled boards.Content includes Antarctic Explorations, and, Rajah Brooke in Borneo. More about CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLEvolume V
Paris: 1867. Unbound. Original hand-coloured circular engraved French map of the South Pole showing Lambert's route. With 4 insert showing: Route de l'expe´dition franc¸aise, projection e´toile´e du Dr. Jaeger, Regions polaires australes, Marche´ suppose´e du po^le magne´tique & Courbes de moyennes d'insolation au 21 juin. Free-floating & protected with mylar..... More about Expedition Francaise Au Pole Nord Sous Le Commandement De Mr. Gustave Lambert. Regions Polaires...
Unbound. c. 1790. Detailed map showing the Southwestern Hemisphere, including most of America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and the South Pole. Includes decorative celestial models in the corners. Size of map 233mm x 349mm, full size 290mm x 435mm. Very handsome original engraved map, hand coloured. 0. More about Mappe-Monde Sur Un Plan Horisontal, Situe a 45d de Latitude Sud. Hemisphere Occidental
London: Murray, 1912. 1st Edition. Quarto. Cloth, Orig. 2 vols. Maps, plates. Original maroon cloth with flag design. Stain (in both volumes) on lower fixed end paper of front and back board but not affecting either the colour of the cloth or any of the text. A near fine copy... More about The South Pole An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 'The Fram' 1910-1912
London: Bloomsbury, 1987. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp xi, 180. Maps, colour plates, illustrations. Very good in vg dustwrapper. More about Frozen in Time. The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
Edinburgh: Wm Blackwood, 1931. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth/gilt. pp. x, 221. Illus, 24 photos, diagr, index. Rare early photos. Scarce. More about Whaling in the Antarctic
Paris: 1774. BERNARD, Robert. Unbound. Orig French copper engraving showing 'Les Isles de Glace, Vues le 9, Janvier 1773'. From Cook's Voyage. Plate No. 4. Featuring the crew members of Endeavor and Resolution collecting ice to recover from the shortage of water. Hodges has depicted this scene with the addition... More about Les Isles De Glace, Vues Le 9 Janvier 1773 Engraving
Edinburgh: Thomson & Co, 1816. BUCHANAN, George. Unbound. Rare original coloured engraved polar map showing the Southern Hemisphere. Shows tracks of Cook's voyages to Southern Hemisphere including Australia. Size: 691mm x 537mm. Free-floating & protected by mylar. More about Southern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London. Projected & Engraved for...
London: Putnams, 1931. First Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. With 4 maps. Contemporary binding. A good complete working copy, binding worn. More about Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic & the Flight to the South Pole
London: Chatto and Windus, 1934. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp.xv.290. 48 Plates (including frontispiece), 2 maps (one folded). Name stamped on fly leaf. More about Watkins' Last Expeditiion ; with an Introduction By Augustine Courtauld
Wellington: Philosophical Institue 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 about The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand; Reports on the Geo-Physics, Geology, Zoology, and...
London: J.M. Dent, 1897. 8vo. Quarter Cloth. pp xii, 371. Complete with all plates (some coloured) and maps. Minor staining to top of last 50 pages - no loss of text. Quarter cloth and boards. A nice copy. More about The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. Being an Account of an Inland Journey Of Exploration and...
London: J. Jaques and W. Wright, 1827. 8vo. Half Calf. pp 692. Frontis (portrait), tp vignette, plates. Half calf and marbled boards. Inscription to flyleaf. Rare. More about The Voyages and Travels of Captains Parry, Franklin, Ross, and Mr. Belzoni; Forming an...
London: George Newnes, 1899. 8vo. Pictorial Cloth. pp vii, 759. Folding frontis, illustrations, map. Handsome pictorial blue cloth. Gilt page edges. Some edgewear, else very good. More about The Land of The Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and...
DSIR, 1963. 8vo. Wrappers. pp 402-422. Extract from the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, Vol. 6, No.3, June 1963. More about Hydrological Heat and Mass Transport Across The Boundary Of the Ice Shelf in McMurdo Sound,...
London: John Murray, 1907. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp. xii, 294. Frontis., complete with 67 plates, 6 maps. Original decorative blue cloth binding, gilt titles and design, rubbed and marked. Interior sound, slight foxing, but all illus clear and clean. More about Round About the North Pole
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1973. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp.x,272 , frontispiece. [portrait] Folding plate Illustrations. a very good copy, d/w unclipped, as new. More about To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of HMS Blossom...
London: Printed By Order of the Trustees of The British Museum, 1914. 4to. Printed Wrappers. pp 12, 4 maps. Very good in original printed wrappers. More about List Of Collecting Stations. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural...
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1882. 8vo. Half Morocco. pp liv, 293. 3 coloured maps, 2 folding. Illustrations. Half morocco binding, some edgewear to leather. Raised bands, elaborate gilt panelling to spine. Neat gilt crest to front board and lower spine, no other markings. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Some foxing... More about Nordenskiold's Voyage Round Asia and Europe. A Popular Account of The North-East Passage of The...
London: Ward, Lock, 1899. 1st English Edition. 8vo. Cloth, Orig. Translated by H. L. Braekstad. pp. viii, 351, advertising. Frontispiece portrait, plates & illustrations. Original maroon cloth, (spine slightly darkened). A good copy of the first English edition, scarce. (Ant 708). More about With Nansen in the North A Record of the Fram Expedition 1893-96
London: William Heineman, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. x, pp 140, frontispiece, many plates (74 Figs), one (p136) with small tear. Green illustrated cloth boards, front board illustrated with penguins. Lettering on spine indistinct. Dr G. Murray Levick, R.N. was the zoologist to the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913).Valuable work including... More about Antarctic Penguins
London: Collins, 1975. 8vo. Cloth. pp.223. Plates, diagrams. Maps on endpapers. Very good in good d/w. More about Ice Bird; the First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
Paris: 1683. Unbound. c 1683. Orig engraving from Tasman's Exploration in French showing the South Polar Regions, including mythical coastlines and the known coastal regions in New Zealand, Australia, South America and Africa. Figure CVII, Qiii. Size of image 125mm x 170mm, with mat, 240m x 300mm. A handsome map. More about Continent Meridional Austral ou Antarctique Map
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]. A very good attractive map with original colour. More about Carte De L'Hemifphere Meridional
