GRENFELL, WILFRED

Adrift on an Ice-Pan. Signed Copy

London: Jarrolds Publishers [London] Ltd, [1929]. Reprint. Cream hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 92pp. Signed by author on fep.. G : in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket with internal tape repairs. Signature on fep .

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Book number: g9230

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration Autographed Editions

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF

"Farthest North". Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893 - 96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey... Volume I Only

London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897. [First Edition]. Brown hardback half-leather cover. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xiii, 510pp. Numerous b/w photographs and drawings. N.B.: Heavy book-extra shipping needed for overseas.. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Browning to prelims. Small tear to rear fold out map. Ownership details on fep .

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Book number: nsn03cb

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

ROSS, JOHN; ROSS, JAMES CLARKE

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... . . [Together with] Appendix to the Narrative. 2 Volume Set

London: A W Webster, 1835. First Edition. Blue half calf marbled board cover with gilt nautical motifs to spines. (More images available on request). 330mm x 260mm (13" x 10"). xxxiv, 740pp; xii, 120pp, cxliv, cii, errata. 50 plates and charts, steel engraved, lithographic or mezzotint, many hand coloured; folding coloured map. '.....Including the Reports of James Clark Ross and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.' Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. Errata leaf to main volume discarded. Variable spotting to steel engraved plates and offsetting, and some occasional spotting to lithographic plates. Repaired close tear to rear folding map .

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Book number: q0641a

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Cornucopia - Books for Gifts

ROSS, JOHN; ROSS, JAMES CLARKE

Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions in the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... . . [Together with] Appendix to the Narrative. 2 Volume Set

London: A W Webster, 1835. First Edition. Navy blue hardback cloth covers. (More images available on request). 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). xxxiv, 740pp; xii, 120pp, cxliv, cii, errata. 50 plates (15 hand coloured; 2 fold-out; 1 facsimile.). '.....Including the Reports of James Clark Ross and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.' Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed. Split to spine of volume one .

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Book number: q0641aa

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Cornucopia - Books for Gifts

SCORESBY, WILLIAM

Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, Made in the Summer of 1822, in the Ship Baffin of Liverpool

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co, 1823. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xliii, 472pp. 8 maps, chart and plates, some folding. Maps and charts laid on linen.. G : in good condition. Rebound with new eps. Staining throughout to lower edge. Repair to top corner of title page and to fore and lower edge of final leaf. Tears to to plates I, VII and VIII. Some offsetting. Contents firm .

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Book number: 3951a

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Keywords: Arctic Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Sea & Sailing Fishing