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THE VASCULAR FLORA OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.
British Antarctic Survey, 1968. 1st Ed. 4to. 202pp. 6 plates, 24 figures, 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Original wrapps. bound in, ex.-libris Andrew David Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy, e.ps. spotted, rebound in gilt lettered blue buckram.
¶ British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports No. 60.
¶ British Antarctic Survey, Scientific Reports No. 60.
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"FARTHEST NORTH" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram.
George Newnes, 1898. 2nd English Ed. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. xiii + 510pp. + xv + 671pp. Port. frontis., 1 colour plate, 111 plates, numerous ills., linen backed cold. folding map. Some light browning, with the pencil signature of Lionel Carley, paper split to firm hinges of volume 1., much of bookplates clumsily removed from pastedowns, silver and gilt ills. blue cloth, corners frayed with loss, spines chipped.
¶ Arctic Bibliography 11983 (US Edition). Baker. No ship had before reached so high a latitude and the expedition must remain one of the most remarkable and valuable in the whole history of Polar discovery. The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896.
¶ Arctic Bibliography 11983 (US Edition). Baker. No ship had before reached so high a latitude and the expedition must remain one of the most remarkable and valuable in the whole history of Polar discovery. The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896.
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THE FIRST CROSSING OF GREENLAND. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp.
Longmans, Green and Co., 1890. 1st UK Ed. 2 vols. xxii + 510pp. + 24pp. publ. catalogue + x + 509pp. Port frontiss., 10 plates, 4 folding maps [only of 5, lacking route map], numerous ills. Vol. 1. with pp.135-148 stained and sl. wrinkled with wrinkling intruding sl. onto adjacent leaves, some foxing, repair to verso of map, modern e.ps., rebound in blue buckram, portions of original worn cloth laid down to upper boards and spines, t.e. silver.
¶ Introduction by J. Scott Keltie. Arctic Bibliography 11985 ‘... with the additions of a preface by J Scott Keltie, a chapter on ‘The Eskimo of Greenland, index and tables of illustrations.’
¶ Introduction by J. Scott Keltie. Arctic Bibliography 11985 ‘... with the additions of a preface by J Scott Keltie, a chapter on ‘The Eskimo of Greenland, index and tables of illustrations.’
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FRIDTJOF NANSEN SELF PORTRAIT. A Print taken from the original 1930 Lithographic Print.
, N.d. c.[2002]. 30 x 42 cm. Print on tinted thick paper. Image 21 x 28cm. Very minor marking.
¶ No. 34 of a Limited Edition of 200 printed to fund raise for the Nansen Venture aid Work.
¶ No. 34 of a Limited Edition of 200 printed to fund raise for the Nansen Venture aid Work.
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IN NACHT UND EIS. Die Norwegische Polar expedition 1893-1896. Mit einem Beitrag von Kapitän Sverdrup. [AND]. SUPPLEMENT Wir Framleute von Bernhard Nordahl. Nansen und ich auf 86° 14’ von Lieutenant Hialmar Johansen.
Leipzig, 1897-8. Together 3 vols. Large 8vo. 2 port. frontiss., 12 chromolitho. plates, 4 folding maps, 291 ills. including many full page. German text. Light browning, with the signature Ann Savours Shirley, dec. e.ps., original cloth with ills. laid down to upper board, some soiling and rubbing.
¶ With the uncommon third volume. German translation of ‘Farthest North’ Arctic Bibliography 11992. ‘The Fram across the Polar sea, the Norwegian polar expedition 1893-1896.’
¶ With the uncommon third volume. German translation of ‘Farthest North’ Arctic Bibliography 11992. ‘The Fram across the Polar sea, the Norwegian polar expedition 1893-1896.’
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XIII THE BATHYMETRICAL FEATURES OF THE NORTH POLAR SEAS, With a Discussion of the Continental Shelves and Previous Oscillations of the Shore-Line.
A.W. Brøgger Christiania, 1904. Reprint. 4to. 29 plates. 232pp. 29 folding plates and maps including 3 in rear pocket. Light browning, prelims. waterstained (sl. affecting plates to rear), original upper wrapp. bound in, with the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, ex.-lib. with label and ink stamps to e.ps. and prelims., rebound in green gilt stamped lib. cloth, residual signs of damp, boards sl. warped.
¶ Arctic Bibliography 11974. ‘Contents include detailed discussion of the continental shelves of the Arctic Ocean and the bathymetrical features of the Barents and Murman Seas, with charts of the Barents, Kara and Norwegian (Greenland) seas.’ With a Presentation slip bound in ‘With the Compliments of Fridtjof Nansen’. The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896 Scientific Results, Edited by Fridtjof Nansen, Reprint from Vol. IV. Pencil note to pastedown ‘damaged by enemy action May 1941.’
¶ Arctic Bibliography 11974. ‘Contents include detailed discussion of the continental shelves of the Arctic Ocean and the bathymetrical features of the Barents and Murman Seas, with charts of the Barents, Kara and Norwegian (Greenland) seas.’ With a Presentation slip bound in ‘With the Compliments of Fridtjof Nansen’. The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896 Scientific Results, Edited by Fridtjof Nansen, Reprint from Vol. IV. Pencil note to pastedown ‘damaged by enemy action May 1941.’
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LA SECONDE EXPÉDITION SUÉDOISE AU GRÖNLAND (L’Inlandsis et la Côte Orientale) Entreprise Aux Frais de M. Oskar Dickson. Traduit du suédois avec l’autorisation de l’Auteur pas Charles Rabot.
Paris Librairie Hachette, 1888. Royal 8vo. 495pp. 137 ills., 5 maps including 2 folding (both with tears at hinges). French text. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley and with her ownership inscription, half title lacking portion to head, half red cloth with marbled boards, faded.
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FIFTY MORE YEARS BELOW ZERO. Tributes and Meditations for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory’s first half century at Barrow, Alaska. With a Foreword by Maxwell E. Britton.
Univ of Alaska Press Fairbanks, Alaska, 2001. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xv + 576pp. Numerous ills. and figures including many colour. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley, original wrapps.
¶ The Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary, Alberta and Fairbanks, Alaska.
¶ The Arctic Institute of North America, Calgary, Alberta and Fairbanks, Alaska.
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SEEK THE FROZEN LANDS. Irish Polar Explorers 1740-1922.
Collins Press, Cork, 2003. 1st Ed. 4to. 292pp. Profusely illus. throughout in b/w. mainly from photos., many maps. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, good in d/w. very lightly browned to edges.
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CHASSES ET CHASSEURS ARCTIQUES.
Paris Librairie Plon ..., 1911. 6th Ed. Sm. thick 8vo. xxiv + 270pp. 25 ills. French text. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley, light browning, original wrapps., repaired closed tear to lower wrapp., spine chipped and lacking portion to head.
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THE AGE OF THE ARCTIC: hot conflicts and cold realities.
CUP, 1989. 1st Ed. xvi + 316pp. + [iv] blank. Double-page map, 31 figures. Ex.-libris Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, original black and white lettered turquoise pictorial laminated boards, spine very lightly faded.
¶ Studies in Polar Research.
¶ Studies in Polar Research.
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LES BALEINIERS FRANÇAIS AU XIXe SIECLE (1814-1868).
Terre et Mer ... Grenoble , 1982. 1st Ed. 4to. 256pp. French text. Numerous ills., several colour plates. Ex.-libris and with the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, sl. chipped d/w.
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NEAREST THE POLE. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906.
Hutchinson & Co., 1907. 1st UK Ed. Royal 8vo. xx + 410pp. Colour frontis (chipped and reaffixed at gutter hinge), 97 ills. by the Author, 2 folding maps. Light browning, ownership signature of J. Parker Smith, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley and with her signature, original gilt lettered black cloth, joints frayed to head and tail, spine chipped with crease to head.
¶ Arctic Bibliography 13226. Peary made three attempts on the North Pole, claiming to have finally reached it on April 6th 1909. This is an account of the second attempt when a latitude of 87 was reached on April 21st 1906.
¶ Arctic Bibliography 13226. Peary made three attempts on the North Pole, claiming to have finally reached it on April 6th 1909. This is an account of the second attempt when a latitude of 87 was reached on April 21st 1906.
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THE NORTH POLE. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
Time Life, 1987. Facsimile Reprint of 1910 Ed. xii + 326pp. Port. frontis., numerous ills. and plates from photos., folding map. Bookplate and prospectus loosely inserted, from the library of Ann Savours Shirley, marbled e.ps., gilt lettered simulated leather binding, a.e.g.
¶ Classics of Exploration.
¶ Classics of Exploration.
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RUSSELL W. PORTER. Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope Maker. With a Preface by David O. Woodbury.
Bond Wheelwright Company Publishers, Maine, 1976. 1st Printing. [xiv] + 274pp. Profusely illus. From the library of Ann Savours Shirley with inscription, good in lightly rubbed and sl. chipped d/w.
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