BOCKSTOCE, JOHN [ED.]

The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854. Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska. Aboard H.M. S. Plover in Search for Sir John Franklin. 2 Volume Set. Signed Copy

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1988. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 584pp. Inscribed and signed by editor on title page of volume one.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket and protective cover .

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N° du livre: g9116

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Mots-clés: Arctic Exploration Autographed Editions

CHAPMAN, F SPENCER

Northern Lights. The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xiv, 264pp. Fold out map and 32 plates.. VG : in very good condition with slipcase. Spine and titles faded. School prize label on fep .

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N° du livre: w0224b

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

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GRENFELL, WILFRED

Adrift on an Ice-Pan. Signed Copy

London: Jarrolds Publishers [London] Ltd, [1929]. Reprint. Cream hardback cloth cover. 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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N° du livre: g9230

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

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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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N° du livre: nsn03cb

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Mots-clés: Arctic Exploration 1850 - 1900 Antiquarian

PEARY, ROBERT E

Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1907. First Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 270mm x 180mm (11" x 7"). xx, 410pp. Sepia photographs and two fold out maps.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Crack at joint of upper board and some wear to spine ends. Contents firm and bright .

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N° du livre: d3000ba

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Mots-clés: Arctic Exploration

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. 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.' N.B.: Heavy volumes- 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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N° du livre: q0641a

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Mots-clés: Arctic Exploration Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Cornucopia - Books for Gifts

RYMILL, JOHN; STEPHENSON, A; MILL, HUGH ROBERT [INTRO.]

Southern Lights. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937

London: Travel Book Club, 1939. Reprint. Grey hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 296pp. B/w photographs and fold-out map to rear.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine darkened .

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N° du livre: e6754ba

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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. 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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N° du livre: 3951a

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

Mots-clés: Arctic Exploration 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian Sea & Sailing Fishing

TRANTER, G J

Plowing the Arctic

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1944. First Edition. Beige hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 256pp.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover slightly soiled .

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N° du livre: g9300

Catalogue: Arctic Exploration

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