Meddelelser Number 60: Antarktis 1502-1944 [Antarctica 1502-1944] by Aagaard, Bjarne - 1944

Norges handels og sjøfartstidendes trykkeri. Used - Good. Good condition. Lightly-marked former library: embossed name and accession number on front cover, otherwise unmarked. (Norway, Antarctic exploration)

1946. Oslo, Dybwad, 1946. Lex8vo. Orig. bogtrykte omslag. 117 pp., tekstillustrationer og kort. (Norges Svalbard-og Ishavs-Undersøkelser. Meddelelser).

Oslo, Norge: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. No jacket. Light rubbing ends of spine/corners. Binding & pages in excellent condition. Decorative, Illustrated endpapers. 2 expandable maps in rear. 414 pp. plus Index and maps. In Norwegian language. Catch and Research in the Southern Ocean. Blue covers w/gilt titles and front cover illustration of a ship at sea with a sea monster lurking in the foreground. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1930.

Oslo, Norway: I Kommisjon Hos Jacob Dybwad. 1946. Trade paperback. Very good. cover is partly-faded from sun. 117 p. Includes: illustrations, index.

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk, 1930-1934. First Edition. First printings. Octavo (25.5cm). Blue cloth stamped in gilt; blu eand white decorative endpapers; I: [xvi],[414],viii pp.; II: [vi],419-1068,[2]pp; III; [556],LV,[1]pp; 3 foldings maps and one folding plate in vols I and II, black and white illustrations throughout. Title pages printed in two colors. Ownership inscriptions and stamps of Edward Mitchell. With original dustjackets tipped in at rear of each volume, heavily trimmed, one split at spine fold, one mended with cellotape. Lacking the final volume III.2. Sound and clean, lightly rubbed at extremities: Very Good. A major Norwegian work on the history of whaling and exploration in the southern hemisphere, never translated into English.

Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1924. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7". None. Three volumes of Bjarne Aagaard Storm's work on Antarctic explorations. This work was a monumental review of Antarctic explorations from before Captain Cook to the Norwegian whaling explorations of the 1930s. Written by Bjarne Aagaard, someone who was opposed to the slaughter of whales. In the original Norwegian. Extremely scarce in the original dustwrapper.With a large folding map to the rear of the first volume. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years.  He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations.  His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally,… Read More