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Kane, Elisha Kent: Arctic Explorations The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin 1853, 54, 55, edited by Chauncy Loomis & Constance Martin. The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1996. Small 8vo, bown cloth gilt device to fron, gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. pplix + 447 pp. 2 maps, frontis & 28 plates, 6 in colour. An attractive Lakeside Classic in FINE condition.

Hunt, John. The ascent of Everest. Hodder and Stoughton, 1953, Ist Edition. 8vo. Blue cltoh, silver titles to spine. Top edge blue. With unclipped dustwrapper. 300pp with many black and white illustrations throughout. Neet gift inscription of 1953 on front free endpaper. Dustwrapper small tears to top edge, without loss. Two light stains to edges of dustwrapper. Binding and all pages in excellent tight and clean condition.

Cook, Frederick A. & Robert E. Peary, edited by miller J.M. Discovery of the North Pole. Large 8vo. Red cloth gilt titles to front and spine. Inset blue and white illustration of explorers planting the flag. All edges red. Pp12, p1, 141-428, 32 plates. Binding bumped and rubbed. All pages and illustrations tight and bright. Accounts given from contemporary journals and illustrated with cartoons of the period regarding the controversy between Cook and Peary and on the Artic in general. Arctic Bibliography 11467.

Stark, Freya. Dust in the Lion's Paws. London, John Murray. 1961. Ist Edition. 8vo. Hardback, green coloured cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt authors signature to front. Pp297 with black and white photographs within text and full page sketch map of the Middle East. Lacks dust wrapper. Laid on front pastedown is a card printed "With the Author's Compliments", also, armorial bookplate of Gerald de Gaury. There is some marginalia on pages 66,113, 117 in ink and on back endpaper in pencil, in the hand of de Gaury; commenting on various aspects of the text. Some light marks on the front cover and rust residue from a paperclip on the front free endpapers. Print is strong and binding is tight. Gerald de Gaury, friend of Freya Stark was an experienced traveller, photographer, Arabist and diplomat and perhaps his remarks reflect his view on the situation recorded in this Freya Stark autobiography.

Stark, Freya. East is West. London, John Murray, 1945. 1st Edition, first impression. 8vo. Hardback Turquoise blue cloth covers, gilt titles to spine, gilt authors name to front. Lacks dust wrapper. Pp218, including eighty four black and white photographs, many full page and full page map on green card. With ownership mark on front free endpaper of "H de Gaury/9.45". Gerald de Gaury, friend of Freya Stark was an experienced traveller, photographer, Arabist and diplomat. Covers a little bumped at edges, all pages and illustrations in clean and bright order throughout.

Hudson's Bay Company, a Brief History. Hudson's Bay House, 1934. 8vo. Red cloth gilt device to front and back covers, spine faded. Pp x, 68, with 42 black and white illustrations. 2 coloured coats of arms laid on to title and final page. Bookplate and neat ownership inscription dated 1938 of Antarctic expert, Brian Birley Robert. For many years he was closely involved in Antarctic affairs, playing a leading role in the drafting of the Antarctic Treaty and providing so much of the basic framework for today’s wildlife and environmental protection legislation. With the Antarctic always his principal interest, he played a key role in the development of the Antarctic Treaty system and of the policies resulting in the establishment and evolutions of what now the British Antarctic Survey. A good association copy..

Niven, Jennifer. The Ice Master : The Doomed 1913 Voyage Of The Karluk. Macmillan, London, 2000. Thick octavo, hardback with dustwrapper, size approx 240mm x 165mm. First Edition. ISBN 0 333 77060 6. The story of the ill-fated Karluk expedition in 1913 during the voyage north past Alaska, being abandoned by it's leader to it's sinking near Wrangel Island and then the trek to safety across eastern Siberia. Unread and Fine.

Grigsby, Joan. Longshore and Down Channel. Heath Cranton, London, 1932. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pp145, 12 full page illustrations by Stanley Rogers. Neat ownership inscription of 1932 Tipped onto front pastedown is a handwritten letter from the author dated December 11 1932. In bright, clean excellent condition.

Stark, Freya. The Lycian Shore. London, John Murray. 1956. 1st Edition. 8vo. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine and front, faded, especially in spine area. Dust wrapper unclipped but chipped and torn at edges and two thirds of the dust wrapper spine missing. Pp 204. Title page vignette by Reynolds Stone and including 12 pages of black and white photographs, drawing in the text by the author and folded map of Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean area. All pages and illustrations tight, bright and clean. Booksellers label of L Simmons/Fleet Street on front pastedown. Neat ownership mark in pencil on front free endpaper "Izzard/Beirut/June 1956. This person could be Ralph or Molly Izzard. Ralph Izzard a journalist who spent many years in Beirut had also been involved in Naval Intelligence and acquainted with Ian Fleming. His wife Molly was a wartime FANY and later went on to use her inquisitive skills to study the works of Freya Stark completed a very interesting biography of Stark. A book with perhaps… Read More

Victor, Paul Emile. Man and the Conquest of the Poles. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1964. 1st Edition. 8vo. Green cloth, silver titles to spine. Top edge blue. Endpapers polar map illustrations, With unclipped dustwrapper. 306pp with many black and white images throughout. Dustwrapper, binding and pages in excellent tight and clean condition.

De Roos, Willy : North West Passage. Hollis & Carter, London, 1980. 1st English edition. Octavo, size approx 220mm x 145mm. Cloth, dj, F/F. 208pp, 8pp b/w plates, 5 maps. Account of an exploration of the North West passage by steel ketch Williwaw in 1977 and onward to circumnavigate the American continent via Cape Horn. A very good copy with a near fine dustjacket.

Rasky, Frank : The Polar Voyagers, Explorers of the North. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Quarto, size approx 265mm x 190mm. Hardback with dustwrapper. pp320 with index and select Arctic bibliography. ISBN 0070824053. Clean and tight copy with contents almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete dustwrapper. Very good condition.

Thomas, Lowell. Sir Hubert Wilkins. His World of Adventure. London. Arthur Barker 1962. 8vo, 1st UK Edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper, pp278, 28 blanck and white illustrations on 8 leaves. Dustwrapper chipped with a little loss to front. Binding and all pages tight, bright and clean. Wilkins undertook the first flight over antarctica, and in command of the Submarine Nautilus made the first voyage beneath polar ice. An interesting perspective on Polar exploration.

Caldcleugh, Alexander. Travels in South America During the Years 1819-20-21 containing and Account of the Present State of Brazil, Buenos Ayres and Chile. John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. 1825. 1st Edition. 8vo. Volume 1 Only. Gilt decorated morocco binding by Hering. All edges gilt. PP373. Aquatint frontis, Folding map of South America, 4 full page aquatints. Folded map with hand coloured borders in very good order. Binding hinges broken. Inscribed by author on blank free endpaper to Caroline Browne. Book block is tight, in one piece. Pages clean and bright, some foxing on images. Make no mistake, one volume only with broken original binding. A valuable book needing volume 2 and rebinding solution.

Whiting. Charles Goodrich,: Walks in New England. 1903, The Bodley Head. 8vo. Recent full morocco with five raised bands. Recent marble endpapers. Pp301 with 24 titled tissue guarded photographs as called for. In excellent clean and bright condition. An attractive New England Travelling companion