Search Results: Titles starting with C from Polar Books

The Fram Museum, Oslo, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. New Book/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Paperback, 384 pages, illustrated throughout with monotone photos. New. Carl Anton Larsen. He was an explorer, who found previously undiscovered lands and bodies of ice in the Weddell Sea region. He was a contributor to science, who made key discoveries and observations and later donated valuable scientific collections to a number of Norwegian and Swedish museums. He was a leader, who fought against the odds to keep his men alive when the Antarctic sank, and then made a daring open-boat journey to save them. This book tells his story. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9788282350808. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3602. . 9788282350808

Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1932. Cloth. Good. 1st UK Edition: vi, 348pp, plus 1 map and 24 full page b/w photo portraits. Green cloth covers with gilt vignette to front cover and titling to spine. Artic Bib: 7423 Translation of Der Ruf des Nordens, 1928.Contains a history of Arctic Exploration from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the Nobile Expedition of 1928. School presentation copy, prize bookplate to rear of front cover. Shelfware, bumped, rubbed, small splits to top of spine. Some minor foxing, mainly to page edges, pages age toned. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2322. .

Cassell and Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 86pp, illustrated, 57 b/w photographs (taken by the author), 4 maps. Blue cloth covers with white titling to spine, no dustjacket. The author describes a holiday in Norway where the remote peaks of the Lyngen Fjord and Lofoten islands were conquered. They also went to Vaagekallentind, to the Rafsund peaks and then to Jaegevarre. Shelfware, covers slightly grubby, contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2971. .

Methuen & Co, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 1st Edition: xv, 524pp, illustrated, 4 half-tone plates, 164 text illustrations, front endpaper map. Green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in unclipped dustjacket. "Extensive study based on 12 years' residence and travel in the country; including a survey of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and the Alaska Highway." - Arctic Bibliography 26639. Parts and chapters : Part I: Position, Discovery, and General Physical Features. 1. Introduction; 2. Exploration of Canada; 3. Structure and Geology; 4. Climates of Canada; 5. Soils and Natural Vegetaion. Part II. 6. The Eastern Settlements in the Populous Zone; 7. The Prairie Regions; 8. Southern British Columbia; 9. Transition Areas (Newfoundland, Clay Belt, Peace River); 10. Eastern Pioneer Lands; 11. Western Pioneer Lands; 12. The Tundra Lands. Part III 13. The Spread of Settlement; 14. Fishing and the Fur Trade [fishing pp.338-347, fur trade pp.347-357]; 15. Forests,… Read More

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; A volume in 'The Golden Hind Series' of biographies of great explorers edited by Milton Waldman. (2), iii-ix, 240 pages + 4 publishers adverts, illustrated, b/w plates, letter facsimile, folding map, page edges uncut. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Shelf wear, spotting mainly to page edges and prelims, contents clean. Chapters on his early life and parentage, the voyage of the 'Discovery', the sledge journeys from the 'Discovery' and much more. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3242. .

John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition, 3rd impression 1929; A volume in 'The Golden Hind Series' of biographies of great explorers edited by Milton Waldman: ix, (1), 240, 4 pages publisher adverts, illustrated 7 plates, folding letter facsimile, folding map. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear to covers, front end papers tanned, previous owners signatue dated 1929 on front end paper and private bookplate on verso front cover, contents clean. "Chapters on his early life, parentage, voyage of the 'Discovery', sledge journeys from the 'Discovery' and much more." The first biography of Scott. Gwynn was an admirer of Scott's wife Kathleen, and later edited a book of illustrations of her sculptures, Hommage.Spence 545; Renard 635; Rosove 158. Third impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic &… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2003. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Very Good. 1st Edition, 3rd impression: 508 pages, illustrated, maps, b/w and colour photos, pictorial end papers. Appears unread, contents clean. Biography of Scott. Written with the energy and style that have made Fiennes' other books so popular, 'Captain Scott' is the enthralling story of an extraordinary man. Biography written with the co-operation of the Scott Estate, and which seeks to re-establish Scott's reputation after its decline following Roland Huntford's book on Scott and Amundsen. An experienced polar traveller himself, Fiennes concludes that Scott's decisions were generally either logical, or inevitable in the circumstances, and that the catastrophe was down to extreme bad luck with the weather. Amundsen is depicted as fortunate (and duplicitous), Armitage and Cherry-Garrard as unreliable witnesses in their later years, and Oates' criticisms as the sort of grumbles many expedition… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Paperback Edition; 508 pages, illustrated, 40 b/w and colour photographs, 9 maps. . Written with the energy and style that have made Fiennes' other books so popular, 'Captain Scott' is the enthralling story of an extraordinary man. Biography written with the co-operation of the Scott Estate, and which seeks to re-establish Scott's reputation after its decline following Roland Huntford's book on Scott and Amundsen. An experienced polar traveller himself, Fiennes concludes that Scott's decisions were generally either logical, or inevitable in the circumstances, and that the catastrophe was down to extreme bad luck with the weather. Amundsen is depicted as fortunate (and duplicitous), Armitage and Cherry-Garrard as unreliable witnesses in their later years, and Oates' criticisms as the sort of grumbles many expedition members will make about their leader under the intense strain… Read More

G.T. Foulis & Co. Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition; 695pages, illustrated, 108 b/w illustrations, 27 maps, map end papers. White leather binding with blue spine label lettered in silver. No Dust jacket. Slight browning to page edges and end papers. Richmond 1968 on half title otherwise contents clean. Thorough study of polar aviation milestones. Informed historical survey of polar aviation by one of the pioneers, with much on Andree, Nobile, The Canadian Hudson Strait Expedition, Amundsen-Ellsworth, Wilkins, Grierson's own flight, and many more. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Aviation. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3218. .

Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Signed by Author. 1st Edition: x, 280pp, illustrated, 30b/w photographs, 3 maps. SIGNED by the author on fep, dated Oct53. Green cloth covers with titling to spine in illustrated unclipped dustjacket. Spine sunned, covers tatty, old sellotape repairs. Contents clean. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2986. .

The Macmillan Company, 1922. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition: xxiv, 301 pages. illustrated, 34 b/w plates including frontispiece, 140b/w illustrations, maps, charts, in text. Black cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Previous owners signatures and contemporary booksellers stamp on front end papers. Very slight bumping to cover, contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2313. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Reardon Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine/Near Fine. Limited Collectors Edition; (leather bound hardback signed numbered and boxed in slipcase) number 451/500; The front of this special edition contains a rare reproduction of the famous portrait of Edward Wilson by A.U.Soord. Dr David M. Wilson, his great nephew, and David B. Elder, a local Cheltenham librarian, have collaborated to produce the first biography of Edward Wilson for many years. It is richly illustrated with photographs and paintings, many of which are being made available to the public for the first time. The book traces the Cheltenham roots of Edward Wilson's extraordinary life, identifies many of the local sights associated with him, and follows him through to his death with Captain Scott on the return from the South Pole in 1912. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography &… Read More

Jonathan Cape, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Paperback Edition; xvii, 354 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps. Biography of one of the youngest members of Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic, author of the classic 'The Worst Journey in the World'. First softcover edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; ISBN/EAN: 9780099437536. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3357. . 9780099437536

David & Charles Reprints, 1971. Later Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Good. A Reprint with a new Introduction by Christopher Lloyd; 379pp, 48pp appendix and 4 maps including 1 large fold-out map. blue cloth with light blue cloth title panel to spine. Unclipped dustjacket. Barrow collected accounts of all the voyages and discoveries made in the Arctic and the history of different relentless quests up to 1818, beginning with the Viking discovery of Vinland. A reprinted version of John Barrow's account (originally published in 1818) of the history of the exploration of the north, from ancient times to the explorations of John Ross and David Buchan at the time of original publication, in search of a quick passage from the north Atlantic to the Pacific. Contents: 1) Discoveries in the North, from the Early Periods of Scandinavian Navigation to the end of the Fifteenth Century ; 2) Discoveries made in the North during the Sixteenth Century ; 3) Voyages and Discoveries in the Northern Regions… Read More

Dodd Mead & Company, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; x 264pp, illustrated, 8 b/w plates, end paper maps. Blue cloth covers with white titling to spine, no dustjacket. The voyage of the Hudson's Bay Company's supply ship "Rupertsland" from Montreal along the Labrador coast and into Hudson Bay. Slight shelfware. Contents Clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2850. .

W & R Chambers Limited, Edinburgh, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. xxii, 160 pages, original red cloth covers, front end paper, diagrams, maps. Very good classic guide. Spine and top of cover sunned, pencil signature (M V Mosley) on front end paper. Contents clean. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3458. .

Titus Wilson & Son Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Edition; [11]159 pages, illustrated 12 b/w plates, original covers in unclipped illustrated dust jacket. [Neate T22: Climbing memoirs of a noted British alpinist between the wars. Written as a tribute to her guide, and published posthumously by her friends]. As New, appears unread. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Mountaineering; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3022. .

Brewer, Warren & Putman, New York, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. VerybGood/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; ix, 275 pages, SIGNED by the author on front end paper. 7 b/w photos, 2 fold out maps and 2 colour reproductions of paintings, uncut. Pictorial end papers. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, spine slightly sunned, booksellers label on front end paper, contents clean. Author was the second in command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. This narrative is primarily concerned with the sledge journey to the Queen Maud Mountains and the return to Little America in late January 1930. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 127. .

HMSO, 1908. Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 9pp. Paper wrappers as issued. Parliamentary Paper C 4197. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1643. .

Fisheries Research Station, Ceylon, 1964. First Edition. Softcover (Side-stapled). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ceylon, Fisheries Research Station Volume 2, pages 151-157. Scientific paper. Grey wrappers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; 1960s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3074. .