Search Results: Titles starting with L from Polar Books

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st US Edition: 261 pages, illustrated with 8 plates, map end papers. Blue cloth covers in price-clipped dustjacket. Shelf ware, bumped, covers grubby, edges, dustjacket tatty with old sellotape repairs and edges nibbled. Contents clean. The personal account of a white man living with the Eskimos on Baffin Island. "Doug Wilkinson has written a lively account of a year spent among the Eskimos of northern Baffin Island, including a dogsled journey from Clyde River to Pond Inlet." 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: 2984. .

John Murray, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 1899 New Edition: 760pages plus fold out map at rear, illustrated throughout, page edges gilt. Original Blue decorative cloth covers. The account of the Peninsula of Scandinavia, and of the life of its people, given in these volumes, is the result of a series of journeys made at different times, from 1871 to 1878, embracing a sojourn in the country of nearly five years."During these trips he met the King of Sweden as well as common farmers,house-building, reindeer herding, sailed through fjords & hiked over glaciers. A beautiful book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3268. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Cambridge University Press, England, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xii, 539 pages, original silver- decorated blue cloth with photogravure frontispiece, 25 b/w plates, maps and text-illustrations. Damp damage with some staining, wrinkling to covers, frontispiece, plates and pages but overall in good readable condition. John Leng & Co., discrete book stamp embossed on top of some pages. Markham died in 1916 and the present work was completed from the manuscript by F H H Guillemard. The latter is responsible for the chapters on Amundsen's attempt on the South Pole. The bulk of the book is, however, Markham's work, including his concluding chapter on "Remaining Antarctic Work". Spence 755. Cambridge: UP, 1921. A comprehensive account of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions through Danish explorations of Greenland in 1908 and Scott's final journey to the South Pole in 1912. "Markham's active involvement in Polar exploration… Read More

The Travel Book Club, 1958. Cloth. Good/Good. Travel Bookclub Edition; 248pp, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. Original red cloth covers with black titling to spine in pictorial dustjacket. The purpose of this book is to sketch the story of Antarctica, right from the time the idea of a Southern landmass first entered man's minds, to modern exploration. A really engrossing book. Dustjacket worn, spine sunned, edges chipped, torn, grubby, some foxing, spotting to eps. Good/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: 1569. .

Small, Maynard and Company, 1916. Edition Unstated. None. Reading Copy. Amateur photocopy of the original book, ring bound. When the ice trapped the Karluk, Stefansson abandoned Captain Robert A. Bartlett and the crew, eleven of whom perished, to their fate. Bartlett, the greatest ice captain who ever lived, commanded the Roosevelt on Robert E. Peary's last two attempts to conquer the North Pole.When the ice crushed the Karluk and sank her, Bartlett led the shipwrecked survivors safely to Wrangell Island. Interesting read. 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: 2726. .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Cloth. Good. 1st French Edition; French Text. 343pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 32 duo tone photographs, 32 monotone photographs,1 folding coloured map. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling. Previous owners pencil signature to front end paper. Shelfware, spine sunned, rips to cloth on back cover. Contents clean, tight and bright. Following earlier attempts, Robert Peary succeeded in reaching the North Pole on 6th April 1909. Immediately after his return, controversy broke out due to Frederick Cook's announcement, just 4 days before Peary's, of his own attainment of the Pole on 23rd September 1908. The North Pole contains no hint of the ensuing - and often acrimonious - debate concerning these competing claims. At the time, Peary came to be regarded as offering the surer claim. Cook's own published account, My Attainment of the Pole, did not appear until 1911 and inevitably appears more 'embattled' than does Peary's relatively straightforward… Read More

Librairie Hachette ET Cie, 1909. First French Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st French Edition; French text, translated by Charles Rabot, 221pp, 86 b/w photographs, 2 folding maps. The great Norwegian explorer and adventurer, Amundsen (1872-1928), commenced in 1903 a sailing voyage in the ship "Gjoa" which ended in 1906; and took him and his crew from east to west through the northwest Passage, in the course of which voyage he located the magnetic North Pole. Contemporary Quarter red leather moroccoan boards, teg rest uncut, gilt tiling to spine, spine very slightly faded, corners bumped. Previous owners signature on fep. Contents clean. Very Good. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1787. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve… Read More

Librairie De Firmin-Didot, 1891. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1891 Edition; French text, 231pp, illustrated, 93 wood engravings (many full page). Red cloth covers with spine decorated in gilt, marbled eps, pages gilt edged. Overview of the then current knowledge about the North Pole and the South Pole (one chapter on the South Pole) It covers the history of those regions and their explorers, as well as its fauna and native people. Covers faded. Pages age toned, foxing but suspect this is due to the type of paper used in the book (quite stiff). 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: 1989. .

Luna Books, USA, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 260 pages, illustrated with photos and drawings by John Elliott. As new, appears unread. Account of author's 2 year stay on Argentine Island whilst a member of British Antarctic Survey. First softcover edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0970869908. ISBN/EAN: 9780970869906. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3649. . 9780970869906

Luna Books, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 1st Edition; 260pp, illustrated by John Elliott. SIGNED "To Alex Len Airey" by Author on title page. As new, appears unread. Account of author's 2 year stay on Argentine Island whilst a member of British Antarctic Survey. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0970869908. ISBN/EAN: 9780970869906. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2472. . 9780970869906

Macmillan, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback Edition: 539pp, 8 maps. Good travel guide. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; ISBN: 0333747321. ISBN/EAN: 9780333747322. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 751. . 9780333747322

Walter Scott, Ltd, 1900. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Not Dated, but evening school prize plate on fly-leaf dated 1902: xix, 449pp [16pp publishers advertisements]. Blue cloth covers with gilt title and portrait vignette to front cover, gilt titles and silver vignettes 'Tthe Fram' and ice to spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 14 full page b/w plates plus numerous photographs and other illustrations in text. A wonderfully illustrated biography of the renowned Norwegian explorer (1861-1930) and his polar expedition in an attractive binding. Presentation bookplate verso front cover, some minor foxing. Covers slightly grubby, bumped, shelfware, spine darkened. 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: 1981. .

Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.,, 1907. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. The Evergreen Library" series Circa 1907; xix, 449pp, illustrated, Frontispiece portrait ,47 illustrations including a map. The first edition of this title was in 1897, bound in blue cloth over bevelled boards, containing 682 pages, this copy is bound in grey cloth over straight boards, with 449 pages, the publisher's code at back indicates date as Nov 1907. E J McGrath pencil signature verso front cover., spine bumped, worn, some foxing to prelims, contents clean. 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: 1809. .

Chatto & Windus, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Introduction, 100 b/w photographs. Original blue cloth covers with black titling, no dustjacket. Shelfware, covers sunned, previous owners bookplate dated 1939 to fep. Contents clean. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Photography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2805. .

Cambridge U.P, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. 1927 Edition: x,261pp. 5 b/w plates, including frontispiece portrait, 13 b/w illustrations in text, 3 maps (1 folding). Original blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Biography. Account based on Markham's own diaries, an account of his early life, naval career and voyages. Shelfware, contents clean. 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: 2443. .

George Philip and Son, 1891. Cloth. Very Good. 1st Edition, (undated but collation similar): xii, 324pp, illustrated, frontispiece, 9 plates, illustrations in text and 6 maps (4 coloured, 2 of which folding). Blue cloth covers ruled and titled in black. An account of the life and explorations on one of the world's great explorersIncludes an account of Franklin's first Arctic voyage in 1818 with Captain Buchan, in search of the North Pole; also his two Canadian overland expeditions and his final voyage in search of the North West Passage. Minor spotting to page edges and age toning, contents clean. 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: 2431. .

John Murray, London, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xx, 370 pages, (2 publishers advertisements), illustrated, frontispiece plus 22 b/w illustrations, 7 maps, (1 folding). Ex libri, Cloth covers with heraldic device to front cover, gilt titling on spine, Elinor Robert's Memorial Trustees library bookplate on frontpastedown, no other markings. Shelf wear, covers faded. NMM Cat, Vol 2, Pt 1, entry 805: McClintock's first Arctic service was with Sir James Clark Ross on his second expedition in search of a North West Passage (1848-49). He accompanied Ommanery's 1850-51 espedition as first lieutenant of the Assistance. During this expedition he made a sledge journey of seven hundred and sixty miles in eighty days. He commanded the Intrepid in Belcher's 1852-54 expedition, the last of those officially sent out to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin. In 1857, at the request of Lady Franklin, McClintock sailed in the Fox to search for Franklin again.… Read More

Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition; 240 pages, illustrated, map, 20 b/w photographs. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Gift inscription dated 1954 verso front cover. Shelf wear, dust jacket tatty, contents clean. Diary of 4 Soviet Marine Biologists on a 9-month expedition to the North Pole in the late 1930s. On May 21st 1937 they were landed by aeroplane near the North Pole. The icefloe they landed on was to be their home for the next nine months as it drifted southwards over a distance of 1324 miles. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2661. .

The Travel Book Club, 1946. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Travel Book Club Edition: 256pp, endpaper maps. Grey cloth covers with black titling to spine, no dustjacket. Story of Micky Ryan and his dream, one of the pioneers who opened the North of Canada between the wars. Shelfwear, bumped, minor stains to spine and spotting to page edges. Wrinkle to rear endpaper map. Contents clean. 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: 2904. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; xvi, 422 pages, Illustrated b/w photos, 4 maps (2 folding). Frontispiece portrait of Rear Admiral Byrd drawn by Rebecca Lindon Taylor. Original covers, pictorial end papers in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Previous owner book label taped onto front end paper. Shelf wear, spine softening, small splits, rear end paper hinge split. Contents clean. Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the "heroic age" in Antarctic exploration and its replacement by the "mechanical age." This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1434. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.