London: Royal Geographical Society, February, 1913. 8vo, pp. xiv, [97]-200; Bentinck's article contains 15 photographic illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates, and a folding map of India's northeast frontier; spine a little perished at the bottom, but generally a very good copy in orig. blue printed wrappers. Also..... More
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1958. New edition entirely revised, 8vo, pp. [8], vii-ix, [1], 123; 1 colored folding map; illustrations and original green cloth; gilt lettered spine; dust jacket, small tear at the head of the spine; otherwise very good. Spence 132. More
n.p., n.d. [ca. 1930s]. Approx. 8" x 7½, idenified in pencil on the verso: "Eskimo huskies greet Admiral Byrd on his return to Little America after his long isolation. Little American buried in background." Inscribed on the recto by Byrd: "To John A. Blongren with kindest regards, R. E. Byrd."..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. First English edition, 8vo, pp. 265; map endpapers, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 44 tinted photographic plates; dust jacket with top quarter of the blank rear panel missing, spine ends of jacket rubbed; all else very good. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition, 8vo, pp. [9], x-xvi, [4], 5-423, [1]; map endpapers; original teal cloth; silver lettering on spine; dust jacket; near fine. Spence 324. More
Washington, D.C. prepared at the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation, 1965. 4to, pp. vi, 506; original blue cloth; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; near fine. Primarily scientific publications, encompassing biology, geology, meteorology, and physics. Volume 1 of 4. More
London: W. Collins, 1946. 8vo, pp. [6], 7-47, [1]; 8 colored illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; additional illustrations and photographs throughout; original blue paper-covered boards; edges scuffed; otherwise very good. Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880-1957) was a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 559; 24 leaves of black and white photographic plates printed on rectos and versos, text maps, facsimiles, and illustrations by W.E. How, color map endpapers; original cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; jacket edges worn, half-inch tear to..... More
[London]: Queen Anne's Mansions, Stg. James Park, S.W., 5 Nov., [19]04. 16mo (approx. 6" x 3¾"), integral leaf attached; generally fine. The letter is headed "Capt. Scott's lecture." Goldie (1846-1925) notes that he is "much obliged by your letter of yesterday. I shall not be able to use any tickets..... More
Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1964. First edition, 8vo, pp. [11], 12-435, [1]; map endpapers; over 70 illustrations on 40 plates; blue faux morocco with gilt spine lettering; dust jacket, cilpped; slightly scuffed; otherwise very good. Spence 582. More
New York: Atheneum, 1985. 8vo, pp. [7], 8-565, [3]; original pictorial wrappers; photographs and maps throughout; very good. Rosove 175.B5. More
Screenprint, edition limited to 150 (this, no. 62), signed by Kitaj with initials at the lower right; image size approx. 19" x 14½" on a large sheet approx. 31" x 22" More
Melbourne [et al.]: Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition, 4to, pp. xxiv, 152; errata slip laid in, 2 inserted double-p. maps printed in blue, color frontispiece, and well over 100 photographic illus. throughout, a number in color; very good copy in orig. printed paper wrappers, cloth shelf-back. Antarctic Bibliography 1951-1961..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], vii-viii, 215, [1]; maps and photographs throughout; original blue cloth printed in gilt; dust jacket; near fine. Spence 723. More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, [1923]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. x, 245, [1]; black and white photographic frontispiece, 7 leaves of plates printed on rectos and versos; publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in navy, gilt-lettered spine; spine a bit faded; frontispiece starting to loosen, additional plate loose but..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [6], vii-xii, [2], 3-269, [1]; map endpapers; original green cloth; silver lettering on spine; dust jacket, clipped, scuffed around the edges; otherwise very good. Spence 762. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958. Third edition, 8vo, pp. 206; 23 plates, 3 maps; original jacket rubbed, else near fine. An account of Migot's year at the French station on the Kerguelin Islands, approximately 1500 miles north of Antarctica, in the southern Indian Ocean. Migot also was part of an expedition..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], vii-viii, [2], 201, [1]; original tan cloth printed in black; dust jacket, clipped; lightly worn; otherwise very good. Rosove 230.A1; Spence 806. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1959. 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 201; map; fine in original taupe cloth, jacket with edge wear and 1 closed tear. An exploration of the first expeditions to Antarctica and the rival claims at discovery. More
New York: John De Graff, Inc., [1956]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 247; mapped endpapers, black & white photographic illustrations, very good in original blue cloth with decorative dust jacket. More
New York: Library Publishers, [1952]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [9], x-xxi, [1], 199, [1]; original blue cloth; gilt lettered spine; photographic frontispiece; dust jacket, clipped, upper spine chipped; otherwise very good. Spence 851. More
London; New York; Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., [1938]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 308; original green cloth; gilt lettered spine; map endpapers; 16 photographic plates; light foxing; ink stain on spine tail; otherwise very good. Spence 873. More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1923. Fifth impression; 8vo, pp. [6], vii, [1], viii, [1], ix-xxvi; 305, [1]; original blue cloth printed in black; photographic frontispiece, additional plates throughout; spine extremities scuffed, newspaper shadown on front endpapers; otherwise very good. Spence 928; Rosove 251.B1. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1915. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 382, [1]; black and white photographic portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 148 photographic illustrations on 97 plates; original blue pictorial cloth (minor soil spot to upper cover) stamped in silver, t.e.g.; frontispiece reinserted with some roughness to the..... More
London: Butterworths, 1964. First edition, large 4to, pp. xi, [1], 360; color frontispiece, color maps and photographic plates, two folding maps laid into cloth-covered paper chemise; original blue cloth (some dampstaining along edges), upper cover and spine lettered in silver, original blue-grey paper-covered slipcase, white printed paper slipcase spine label;..... More
