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The South Polar Trail. The Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

By: Joyce Ernest Mills

Price: £375.00

Publisher: Duckworth: 1929

Seller ID: 55066

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 220pp, 61 photographs, original blue boards, new endpapers, bump to bottom corners, wear to extremities, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw.

A primary account of the Ross Sea shore party of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition 1914-1917. Their task was to lay dumps to the pole for Shackleton's southern party. This less told story from the expedition is equally harrowing, an incredible story. A very scarce title.
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The Conquest of the Poles and Modern Adventures in the World of Ice.

By: Judd Alfred

Price: £10.00

Publisher: T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd:

Seller ID: 62688

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 364pp, 17 plates, 2 maps, original pictorial boards, light foxing to foreedges, foxing to endpapers, VG. An attractive copy.

The Silent Continent.

By: Kearns William H. & Britton Beverley

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd: 1955

Seller ID: 69522

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 237pp, original red cloth, bumping to corners and head and tail of spine, VG-, no dustwrapper.

True stories of more than thirty Antarctic explorations from thirteen countries, each a true adventure story of the courage, heroism and fortitude of exceptional men.
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A Victim Of The Aurora.

By: Keneally Thomas

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Collins: 1977

Seller ID: 64004

ISBN: 0002224933

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 222pp, foxing to foreedges, slight sunning to head of boards, VG in VG dw

A detective story.
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The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 63433

ISBN: 1852970715

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

In 1910 Scott sent six men, the Northern Party, under the command of Lieutenant Victor Campbell, to explore along the coast of King Edward VII Land. After a successful 10 months at Cape Adare they moved to Inexpressible island, as stormy and desolate place a place as could be found anywhere on the planet. The failure of the relief ship to collect them at the end of the summer left them marooned with no hut and little food. Campbell kept all the men alive through the winter in a snow cave, 12ft by 9ft. After the winter, Campbell led the men 230 miles back to Cape Evans, only to learn of the dea...
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The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 69511

ISBN: 1852970715

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, Fine in Fine dw.

The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 63435

ISBN: 1852970715

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Wicked Mate. The Antarctic Diary Of Victor Campbell.

By: King H.G.R. [editor]

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books/ Erskine Press: 2001

Seller ID: 63436

ISBN: 1852970715

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Crossing. Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58

By: Knight John

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Amberley Publishing: 2018

Seller ID: 70410

ISBN: 1445686295

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 288pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1953-58 organised and led by Sir Vivian Fuchs and supported by Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the most extraordinary exploits ever undertaken in Antarctica - but it has been underappreciated. On the sixtieth anniversary of the crossing, this book tells the complete story of this remarkable episode in the history of exploration. The Crossing is illustrated with photographs from the Royal Geographical Society, with the kind permission of Mary Lowe, widow of expedition photographer George Lowe, and from Peter and Sarah Hillary and the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Gennem Den Hvide Orken. Den danske Forskningsrejse tvaersover Nordgronland 1912-13

By: Koch J. P.

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag: 1913

Seller ID: 68716

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xiv, 286pp, original pictorial boards, professionally recased with new spine and original laid on, slight lean, VG. Text in Norwegian. Well illustrated.

Narrative of the Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land and across northern Greenland, 1912-13, under J. P. Koch, to make glaciological and meteorological investigations on the inland ice and its border region. An account of the transportation of supplies by motor boat, barge and pack horse from Denmark Harbour to Borg Fiord, the wintering in its vicinity near Storstrommen Glacier and horse and sledge journey across Greenland to Proven on the west coast.
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South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 70287

ISBN: 1852970758

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

South Georgia had been the gateway to the Antarctic for many of the early expeditions to the continent. Ludwig Kohl-Larsen first visited the island in 1911 as a doctor on the Otto Nordenskjold expedition. Seeing South Georgia kindled in him an enthusiasm for returning to the Antarctic. He married Captain Larsens daughter and used his close connection with the Larsen family to return, firstly in 1924 on board the first whaling factory ship (Sir James Clark Ross) and then, in 1929, to travel around South Georgia and film the wildlife. He spent a summer camped in various parts of the island, expl...
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South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 70288

ISBN: 1852970758

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

South Georgia. Gateway To Antarctica.

By: Kohl-Larsen Ludwig

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2003

Seller ID: 68988

ISBN: 1852970758

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 294pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the Hansa in the Ice

By: Koldewey Captain

Price: £495.00

Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle: 1874

Seller ID: 66634

Binding: hardcover

Condition: viii, 590pp, numerous woodcut illusts, 4 coloured, 2 maps, new green cloth binding with original spine laid on and original ship illustration retained to front board, some pages dusty and occasional light foxing, a few foreedges ragged, VG. A strong tight copy.

The Fifth Man. The Life Of H.R. Bowers

By: Lagerbom C.H.

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Caedmon Of Whitby: 1999

Seller ID: 69529

ISBN: 0905355512

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 239pp, VG+ in VG+ dw. Now scarce.

Henry Bowers was the fifth man in Scott's South Pole expedition party.
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An Account of a Voyage To Spitzbergen; Containing A Full Description Of That Country, Of The Zoology Of The North, And Of The Shetland Isles; with an Account of the Whale Fishery.

By: Laing John

Price: £78.00

Publisher: K Book Editions: 1973

Seller ID: 63506

ISBN: 0859630099

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 173pp, blue cloth, exlibrary, number to spine, a couple of small ink stamps but very clean internally, slight lean to spine, new endpapers, Good+ in VG- dw with scuffing to spine due to label removal. A facsimile of the 1815 First Edition.

Results of the author's voyages in the Greenland Sea as ship surgeon on whalers in 1806-7. Appendix contains an historical account of whale fisheries; important observations on variation of the compass; extracts from Mr Scoresby's paper on 'Polar Ice'.
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When The Pole Star Shone. A History Of Exploration.

By: Langley Michael

Price: £6.00

Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co: 1971

Seller ID: 59763

ISBN: 0245506683

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 176pp, VG in VG dw.

A summary of geographical exploration since ancient times. Includes the development of navigational and surveying aids and instruments from the days when the Polynesians relied on bird migration.
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Life At The Bottom. The People Of Antartica.

By: Langone John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company: 1977

Seller ID: 64065

ISBN: 0316154263

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 262pp, VG in VG dw.

The lives of the servicemen, scientists and civilians, who work in Antartica.
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FjellNorge. Vol 1: Fra Ryfylke til Jotunheimen. Vol 2: Fr Breheimen til Rondane. Vol 3: Fra Trollheimen Til Svalbard (Three Volumes)

By: Lauritzen Per Roger & Ryvarden Leif

Price: £160.00

Publisher: Gyldendal: 2003

Seller ID: 66533

ISBN: 8205271933

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 231pp, Fine in Fine dw.

A lovely set of this beautifully illustrated and scarce title.
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ANARE. Australia's Antarctic Outposts.

By: Law Philip And Bechervaise John

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1957

Seller ID: 52697

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 152pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, some spotting to last few pages, Good+ in VG dw

A record of the life and work of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions.
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Antarctica. The Last Frontier.

By: Laws Richard

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Boxtree/Anglia TV: 1989

Seller ID: 64281

ISBN: 1852832479

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 208pp, map endpapers, Fine in near Fine dw.

Breathtaking pictures from the Anglia TV series.
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Reindeer on South Georgia. The ecology of an introduced population.

By: Leader-Williams N.

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1988

Seller ID: 67525

ISBN: 0521242711

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 319pp, pictorial boards, exlibrary, usual stamps but very clean internally, Good+.

Studies in Polar Research.
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Antarctic Penguins. A Study Of Their Social Habits

By: Levick Dr G. Murray

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Heinemann: 1914

Seller ID: 44549

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 140pp, original pictorial cloth, two private bookplates, owner's ink stamp, spine lettering faded, a few worn spots to boards, occasional light foxing, Good.

The Great North Pole Fraud

By: Lewin W. Henry

Price: £285.00

Publisher: C W Daniel Company Ltd: 1935

Seller ID: 61739

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, original orange cloth, some fading and soiling to boards, heavy wear to edge of boards, Good in colour photocopy of original dw. A very scarce book indeed.

Lewin published a journal annually, the Individualist, which during its 23 years of issue, ending in 1930, was largely responsible for a more or less continuous anti-Peary publicity. He attempts to convince any unbiassed person that Peary never reached the North Pole at all.
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The Great North Pole Fraud

By: Lewin W. Henry

Price: £300.00

Publisher: C W Daniel Company Ltd: 1935

Seller ID: 65391

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 192pp, original orange cloth, sunning to spine, some damp fading to leading edge of boards, private bookplate, some browning to pages as is usual, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw. A very scarce title indeed.

Icebound In Antarctica

By: Lewis David & George Mimi

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 38908

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 242pp, VG+ in VG+ dw

Icebound In Antarctica

By: Lewis David & George Mimi

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 64063

ISBN: 0436245892

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 242pp, private bookplate, VG+ in VG+ dw.

The Life and Work of the Rev. E. J. Peck Among The Eskimos.

By: Lewis Rev. Arthur

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: 1905

Seller ID: 56092

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvi, 349pp, original decorative blue cloth, front endpaper lacking, light wear to extremities, VG-.

A Continent For Science. The Antarctic Adventure

By: Lewis Richard S.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Secker & Warburg: 1965

Seller ID: 64040

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 300pp, well illustrated with maps, photographs and charts, foxing to foreedges, VG in VG dw

Foreword by Dr Thomas O. Jones. The first definitive history of the world's last land frontier.
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Siberian Arctic. The Story of the Siberian Company.

By: Lied Jonas

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd: 1960

Seller ID: 57579

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 217pp, folding map, VG+ in Good+ dw.

The exploration and development of the Kara Sea route.
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The Path Through Penguin City

By: Lillie Harry R.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Ernest Benn: 1955

Seller ID: 44541

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 302pp, illusts, maps, original blue cloth, fading and mark to spine, Good in colour photocopy of original dw.

Dr. Lillie went to the Antarctic as surgeon to a whaling fleet. This is the story of why he went and what he saw. He was appalled by the cruelty and it began a life long crusade. Furthermore Lillie's descriptions of the wild life of the ocean are as fascinating as they are instructive.
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The Path Through Penguin City

By: Lillie Harry R.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Ernest Benn: 1955

Seller ID: 52533

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 302pp, illusts, maps, original blue cloth, VG+ in colour photocopy of original dw. A nice bright copy.

Ice - High And Low

By: Lister Hal

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Indent Pre-Print: 2005

Seller ID: 61360

Binding: paperback

Condition: 263pp, paperback, New.

Expeditions in a cool environment near the ground. With beautiful photographs and illustrations.
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Ice - High And Low

By: Lister Hal

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Indent Pre-Print: 2005

Seller ID: 61368

Binding: paperback

Condition: 263pp, paperback, New.

Expeditions in a cool environment near the ground. With beautiful photographs and illustrations.
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White Horizon

By: Liversidge Douglas

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Odhams Press Ltf: 1951

Seller ID: 57462

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 255pp, front endpaper lacking, sunning to head and tail of spine, Good in complete but worn dw.

The epic voyage of the polar ship John Biscoe to rescue eleven men trapped by Antartic ice.
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The Whale Killers

By: Liversidge Douglas

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Jarrolds: 1963

Seller ID: 64195

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 191pp, foxing to foreedges, VG in VG dw with a little soiling to rear.

Weird and Tragic Shores. The Story of Charles Francis Hall, Explorer.

By: Loomis Chauncey C.

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Macmillan: 1972

Seller ID: 57559

ISBN: 333133978

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xiv, 367pp, xii index, original blue cloth, small owner's address label, VG in Fair edge worn dw.

Hall was the first Arctic explorer actually to live with the Eskimos as they lived, learning more about their society, personalities, and methods of survival than any traveller before him.
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Arctic Dreams. Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape.

By: Lopez Barry

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Picador/Pan Books: 1987

Seller ID: 57622

ISBN: 0330295381

Binding: paperback

Condition: 464pp, paperback, Good+

A celebration of the Arctic landscape itself - of earth and sea and ice. It's also a book dreams, about why people have gone to the Arctic and what they have found.
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Penguins

By: Love John A

Price: £2.00

Publisher: Whittet Books: 1994

Seller ID: 38904

Binding: paperback

Condition: 128pp, paperback, VG+

The Crossing Of Antarctica. Original Photographs From The Epic Journey That Fulfilled Shackleton's Dream.

By: Lowe George & Lewis-Jones Huw

Price: £19.00

Publisher: Thames & Hudson: 2014

Seller ID: 68754

ISBN: 0500252025

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 239pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Crossing Of Antarctica is a remarkable visual and personal testimony of a polar expedition that rewrote the history books and an epic journey of endurance and fellowship in the wildest of places. 154 Illustrations.
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The Arctic Whalers

By: Lubbock Basil

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson: 1978

Seller ID: 41223

ISBN: 085174107X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xi, 483pp, 85 illusts, map endpapers, VG+ in VG price clipped dw.

The detailed story of the most important, and, at the same time, most speculative, dangerous and exciting fisheries which began in the days of Queen Elizabeth and lasted to the outbreak of the First World War. The life of a whale hunter in the Arctic waters taken from numerous whaling logs and manuscripts.
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Whale

By: Lucas Jeremy

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Jonathan Cape: 1981

Seller ID: 64192

ISBN: 022401921X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 172pp, map endpapers, VG+ in VG+ dw.

Antarctica.

By: Lucas Mike

Price: £8.00

Publisher: New Holland Publishers: 1996

Seller ID: 64024

ISBN: 185368743X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 155pp, light spotting to very bottom of two pages, VG in VG+ dw

Superbly illustrated.
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The Third Reich In Antarctica. The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39

By: Ludecke Cornelia & Summerhayes Colin

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2012

Seller ID: 68965

ISBN: 1852971037

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 259pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The origins of the Third German Antarctic Expedition lie in a combination of the aspirations of German scientists to contribute to exploring and understanding the Antarctic environment, and the Nazi Party's drive for self-sufficiency on the road to war. In 1936/37 Germany had joined the whaling nations in the South Atlantic, keen to obtain whale oil without having to use valuable foreign currency reserves needed for rearmament. Considering that it needed a local whaling base, Germany decided to explore the possibility of setting up a supply base on the coast of Dronning Maud Land. The man in c...
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The Third Reich In Antarctica. The German Antarctic Expedition 1938-39

By: Ludecke Cornelia & Summerhayes Colin

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press: 2012

Seller ID: 68970

ISBN: 1852971037

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 259pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Canadian North

By: MacDonald Malcolm

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1945

Seller ID: 57426

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 272pp, Fine, no dustwrapper.

The story of a journey in the Canadian North.
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The 'Taurus' Collection. 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic. A Bibliography.

By: Mackenzie Julian [editor]

Price: £95.00

Publisher: The Traveller's Bookshop: 2001

Seller ID: 70172

ISBN: 1874472521

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 197pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. One of only 500 copies.

The Taurus collection is one the pre-eminent private collections of books on the Antarctic. The collection encompasses the major works of exploration by people who actually went to the continent in the Golden Age, which ended with the outbreak of the Second World War. The items are supplied with collations, notes and illustrations, making this a work of great value not only to collectors and dealers but also to those interested in the history of Antarctic Exploration.
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