Category: Polar

Farther North than Nansen bein The Voyage of the Polar Star

Price: £695.00

Publisher: Howard Wilford Bell : 1901

Seller ID: 74398

Condition: 97pp, 3 plates, 1 folding plate, original pictorial boards, some light soiling to boards, VG. A very scarce title.

Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933), left for the North Pole in 1899 on board the Polar Star. Unfortunately, he lost two fingers to frostbite on the journey, so was unable to participate in the sled ride to the Pole. Captain Cagni instead made the trip, reaching 86° 34' N, a new 'Farthest North' and, as the somewhat ungracious title of this book states, 'Farther North than Nansen'.
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The Arctic World Illustrated: Its Plants, Animals and Natural Phenomena

By: Adams, William Henry Davenport

Price: £24.00

Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons : 1876

Seller ID: 74768

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 276pp, 118 illusts, original green decorative cloth, cloth damp marked and rippled, endpapers cracked, a reading copy. Worthwhile for the beautiful engravings alone.

With a historical sketch of Arctic Discovery.
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Fishing South. The History and Management of South Georgia Fisheries

By: Agnew David J.

Price: £44.00

Publisher: The Penna Press : 2004

Seller ID: 72424

ISBN-13: 9780954794804

Binding: paperback

Condition: 128pp, paperback, VG. Very scarce.

Watkins Mountains Expedition Phase II 1971 - Preliminary Report

By: Allan, Alastair

Price: £19.00

Publisher: Watkins Mountains Expedition : 1971

Seller ID: 72817

Binding: paperback

Condition: 8pp, map, paperback, in original orange card covers, VG. A scarce item.

An Anglo - Danish Mountain Survey in East Greenland. The expedition was organised to continue the work of the Watkins Mountains Expedition 1969 which was concerned with the exploration of a vast area of virtually unknown terrain between Kangerdlugssuak and Scoresby Sund in East Greenland.
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First Under The North Pole. The Voyage of the Nautilus

By: Anderson, William R

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Brockhampton Press : 1960

Seller ID: 42025

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 64pp, marks to back and front boards, Good in Fair rubbed dw.

This photographic picture book, wrtten especially for young readers by Commander Anderson himself, is the dramatic story of Operation Sunshine and what happened to the brave crew of the "Nautilus".
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Heroes of Polar Exploration

By: Andrist Ralph K.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Cassell : 1963

Seller ID: 51605

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 153pp, exlibrary, Good+, no dustwrapper.

In The Polar Regions or Nature and Natural History in the Frozen Zone.

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: T. Nelson & Sons : 1886

Seller ID: 69872

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 238pp, original red decorative cloth, bevelled edges, large inscription, some foxing to endpapers and foreedges, VG.

With anecdotes and stories of adventure and travel.
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Polar Exploration - 21 of a set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £20.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 55148

Binding: paperback

Condition: 21 cards in a protective sleeve, VG.

Scarce cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £38.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 72831

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, near VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 72832

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 72833

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 2nd set of 25 cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 72856

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 74717

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG+.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 74718

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG+.

Scarce 2nd set of 25 cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 74719

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG+.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 74720

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG+.

Scarce 2nd set of 25 cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 74740

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 74741

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 74742

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 2nd set of 25 cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £40.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 74770

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce 1st set of 25 cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - Full set of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player. 1915 First Series

By: Anon

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Card Collectors Society : 2003

Seller ID: 55692

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive set in protective sheets, Fine.

This is a reprint from 2003 of the First Series of Polar Exploration cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - part set 18 of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £20.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1915

Seller ID: 68356

Binding: paperback

Condition: a part set in protective sheets, 18 cards out of a set of 25, lacking nos. 1, 4, 5, 10, 21, 22 and 23, with some minor marks and creases, Good.

Scarce cards issued in 1915.
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Polar Exploration - part set 23 of 25 coloured cigarette cards issued by John Player

By: Anon

Price: £25.00

Publisher: John Player & Sons : 1916

Seller ID: 68357

Binding: paperback

Condition: an attractive part set 23 out of 25, in protective sheets, VG.

Scarce part set 23 of 25 cards issued in 1916 to commemorate the polar explorations of Captains Scott and Amundsen in the early part of the last century. This is the 2nd series of cards from John Player.
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Ten Years Near the Arctic Circle

By: Armistead J. J.

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Headley Brothers : 1913

Seller ID: 74525

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 252pp, 12 illusts, original blue cloth, owner's signature, VG. An uncommon title.

Armistead was a missionary on board The Red Cross a ship purchased from Captai Gustav Amundsen, on the islands of Norway.
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FRAM, Hele Norges Skute

By: Arnesen Odd

Price: £260.00

Publisher: Jacob Dybwads Forlag : 1942

Seller ID: 74040

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 297pp, illusts, original beige linen backed blue boards, light wear to extremities, small private sticker of Ann Savours Shirley, the polar historian, and signed inscription by her, VG, no dustwrapper. A scarce title, text in Norwegian.

Scott and Charcot at the col du Lautaret

By: Aubert S., Skelton J., Frenot Y. and Bignon A.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Lautaret Alpin Botanical Garden : 2014

Seller ID: 74493

ISBN-13: 9782953556285

Binding: paperback

Condition: 124pp, paperback, New.

1908 trials of the first motor driven sledges designed for transport in the Antarctic undertaken by Scott and Charcot. Following Scott's death Charcot had a cairn erected in homage to him in the Alpine Garden of the col du Lautaret in 1913, and was later re-erected on a new site in 1921. Text in English and French.
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Scott and Charcot at the col du Lautaret

By: Aubert S., Skelton J., Frenot Y. and Bignon A.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Lautaret Alpin Botanical Garden : 2014

Seller ID: 74494

ISBN-13: 9782953556285

Binding: paperback

Condition: 124pp, paperback, New.

1908 trials of the first motor driven sledges designed for transport in the Antarctic undertaken by Scott and Charcot. Following Scott's death Charcot had a cairn erected in homage to him in the Alpine Garden of the col du Lautaret in 1913, and was later re-erected on a new site in 1921. Text in English and French.
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Scott and Charcot at the col du Lautaret

By: Aubert S., Skelton J., Frenot Y. and Bignon A.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Lautaret Alpin Botanical Garden : 2014

Seller ID: 74495

ISBN-13: 9782953556285

Binding: paperback

Condition: 124pp, paperback, New.

1908 trials of the first motor driven sledges designed for transport in the Antarctic undertaken by Scott and Charcot. Following Scott's death Charcot had a cairn erected in homage to him in the Alpine Garden of the col du Lautaret in 1913, and was later re-erected on a new site in 1921. Text in English and French.
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The Quiet Land. The Diaries of Frank Debenham, Member of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

By: Back June Debenham

Price: £80.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 1992

Seller ID: 66700

ISBN-13: 9781852970376

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 207pp, original green cloth, minor bump to bottom, VG+ in VG+ dw

Debenham pursuaded the Scott Appeal Trustees to establish the Scott Polar Reseach Institute. On 26 November 1920 it came into being with Debenham as the first Director. This book also describes the development of the SPRI under his guidance until his retirement in 1946.
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The Quiet Land. The Diaries of Frank Debenham, Member of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

By: Back June Debenham

Price: £85.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 1992

Seller ID: 73370

ISBN-13: 9781852970376

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 207pp, original green cloth, private bookplate, Fine in Fine dw

Debenham pursuaded the Scott Appeal Trustees to establish the Scott Polar Reseach Institute. On 26 November 1920 it came into being with Debenham as the first Director. This book also describes the development of the SPRI under his guidance until his retirement in 1946.
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The Quiet Land. The Diaries of Frank Debenham, Member of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

By: Back June Debenham

Price: £85.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press : 1992

Seller ID: 74033

ISBN-13: 9781852970376

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 207pp, original green cloth, Fine in Fine dw

Debenham pursuaded the Scott Appeal Trustees to establish the Scott Polar Reseach Institute. On 26 November 1920 it came into being with Debenham as the first Director. This book also describes the development of the SPRI under his guidance until his retirement in 1946.
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Life and Adventures of Nansen The Great Arctic Explorer.

By: Bain J. Arthur

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd. : 1910

Seller ID: 52452

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xix, 450p, original grey cloth with black lettering, rubbing to top of spine, owner's name and address, VG.

The Everygreen Library edition.
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The Birthday Boys

By: Bainbridge Beryl

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Penguin Books : 1993

Seller ID: 67889

ISBN-13: 9780140172607

Binding: paperback

Condition: 189pp, paperback, some light creasing, VG

Four men accompanied Captain Scott on the last leg of his doomed expedition to the South Pole, Titus Oates, Bill Wilson, Taff Evans and Birdie Bowers - this is a great fictional attempt at each of their personal accounts.
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The Polar World

By: Baird Patrick D.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Longman : 1964

Seller ID: 48486

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvi, 328pp, original blue cloth, exlibrary, Good in Good dw.

A comprehensive treatment of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, their lands and seas, and the history of their exploration.
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To The Ends Of The Earth. Journeys of the Great Explorers

By: Balchin Jon

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Capella : 2006

Seller ID: 73373

ISBN-13: 9781841935607

Binding: paperback

Condition: 207pp, paperback, private bookplate, Fine.

The book charts the astonishing feats of history's most trepid explorers.
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The Franz Josef Land Archipelago. E. B. Baldwin's Journal of the Wellman Polar Expedition,1898-1899

By: Baldwin E. B. and Capelotti P. J. [editor]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: McFarland & Co. : 2004

Seller ID: 73123

ISBN-13: 9780786417766

Binding: paperback

Condition: 186pp, paperback, SPRI ink stamps, wave to pages due possibly due to previous water contact, very clean indeed, Good+. Still a presentable copy of a very scarce title.

Franz Josef Land is a forbidding place, isolated by geography and history. Lying above the Arctic Circle in the northernmost province of Russia, this remote series of islands was only discovered by Westerners in 1873, and remains little known today. A few intrepid explorers ventured there in the late 19th century as a stepping-stone in attempts to reach the North Pole. Chicago journalist Walter Wellman led the first American expedition to the archipelago as part of a polar expedition in 1898-1899. His second-in-command, Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, kept a journal documenting their trip. This previou...
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The White Desert

By: Barber Noel

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Travel Book Club : 1958

Seller ID: 57577

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 205pp, original blue cloth, exlibrary, sellotape marks to boards, Good in Good dw.

His personal story of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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Franz Josef Land. Polarhandbok No.8

By: Barr Susan [Editor]

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Norsk Polar Institute : 1995

Seller ID: 72834

ISBN-13: 9788276660951

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 175pp, pictorial boards, map endpapers, signature of Ann Savours Shirley, the polar historian, VG+, and with a signed dedication from Susan Barr.

Climate, glaciers and geology of Franz Josef Land. Summary in Norwegian, German, Polish, Russian and French. Text in English.
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The Voyage of the Narwhal

By: Barrett Angela

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Flamingo : 2000

Seller ID: 41197

ISBN-13: 9780006551416

Binding: paperback

Condition: 397pp, paperback, VG.

A novel surrounding 19th century arctic exploration.
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A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions (1818)

By: Barrow John

Price: £20.00

Publisher: David & Charles : 1971

Seller ID: 70852

ISBN-13: 9780715349519

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 379pp, 48pp appendices, Fine in Fine dw

A history of early arctic exploration.
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Polar Crean. Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer

By: Barry Denis, Leach Sir Henry, Carter Bernard and Kemp, S.

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2023

Seller ID: 74442

ISBN-13: 9781901037197

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 67pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Contains a number of photographs and maps of Antarctica which appeared with a Tom Crean feature after his death by Denis Barry. Also included are articles, The Exploration of the South Pole by Sir Henry Leach, Sport in the Antarctic by Bernard Carter and Animal Life in the Antarctic by S. Kemp.
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Polar Crean. Tom Crean Antarctic Explorer

By: Barry Denis, Leach Sir Henry, Carter Bernard and Kemp, S.

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Reardon Publishing : 2023

Seller ID: 74444

ISBN-13: 9781901037197

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 67pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Contains a number of photographs and maps of Antarctica which appeared with a Tom Crean feature after his death by Denis Barry. Also included are articles, The Exploration of the South Pole by Sir Henry Leach, Sport in the Antarctic by Bernard Carter and Animal Life in the Antarctic by S. Kemp.
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BAS Club Newsletter - A selection of 16 Newsletters, Nos. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62. 1996-2009

By: BAS Club

Price: £12.00

Publisher: BAS Club : 1996 - 2009

Seller ID: 72818

Binding: paperback

Condition: paperback, VG+

British Antarctic Survey Club Newsletters. Great information on BAS activities past and present.
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The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia. A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology

By: Basberg Bjorn L.

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Novas Forlag : 2004

Seller ID: 72452

ISBN-13: 9788270993949

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 226pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Bjorn Basberg to label on title page.

The history of South Georgia from the early discoveries, the sealing industry of the 19th century, the whaling industry of the 20th century and the development afterwards, when the former whaling stations are now considered cultural heritage.
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The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia. A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology

By: Basberg Bjorn L.

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Novas Forlag : 2004

Seller ID: 72453

ISBN-13: 9788270993949

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 226pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper, signed by Bjorn Basberg to label on title page.

The history of South Georgia from the early discoveries, the sealing industry of the 19th century, the whaling industry of the 20th century and the development afterwards, when the former whaling stations are now considered cultural heritage.
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The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia. A Study in Antarctic Industrial Archaeology

By: Basberg Bjorn L.

Price: £48.00

Publisher: Novas Forlag : 2004

Seller ID: 72454

ISBN-13: 9788270993949

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 226pp, hardback, very minor bump to top corner, New in dustwrapper, signed by Bjorn Basberg to label on title page.

The history of South Georgia from the early discoveries, the sealing industry of the 19th century, the whaling industry of the 20th century and the development afterwards, when the former whaling stations are now considered cultural heritage.
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Shackleton. A Memory

By: Begbie Harold

Price: £195.00

Publisher: Mills & Boon : 1922

Seller ID: 74450

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 89pp, original blue cloth, foxing to endpapers and prelims, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw. A very scarce title.

A brief but comely eulogy and character study published just after Shackleton's death. Begbie, a journalist, met Shackleton between the Endurance and Quest expeditions and based his book on conversations and interviews with Shackleton and others who knew him. Emily Shackleton was enraged to receive a copy of Begbie's book probably due to the usurpation of publishing priority, and certainly over some of Begbie's facts and whether he was sufficiently acquainted with Shackleton to write such a personal portrait.
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Shackleton. A Memory

By: Begbie Harold

Price: £160.00

Publisher: Mills & Boon : 1922

Seller ID: 74591

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 89pp, original blue cloth, a few blemishes to boards, rear board has a bookplate of The Institutes Association of South Australia Incorporated, and their ink stamp appears on a few pages, library bookplate on front pastedown, Good in colour photocopy of

A brief but comely eulogy and character study published just after Shackleton's death. Begbie, a journalist, met Shackleton between the Endurance and Quest expeditions and based his book on conversations and interviews with Shackleton and others who knew him. Emily Shackleton was enraged to receive a copy of Begbie's book probably due to the usurpation of publishing priority, and certainly over some of Begbie's facts and whether he was sufficiently acquainted with Shackleton to write such a personal portrait.
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Saga Of The Discovery

By: Bernacchi L.C.

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Blackie & Son : 1938

Seller ID: 52567

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xv, 240pp, original blue cloth, map endpapers, a few blemishes to boards, map poorly folded, Good+ in colour photocopy of original dw.

The story of the ship Discovery and its adventures. She built in Dundee in 1900 for Scott's Expedition and now rests again in Dundee.
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To The South Polar Regions. Expedition Of 1898-1900.

By: Bernacchi Louis

Price: £115.00

Publisher: Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press : 1991

Seller ID: 72578

ISBN-13: 9781852970352

Binding: hardcover

Condition: xvi, 348pp, decorative boards, Fine. A Limited Edition of 450 copies, this copy is not numbered. A lovely reprint retaining much of the appearance of the original First Edition.

The official account of the expedition was by Borchgrevink under the title of First on the Antarctic Continent in 1901, but Bernacchi had also been busy writing and his account of the expedition was also published in 1901. Bernacchi was the first Australian to play a significant part in Antarctic exploration. His father was from Italy where they owned large estates on the shores of Lake Como. His father visited Tasmania on a cruise and liked it so much that he subsequently established a farm on Maria island and this is where Louis grew up. An intelligent boy who loved the sciences he was anxio...
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