HISTORY / Polar Regions Books

Auckland, NZ.: Reed., 1997. 184pp. Qto. Colour, b/w photographs. Gift inscription on front free endpaper otherwise fine. A VERY NICE COPY. [In 1992-93 Expedition Arktikos was to take its Kiwi and Russian participants from the coast of the Bering Sea across northern Siberia to Greenland, through the Northwest Passage to the Yukon and Alaska, and across the Bering Strait.]. Soft Cover. Very Good+. ... more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999. With a preface by Patrick O'Brian, The engrossing true account by the ship's captain, of the fate of the HMS Endurance which sank into Antarctica's Weddell sea during the ill-fated 1914-16 expedition led by famed British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Has much information on Shackleton and his leadership and personality, the hazards and hardships faced by the crew, the climatic conditions, the unique circumstances of Antarctica and its waterways, much more. ... more information

Offered by JB Books (North Dakota, United States) +/-

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1999. Reprint. Fine/Fine.. ISBN: 0393046842. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. POLAR REGIONS DISCOVERY EXPLORATION ANTARCTICA. ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 2000 310pp.. Paperback. New. ... more information

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Washington DC: National Geographic, 2005. (24)413pp. Reading list. . Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Chch, NZ.: Whitcomb & Tombs., 1962. Octavo. 170pp. B/w illustrations. Slightly dusty but VG red cloth lettered in white; internally VG. Nice dustjacket with some chipping, foxing and browning, G++. A good clean tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

National Geographic. Used - Like New. Great Buy!!!*** Never Used*** May Have a Publisher's Mark~We have over 2,500,000 Books Sold!!! Over 535,000 Feedbacks Posted!!! ... more information

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National Geographic. Used - Like New. Great Buy!!!*** Never Used*** May Have a Publisher's Mark~We have over 2,500,000 Books Sold!!! Over 535,000 Feedbacks Posted!!! ... more information

Offered by Smokymtnbooks (Tennessee, United States) +/-

Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back FIRST EDITION. CONDITION GOOD/VERY GOOD. Lovely blue boards with darker blue spine, gilt lettering on spine, Publishers mark blind-stamped on front. Endpapers the same lovely shade of blue. Cl;ean, tight, solid, Upper edge of text block speckled. Fore-edge has some mottling. Jacket has an illustration of an Icelandic town; clean and untorn, no chips, upper edge is slightly wrinkled, else fine. ... more information

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New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. Very Good/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-7867-0680-5. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus. viii, 305, (5) pp. The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. Keywords: Exploration; Adventure. ... more information

Offered by Persephone's Books (North Carolina, United States) +/-

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 2002. 470 pages, with apendix, sources and references, bibliography & index. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Boards, spine, edges and corners very good. If needed for reference, research, analysis, lucubrations or just enjoyment this is the one. Binding straight and firm, sewn signatures. No apparent reading wear. Three sections of B/W photos.. Number Line 1098765432. White Hardcover. Very Good/Very Goo... more information

Offered by Charles E. Peck (Florida, United States) +/-

NY: Carroll & Graf, 1999. 305 pp. B&W plates and maps. List of sources. Danger, mystery, heroism, tragedy and rivalry; distinguished scientists, gruff explorers, adventurers and glory-seeking amateurs - Farthest North has it all. Spine creased.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, Inc, 2001. "PIcking up wherem his widely acclaimed BARROW'S BOYS left off, Fergus Fleming's NINETY DEGREES NORTH is a high-octand, swashbucking history of the "ice-clumped lunatics" who vied to conquer ultimate north. Intrepid, obsessive, sometimes just plain insane, they endured scurcy, month-long ice traps, unspeakable deprivation, polar bear attacks, and sunless -100 F winters that often led to mutiny and madness." This book has 470 pag... more information

Offered by Glued To The Tube Books (Minnesota, United States) +/-

Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Clean-unmarked. 2002. First British Edition. Hardcover. 1.58 x 9.34 x 6.3 Inches; 496 pages . ... more information

Offered by Hollingsworth's Books (Texas, United States) +/-

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 2003. light wear, shelf rubbing, clean. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

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Grove Press. Used - Very Good. 2003. Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

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Granta Books 1st ed 1st printg 2001 . 1st ed 1st printg 2001 F book VG dj hardback illus ISBN: 1862074496 .... more information

Offered by Brown-Studies (United Kingdom) +/-

As New. Softcover. 0802117252 . Grove Press, 2002, glossy pictorial wraps UNCORRECTED PROOF, Fine, unread, 470 pages, EXPLORATION ADVENTURE HISTORY; F3938 D7d . ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, 2003. 470 pages, 12 leaves of plates, notes, biblio., index, wrapper extremities lightly bumped, light bump on fore-edge of front cover, half-title page has very light crease.. Pb.. VG+. ... more information

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New York: Hyperion Press, 2004 Pp 462.. Firs Thus. Softcover. Very Good/Paperback. Larger 8vo. ... more information

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