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1) ADVENTURE
Wells, Carveth

New York: John Day Co. 1931, 1931. Hard Cover. G+/No Jacket. 2nd Printing. 6.5x9.5. blue with gold lettering - 338 pgs.- illus. in b/w with photos. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. ... (more information)

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2) Aerophotography and Aerosurveying
Bagley, james W

McRaw-Hill, 1941. First Stated. hard cover. Good-decent cover-clean text-tight binding-gilt print on spine. 8vo. A nice used copy with light cover wear. ... (more information)

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3) The African Adventure
Severin Timothy

NF/VG Near fine condition hardcover book with very good dustjacket. Pub: 1973, Dutton, NY. illus with 48 color & over 100 b x w paintings, maps and drawings - chronicle of african explorers, africa expoloring exploration travel african history tribes. ISBN:Ê0525051104 Dustjacket is not price-clipped. Pub: 1973, Dutton, NY. illus with 48 color & over 100 b x w paintings, maps and drawings - chronicle of african explorers, africa expoloring exploration travel african history ... (more information)

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4) AFTERLANDS
Heighton, Steven

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. This gripping novel of Arctic survival, brilliantly written by an author who has been described as "a young Ondaatje," is based on one of the most remarkable events in polar exploration. In 1871, off the coast of Greenland, nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging on the Arctic explorer USS Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice floe as their ship began to founder. Afterlands is the story of this small society of castaways, a white and a black American, five Germans, a... (more information)

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5) ALASKA
Cross , Cliff

Bill Fisher 1969, 1969. softcover Alaska illus with maps and photos of Alaska throughout the book 170 pgs 9x11 ex lib.g+. Soft Cover. Good +. ... (more information)

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6) Algarve
Wright, David; Swift, Patrick

Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Hardcover; Barrie & Rockcliff; London; 1st Edition; 1965; 279 pages. Minor foxing on top & fore edges. Crisp, tight, unmarked. Jacket, touch of soil/smuding. In new mylar sleeve. . ... (more information)

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7) ALONE
Byrd, Richard E

1938 Putnam, NY, 1938. Original copy.blue cloth cover with blue lettering Illustrated with decorations by Richard E. Harrison. 296 pgs 5.5'x8' Spine sun faded, else is Near VG. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. ... (more information)

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8) The Alps
R L G Irving

London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1947. A VERY NICE clean copy, no dustwrapper.120pp inc index. From E Davey and A Sleghs. This is the Third Edition (Reset). Green Cloth. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Back. ... (more information)

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9) The Alps
R L G Irving

London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1942. A NICE clean copy, with its very colourful dustwrapper ( nibbles and closed tears) by Brian Cook.120pp inc index. Not Inscribed or Signed. This is the Second Edition. Green Cloth. Very Gd Slighly Faded Edges/Very Good. Illus. by Dustwrapper By Brian Cook. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Back. ... (more information)

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10) America in the Antarctic to 1840
Mitterling, Philip I

University of Illinois Press, 1959. A study of polar exploration, illustrated with maps, hardcover, book is in excellent condition, dustjacket has minor wear only. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. SCIENCE POLAR TRAVEL. ... (more information)

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11) The Arcturus Adventure
Beebe, William

Putnam's, 1926. Dark green covers with gilt title, very clean. Text is clean and tight. Endpapers bright. 77 illustrations from colored plates, photographs and maps. Owners name on second blank page. Obit of Beebe laid in.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... (more information)

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12) ARCTIC ARGONAUTS
Kenyon, Walter. Edited By M.T. Kelly

Waterloo, Ontario: Penumbra Press., 1990. First printing in card covers . 147 pp. Illustrations, maps, works cited. Faint crimp to front cover, minor curls to corners of covers, contents fine. Very Good.. ... (more information)

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13) Arctic Artist
Houston, C. Stuart (ed)

Arctic Artist
Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 Signed by Author. Light shelfwear and rubbing to dj. Black book with gold lettering on spine. Light shelfwear and rubbing. Text is tight and bright. Inscribed to the previous owner, dated 9 November 1994 by the author, near top of the title page. Color illustrations. 403 pages. Weighs about 1.5 kg. From dj "The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822". . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good... (more information)

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14) Andanzas Asiaticas
Jacques De Coutre

Andanzas Asiaticas
Madrid: Historia 16, 1990 edited by Eddy Stols, Benjamin Teensma and Johan Werberckmoes, pp. 494.. Cardboard. Like New/No Jacket. ... (more information)

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15) Bird Behaviour
John Sparks

London: Hamlyn, 1975. Part of the Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks series, John (at the time of writing ) a radio and television producer of natural history programmes, so well qualified to write on this subject.160pp.inc index, e-mail for further details. Not Signed. This is a Reprint. Laminated Paper. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated by David Andrews . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Thin. High Gloss Paperback. ... (more information)

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16) The Book of Austria
Marboe, E

Austria: Osterreichische, 1948. 1st. Hb. DJ is fair+-has several tears alont top & bottom spine edges-. 8vo. Yes-many colored & Bl/W. Three parts-History, Costume, & Republic. Also has map in back showing damage areas from different bombing raids & shelling. edges worn with corners rough-text is very good condition-some soiling along edges-corners appear to be lightly bumped but has flexible cover. ... (more information)

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17) Barrow's Boys
Fleming, Fergus

London Uk: Granta, 1999. very good 1st Granta first printing exploration. 1st Thus First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/Not Issued. Illus. by Ilustrated. ... (more information)

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18) THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA 1684-1685
ESQUEMELING, John

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1926 pp; xix, [1] blank, 480. Quarter white linen over brown cloth covered boards, brown title piece stamped in gilt. Tinted endpapers and frontispiece illustration of Sir Henry Morgan and nine additional illustrations. 'A true account of the most remarkable assaults committed of late years upon the coast of the West Indies by the Buccaneers of Jamaica and Tortuga, Both English and French' (Subtitle). Translated from the original Dutch to Spanish and sub... (more information)

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19) Butterflies
Robert Goodden

London: Hamlyn, 1971. Part of the Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks series, Robert an authority on breeding and care of Butterflies, so well qualified to write on this subject.160pp.inc index, e-mail for further details. Not Signed. This is the First Edition. Laminated Paper. Very Good ( Slig Grubby Covers/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated by Joyce Bee. . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Thin. High Gloss Paperback. ... (more information)

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20) BEYOND THE BARRIER WITH BYRD
Adams, Lieutenant Harry

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1932. This hard cover book has a tan cover with black lettering on the front and spine of the cover. The pages are browning and the corners are bumped. An authentic story of the Byrd Antarctic exploring expedition. 253 pages. DAILY SHIPPING, QUICK RESPONDING DEALER.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 5.5"x8". ... (more information)

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