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London: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, 1948. 370, [2](adv., verso blank); preceding Page [1] is a pink slip headed "Important" - 10 lines, verso blank) and following page ii is a leaf headed "Caution", verso blank; 3 folding & 1 full-page charts, 50 plates, several text illusts., appendix, index; original blue cloth, lettered in yellow. Tight and Clean. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 179 pp. Pages are bright, white, tight, clean, crisp. Signed by CAPT Albert Lawrence Raithel Jr at the South Pole on 8 Jan 1957. CAPT Raithel flew with VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze II (1956-57). . By CAPT Raithel. 1st Printing. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. Oblong Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall.

Philadelphia, PA: Childs and Peterson, 1856. 464pp/illus/maps, 467pp/illus/maps. Letterpress title-page in each volume. Large folding lithographed map (some spotting at edges), two full-page maps, engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume, additional engraved title-page in each volume, 18 engraved plates with tissue guards and numerous wood-engravings in the text throughout (light spotting on edges of some). As ship's surgeon Kane had accompanied the first American expedition to search for missing British explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850. "Kane quickly impressed British explorers with his intelligence and traveling experience. In August 1850 the fleet located Franklin's first winter base on Beechey Island, along with the graves of three of Franklin's men. Further searches by the Advance failed to locate Franklin's expedition. The Advance returned to the United States in September 1851. Kane's belief that Franklin might have gone further north persuaded Grinnell and the… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1929. 221pp/illus. Story of Captain Lundbord's daring air rescue of the crew from the dirigible "Italia" near the Arctic Circle. Numerous photos. Other than the signature the book is unmarked, with foxing on outer edges of pages. Map endpapers. Previous owner signature on ffep. Book has light shelf-wear. Text is tight and clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.: University Of New Mexico Press, 2002. 232pp/illus. Inscribed by author on half-title. Has sepia photographs throughout, maps, bibliography, index, 232pp. The diaries of the two men involved in the expedition to Robert Peary in the Arctic in 1901 for supplies and search party for Peary's wife and child. Corner bumped. Text clean.. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

Hamden, CT: Archon , 1964. 695pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., index, Edgewear to dj. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Lyons Pr, 2000. 316pp/illus. Wilbur Cross presents this terrifying tale of tragedy and survival. Here is the story of the airship's survivors, who were stranded on a disintegrating ice floe, and of a determined international team of rescuers, including the famous Amundsen, whose desperate search for the missing Italians led to their own disaster. It is also the story of the controversy surrounding the rescue of Nobile while much of his crew perished in the icy wastelands of the Arctic. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E P Dutton, 1937. 301pp on thick paper, 16 pp ills, 3 Maps (one fold-out) and Facsimiles of some pages from his Diary. With 16 Half-tones and a Four-color Frontispiece.. Red hardboard, title in black. Life of the South Polar explorer & naturalist who died on the trip back from the Pole with Scott and Oates. Previous owner name on ffep otherwise clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2009. 256pp/illus/maps. A treasure trove of photographs—some never before reproduced in book form—from the two greatest Antarctic expeditions. Among the greatest achievements in the history of photography, those of the early polar explorers surely stand out, for the beauty of their images and the almost impossible conditions they encountered. And none of these are more remarkable than the photographs recorded by the official chroniclers of two epic Antarctic expeditions—that of Robert Falcon Scott, departed in 1910, which tragically resulted in his death; and, four years later, that of Ernest Shackleton, whose heroic sea journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia has become the stuff of legend. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: J.J. Harper, 1833. Appendix Containing Remarks On A Late Memoir Of Sebastian Cabot, With A Vindication Of Richard Hakluyt [Harper’s Family. pp. [2]ads, 2, 360, [12]ads. folding engraved frontis. map & 9 wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). original printed bds. (covers foxed, joints partly split & chipping, periodic light foxing). First American Edition. Outlining the Arctic and northern explorations and discoveries of Cabot, Verazzano, Behring, Cook, Meares, Vancouver, Kotzebue, Mackenzie, Hearne, Beechey, Franklin, &c., and with chapters on the natural history and geological features of these regions. Rebound with leather. Minimal foxing. Text clean.. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: The America Press , 1932. 190pp/illus/maps. End-paper maps. Jesuit's Alaskan adventures.Cover has light soiling. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oslo, Norway: Johan Grundt Tanum, 1938. 18pp/illus. This copy signed by Christensen beneath the frontis portrait. Original patterned paper-covered boards, printed patch label to the upper board. A little rubbed on the boards, but overall a very good copy. Portrait frontispiece and 10 other plates, maps to the endpapers. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Printing. Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1947. 268p., with 22 illustrations and 8 maps, bibliography, index, maroon cloth, white stamped titles. DJ has light wear. Text clean.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1969. 239pp. Square octavo. Illustrated with photos, diagrams and maps. Original grey cloth with black lettering on spine in dust jacket. DJ has light aging. Gift inscription on ffep. Text clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong).

London: Burke , 1953. 335 pages with a photographic frontispiece ot the author. Although this manuscript was completed in the late 1930's, it was published by the daughter after her father's death. This is Cook's defense against the charges that he falsified his trip to the north pole in 1908, one year before Peary's arrival. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. 911pp w/ 2 steel portraits, 1 tinted lithograph, numerous illus & maps, and 1 fold-out map in rear. This is the one volume edition. Author was lieutenant-commander U.S.N., and commander of the polar expedition of 1879-1881. Details the ill-fated voyage of the USS Jeannetee, an early expedition up the coast of Alaska and Siberia into the Artic Sea. Ultimately, the ice flows of the Artic Sea caused the ship to sink and the survivors to make their way to Siberia. De Long was killed in in the course of the expedition. Tight wth some light foxing. Marked only on title page and remnants of card holder inside front cover. Overall clean.. Quarter Leather/Boards. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: E P Dutton, 1954. 256pp/illus/maps. An official account of the first ever large-scale International Expedition to the Antarctic 1949-1952, led by Captain John Giaever. It tells the story of him and his fourteen companions working for two years at the base at Maudheim, and includes contributions from four members of the team, Gordon de Q. Robin, E.F. Roots, Valter Schytt and Brian Walford. DJ has shelf wear. Previous owner name on ffep. Text clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.