Search Results: Whales from Polar Books

Author, Falkland Islands, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 118 pages, illustrated with b/w plates. True story based on experiences of the author who initially went to the Falklands Islands for two seasons sealing in the 1950s but was then persuaded to stay and serve on the Antarctic Survey Vessel "John Biscoe". This vessel was to supply personnel and supplies to the Falkland Islands Dependencies in Antarctica. The author also brings together the history of whaling in South Georgia. Fascinating reading. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2441. .

A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 389pp, frontispiece, 45 plates, numerous illustrations in text, large coloured folding map in pocket. Ex libris with embossed library stamp on front cover, library stamps on end paper, title page and verso title page. Red Cloth covers with gilt vignette of New Zealand Antarctic Society on front cover, Gilt titling to spine, spine splitting and covers faded, no dustjacket. The first major New Zealand contribution to reference literature on the Antarctic regions. Description of the Antarctic by observers from/in the Southern hemisphere. Chapters on whaling, sealing, marine biology of the Southern Seas. Very Good. Ex Libris with usual stamps and markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Antarctic; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 583. .

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st Edition; xi, 483pages; frontispiece, 85 illustrations, mostly reproductions of old paintings & prints.(1 folding plan), end paper maps. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, in unclipped dust jacket. The amazing life of the whale hunters amid the hardships and dangers of the Northern Sea. The book has been written after examining the most famous and exclusive collection of whaling logs and manuscripts. A detailed history of the whale trade as it was practiced in the northern seas. Lubbock had access to not only the whaling manuscripts of Mr. J. E. S. Suddaby, but also the incredible image collection of Mr. James G. Sleight--many of which were reproduced here for the first time. Lubbock was also able to interview some surviving Arctic whalemen for the book. Chapters on the early Spitzbergen fishery, the revival of British Whaling 1750-1800, specific fishing seasons, and more. See WHALE 857.… Read More

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The urino-genital system of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with appendix The dimensions and growth of the kidney of blue and fin whales. Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3488. .

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The vascular networks (retia mirabilia) of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 707. .

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales, pp363-406, plate XV, 4 figures in text,. Original wrappers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3489. .

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: pages 65-190, plates VII-XLII, BGLE on front cover. Original wrappers, from Colin Bertrams Collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 706. .

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: BGLE on front cover,pages 403-434,plate V, damp staining and wrinkling to bottom of pages, contents clean. BGLE on front cover, from Colin Bertrams collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3487. .

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: BGLE on front cover, pages 257-540, Illustrated, plates XXV -XLIV, Covers slightly nibbled, rear hinge splitting, as its a heavy book, contents clean. BGLE on front cover, from Colin Bertrams collection. A very heavy report, includes details on various biological aspects along with information on breeding, growth, the whale stocks. The appendixes include an article on composition of whale milk, oil content of the blubber and body measurements. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3485. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1894. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; ix, 364 pages, 2 maps (1 folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text). 120 illustrations (8 full-page), 32 pages publisher's advertisements. Original decorative cloth covers with silver titling. Shelfware, spine softening, covers bumped and corners beginning to fray but overall still good. Some foxing throughout, more so to prelims. A nice copy. "This was an important whaling expedition to the Weddell Sea, the first of its kind since 1843. This expedition helped to revive an interest in the Antarctic and provides a fascinating insight into shipboard life in that era. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 248. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., Travel Book Club, London, 1956. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Travel Bookclub Edition; 251pages, photographic frontispiece. Cream cloth covers with black titling to spine in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, corners bumped, old Sellotape repairs to rear dust jacket. Contents clean. The true story of the rescue of 5 survivors from a whaling boat in Melville Bay in the Arctic. 1st Travel Book Club Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2109. .

Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1830. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; (4), vi, [2], 424 pages, illustrated, engravings and line drawings in text, all as called for on contents page, 1 folding map. Dark brown cloth binding with paper label on spine. Pages uncut, no front end papers, covers worn and faded, title illegible, some foxing and spotting, mainly to plates, tissue paper guards, map, odd neat pencil annotation in margin, some tissue paper guards loose or missing. One of the most popular general accounts of polar exploration, reprinted many times and translated into several languages. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1321. .

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st Edition: xi, 255pages, illustrated, b/w photographs, map end papers. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in illustrated dustjacket. Fascinating account by a doctor of his whaling expedition experiences in the 1950's around South Georgia and the Antarctic waters. Shelfware, dustjacket has tears and is grubby, covers clean, end papers discoloured due to dustjacket as usual, contents clean. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2734. .

J B Lippincott Company,, New York, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 510 pages, illustrated, 16 b/w plates. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean. A nice copy. This book explores the contributions made by New England whalemen to the history, geography, and economy of America. The author has pieced together the dramatic adventures of American whalers from old logs, account books, and journals. The book contains photographs, illustrations, maps, notes, and an index. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Whales; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2846. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; x, 308 pages, map end papers, illustrated, frontispiece of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II and sixteen plates. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Previous owners bookplate to verso map otherwise contents clean. A nice copy. The author was a lecturer in Zoology & made this voyage on the Discovery II expedition. ''It was written in odd half-hours in the routine of a ship's work, frequently in heavy seas - with the author's typewriter lashed to the cabin table. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1695. .

Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1940. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Readers Union Edition; (3), 308 pages, illustrated, map on front end papers, 8 b/w photos. No dust jacket, Pictorial Laminated Covers. Shelf wear, Spine faded and split, previous owners signature in pencil on half title, contents clean. The author was a lecturer in zoology and made this voyage with the Discovery II expedition. ''It was written in odd half-hours in the routine of a ship's work, frequently in heavy seas, with the author's typewriter lashed to the cabin table. It has the sting of the salt-spray in its pages.a purely personal account of life in the Antarctic, among the whalers in South Georgia and on board the Royal Research Ship Discovery II. We must go back to Melville's Moby Dick for anything to equal the whaling chapters.'' Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1st English Translation; 1st UK Edition 1st printing. A very scarce first impression, which has no folding maps. The maps were not made in time for this issue, and therefore were only published with the second issue. xiii,15-265 pages, maps on end papers, 45 tinted plates from photos, including frontispiece portrait. Original covers with gilt titling in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Translated by E. M. G. Jayne. Lars Christensen made and/or sponsored several voyages to the Antarctic 1927-3. While primarily for whaling & sealing, Christensen had a strong interest in exploration, and much good work was done, including several aerial surveys, photography & meteorology. A number of important discoveries were also made. Spence 292; Jenkins p.89 This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; 1920s;… Read More

The Marine Historical Association, 1955. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1955 Edition, 86 pages, illustrated with maps and plates. Original stapled wrappers, wrappers stained from staples as expected, previous owners signature on front cover, contents clean. Folding map is a modern copy laid in (Rosove states this is often missing) This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 509. .

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, London, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. ASSOCIATION COPY. ix,11-223 pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 55 b/w plates. Original pictorial hardcover, previous owners bookplate (Henry Brocklehurst) on front pastedown, contents clean. Arctic Bibl. 10168. The author's narrative of an 1884 cruise out of Dundee, to Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, polar bear shooting, optical phenomena, Eskimos, Inuit, life as a whaler. Association Information:Henry Brocklehurst accompanied his brother Sir Philip, to the Arctic in 1912, and was to have taken charge of the dogs on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous Endurance expedition but owing to the outbreak of war in 1914 was recalled to his unit. Henry was killed in active service, fighting with a Commando unit in Burma, Sunday, 28 June 1942, aged 54 years. Sir Philip was a member of Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica in 1907-09. This is… Read More

Travel Book Club, London, 1951. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Travel Book Club Edition; 319 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. Original covers in original dust jacket. Nice clean copy. Synopsis: Haley ran away at the age of twelve. Returned to school in 1848/49 but within a few months went off to sea in the ship Charles W Morgan. The author wrote this at the time of his marriage in 1864 after he had retired from the sea and was living in Hawaii. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2273. .