New York: The Viking Press, 1930. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.25 in., pp. xvi + 389. Blue boards with silver title and mountain and hot-air balloon design to cover, and silver title to spine. Frontispiece illustration of the Eagle balloon in flight, forty-three images of the expedition and..... More
London, England: Richard Phillips, 1819. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 8 1/4 in. by 5 1/4 in. Recent (merely) protective rebinding in marbled paper-over-card with simple typewritten title paste-on to card front covers. Frontis fold-out: "A Chart of the Route of His Majesty's Hired, Armed Vessel THE ALEXANDER. On a Voyage..... More
Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.2 in., pp, xix + 6 (maps) + 428. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Inscribed, signed, and dated (October, 2000) by author on half title page. Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Very small..... More
Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto, 7.5 x 10 in., pp. viii + 536. Richly illustrated with color and black and white drawings, photographs, and maps. Signed by author to label card on title page. Sky-blue boards with silver title to spine. Protected in mylar. "Antarctica..... More
Norfolk, England: Bluntisham Books, Erskine Press, 2004. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Octavo, 7 x 10 in., pp. liv + 247. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. Bllue cloth boards with decorative Antarctic scenes in black and white to boards and spine. Black title to cover and spine..... More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1978. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.75 in., pp. xxi + 315. Fascimile copy of the 1911 First English Edition.Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Small chips to bottom front corners of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. First published in French as "Autour du Pole Sud..... More
Parkville, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in., pp. xvi + 292. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-four additional black and white photographs and six maps. Inscribed, signed and dated by author John King Davis on front free endpaper. Olive-green cloth boards with silver title..... More
Bluntisham, UK: Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, 7.5 x 10 in., pp. vi + 203. Illustrated with thirty-six black and white photographs. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Endpaper maps. Protected in mylar. "John King Davis was born in London in..... More
London, England: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1958. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 5.25 x 8 in., pp. 268. Illustrated with eight leaves of black and white engravings and photographs. Light blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Discoloration from 4 x 1/2 inch cover-up tape to title page and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. Octavo, 9 in. x 6 in., pp. xvi, 441 (Vol. I); xvi, 474 (Vol. II). Illustrated with tissue-guarded, frontispieces and a total of 468 illustrations. Map of Scandanavia in folder on rear pastedown measures 22.5 in x 18.5 in. Dark blue cloth-covered boards..... More
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.6 x 9 in, pp. xvii + 328. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs and nine maps. Endpaper maps. Blue boards with silver title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Sunning to spine and top edges..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1929. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.7 x 8.7 in., ppp. xv + [1] + 207. Illustrated with thirty-three plates. Maroon cloth boards with gilt title and frome with wings design to front and spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Light foxing to endpapers, title..... More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press, 1940. Boris Artzybasheff. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. 165. Illustrated in blue by Boris Artzybasheff. Gray-green cloth boards with dark blue boat design and title to cover. Publisher's paper spine label. Publisher's blue stain to top-edge..... More
Eccles, UK: Polarworld, 2012. Wally Herbert. First Edition. Hardcover. Wide Quarto, 10 x 12 in., pp. 128. Illustrated with color plates by Wally Herbert. Dark blue cloth boards with silver polar bear to cover and silver title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. One inch crease to front dustjacket flap..... More
London, England: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5.6 x 8.8 in., pp. 232. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Color fold-out map of portion of Antarctica (13 x 24 in.) set in pouch that is adhered to rear pastedown. Signed by author on title page..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.2 in., pp. xxi + 665. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Protected in mylar. In 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and Drawings by R.W. Macbeth, A.R.A. Clifford Carleton, HarryC. Edwards, & F.W. Frohawk, from Data furnished by the Author. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the One-Volume Edition. Dark gray cloth with pastedown illustration on front. Titles in gilt..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Book of the Month Club Main Selection. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.5 in., pp. xxix + 464. Signed by author on title page. Blue boards with white cloth spine. Silver title to spine. Very light rubbing to bottom edges, bottom corners bumped. Age-toning to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, 6.5 x 9.5 in., pp. 587 (Volume I); pp. 729 (Volume II). Illustrated with "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Color Plates in Fascimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches (with tissue guards), Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps."..... More
Eccles, UK: The Erskine Press, 2011. Hardcover. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. 525. Illustrated with over 70 black and white photographs. Two foldout maps, 13 x 9 in.: Map 1 of "King George V Land" tipped in at rear endpaper. Map 2 of "Queen Mary Island" laid in, in..... More
London, England: John Murray, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 5 x 8 in., Volume 1: pp. xxviii + 497; Volume 2: pp. xiii + 431 + 6 (advertising). Both volumes illustrated with Photo frontispiece, three photographic plates, and 13 x 17 in. foldout maps. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt title..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9.5 in.,pp. xv + 454. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed on front flyleaf by the author. Gray paper boards over white cloth spine. Silver title to spine. Decorative iceberg painting to endpapers. Protected in mylar. The USS Jeannette..... More
New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2007. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 9 1/2 in. x 6 in. Two books in one binding, fine writing on the Antarctic and the Arctic, anthologized by different editors. One tiny blemish (suspected printer's defect) to one of the boards (the Antarctic side) and a very..... More
Mystic, Connecticut: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1965. Softcover. Quarto. Blue card covers, 10 in. x 7 in. Frontis illustration depicting Albert Operti's painting of Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka Interviewing The Natives. Creasing, staining, smudging, and slight separation of text from card covers at extremities. Spotting to top edge. 23 illustrations..... More
