Publicado por BLUNTISHAM BOOKS ERSKINE PRESS, NORFOLK, 2001
Librería: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Excellent clean crisp interior with several colour photos, near fine clean firm boards; d/jacket of very good-plus bright appearance with only very light shelfwear, not price-clipped.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books The Erskine Press, United Kingdom, 2003
ISBN 10: 1852970758 ISBN 13: 9781852970758
Librería: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. pp. 294 and fold out map, b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, tiny crease to the front top corner, not price-clipped. Hard back binding near fine. Contents clean and tight. A near fine bright copy in a near fine jacket. Size: 8vo. Book.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, Great Britain, 1992
ISBN 10: 1852970308 ISBN 13: 9781852970307
Librería: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 207 pages, 4to. Minor shelfwear, spine is cocked. Previous owner's bookplate adhered to inside front cover. Volume is in Very Good condition.
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Publicado por Bluntisham Books/The Erskine Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 1852970669 ISBN 13: 9781852970666
Librería: Invicta Books P.B.F.A., Builth Wells, POWYS, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. illustrated, 210 pages.
Publicado por Huntingdon : Bluntisham Books ; Norwich : Erskine Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 1852970472 ISBN 13: 9781852970475
Librería: MW Books, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 203 p., [36] p. of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Map on endpapers. Includes index. Subjects; Davis, John King ; Diaries. Ship captains British ; Biography. Ship captains Great Britain ; Biography. Diaries and expedition journals. Expeditions: 1907-09 Shackleton. Expeditions: 1911-14 Mawson. Expeditions: 1914-17 Shackleton. Expeditions: 1916-17 Davis. Expeditions: 1929-31 Mawson. Biographies: Davis, John King. Expeditions and exploration. Antarctica Discovery and exploration British History Sources. Antarctic regions. 1 Kg.
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Publicado por Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, Bluntisham, UK, 1997
ISBN 10: 1852970472 ISBN 13: 9781852970475
Librería: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine / Near Fine. First Edition. 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 1884. He was educated at London and Burford Grammar School in Oxfordshire and at the age of sixteen he signed on as an apprentice in the Liverpool sailing ship Celtic Chief. Davis joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), as chief officer of Nimrod and received his first command when he succeeded Frederick Pryce Evans as captain on the return voyage. He was then invited to serve as second in command on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 (leader Douglas Mawson), and was captain of the expedition ship Aurora. On this expedition he made three summer voyages of relief and exploration as well as oceanographic cruises between Tasmania and East Antarctica. After becoming involved in the First World War, Davis led the British Relief Expedition, 1917, organized to rescue the survivors of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, [Ross Sea Party], 1914-1917 (Captains Mackintosh and Stenhouse). In 1920, he became the Director of Navigation for the Commonwealth of Australia and held this post until 1949. His distinguished career also included a period from 1929 to 1930 as captain of Discovery and second in command during the first summer of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. He died in Australia on 7 May 1967." (from JISC Archives, UK).
Publicado por Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press, 1997
Librería: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. G/G Inscribed by editor Sunned spine, rear panel tearing, foxing, corner bump.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 2001
Librería: Bookcase, Carlisle, Reino Unido
Hard. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, boards and binding tidy, light shelf wear to dust jacket. Size: 4to.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books, Erskine Press, Not Stated, 1997
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Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. None Ilustrador. First edition. A John King Davis (1884-1967) was an Anglo-Australian explorer known for having captained many exploration vessels in Antarctic waters. He made seven voyages to the Antarctic between 1907 and 1930. This work comprises Davis' accounts of his journeys.Profusely illustrated.A first edition of this work.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with ever so slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine only. Ownership bookplate to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books/The Erskine Press, UK, 2007
ISBN 10: 1852970960 ISBN 13: 9781852970963
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 2007 Bluntisham Books Reprint of the 1919 first edition, xxxiii, 183 pages, illustrated, b/w photos, maps, folding map at rear. Original covers, as new, Appears unread. Davis was captain of "Aurora," on Mawson's first Antarctic expedition, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14 and was chief officer on the "Nimrod" with Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. The popular official account of the Australasian expedition was by Mawson, "The Home of the Blizzard". In Mawson's preface to this volume, he says Davis' book details the voyages of the ship, a gap not covered in his account. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9781852970963. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3419.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 0948285095 ISBN 13: 9780948285097
Librería: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. pp XXV, 179. 1st printing. An unread book. DJ in plastic protective cover.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books/The Erskine Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1852970960 ISBN 13: 9781852970963
Librería: Meridian Rare Books ABA PBFA, London, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Reprint of the 1919 first edition. 8vo. pp. xxxiii, 183; illusts., sketch maps; folding map; original pictorial boards, new. Davis was the captain of the Aurora, the relief ship on Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09), Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14), and Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17).
Publicado por Bluntisham Books - Erskine Press, London,, 1995
Librería: Bouquinerie du Varis, Russy, FR, Suiza
editor's binding. 210x135mm, 223pages, illustrated, Hardcover. Book in very good condition. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.
Publicado por Banham, Norwich: Bluntisham Books and the Erskine Press, 1995
Librería: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Reino Unido
8vo. (ii), 4, (v)-xx, 223, (1) pp. Publisher's dark blue white lettered cloth with a vignette of a penguin to the front cover. Frontispiece, 21 plates (some two to a page), a map to the rear and several pages of music, all as per the original edition. A little spotting to the fore edge, very good. First published in 1916.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press, 1988
ISBN 10: 1852970308 ISBN 13: 9781852970307
Librería: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Prior owner bookplate to FPD, otherwise as new. An unread book. DJ in protective cover.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press, UK, 1988
ISBN 10: 1852970715 ISBN 13: 9781852970710
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 1st Edition: 192 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket odd mark. Covers and contents clean. A nice copy. An account of the Northern Party on Captain Scotts last expedition from the original manuscript in the Queen Elizabeth II Library. With a foreword and Biography. "In 1910 Scott,sent 6 men, The Northern Party, under the command of Lieutenant Victor Campbell, to explore along the coast of King Edward VII land.The failure of the relief ship to collect them at the end of the summer left them marooned with no hut and little food on Inexpressible Island. Campbell not only kept all the men alive in a snow cave through the winter then led them over 230 miles of sea ice back to their base at Cape Evans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1852970715. ISBN/EAN: 9781852970710. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3890.
Publicado por Alburgh, Harleston, Norfolk Bluntisham Books / Erskine Press 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 1852970308 ISBN 13: 9781852970307
Librería: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Condición: near fine. 1st Edition. 192pp. Octavo. Original vibrant turquoise cloth with gilt decoration on front board and gilt title on spine. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations and facsimiles. Pictorial blue dustjacket with blue title lettering. near fine An account of the northern Party on Captain Scott's last expedition from the original manuscript in the Queen Elizabethn II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland. A very nice copy.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books - Erskine Press, Norfolk,, 1992
Librería: Bouquinerie du Varis, Russy, FR, Suiza
editor's binding with jacket. frontispiece, 255x195mm, 207pages, text and full-page B/W illustrations, Small tear on top border of the front cover of the jacket, otherwise book in good condition. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books - Erskine Press, UK, 2003
ISBN 10: 1852970766 ISBN 13: 9781852970765
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. 1st Edition: 399 pages, illustrated. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners neat signature front end paper otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. From the dust jacket introduction "One long nightmare fropm beginning to end, always short of food, frequently wet, living in the dirt and squalor, unwashed for months without a change of clothes." He was in Shackleton's 1914 expedition on board Endurance, he later became the advocate pf the parachute, "many pilots owe their lives to his faith in this new invention" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1852970766. ISBN/EAN: 9781852970765. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3771. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books,Erskine Press, UK, 1999
ISBN 10: 1852970588 ISBN 13: 9781852970581
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. 1st English Edition; v, 208 pages, illustrated 8 b/w photos including frontispiece, 31 sketches, 6 maps in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Appears unread. Amundsen's diary from the Belgian expedition of 1897-99, under the command of Adrien de Gerlache, the first of a purely scientific nature. This is the first edition in the English language. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1852970588. ISBN/EAN: 9781852970581. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 421.
Publicado por [Denton:] Bluntisham Books Erskine Press, 1991
Librería: Meridian Rare Books ABA PBFA, London, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Reprint edition, one of 450 copies. 8vo. pp. [ii], 4, xvi, 348; frontis., numerous illusts., one folding panorama from a drawing, 2 sketch maps and other diagrams, one large folding and coloured map, one extending map; near-fine in the original green cloth, gilt. The Southern Cross expedition, funded by the publisher George Newnes and led by Carsten Borchgrevink, comprised members from several nations, including Louis Bernacchi, the Tasmanian-born physicist who was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. His account of the expedition, divided into a narrative and a scientific section, was one of only two that were published (the other was by the leader, Borchgrevink).
Publicado por Bluntisham Books, Erskine Press, UK, 1991
ISBN 10: 1852970359 ISBN 13: 9781852970352
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited Edition Number 219 of 450 copies; xvi, 348 pages, frontispiece, b/w photos, diagrams 3 maps, (2 folding, 1 of which is in colour), folding panorama. Original covers, no dust jacket as issued. A lovely reprint retaining much of the appearance of the original First Edition. The official account of the expedition was by Borchgrevink under the title of First on the Antarctic Continent in 1901, but Bernacchi had also been busy writing and his account of the expedition was also published in 1901. "Expedition account by the physicist including the location of the South Magnetic Pole and a summary of the scientific results. Appendices on climate, terrestrial magnetism, zoology, geology, astronomy. A thoughtful account with greater details of significant events than Borchgrevink's book. The two accounts combine to give a vivid picture of the expedition." Conrad Spence 123; Conrad p90. Account by the expedition's physicist of Carsten Borchgrevink's British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900) on board "Southern Cross." the expedition wintered at Cape Adare, the first expedition to winter on the Antarctic continent. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1852970359. ISBN/EAN: 9781852970352. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3751.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books & The Erskine Press, 1999
Librería: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1999, 1st. Quarto. 208pp. Illustrated. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Clean and bright. Binding square and tight. In the pictorial dust jacket. Clean and bright. A 'Fine' copy.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books-Erskine Press, 1991
Librería: Antiquariaat Hovingh, Haarlem, Holanda
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. As good as new. Number 258 of a printrun of 450.
Publicado por Banham, Norwich: Bluntisham Books and the Erskine Press, 1997
Librería: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Reino Unido
Large 8vo. (ii), iv, (xii), 464 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth gilt lettered to the spine, white lettered with a vignette of a penguin to the front cover. Frontispiece, 67 plates (some two to a page), numerous illustrations in the text and several maps including a large folding one to the rear, all as per the original edition. Very good. First published in 1916.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books/The Erskine Press, 1992
ISBN 10: 1852970308 ISBN 13: 9781852970307
Librería: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: CBA
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Ed. First ed. Near fine/Near fine condition, slight over all wear to book and dustjacket. Book.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books - Erskine Press, Norfolk,, 1991
Librería: Bouquinerie du Varis, Russy, FR, Suiza
editor's binding. 220x140mm, XVI- 348pages, illustrated, Maps, Limited Edition 389/450. Book in very good condition. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books The Erskine Press, Banham,, 1994
Librería: Bouquinerie du Varis, Russy, FR, Suiza
editor's binding. 305x212mm, 253pages, b/w photographs, Book in good condition. En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter via notre page d'accueil / If there is a problem with the order, please contact us via our homepage.
Publicado por Bluntisham/Banham Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1994
Librería: ANTIQUARIAT ERDLEN, Untersteinach b. Kulmbach, Alemania
0. 4to. 253 S., 1 Titelporträt, 97 Abb. Blauer illustr. Original-Leinenband. - Mit einer signierten Widmung des Herausgebers an Erika Schneider-Filchner (Tochter von Wilhelm Filchner) auf dem Titelblatt, sowie einer weiteren Widmung von Erika Schneider-Filchner an Ihre Tochter (Jan. 1995) und einer mehrzeiligen handschriflichen Notiz der Tochter auf der letzten Seite über Erika Schneider-Filchner (Febr. 1995). Sprache: Englischg 1,800 gr. Blauer illustr. Original-Leinenband.
Publicado por Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press, 1989
ISBN 10: 1852970316 ISBN 13: 9781852970314
Librería: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. pp XXI, 373. 1st printing. An unread book. Prior owner bookplate to FPD, otherwise as new.