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COOK, James, & James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.London : 1785
Second edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, an attempt to find a north-west passage, during which he "discovered" Oahu and Kauai at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, and, more importantly, "depicted accurately for the first time the north-west coast of America, leaving no major discoveries for his successors. In addition the scientific discoveries... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 75595
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SHACKLETON, E. H. The Heart of the Antarctic.Philadelphia : 1909
First US edition, first printing, this copy with an attractive familial association, characteristically and evocatively inscribed by Shackleton's sister Kathleen in each volume. Vol. I: "The officers had sled flags presented to them by their loving women in the Scott 1901 Expedition. These flags were their family arms. Ernest's had the Shackleton motto... Learn More£5,500.00Stock Code: 147968
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PARRY, William Edward - FISHER, Alexander. Letters Written during the late Voyage of Discovery in the Western Arctic Sea,London : 1820-21
An appealing sammelband of uncommon travel narratives printed by the radical publisher and bookseller Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840), including a rare collection of anonymously published letters from Parry's first Arctic voyage in search of the north-west passage, the author now identified as Alexander Fisher, assistant surgeon on the expedition.... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 112632
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NANSEN, Fridtjof. "Farthest North"1897
First edition, preceding the first Norwegian edition of the same year. Nansen's expedition was "a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration" (Printing and the Mind of Man), undertaken "with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 143203
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NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North.London : 1898
Second UK edition, issued the year after the first. This edition is the first to be bound in the distinctive, elaborately decorated, cloth, here found in notably bright condition. This is the official account of the first Fram expedition of 1893-1896, "a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration" (PMM).
The expedition was undertaken "with the... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 142160
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NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North.London : 1898
Second UK edition, issued the year after the first. This edition is the first to be bound in the distinctive, elaborately decorated, cloth, here found in notably bright condition. This is the official account of the first Fram expedition of 1893-1896, "a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration" (PMM).
The expedition was undertaken "with the... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 146749
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NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North.London : 1898
Second UK edition, issued the year after the first. This edition is the first to be bound in the distinctive, elaborately decorated, cloth, here found in notably bright condition. This is the official account of the first Fram expedition of 1893-1896, "a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration" (PMM).
The expedition was undertaken "with the... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 144275
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PRIESTLEY, Raymond E. Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party.London : 1914
First edition, first impression, rarely encountered in collectable condition, as here: a large part of the print-run was destroyed in a warehouse fire. This copy has a pleasing association, from the library of adventurer Steve Fossett (1944-2007), with his bookplate to the front pastedown.
Priestley served with Shackleton on his 1907-09 expedition,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142363
