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New [Shackleton, Bernacchi, Cherry-Garrard] The South Polar Times
1907/1914 Smith, Elder London see below for full specifications; see below for full condition #26881 $12,000.00 $10,800.00
A Fine Set of The South Polar Times
Specifications:
3 vol, ltd ed #47/250 & #80/350 copies, 4to, 3 vol
vol I pp.xiv, 27, frontis, 6 color & 30 bw illus, color map, pp.47, frontis, 9 color & 47 bw illus, pp.41, frontis, 10 color & 33 bw illus, pp.46, frontis, 25 color & 20 bw illus, pp.48, fro[read more]
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New Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912
1912 Murray London See full details below; cloth corners bumped, nice color, vol 1 front hinge weakening, other hinges tight, both vols w/ inscription ‘Father 29 Nov 1912 from W.B. L.’, vol 1 w/ bp, map w/ orig folds & no tears, very good #26584 $1,995.00 $1,795.00
1st ed, 1st prtg, thick 8vo, 2 vol, vI pp.xxxv, 392, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 81 bw illus, 2 maps (1 fldg); vII pp.x, 449, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 52 bw illus, 20 maps/charts (1 fldg), appendices, teg, burgundy red cloth, spines decorated w/ embossed & red-orange, blue, & white painted [read more]
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New  Eiselin, Max The Ascent of Dhaulagiri
1961 Oxford Univ Press London 1st, 8vo, pp.x, 159, 5 color & 38 bw photos, 2 maps, blue cloth; inscribed “To Jim Kurt Diemberger [Please compare with the authentic account in Summits & Secrets 2001]”, & Albin Schelbert, dj chipped top spine/cover, rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth, tight, fine #9643 $195.00
The first ascent of Dhaulagiri in 1960 by a Swiss expedition and the last Nepalese 8000er to be climbed. Diemberger is one of only two people, the other being Hermann Buhl, to make the first ascent of two 8000m peaks. Schelbert was the first to reach the summit along with Diemberger. Copies of this [read more]
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New Filchner, Wilhelm Zum Sechsten Erdteil: Die Zweite Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition [To The Sixth Continent: The Second German South Polar Expedition]
1923 Verlag Ullstein Berlin 2nd issue, 4to, pp.xviii, 410, 2 ads, 104 bw photos, 123 illus, color fldg map, 52 maps/diagrams (2 fldg), errata slip, dark blue cloth; in custom oatmeal-cloth solander box w/ red leather spine label, fine, cloth rubbed top/bottom spine, tight, bp on front ep, map w/ orig folds/no tears, very good #27767 $300.00 $195.00
Filchner's expedition plan to cross the polar ice from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea came to an abrupt end when the ice broke up under their base and they were forced to winter over aboard ship. This original account was translated into English in 1994 in a limited edition, although this edition h[read more]
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New Fryxell, Fritiof The Teton Peaks and Their Ascents
1932 Crandall Studios Wyoming 1st, small 8vo, pp.xiii, 106, photo frontis, 16 bw photos, fldg map, gold dec brown cloth; inscribed “June 14, 1932 To my buddy of the 1931 Season and my dear friend, Frank Smith from Fritiof Fryxell”, cloth w/ Frank Smith’s small namestamp to eps, tight, map w/ orig folds & no tears, fine #22138 $295.00
A most important early book on the Tetons. Originally published in three parts in the journal ‘Appalachia’, then updated for this book format. This is the first book on technical climbing in the Tetons with a history of ascents and detailed route descriptions. The information within was obtained by [read more]
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New Moore, Terris Mt. McKinley: The Pioneer Climbs
1967 Univ Alaska College 1st, 8vo, pp.202, color frontis, 41 bw photos, 8 maps (1 fldg), photo eps, blue cloth; signed Moore, inscribed “To: Tom Weddle May all your memories of Alaska be happy ones It has been wonderful having you here. Wm R. Wood Dorothy Jane Wood 21 July 1970”, dj edges rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #26323 $65.00
An excellent history of Mt. McKinley from the first attempts by Wickersham and Cook in 1903 through the Alaska Test Expedition of 1942. Moore made the first ascent of Minya Konka in 1932. William Wood was the fourth president of the University of Alaska.
Neate M140.[read more]
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New Nordenskjöld, Dr. Otto, J. Gunnar Andersson, C. A. Larsen, & C. Skottsberg “Antarctic” Zwei Jahre in Schnee und Eis am Südpol [“Antarctic” Two Years in Snow and Ice at the South Pole]
1904 Dietrich Reimer Berlin 1st German ed, 8vo, 2 vol, vol I pp.xxii, 373, frontis, 1 photo plate, 132 bw photos, 6 illus, plan, 3 maps, vol II pp.v, 411, photo frontis, 1 photo plate, 106 bw photos, 16 illus, 2 plans, 7 maps (4 color, 2 fldg in back), dec green cloth; xlib, in custom oatmeal-cloth solander box w/ red leather spine label, fine, cloth rubbed/spines darkened, vol I frontis loose, ‘Cancelled’ stamp on both title pages, maps w/ orig folds/no tears, very good #27770 $195.00 $150.00
Nordenskjöld (1869 – 1928) was a Finnish and Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. He led the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-04), in the ship ‘Antarctic’, on the opposite side of the continent from Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition. The expedition visited the Falkland Is[read more]
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New Reiss, Ernst Mein Weg als Bergsteiger
1959 Huber Frauenfeld 1st, 8vo, pp.248, 38 bw photos, tan cloth; signed Ernst Reiss Lhotse 8516m. 18.5.1956, dj w/ edge/corner wear, unclipped, vg+, cloth tight, fine #26888 $195.00
Reiss’ autobiography provides his account of the expeditions which almost made the first ascent of Everest in 1952 and succeeded in the first ascent of Lhotse in 1956. Reiss, together with Fritz Luchsinger, were the first summitters of Lhotse. In German, no English translation.[read more]
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New Shackleton, Lady & Hugh Robert Mill Shackleton’s Leven en Reizen [Shackleton’s Life and Travels]
1923 Querido Amsterdam 1st Dutch, 8vo, pp.356, photo frontis, 33 tipped-in bw photos, 4 maps, uncut, brown cloth; cloth spine lightly faded, tight, bookplate, very good #27772 $55.00 $45.00
Mill wrote the first comprehensive biography of Shackleton (The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1923) at the request of Lady Shackleton. He was librarian for the RGS and a great Antarctic historian. The inclusion of Lady Shackleton’s name as co-author in this edition was in error as she was not liste[read more]
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New Shackleton, Sir Ernest South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917
1919 Heinemann London 1st ed, 1st imp, 8vo, pp.xxi, 376, photo frontis w/ tissue guard, 87 bw photos, 2 sketches, 5 maps (1 fldg), appendices, top edge blue, silver-lettered spine & front, silver decoration of Endurance on front, navy blue cloth; cloth rubbed, w/o errata slip, initials on ffep, page 367/8 w/ repaired tear, map w/ orig folds & no tears, very good #25079 $2,500.00 $2,250.00
This is Shackleton’s own account of his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17) which attempted a historic first crossing of the Antarctic continent. Their fight for survival in the Weddell Sea, following the sinking of their ship “Endurance” is a classic tale. This includes not only the accou[read more]
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New Shipton, Eric Tierra del Fuego: The Fatal Lodestone
1973 Charles Knight & Co London 1st, 8vo, pp.viii, 175, 6 bw photos, 10 bw illus, map, map eps, grey cloth; inscribed “Eric Richardson With best wishes Eric Shipton “Lindblad Explorer” 16th February, 1975”, dj w/ small tear top cover, rubbed, unclipped, vg, cloth tight, fine #22052 $550.00
Shipton provides a history of the ‘discovery’ of the Land of Fire at the tip of South America. Signed copies of Shipton’s books are scarce.[read more]
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New Sutton, Geoffrey & Wilfrid Noyce, eds Samson: The Life and Writings of Menlove Edwards
1961 Cloister Press Stockport 1st, 8vo, pp.v, 122, 12 bw photos, black cloth; issued w/o dj, cloth lightly rubbed, tight, near fine #23011 $125.00
A collection of essays, short stories, and poems by Edwards who was a leading British climber between the wars. Scarce.
Neate S200.[read more]
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