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[Antarctic/Arctic] The Book Collector - Polar Edition
2018 Autumn UK pp.395-640, frontis, 9 color & 4 bw photos, 3 color & 4 bw illus, wraps; entire issue, new #27528 $34.95
This special edition of the quarterly Book Collector for bibliophiles is primarily devoted to Arctic and Antarctic material with articles on John Murray, Frankenstein(!), Oates, Shirase, Aurora Australis, Cherry-Garrard, and more.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 1
Oct 2007 Ireland 8vo, pp.111, 16 bw photos, wraps; new #25095 $29.00
An interesting new journal with articles on Shackleton, the Antarctic Treaty, polar books, McClintock, and book reviews. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 11
Oct 2017 Ireland 8vo, pp.157, 19 color & 23 bw photos, 2 bw illus, 4 color maps, wraps; new #27362 $35.00
This issue contains articles on Shackleton, de Gerlache, Hurley, Antarctic place names, the coldest place on earth, finding Franklin’s ships, preserving Antarctic heritage, the rescue of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition survivors from Elephant Island, book reviews and more. Previous volumes a[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 12
Oct 2018 Ireland 8vo, pp.146, 7 color & 19 bw photos, 5 color & 3 bw illus, 1 plan, 1 color & 2 bw maps, wraps; new #27505 $35.00
This issue contains articles including a Shackleton interview, two men in the Antarctic, the Endurance’s library, Antarctic place names, Douglas Mawson, Byrd’s introduction of machines, Amundsen’s South Pole letter, Scott Island, book reviews and more. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 13
Oct 2019 Ireland 8vo, pp.161, 15 color & 28 bw photos, 7 color & 4 bw illus, 1 plan, 1 table, 2 bw maps, wraps; new #27581 $35.00
This issue contains articles on William Speirs Bruce, the First Fram Expedition (1893-96), Raymond Priestley, Kathleen Shackleton, South Orkney Islands, the importance of yachts in Arctic/Antarctic exploration, the Times Literary Supplement, book reviews and more. Previous volumes are still availabl[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 2
Oct 2008 Ireland 8vo, pp.147, 15 color & 22 bw photos, map, wraps; new #25285 $35.00
This issue contains articles on the S. Y. Endurance, Antarctic sites outside the Antarctic, the ‘Kildare’ Shackleton harness, Arctic sovereignty, a biographical dictionary of South Georgia, and book reviews. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 3
Oct 2009 Ireland 8vo, pp.139, 18 color & 11 bw photos, sketch, 2 maps, wraps; new #25473 $35.00
This issue contains articles on Shackleton, Crean, Chile, medieval exploration of the North Atlantic, the Antarctic Treaty, Shackleton’s first public lectures, and book reviews. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 4
Oct 2010 Ireland 8vo, pp.165, 20 color & 29 bw photos, 2 plans/sketches, wraps; new #25666 $35.00
This issue contains articles on the Shackleton Autumn School, Scott, historic huts of the Antarctic, early Arctic films, great books of Shackletonia, Shackleton and fur sealing in the Falklands, and book reviews. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 5
Oct 2011 Ireland 8vo, pp.133, 4 color & 9 bw photos, 2 bw illus, color map, wraps; bend to corner from shipping, else new #25884 $35.00
This issue contains articles on adventure (by Shackleton), Shirase, the Weddell Sea, the Endurance, polar ships, Frank Wild’s hut, Shackleton’s rescue, the Erebus and Terror, and book reviews. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 6
Oct 2012 Ireland 8vo, pp.169, 24 color & 35 bw photos, 1 bw illus, 1 color & 2 bw maps, wraps; new #26262 $35.00
This issue contains articles on Shackleton, Amundsen, Larsen, Wilson’s notebooks, Priestley, postage stamps, book reviews, and more. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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[Shackleton] Nimrod: The Journal of the Ernest Shackleton Autumn School. Vol 7
Oct 2013 Ireland 8vo, pp.136, 8 color & 23 bw photos, 1 color & 1 bw illus, 7 bw maps, wraps; new #26607 $35.00
This issue contains articles on Amundsen, Shackleton and science, Filchner, Scott’s Irishmen, the Endurance, Oates, Antarctic place names, coins, book reviews and more. Previous volumes are still available.[read more]
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American Polar Society The Polar Times - Fall-Winter 2001, vol 2, #18
2001 American Polar Society US 4to, pp.31, 1 color centerfold & many bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #22363 $4.00
A great resource for those interested in Arctic and Antarctic exploration, history, research, and current events. This is published twice yearly.[read more]
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 Bryce, Robert M. Dr. Cook and the Yahgan Dictionary (Polar Priorities Special Supplement)
1994 Cook Society Hurleyville v.14, 4to, pp.12, 4 bw figures, errata sheet, wraps; signed, new #9049 $5.95
Dr. Frederick Cook served as surgeon for Adrien de Gerlache’s Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-99). Prior to the expedition reaching Antarctica it stopped in Tierra del Fuego where Cook met Rev. Thomas Bridges. Bridges had spent 25 years among the Onas and Yahgans, two tribes of Tierra del Fuego, [read more]
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Cook, Frederick A. Polar Priorities: The Annual Publication of the Frederick A. Cook Society
2002 Sept Cook Society Hurleyville 4to, pp.62, bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #22921 $7.00
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Cook, Frederick A. Polar Priorities: The Annual Publication of the Frederick A. Cook Society
2001 Sept Cook Society Hurleyville 4to, pp.52, bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #22523 $7.00
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Cook, Frederick A. Polar Priorities: The Annual Publication of the Frederick A. Cook Society
1998 Supplement Cook Society Hurleyville 4to, pp.16, 12 bw photos, 3 maps, wraps; new #17407 $3.99
This Special Supplement to the pro-Cook controversy regarding Frederick Cook’s claimed ascent of Mt. McKinley/Denali takes to task Robert Bryce, Dennis Rawlins, and Bradford Washburn who have all claimed that Cook did not make the first ascent of Denali. The six articles are:
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Cook, Frederick A. Polar Priorities: The Annual Publication of the Frederick A. Cook Society
1998 Sept Cook Society Hurleyville 4to, pp.64, bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #15226 $7.00
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Cook, Frederick A. Polar Priorities: The Annual Publication of the Frederick A. Cook Society
1997 Sept Cook Society Hurleyville 4to, pp.48, bw photos, illus, maps, wraps; new #15225 $7.00
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Field, William O., Jr. Glacier Recession in Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
July 1947 Geographical Review 1st, 8vo, pp.369-399, 32 bw photos, lg color fldg map, wraps; entire issue, chipped top/bottom spine, map w/ orig folds & no tears, vg- #27274 $19.00
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