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Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LAN
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Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible
Start Price:300.00 USD
Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
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Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LANDS OF SILENCE. A HISTORY OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Cambridge, 1921 539pp. Plates. Original cloth, minor wear, corners bruised. Good-very good. (2) Hartwig, Dr. G. THE POLAR WORLD: A POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF MAN AND NATURE IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS OF THE GLOBE. New: York: 1869 First US edition 486pp. Many illus. Original gilt cloth, minor wear & marking, near very good. (3) Hartwig. THE POLAR WORLD …… Another edition, London: 1886 548pp. Plates, illus, maps. Original decorated cloth, a.e.g. Minor wear & staining, good. (4) Joerg, W. L. G. BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF FLYING ….. New York: 1930 50pp. Printed wrapper. In cloth slipcase with two large folding maps. Very good. (5) Nordenskiold, Otto & Ludwig Mecking. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE POLAR REGIONS. New York: 1928 359pp. Illus., maps. Softbound. Minor soil, good. (6) Gould, Laurence M. THE POLAR REGIONS IN THEIR RELATION TO HUMAN AFFAIRS. New York: 1958 54pp. Illus, maps. Boards, very good. (7) Victor, Paul-Emile. MAN AND THE CONQUEST OF THE POLES. New York: 1963 320pp. Illus, maps. Cloth, very good in d/j. (8) Feeney, Robert E. POLAR JOURNEYS. THE ROLE OF FOOD AND NUTRITION IN EARLY EXPLORATION. Wash, DC: c. 1997 278pp, Illus., map. Softbound, very good. (9) Ray, G. Carleton & M. G. McCormick-Ray. WILDLIFE OF THE POLAR REGIONS. New York: (1981) 232pp. Many illus. incl. Color. Cloth, fine in d/j. (10) Fiennes, Sir Ranulph. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. THE TRANSGLOBAL EXPEDITION …… New York: c.1983 547pp. Color illus. Cloth, fine in d/j. (11) Bertram, Colin. ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC. A PROSPECT OF THE POLAR REGIONS. Cambridge: (1958) 123pp. Illus. Cloth, very good in d/j. (12) Stonehouse, Bernard. NORTH POLE, SOUTH POLE. A GUIDE TO THE ECOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC. (London, c.1990) 4to. 216pp. Many illus. in color. Cloth, fine in d/j. (13) Hall, Colin Michael & Margaret E. Johnston. POLAR TOURISM. TOURISM IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS. Chichester, (c.1995) 329pp. Cloth, very good. (14) Courtauld, Augustine. FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. AN ANTHOLOGY OF POLAR WRITINGS. London, 1958 423pp, Cloth, very good in d/j. (15) McWhinnie, Mary A. POLAR RESEARCH. TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. Boulder, CO, (c.1978) 309pp. Illus. Cloth, very good. (16) Thomas, Charles W. ICE IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. Indianapolis, (c.1951) 378pp. Illus. Cloth, very good. (17) Bloom, Lisa. GENDER ON ICE. AMERICAN IDEOLOGIES OF POLAR EXPEDITIONS. Minneapolis, (c.1993) 163pp. Softbound, very good. (18) Rowell, Galen. POLES APART. PARALLEL VISIONS OF THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC. Berkeley, (c.1995) Oblong 4to. 183pp. illus in color. Cloth, fine in d/j. signed by author (19) Ley, Willy. THE POLES. (Life Nature Library.) New York, (c.1962) 192pp. Illus. Cloth, very good. (20) MacDonald, Edwin A. POLAR OPERATIONS. Annapolis, (c.1969) 239pp. Illus. Cloth, fine in d/j. (21) Asimov, Isaac. THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. THE POLAR REGIONS OF THE WORLD. New York, (c.1975) 363pp. Illus. Cloth, fine in d/j. (22) Imbert Bertrand. NORTH POLE, SOUTH POLE. JOURNEYS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. New York, (c.1992). Illus, Softbound, VG. (23). Scott, J. M. THE PRIVATE LIFE OF POLAR EXPLORATION. Edinburgh, (1982) 177pp. Illus. Cloth, fine in d/j. (24) Rosing, Norbert. THE WORLD OF THE POLAR BEAR. (Ontario, c.1996) Oblong 4to. 175pp. color illus.Cloth, fine in d/j. (24)
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