a cornerstone of Antarctic exploration; the account of the first expedition to reach the South Pole.A handsomely produced book containing ten full...

An attractive copy of Wyld's hemisphere map of the Arctic regions, dedicated to Lady Franklin, in its original binding. The map can be approximate...

Belcher's voyage was the last officially sent in search of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared during an Arctic expedition in 1845. Belcher, in his...

Markham's voyage to the Barents Sea during the navigable season in order to ascertain the best route for future Polar discovery. Markham's view th...

Shackleton's account of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-9. Known today as the Nimrod expedition, this proved to be the making of Shacklet...

Doorly was a junior officer on board the Morning, a relief ship used on Scott's Discovery expedition. It was the ship which took a disgruntled Sha...

Remarkable photographic record of the Terra Nova Expedition. Charles Wright was part of Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition, the Terra Nova Exped...

This volume contains papers relating to an expedition under the command of Captain Phipps commissioned by the Government of the day. These papers ...

All three works inscribed by Parry. all three works inscribed on the title-pages to Acheson Maxwell, the first 'A. Maxwell Esq. with Captain Parry'...

Scarce in original cloth. 'One of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century' [Howgego].Back, a British naval officer and accomplished artis...

With the glassine wrapper - a remarkable survival. Lashly served on both Scott expeditions, but this portion of his diary covers his heroic return ...

Author's autograph edition. 'The true first edition of Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of ...

'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...

Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition, 8vo., 24pp., 8 photographic illustrations, ori...

A rare opportunity to obtain a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) during which Shackle...