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<strong>Voyager</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>Maps</strong> & <strong>Prints</strong><br />

<strong>Cold</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Catalogue</strong><br />

<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

Special instructions …<br />

Open the door to the deep freeze, sit back and<br />

relax with a chilled wine and read our <strong>Cold</strong><br />

<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Catalogue</strong>. From the North Pole to the<br />

South Pole, and a few surprises in-between.<br />

We hope you find something interesting and that<br />

it keeps you In tune and in touch with <strong>Voyager</strong>.<br />

• Scott — Discovery Expedition — First Edition — Smith and Elder — 1905<br />

• With the Aurora in the Antarctic — John King Davis — First Edition —1919<br />

• Original Lithograph Dumont d’Urville — Discovery of Antarctic Clarie Coast 1840<br />

• Allain Mallet Map of the Southern Hemisphere — 17th Century<br />

• A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder — James De Mille –1900<br />

• Stefansson Collection — Hunters of the Great North (1922 and dedicated); The<br />

Friendly Arctic (1913) and North West to Fortune (1960) — First Editions<br />

• Jean Charcot — French Polar Explorer — <strong>Rare</strong> Commemorative Medal — 1936<br />

• The Last Secrets — Final Mysteries of Exploration—John Buchan First Edition 1923<br />

• John Players Polar Series Collectable Cards — First and Second Series Complete<br />

• Edith (Jackie) Ronne the first woman to winter over in the Antarctic<br />

• Shaw and Nodder 1790 framed hand coloured copper engraving — Snowy Owl<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m<br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> in <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>Climate</strong>s


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<strong>Voyager</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>Maps</strong> & <strong>Prints</strong><br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> is a different sort of bookshop … we are forever changing, adding the more<br />

curious to the curious, and selecting prize items for our collection. We don’t measure our<br />

stock by numbers of items but by variety and quality.<br />

It has been a pleasure producing this <strong>Catalogue</strong>. And we hope you enjoy reading it and<br />

that it gives you a sense of what we are about … Sometimes our selections are a bit<br />

cheeky … but we hope that makes it more enjoyable.<br />

if you have an order then thank you and we will attend to it with care .<br />

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and through our website. When ordering quote page number and title of item.<br />

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Australian Antarctic Bibliography – Knight 1987<br />

See description page 16


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The Voyage of the Discovery<br />

Captain Robert F Scott – 1905<br />

Published in London, Smith Elder & Co 1905,<br />

the second impression of the first edition<br />

same year. Two royal octavo volumes, 556<br />

pages and 508 pages. With twelve colour<br />

plates, five double page plates and many<br />

other illustrations, panoramas, maps (two of<br />

which separate and folding). Overall some<br />

260 illustrations many by Dr Edward Wilson.<br />

Original blue ribbed cloth decorated with<br />

the lavish gilt medallions on upper covers<br />

characteristic of the Smith Elder edition.<br />

Occasional foxing and to page edges and the<br />

title on volume I, some rubbing to the gilt<br />

medallions, generally in good condition.<br />

This is a classic of the genre, Scott’s official<br />

narrative of his first Antarctic expedition,<br />

1901-1904. The first scientific expedition to<br />

pass two consecutive winters in high latitude<br />

of Antarctica, during which the first<br />

extensive journeys into the interior of the<br />

continent were accomplished. The ship’s<br />

officers included Lieut Ernest Shackleton<br />

and Dr Edward Wilson, Scott’s close friend<br />

and confidant. Over the course of two<br />

years, and many sledge journeys, Scott and<br />

his men followed the Ross ice Shelf to its<br />

extreme, discovered King Edward VI Land,<br />

found a range of mountains stretching<br />

southwards towards a vast plateau, trekked<br />

to within 500 miles of the South Pole, and<br />

amassed a huge collection of scientific data.<br />

The expedition was a triumph, although the<br />

failure of Scott’s dogs was an ominous<br />

portent. Scientifically this was the more<br />

important of Scott’s two expeditions;<br />

overshadowed by his tragic second journey,<br />

during which he perished.<br />

Price $790.00<br />

Scarce and sought after Heroic account<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


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5<br />

With the “Aurora”<br />

in the Antarctic 1911-1914.<br />

John King Davis<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> first edition of a primary Heroic era account.<br />

Published by Melrose, London no date but 1919.<br />

Preface by Mawson. There is little that appears in<br />

“Home of the Blizzard” that appears here and<br />

vice versa. As such it is an excellent companion to<br />

the Blizzard and harder to find in any condition.<br />

John King Davis skippered seven Antarctic<br />

voyages between 1907 and 1930.<br />

Large octavo, xxi, 183 pages, 8 maps (1 folding),<br />

plan, 83 illustrations on 42 plates … illustrations<br />

in text. Blue cloth binding with gilt title to spine,<br />

ship device, a little age, title browned from tissue<br />

guard, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce<br />

item. Taurus 101, Rosove 87, Spence 354.<br />

John King Davis was Captain of the Aurora during<br />

Mawson’s 1911-1914 Expedition. The expedition<br />

encountered many challenges. Dangerous weather<br />

and the uncharted nature of the Antarctic coast.<br />

Problems with the ship including failing pumps<br />

and engine difficulties. Much of the success and<br />

relative safety of the expedition was down to<br />

Davis’s “masterly seamanship, firm decision of<br />

mind, and courageous daring in handling the<br />

Aurora” The vessel made several critical voyages,<br />

establishing and relieving the wintering bases at<br />

Macquarie Island and the Antarctic mainland at<br />

Commonwealth Bay and the Shackleton Ice Shelf.<br />

Davis was left with the decision … whether to wait<br />

for blizzards and harsh seas to abate to collect<br />

Mawson’s party, or to relieve the second base<br />

party led by Frank Wild ... he chose the latter.<br />

Price $980.00<br />

John King Davis first-hand account on the Aurora.<br />

<strong>Voyager</strong> = Thoughtful Gift


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Jean-Baptiste Charcot Medal - 1936<br />

Large commemorative medal to celebrate the<br />

life of Jean-Baptiste Auguste Etienne Charcot<br />

(1867-1936) issued in 1936 by the under the<br />

auspices of Expeditions Polaires Francaises.<br />

Charcot Frances greatest polar explorer led<br />

two successful expeditions to the Antarctic<br />

during the Heroic era. He was a doctor and<br />

son of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.<br />

His first expedition from 1904-1907 in the<br />

Francais explored the west coast of Graham<br />

Land. This was followed by the 1908-1910<br />

explorations in the Pourquoi-Pas? The subject<br />

of the edition offered here. Later he turned<br />

his attention to the North and made scientific<br />

explorations off Greenland and Svalbard again<br />

in the Porquois-Pas? He died when the ship<br />

was wrecked in a severe storm off the coast of<br />

Iceland in 1936.<br />

This substantial bronze medal, 67mm in<br />

diameter and weighing 150 gm celebrates his<br />

life. It was designed by E.M. Lindauer, with a<br />

bust after Paul Richer. Richer, an anatomical<br />

artist, was a colleague of Charcot’s father and<br />

worked with him in illustrating certain<br />

medical texts. Richer’s sculptures are found in<br />

museums around the world including the<br />

Musee d’Orsay.<br />

The medal carries a bust of J.B. Charcot on<br />

the front acknowledging Paul Richer and on<br />

reverse and image of the Pourquoi-Pas?<br />

Among icebergs with Expeditions Polaires<br />

Francaises above and the ships name below.<br />

Very good condition with very strong relief.<br />

An ex<strong>amp</strong>le of this medal sold as lot 79 in the<br />

Scott Amundsen Centenary Sale at Bonhams,<br />

London in 2012 for just short of A$2,500<br />

Price $590.00<br />

Special Antarctic Collectable Celebrates<br />

the life of J.B. Charcot<br />

The Fire on the Snow –1945<br />

A play by Douglas Stewart about Robert<br />

Falcon Scott’s fateful Terra Nova Expedition.<br />

Premiered on ABC radio in June 1941 to great<br />

acclaim. It was to star Peter Finch as Scott but<br />

he joined the army four days before broadcast<br />

so Frank Harvey stepped in. No copy of the<br />

original production appears to exist. The BBC<br />

produced another version in 1951.<br />

Comes along with “The Golden Lover”<br />

a Maori romance, a bit of a contrast!<br />

Price $70.00<br />

Scott’s on the Wireless!


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Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington – First Women on the Antarctic<br />

Original photograph of Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington on their way to the<br />

Antarctic (The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1946-48). The first women to<br />

winter over on the Antarctic and in Jennie Darlington’s case the first woman to get<br />

pregnant on the cold Continent. Bright clean photograph with negligible impact<br />

from handling. A good size 22cm by 18cm<br />

Jackie real name Edith Ronne was the wife of one of the great mid-century<br />

expedition leaders Finn Ronne (his father was with Amundsen). The story goes<br />

that the decision for Jackie to go and stay on the Antarctic was made on the<br />

preliminary voyage going south and perhaps even more unusual that the glamorous<br />

Jennie Darlington, wife of expedition pilot Harry Darlington, was also persuaded<br />

on that outbound voyage and that the rationale was to avoid any criticism of Finn<br />

taking wife Jackie at the last minute mmhhh. Seemingly, the girls did not get on …<br />

and spent months on end not talking to each other.<br />

Regardless of all of that much was accomplished on this the last privately funded<br />

Antarctic expedition .. new ground was covered and mapped and pieces of it<br />

named after Jackie (Edith). She made a significant contribution and proved<br />

invaluable in recording the expeditions achievements.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington – Female Antarctic Pioneers<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


Farthest North – Fridtjof Nansen - 1898<br />

Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893<br />

-96, and of a Fifteen Month’s Sleigh Journey by Dr Nasen and Lieut Johansen.<br />

Two volumes large octavo 480 pages and 456 pages after preliminaries before<br />

advertisements etc, two folding maps, chromolithographed plates illustrated with<br />

photographs and sketches by Nansen.<br />

Published by George Newnes, London in 1898. A second edition after the first in<br />

1897 but our preferred as there was a switch to these stunning pictorial covers are<br />

a hallmark of this set. Here in very good condition externally and internally.<br />

Nansen undertook this expedition to prove his theory that a drift current moved<br />

across the northern polar regions from the Bering Straits and New Siberia Islands<br />

towards the Greenland Coast. The theory had been supported by finding, near<br />

Greenland, parts of the ship Jeannette which was wrecked in 1881 in the Bearing<br />

Straits. Nansen’s ship, the Fram, was designed specially to cope with the risk of<br />

being crushed in an ice-pack. Built in Scotland the theory was that the Fram would<br />

be deliberately frozen into the ice and the design would lift the boat higher rather<br />

than crush it from the sides. They set off in June 1893 and successfully achieved<br />

this primary objective, the ship returning to Norway in 1896. Meanwhile, Nansen<br />

and Johansen had left the ship with husky drawn sleds in an attempt to reach the<br />

North Pole. They failed in this endeavour, as their dogs deteriorated, but still<br />

managed to reach the point “Farthest North” yet attained by man.<br />

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) was a very talented individual. He held a doctorate in<br />

zoology, contributed to the field of neurology, worked a a museum curator and a<br />

was great athlete. Prior to this expedition he was the first to properly explore the<br />

interior of Greenland on skis.<br />

Price $460.00<br />

Nansen’s Farthest North in our favourite Pictorial Bindings<br />

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9<br />

The Cruise of the “Cachalot”<br />

Round the World after Sperm Whales<br />

Frank Bullen - 1901<br />

Published by Smith and Elder, London 1901. Second<br />

edition in the more upmarket binding with the gilt<br />

whale. Gilt titles to spine chocolate end papers.<br />

Bullen, a homeless waif, went so sea at twelve years<br />

old. After six years he landed at New Bedford,<br />

Massachusetts were he secured a berth on the<br />

“Cachalot” a whaler that would be his home for the<br />

next three years. A ripping yarn of fact and fiction<br />

actually based on the authors experiences on the<br />

“Splendid” of New Bedford in whaling grounds off<br />

“the Solanders, Vau Vau and the Australian Gulf”.<br />

Price $220.00<br />

Admired by Rudyard Kipling as the best<br />

Whaling Narrative.<br />

V o y a g e r<br />

Bowhead Whale (Balaena Borealis) -1838<br />

Original Bowhead Whale by Rene Primevere Lesson<br />

(1794-1849) published Paris 1838. Lesson was doctor<br />

and naturalist on the Duperry voyage round on board<br />

La Coquille (1822-1825).<br />

The Bowhead inhabits northerly waters also known as<br />

Greenland Whale, Russian Whale. Featured heavily in<br />

the voyages of William Scoresby. It has the biggest<br />

mouth of any animal hence Bowhead.<br />

Price $270.00<br />

Special early image of the Bowhead Whale blowing


10<br />

Land of the Midnight Sun -1881<br />

Paul Du Chaillu<br />

First edition published by Murray, London in<br />

1881. Two volumes, royal octavo, 441 and 474<br />

pages. 235 illustrations and large folding<br />

coloured map in pocket. Internally condition<br />

very good, clean and unmarked, map in very<br />

good condition, pictorial front boards in nice<br />

condition, spines showing some ageing and a<br />

slight stain on Vol 2 back.<br />

The full title explains … The Land of the<br />

Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys<br />

through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and<br />

Northern Finland … with descriptions of the<br />

Inner Life of the People, Their Manners and<br />

Customs, the Primitive Antiquities etc.<br />

The author du Chaillu also explored Africa. He<br />

shows the same diligence and curiosity in the<br />

the “Land of the Midnight Sun”.<br />

A series of journeys in Scandinavia from 1871<br />

to 1878. These volumes are more than a travel<br />

account and he does well in describing the<br />

people and the physical characteristics of the<br />

country, particularly in the farthest north<br />

among the Laps. References to prehistoric sites<br />

and the Viking ages add to the interest.<br />

Price $170.00<br />

Read on especially cold nights<br />

under the Midnight Sun


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Argonauts of the South — Hurley<br />

First Edition 1925<br />

Argonauts of the South. Being a Narrative of<br />

Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in<br />

the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and<br />

Sir Ernest Shackleton.<br />

First Edition, G.P. Putnam, New York 1925.<br />

Large octavo, original cloth covered binding,<br />

top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 290<br />

pages after preliminaries, with frontispiece<br />

and 70 full page plates from photographs<br />

taken by the author. Two folding maps and<br />

decorated end papers. Corners bumped and<br />

a few marks, internally very clean and<br />

tight. Reference Spence 615 and Renard<br />

768. Carries Charles Kerry’s bookplate.<br />

Australian photographer and adventurer<br />

James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962)<br />

requires little introduction. Along with<br />

Ponting the greatest Polar photographer,<br />

never to be surpassed. Not only did he<br />

accompany several Antarctic expeditions he<br />

was an official photographer in both World<br />

Wars. During a very cold winter literally<br />

holes up in the Antarctic Hurley conceived<br />

an expedition to warm climates (in an<br />

effort to boost comrades moral) and out of<br />

that his other great work Pearls and<br />

Savages, in New Guinea was born.<br />

Price $890.00<br />

Hurley’s classic photographic record in the<br />

Polar Seas and Antarctic<br />

Charles Kerry (1857-1928)<br />

Australian photographer with a<br />

great interest in the bush and the<br />

aborigines. Kerry Packer was<br />

named after him.<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


Discovery of the Clarie Coast Antarctic – 26 th January 1840<br />

Dumont d’Urville<br />

Original lithograph from a drawing by Louis Le Breton (1818-1866)<br />

published as part of the great “Atlas Pittoresque” to accompany<br />

“Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l’Oceanie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe<br />

et la Zelee … sous commandement de M.J. Dumont d’Urville”.<br />

Lithographed by P Blanchard on sturdy paper – 37cm x 22cm to the<br />

edge of the image with very wide margin. Excellent condition.<br />

Price $590.00 unframed – rare<br />

Antarctic discovery of the Clarie Coast 26 th January 1840<br />

Voyage of Dumont d’Urville.<br />

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13<br />

After discovering and naming Adelie Land (After d’Urville’s wife) on the<br />

22 nd of January 1840 and making various explorations the Astrolabe and<br />

Zelee continued west in search of further land. A violent gale separated<br />

the two ships and Dumont d’Urville feared that he might have lost the<br />

Zelee. However, the sea calmed and the Zelee appeared and the vessels<br />

were re-united. Shortly afterwards the Astrolabe encountered the US<br />

Exploring Expedition under Captain Wilkes. Dumont d’Urville had heard of<br />

Wilkes’ intentions at Hobart and made all haste to make his the first<br />

discoveries … and he did so. The encounter with Wilkes was very strange<br />

and through a misunderstanding Wilkes thought his approach to the<br />

French vessel was rebuffed .. not so the French simply manoeuvred to<br />

avoid any chance of a physical encounter in these difficult waters. A<br />

couple of days later the French discovered further extensive coastline<br />

which d’Urville named Cote de Clarie or the Clarie Coast after the wife of<br />

Charles Jaquinot Captain of his support vessel Zelee. This was on 26 th<br />

January 1840 and the event is recognised in this superb lithograph. The<br />

US Wilkes expedition also found the Clarie Coast, but not until February<br />

had arrived. The Americans sailed further on confirming a thousand plus<br />

mile stretch of land … likely because of this the region is known in<br />

Australia as Wilkes Land … not so in France!<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


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Wildlife and Wilderness – An Artist’s World<br />

Keith Shackleton<br />

A really super book of Keith Shackleton’s Polar<br />

art. Much of the work completed on the Lindblad<br />

Explorer (see pages 12 and 13 of this catalogue).<br />

In his well written introduction he expresses his<br />

gratitude to Lars-Eric Lindblad for putting his<br />

vessel on the high seas with him aboard.<br />

First US edition published by Salem House 1986.<br />

Small quarto, landscape 120 pages with 8 full page<br />

colour images of selected cold weather painting<br />

with a nice page of attendant narrative.<br />

Very good if not fine condition.<br />

Nice forward by HRH Prince Charles. The art …<br />

something special … the subjects naturally well<br />

chosen and the style clean, bright and dramatic<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Keith Shackleton’s beautiful paintings –<br />

where can we get one?


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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras<br />

Jules Verne<br />

Published by Ward and Lock an early English<br />

translation circa 1895. “The English at the North<br />

Pole” and “The Ice Desert”. Octavo, 223 pages.<br />

Which the super pictorial boards some mild foxing.<br />

Some say based on Sir John Franklin and then later<br />

to have an influence on Peary and Frederick Cook<br />

in their choice of routes to the North Pole!<br />

First published in French in 1866 as part of the<br />

“Voyages Extraordinaire” a series including Five<br />

weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Centre of the<br />

World and From the Earth to the Moon. A bit like<br />

Star Wars it was published as book number two<br />

even though it was the first published.<br />

Hatteras sets off for the North Pole, has a mutiny<br />

which results in the loss of his ship. They have to<br />

hole up for the winter and build accommodations<br />

through knowledge of Russian Ice palaces and<br />

create fire using ice lenses. After the thaw they<br />

build a new ship from remnants of a shipwreck and<br />

head north to find a volcanic island bang on the<br />

pole. Hatteras enters the crater and it doesn’t go<br />

too well for him from there.<br />

The second part “The Ice Desert” is based on an<br />

island which is a northerly extension of Ellesmere<br />

… New America … and more adventures ensue.<br />

Price $140.00<br />

Jules Verne’s North Polar Adventures<br />

Spotted Seal (Phoque de Choris)<br />

Engraving by Smith drawn by Antoine Charles Vauthier.<br />

For Rene Primevere Lesson (1794-1849) and his extension<br />

of the great natural history by Count Buffon. Published in<br />

Paris in 1838. Lesson originally classified this species.<br />

Inhabits the Arctic regions. Thought to be endangered now<br />

seen in large numbers from Alaska to Northern Siberia.<br />

Price $90.00 unframed<br />

The spotted seal now quite often seen<br />

V o y a g e r h o b a r t . c o m


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Cornerstone Antarctic Reference<br />

Antarctic Miscellany - Spence<br />

Authoritative list of books, periodicals and maps<br />

relating to the discovery and exploration of the<br />

Antarctic. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is<br />

number 182. Sydney Spence had died in 1978 and<br />

the first edition was published in 1966. This<br />

enlarged edition of 1980, contains many new items<br />

that had come out of the woodwork in the<br />

intervening years. Easily referred to in alphabetical<br />

order of the main characters in each section.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Spence will tell you what you need!<br />

Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration — Conrad<br />

Expedition Accounts from 1768 to 1960<br />

Conrad’s superior bibliography. We say superior in<br />

that each expedition has its own section which<br />

contain a brief expedition account; responsibilities;<br />

accomplishments; bibliographic information and<br />

reviews the bibliographic entries.<br />

Makes use of Spence, Renard, Scott Polar Collection<br />

etc. Self-published, Washington, USA 1999.<br />

Large, 424 pages a substantial book fine condition.<br />

One of 975 available copies.<br />

Larry Conrad was in the Antarctic from 1982 to 1985<br />

flying helicopters transporting scientists, explorers<br />

and “distinguished visitors” in an area about 150<br />

miles of Ross Island; Scott’s huts at Hut Point and<br />

Cape Evans and Shackleton’s on Cape Royds.<br />

Price $140.00<br />

Conrad .. thorough and with expedition accounts.<br />

Australian Antarctic Bibliography – Knight 1987<br />

Russell Knight’s comprehensive catalogue of all publications Australian Antarctic. Issued by<br />

the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania.<br />

Produced in large landscape spiral bound form 463 pages after Preface and organisational<br />

descriptions. Contains information relating to the Australian Antarctic Territory, the sub-<br />

Antarctic islands, Heard, Macquarie and McDonald and the waters in proximity.<br />

References are organised in two dimensions … first subject matter … Atmospheric Physics;<br />

Bases and Logistics; Biological Sciences; Terrestrial sciences; Oceanology; Medical Sciences<br />

and Socio-Economic … and then by geography … the Territory, Heard Island etc.<br />

We can find no update and the document appears very hard to get. This one came from<br />

the library of French Polar Scientist Patrick Arnaud although does not contain his mark.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Go to reference re Australian Antarctic Interest — See page 2 for image


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Two Summers in Greenland — Carstensen 1890<br />

First edition published by Chapman and Hall, London<br />

1890. Large octavo, 185 pages with 29 plates from<br />

drawings by the author, folding map at the rear.<br />

Beautiful decorative themed cloth covers with<br />

reindeer and icebergs to front, albatross to spine and<br />

polar bear on rarer cover. A few little marks and rubs<br />

but really quite lovely. Binding tight.<br />

Carstensen travelled with the Jensen survey party in<br />

1884 and then later with a Danish under Steenstrup.<br />

This book describes the natural history encountered,<br />

the breath-taking topography and the Eskimo way of<br />

life all in good detail and a very readable narrative.<br />

Andreas Carstensen (1844-1906) was born at Thisted.<br />

His father died when he was young and his mother<br />

took him to Haderslev. He became a sailor and turned<br />

to art specialising in maritime work and he moved to<br />

America and exhibited at New York before spending<br />

some time at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1884,<br />

he fulfilled his desire to travel through Greenland.<br />

Jensen (1849-1936) was leader of the first expedition<br />

along the Greenland west coast. They discovered the<br />

Nuntaks and a Cape and a Fjord are named after him.<br />

Knud Steenstrup (1842-1913) was a geologist and<br />

explorer. He made nine visits to Greenland one with<br />

Carstensen. His records on Greenland were lost when<br />

the Christiansborg Palace burned down.<br />

Price $180.00<br />

Greenland Explored and Artists View - 1890<br />

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BANZ Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31<br />

The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society,<br />

London – August 1932<br />

The Journal of the RGS in the familiar blue wrapper c100<br />

pages, after preliminaries, maps of the relevant Antarctic<br />

region, plus another regarding a new track through the<br />

Rockies. Period advertisements etc. Excellent condition.<br />

Sir Douglas Mawson’s report is the main event; read at the<br />

meeting by Professor Debenham on Mawson’s behalf. The<br />

report is followed by appendices of Scientific Results and<br />

Sightings of Land. After the great Hugh Robert Mill thanking<br />

Debenham expressed regret that Mawson could not be<br />

there and provided interesting information gleamed from<br />

his personal contact with the great Australian.<br />

Other reports include Southern Turkistan, the fate of<br />

Colonel Fawcett (which has given rise to a number of books<br />

and should be a movie) and, a very good report on the new<br />

track through the northern Rockies.<br />

Price $150.00<br />

Mawson’s BANZ Antarctic Report to the RGS


19<br />

Lakes Belton & Belcher, National Park, Tasmania<br />

Original photograph from Beattie’s Studios of frozen and<br />

snow covered Lakes Belton and Lake Belcher, National<br />

Park, Tasmania. Size 21 x 15.5cm. Showing signs of light<br />

handling. Rear carries Beattie’s copyright st<strong>amp</strong>, that of<br />

the Agent General for Tasmania and various notes.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

Wintery image snow covered Tasmanian lakes<br />

Surprise Valley, West Coast Road, Tasmania<br />

Original photograph by Benjamin Sheppard (1902-1987), 21 x<br />

16cm. Good condition. Sheppard was active in the 1950’s.<br />

Rear carries Sheppard’s st<strong>amp</strong>, and a manuscript “This road<br />

runs to the west at Mt Lyell, 157 miles from Hobart. Highest<br />

point 2,720 feet above sea level. It is highly spectacular, with<br />

views over scores of great mountains and ranges”.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

<strong>Cold</strong> day at Surprise Valley – neat image by Sheppard<br />

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Glacier Island<br />

First by Travel Book Club 1958. Octavo, 224<br />

pages with four good maps by Harry Pretty.<br />

Someone forgot the camera. Despite that a<br />

really good account of the 1954-55 British<br />

South Georgia Expedition the first Southern<br />

expedition with mountaineering as the main<br />

objective. The base was at King Edward Point<br />

near the Shackleton memorial the principal<br />

objective of most modern visitors. Off they<br />

went into the Allardyce Range and beyond.<br />

Glaciology, and natural history, unusual<br />

events and the relentless bad weather. Lots<br />

of danger and excitement along the way.<br />

The delightful dust jacket was designed by<br />

Victor Coverley-Price (1901-1988. A superb<br />

artist but also an mountaineer hence his<br />

connection to the Travel publisher.<br />

Price $30.00<br />

Glacier Island = South Georgia<br />

Polar Exploration Cards —1915<br />

First Series<br />

Complete set of twenty five cards in<br />

very good condition. Issued by John<br />

Player & Sons<br />

Includes - Lieut. Sir E.H. Shackleton<br />

C.V.O.; The Northern Party at the<br />

South Magnetic Pole; The Aurora<br />

Borealis; The Aurora Australis; The<br />

British Antarctic Expedition 1910;<br />

Dr Fridjof Nansen; The “Nimrod”<br />

picking up the Northern Party;<br />

A Remarkable Fumarole in the Old<br />

Crater of Mount Erebus etc<br />

Price $120.00<br />

First Polar series of twenty five<br />

cards complete and getting scarce


21<br />

Continent Meridional Austral ou Antarctique 1683<br />

Allain Manesson Mallet<br />

An original copper engraved map of the Southern Hemisphere<br />

published in Paris in 1863. This is an early depiction of the West<br />

Coast of Australia and the Southern extremity of Tasmania after<br />

the exploration of the Dutch. The Land that “Quiros” saw the<br />

Solomon Islanda is shown as an extension of New Guinea. Mallet<br />

(1630-1706) was a French cartographer and engineer. He started<br />

his career as a soldier in the army of Louis XIV became a<br />

Sergeant Major and an Inspector of Fortifications. His maps have<br />

a beautiful decorative and unique style.<br />

Price $290.00 framed in <strong>Voyager</strong> style<br />

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Frozen Assets - Wodehouse<br />

Wodehouse First Edition 1964. Edmund Biffen<br />

Pkye (Biffy) left his fortune to his godson much to<br />

the surprise of closer relatives with an eye on the<br />

cash. However, the proviso that the young man<br />

stay free from the clutches of the law until his<br />

30 th birthday sets the hilarious ball rolling…<br />

Price $70.00<br />

Wodehouse First Edition – Hilarious<br />

The Auckland Islands (Sub-Antarctic) -1840<br />

Grotte Sur l’Isle Enderby – Isles Auckland<br />

Original lithograph by Blanchard published in the great “Atlas Pittoresque” to<br />

accompany “Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l’Oceanie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe et<br />

la Zelee … sous commandement de M.J. Dumont d’Urville”.<br />

Enderby Island with a cave, birds and a boat with figures in the foreground.<br />

Dumont d’Urville’s Astrolabe and the Zelee are in the background. One of three<br />

expeditions to visit that year, the others Wilkes and James Clark Ross<br />

The Auckland Group is 465 kms south of New Zealand. Enderby to the north of the<br />

group. World Heritage site classified sub-Antarctic. Discovered by Bristow in 1806.<br />

Named them after Eden, Baron Auckland and Samuel Enderby his voyage sponsor.<br />

Price $190.00 (unframed)<br />

Good early image of sub-Antarctic Enderby in the Aucklands


23<br />

The Great Frozen North -1895<br />

The Great Frozen North (Bolshaia Zemelskija<br />

Tundra); Narrative of a Winter Journey Across the<br />

Tundras and a Sojourn Among the Samoyads.<br />

Edited by Arthur Montefiore from the journals of<br />

Frederick George Jackson.<br />

Published by Macmillan, London a first edition 1895.<br />

Large octavo, 297 pages, numerous illustrations and<br />

three foldout coloured maps showing the route<br />

taken. Original blue binding with lovely gilt deer to<br />

front. Very good condition.<br />

In the autumn 1893 Jackson and his team explored<br />

Vatgack Island spending a year among the Samoyeds<br />

gaining sledging experience with reindeer. He then<br />

travelled the Arctic coast from Vaygach to the<br />

Pachora River and on to Ust Tsilma then west to the<br />

Menzen working his way up the coast of the White<br />

Sea north to Varanger Fiord. A fundamental<br />

reference on the way of life of the Samoyad.<br />

Price $260.00<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> Account among the Samyads and Frozen North<br />

The Ross Dependency - Antarctic<br />

Magic lantern slide showing the New Zealand<br />

Ross Dependency, by Newton & Co. Standard<br />

size circa 3.5 inches or 8cm by 8cm.<br />

The Ross Dependency takes its name from<br />

Sir James Clark Ross ho discovered the Ross<br />

Sea and Victoria Land in 1841 and claimed<br />

the region for Britain. The region is defined<br />

by a sector originating at the South Pole and<br />

passing along longitude 160 degrees west<br />

and 150 degrees east, terminating at<br />

latitude 60 degrees south.<br />

On 30 th July 1923 an order was published in<br />

the Government Gazette of the Dominion of<br />

New Zealand that the region should be<br />

named the “Ross Dependency” and the<br />

Governor-General and Commander in Chief<br />

of N.Z. will be Governor of the Territory.<br />

Newton & Co were formed in 1858. In the<br />

period 1912-1925 they had premises in<br />

Covent Garden, so we are pretty sure the<br />

slide is from the time of the declaration<br />

Price $50.00<br />

Historic Cartographic record – formalisation<br />

of the Ross Dependency Antarctic<br />

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24<br />

The Last Secrets<br />

The Final Mysteries of Exploration<br />

John Buchan<br />

Published by Thomas Nelson, London a<br />

first edition 1923. John Buchan of 39<br />

Steps et al fame produced this very<br />

timely compilation of great exploration<br />

feats. Dedicated to the explorer Cecil<br />

Rawling who fell as a Brigadier General<br />

at the Battle of Ypres.<br />

Octavo, 303 pages nicely illustrated with<br />

10 maps and 12 full page illustrations.<br />

Exploration subjects covered comprise<br />

Tibet and Lhasa; the Brahmaputra; the<br />

North Pole; the Mountains of the Moon;<br />

the South Pole; Mount McKinley; the Holy<br />

Cities of Islam; New Guinea and Mount<br />

Everest. The list of explorers is lengthy<br />

given the above coverage and Buchan<br />

does every one of them proud.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

John Buchan and Exploration<br />

much more than 39 Steps<br />

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25<br />

Twelve Early Mountain Stereo views<br />

Interesting group of twelve early 20 th C stereo views<br />

of mountains and early climbers. Includes …<br />

Lady Mountain, Utah; Teton Mountains, Wyoming;<br />

El Misti, Peru; Mount Kasbek, Caucasus; Mt Sir<br />

Donald, British Columbia; Ngarruhoe, New Zealand;<br />

Spearhead Utah, Inca Lake Andes, Peru; Swiss Alps;<br />

the Himalayas; Mt Rundle, Banff and the Selkirk<br />

Range in British Columbia.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Nice views of high places ...<br />

I’d Climb the Highest Mountain<br />

if I knew I’d Find You<br />

Original music score published in 1926<br />

by the great Irvin Berlin. Written by Lew<br />

Brown and Sydney Clarke.<br />

Price $20.00<br />

Elevating music for Mountain Lovers


The Voyage of The Vega<br />

Round Asia and Europe - 1883<br />

A.E. Nordenskiold trans by Alexander Leslie<br />

Published by MacMillan and Co, London in 1883. A<br />

first of type. Octavo, 413 pages plus Abstract and<br />

Index. Heavily illustrated with 186 wood-cuts, two<br />

portraits and two colour lithographed maps.<br />

Showing a little age, weak at the hinge, with a few<br />

marks, still a very good copy.<br />

The very readable account of Adolf Erik<br />

Nordenskiold. Introductory note provides a more<br />

than adequate summary …<br />

“The present edition of Baron Nordenskiold’s<br />

narrative includes the whole of the Voyage of the<br />

Vega along the North-East Passage, and the year’s<br />

life among the Chukches, with the details<br />

collected as to the manners and customs of those<br />

interesting people; Nordenskiold’s sketch of<br />

his own journey up the Tenisei, and the voyage of<br />

the Lena up the river of that name; the chapters<br />

on the hydrography and resources of Siberia; the<br />

interesting account of animal life in and around<br />

Novaya Zemlya; and a brief sketch of the visit to<br />

Japan and the voyage home.”<br />

Certainly, Nordenskiold’s achievement of the<br />

North-east Passage is hidden in history likely as a<br />

reult of the drama associated with the North-East<br />

Passage … Franklin etc. It deserves to be elevated<br />

as is his far reaching and detailed narrative.<br />

Price $180.00<br />

Nordenskiold – first through North-West Passage<br />

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27<br />

The Cruise of Her Majesty’s Ship “Challenger”<br />

W.J.J. Spry<br />

An 1878 edition of Spry’s book about the Challenger<br />

Expedition, the most important and certainly largest<br />

19 th Century Scientific Expedition.<br />

Published by S<strong>amp</strong>son Low etc London. Octavo, 320<br />

pages with 46 black and white illustrations and large<br />

folding chart showing the track and activities of<br />

H.M.S. Challenger. Original binding in good<br />

condition, map with small repaired tear, slight ageing<br />

otherwise a very good copy of this desirable work.<br />

Price $130.00<br />

Challenger gave its name to the deepest Ocean and<br />

the best means of space travel.<br />

Log Letters from the Challenger – 1877<br />

Lord George C<strong>amp</strong>bell<br />

Published by Macmillan, London a popular work.<br />

This is the fifth edition 1877.<br />

Octavo, 512 pages original green cloth covered<br />

binding. Important folding frontispiece map<br />

outlining the course of the voyage with colour<br />

coding for various ocean floor types.<br />

Informative and very readable and an excellent<br />

companion to Spry above.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Challenger Expedition Day by Day.<br />

The Challenger visited Crozet, Kerguelen<br />

and Heard Islands, and took numerous<br />

soundings and s<strong>amp</strong>les in the Antarctic.


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Steve Young or the Voyage of the “Hvalross” to the Icy Sea<br />

The author George Manville Fenn was a prolific writer of adventure stories for the young in<br />

the Victorian era. A rare book and we cannot find the title on his “official’ list. This edition<br />

circa WWI era .. we cannot find any other contemporary copies available.<br />

Hvalross is Norwegian for Walrus. Steve Young is an orphan whose uncle, Captain Young<br />

has disappeared on a voyage in and around Spitzbergen in the Arctic Ocean. The Captain’s<br />

friends charter a boat the Norwegian “Hvalross” to search for him. Sixteen year old Steve<br />

goes along much to the disgust of the ships Doctor who thinks young fellows are just a<br />

nuisance. Gales, storms, intense cold and Polar Bears … strong currents complete darkness<br />

add to the most amazing adventure.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

Scarce adventure on the “Walrus” up around Spitzbergen …<br />

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Australian Antarctic Science<br />

The First Fifty Years of ANARE<br />

Published in 2002 by the Australian Antarctic Division,<br />

Kingston, Tasmania. Large octavo, 622 pages.<br />

Illustrated boards. A substantial quality production.<br />

Edited by Marchant (Leader of Biology), Lugg (Chief,<br />

Medicine of Extreme Environments at NASA) and<br />

Patrick Quilty (Chief Scientist).<br />

A wealth of knowledge brought together and<br />

condensed into a fine work on the Antarctic.<br />

Born out of the 1997 Jubilee Science Symposium the<br />

work begins with an address from the Governor of<br />

Tasmania. The scope and process of developing<br />

research programs is reviewed and the stimulus of new<br />

technologies. An exciting lengthy chapter on Cosmic<br />

Ray physics and astronomy. Antarctic operational<br />

metrology by Neil Streten and the automatic weather<br />

stations. Our favourite, the History of the Southern<br />

Ocean and Antarctic Continental Shelf followed by its<br />

companion the Geological Evolution of the East<br />

Antarctic Shield. Terrestrial biology, aquatic<br />

microbiology …. Krill, fish, birds and mammals. And the<br />

physics of the atmosphere, climate and other<br />

environmental issues. The whole well illustrated with<br />

charts, diagrams and images and as expected cross<br />

referenced to wealth of published research.<br />

Price $80.00<br />

ANARE a lasting scientific record.<br />

Antarctica - The New Zealand Party<br />

of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition.<br />

It was not until 1958 that the Antarctic was crossed<br />

from one side to the other led by British explorer<br />

Vivian Fuchs. Edmund Hillary led the NZ contingent<br />

and this book is a good record of that contribution. As<br />

usual with polar accounts really well illustrated with<br />

maps and photographs of the activities.<br />

Price $50.00 An essential Polar account<br />

Polar Castaways – The Ross Sea Party<br />

A thorough account of the Shackleton 1914<br />

expedition Ross Sea Party. The Aurora escaped<br />

its winter moorings and left the men stranded<br />

yet they still went about their task laying<br />

depot’s for Shackleton’s attempt at the first to<br />

go all the way across.<br />

Three of the ten men died and it took perennial<br />

Captain J.K. Davis to rescue the remainder<br />

Price $35.00<br />

First time Ross Sea Party fully explained


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Polar Exploration Cards –1916<br />

Complete set in good condition of<br />

the 2 nd series of Polar Exploration<br />

cigarette cards by John Player &<br />

Sons – elusive complete. Some<br />

from the Terra Nova Expedition -<br />

Scott, Evans, Oates, Wilson (Uncle<br />

Bill) and some from the victorious<br />

Norwegian Expedition including<br />

"Amundsen at the South Pole"<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Polar Collectable getting scarce


Heroes of the Polar Seas – 1910<br />

… A Record of Exploration in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas by J<br />

Kennedy Maclean. Thick octavo, 382 pages. Magnificent pictorial<br />

boards, rich gilt to all page edges, well illustrated and with two fold<br />

out maps of the top and the bottom with great unexplored areas.<br />

Chronological with an introduction of “Gains and Losses of Polar<br />

Enterprise” before the “Pioneers”. The search for the North-west<br />

Passage and Franklin and much about his horrors. Nares and then<br />

the fatal “Jannette” an incredible story not often told. Franz Josef<br />

Land and the North-east Passage and Nordenskiold (see page 34 of<br />

this catalogue. Nansen followed by Andree’s Balloon attempt (see<br />

pages 26 & 27). Peary and the success of the North Pole.<br />

In the South, Scotland’s share of exploration and Scott’s Discovery<br />

Expedition. Shackleton’s Farthest South and the race for the Pole.<br />

At the time of publication Scott was already there with the Terra<br />

Nova and a large experienced team to continue his previous work<br />

and to attempt the Pole. The end of the book suggests that the<br />

Scots and the Germans were making preparation but nothing of<br />

Amundsen … who a year later in December 1911 would beat Scott<br />

and his colleagues to the desolate spot at the very bottom of the<br />

World … Scott and his party perishing on the return.<br />

Price $190.00<br />

Polar Exploration nicely done and 1910 the year before the<br />

attainment of the Pole and the tragedy<br />

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32<br />

The Antarctic Manual<br />

for the Use of the Expedition of 1901<br />

Facsimile a limited run of 500 by Explorer<br />

<strong>Books</strong> in the UK in 1994 as the original was<br />

so valuable and rarely came on the market.<br />

Edited by George Murray with a Preface by<br />

Sir Clements Markham a … and with an<br />

extensive bibliography by Hugh Robert Mill.<br />

Over 500 pages of Antarctic instruction<br />

with three folding maps with information<br />

from as early as Cook about the stormy<br />

surrounding seas. Ice Nomenclature;<br />

Astronomical Data; Tidal Observations;<br />

<strong>Climate</strong>; Chemical and Physical Notes;<br />

Geology; zoology (and the Abysmal Fauna)<br />

etc. etc. The first voyage referenced is<br />

that of “Le Gentil de la Barbinais” in 1716<br />

although there is John Narborough who<br />

sailed close to the top and bottom in 1674.<br />

Price $120.00<br />

Everything you need to know –<br />

scarce even in this form<br />

Arctic Manual - Stefansson - 1944<br />

A special book by the highly qualified Stefansson<br />

under the direction of the U.S> Army.<br />

Prepared to provide realistic advice on how to<br />

survive when stranded in the Arctic. The book is<br />

introduced by a historical background relating to<br />

early voyagers and the seeking of the elusive<br />

North West passage. He discusses in depth the<br />

topography of the land and the nature of the seas<br />

and ice. The climate (obviously) and the physical<br />

effects of cold. Winds, gales and special aviation<br />

problems. Wildlife, pests and parasites. Shelter<br />

and the many advantages of snow houses over<br />

tents. And survival, clothing, food, health and<br />

first aid. Hunting and fishing various methods and<br />

transportation in this difficult environment.<br />

Price $90.00<br />

The only Arctic Manual – You never know!<br />

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Mon Expedition au Sud Polaire – 1920<br />

Sir Ernest Shackleton – translated by Landel<br />

The French edition of “South” … The story of Shackleton’s Expedition<br />

(The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 – 1917).<br />

A very good copy of the first edition published by Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours, France.<br />

Folio, 384 pages with folding map and 77 illustrations from expedition photographs.<br />

Beautifully bound with vivid st<strong>amp</strong>ed front cover. All edges richly gilt. Corners bit<br />

bumped and hinge a little cracked, still a lovely ex<strong>amp</strong>le. A substantial book 1.6kgs.<br />

Shackleton believed that after Amundsen’s reached the Pole the one great remaining<br />

object of Antarctic journeyings was to make the first land crossing of the continent. He<br />

sent the Aurora to the Ross Sea and took the Endurance to the Weddell Sea. Before they<br />

could reach Vahsel Bay they became trapped in ice and drifted through the winter of<br />

1915. Eventually the ship was crushed and sank, Mon Expedition au Sud Polaire contains<br />

photographs of its gradual demise. Stranded on the ice they took to lifeboats and made<br />

Elephant Island. Shackleton and five men then made a 1,287km journey in the James<br />

Caird to reach South Georgia, organising a rescue mission for the men left behind. The<br />

Ross Sea party also had difficulties and three men lost their lives.<br />

Price $240.00<br />

Special French Edition of Shackleton’s South<br />

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34<br />

The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton<br />

First prestige edition of the biography of<br />

Shackleton by his long-time admirer Hugh Robert Mill.<br />

Published by Heinemann, London in 1923. Large<br />

octavo, 312 pages, 19 illustrations from photographs<br />

and four maps in the text. Original blue cloth covered<br />

binding with gilt titling to front and spine and gilt<br />

shield. A little ageing and spotting to page edges, still<br />

a very good copy of a much-prized edition.<br />

Mill states he had the assistance of Lady Shackleton<br />

and the great man’s daughters. He also acknowledges<br />

that the book is weighted towards the exploratory<br />

and whilst referencing Shackleton’s business exploit<br />

and war effort they are written with limited personal<br />

experience of the facts. Regardless of the qualification<br />

we find most interesting the chapters on his<br />

early life as sea starting as a “Boy” on the Iquique<br />

going around the Horn. The rest is “history” …<br />

Price $220.00<br />

Shackleton by a man who knew him well.<br />

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Early Antarctic Fantasy<br />

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder<br />

A very good copy published 1900. Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul<br />

A British sailor, Adam Moore leaves Hobart, Tasmania for home but is<br />

shipwrecked and after passing through a subterranean tunnel finds<br />

himself in a lost tropical world within Antarctica. There are pre-historic<br />

animals, exotic plants and a human society where wealth is scorned and<br />

poverty revered. The government imposes wealth on people rather than<br />

tax them! A secondary plot sees four yachtsmen find a manuscript by<br />

Moore in a copper cylinder and this frames the central narrative.<br />

Price $160.00<br />

Exciting Lost World within the Antarctic!<br />

Special Verne inspired Polar fantasy — over 100 years old<br />

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36<br />

Hauling Snow for Water<br />

Belgica Antarctic Expedition 1897-99<br />

The first expedition to winter in the<br />

Antarctic. They had no choice as their ship<br />

was frozen in. It was tough … Amundsen and<br />

Cook were there … are they hauling?<br />

Price $30.00<br />

Iconic Polar image in stereo<br />

Shackleton - His Antarctic Writings<br />

The editors Christopher Ralling wrote the<br />

script for the BBC series on the great man …<br />

as a result they published this superb book.<br />

With pertinent extracts from The Heart of<br />

the Antarctic and South and magnificently<br />

illustrated this makes a a special companion<br />

book for the Polar collector.<br />

Price $30.00<br />

Shackleton well put together<br />

Leading at the Edge (Shackleton) – Perkins<br />

“Leading at the Edge – Leadership Lessons from the<br />

Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition”.<br />

A useful book for those in business that need some Leading<br />

Edge training … could transfer well to the Political field<br />

but let’s not go too far with that!<br />

Ten principles link business case studies with Shackleton<br />

qualities that are reflected in his account “South”. Vision<br />

and Quick Victories; Symbolism and Personal ex<strong>amp</strong>le;<br />

Optimism and Reality; Stamina; The Team Message; Core<br />

Team Values; Conflict; Lighten Up!; Risk and Tenacious<br />

Creativity. We like “Your Leadership Expedition Map”<br />

Price $40.00<br />

Shackleton South and “Leading at the Edge”


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Look at my eyes,<br />

they are really like this,<br />

they help me see in the dark<br />

Snowy Owl -1790<br />

Original copper engraved hand coloured image of the Snowy Owl<br />

(Strix Nyctea) also known as the Hornless White Owl, and Great<br />

White Owl. Published by Shaw and Nodder, London in 1790.<br />

Described as a large owl with no apparent ears, thick feather<br />

resembling fur to its legs and the most iridescent yellow eyes<br />

George Shaw was in charge of Natural History, British Museum.<br />

Nodder was an artist who worked for Banks on his Florilegium.<br />

Price framed $260.00 — Shaw owls a <strong>Voyager</strong> favourite<br />

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Hunters of the Great North - 1922 –<br />

Gift Copy to Gerber Schafer — Vilhjalmur Stefansson<br />

A special book by the Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. Covers the experiences of<br />

1907— 08 when he lived with the Eskimo of the Mackenzie Delta returning alone across<br />

country. Some content on later expeditions. First edition 1922 with the scarce dust jacket.<br />

Signed as a gift to Sgt Gerber D Schafer The Cheerful Philosopher .<br />

Well illustrated. Expedition preparation, down the Mackenzie River and his first<br />

impressions of the Eskimo, Captain Klinkenberg and the Sea Wolf, the Discoverer and Whaling<br />

fleet … learning to live like an Eskimo; end of the summer; lost in the Mackenzie delta, snow<br />

house, Eskimo skin boat and rafting the Porcupine, hunting Caribou, Seals and Polar Bears.<br />

Stefansson (1879 – 1962) born Canadian had Icelandic parents. His exploration list is massive<br />

and varied. He was awarded the 1921 Founders Medal by the Royal Geographical Society.<br />

Later in life he hung out at Romany Marie’s Greenwich Village Café.<br />

Gerber Schafer the “Cheerful Philosopher” was an incredible individual. In 1918 he had an<br />

aeronautical accident and broke his spine, paralysed from the neck down. Nevertheless, he<br />

felt he could make a contribution in life and raised money for many good causes from his bed<br />

… his achievements are too many to list — track them down if you are looking for inspiration….<br />

Price $190.00<br />

<strong>Rare</strong> Arctic account - signed gift to the inspirational Gerber Schafer<br />

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The Friendly Arctic<br />

Vilhjalmur Stefansson - 1913<br />

First UK edition, published 1927, of this great book by<br />

Stefansson. Imperial octavo 784 pages with two very<br />

good folding maps in rear pocket. A substantial volume.<br />

Very good condition albeit with mild foxing up to the<br />

title otherwise clean. Well illustrated with 68 plates and<br />

a further 7 maps, some folding.<br />

Forward by Gilbert Grosvenor, introduction by Sir Robert<br />

Bowden setting out the origin and organisation of the<br />

Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18. Records tributes<br />

to Stefansson from Greely and the last public appearance<br />

of Admiral Peary who died shortly afterwards.<br />

Price $140.00<br />

Comprehensive with many images and maps.<br />

North West to Fortune - Stefansson<br />

Vilhjalmur Stefansson’s last book on the history of<br />

solving the North West passage. A first UK edition<br />

1960 … Stefansson died in 1962, 83 years old.<br />

Given his exploration record and the many years<br />

spent within the Arctic Circle who better to write<br />

this book. Starting the primary objectives of<br />

Columbus and Cabot to find route west to the Far<br />

East. The first recorded note of the concept is<br />

that of Robert Thorne, merchant of Bristol who<br />

produced two papers preserved by Hacklyut one<br />

addressed to Henry VIII … “I know it to be my<br />

bounden duty to manifest this secret to your<br />

Grace, which hitherto, I suppose, has been hid”.<br />

Proof was more difficult and many lives were lost.<br />

Stefansson’s record goes well beyond the broader<br />

list of adventurers Cook, Franklin, McClure (in<br />

search of Franklin) and John Rae and later<br />

Amundsen. He covers in detail the efforts of the<br />

Fur Traders and finally the adventure filled<br />

achievement of the US submarine, Nautilus.<br />

Price $60.00<br />

North West Passage complete by Stefansson<br />

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Heroes of the Polar Seas — 1912<br />

A <strong>Voyager</strong> favourite — see page 31<br />

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