Search Results: Antarctic from Charlie's Books

University of Nebraska Press, 1994. Illustrations. Fine, Fine dust jacket, minimal edge wear.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. "This work is an account of the first tentative human groupings in Antarctica, and concentrates on the coalescing of official and popular attitudes that later resulted in the polar races of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, which dominate the story of the 'Heroic Era' of Antarctic exploration, from 1901 to 1922."

Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839" by Alan Gurney. NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. Second printing. Maps. Epilogue, Bibliography, Index. 314pp. Name and date (December 1997) on the front free end-paper; thus, a Very Good hardcover with a Near Fine dust jacket.

Little, Brown and Company, 1977 First Edition. Second Printing. Name, else, Very Good in Acceptable dust jacket with small edge chips and scrape.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Acceptable

Paperback 2022 Crown Trade edition. First Printing. Pictures. 361pp. Bit of a spine slant, else, an unmarked, clean and tightly bound book in Very Good condition."The energy of the narrative never flags ... Sancton has produced a thriller." --- The Wall Street Journal.

University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Illustrations - Drawings & Maps. 334pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Race to the South Pole - a hardcover book by Roald Amundsen and published in 2007 by White Star Publishers, Italy. Pictures. Fine condition. "Examined is the history of Antarctic exploration over the centuries, interwoven with the tale of the Norwegian challenge."

New York: William Sloane Associates, 1950 257pp. Spine moderately foxed and bookplate on the front paste down end-paper, else, Good condition in Acceptable dust jacket with edge chips and rubbing and small tears. "No one who starts this book can possibly help but finish it." --- John P. Marquand.