Arctic & Antarctic from JimsOldBooks

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1987. Paperback edition. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a mark on first page where orginal owner's address label has been removed, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the two British whalers "Dee" and "Grenville Bay" which were trapped in… Read more about this item

London: George Ronald, 1961. Creasing and some tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, a tear to the illustrated page between pp64-65, but with no damage to the pictures, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of a… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1934. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also small tears at the folds, and a small hole clipped half-way up the spineof same where original price was printed. Some old damp-marking to blue boards but dark blue titles on spine are still clear. Slight yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight… Read more about this item

Whitby, Yorkshire: Caedmon of Whitby, 1975. Slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. A biography of William Scoresby (1789-1857), remembered mainly for his Arctic explorations when commanding whaling ships 1811-22; he also wrote many scientific papers for the Royal Society and later studied Divinity at Cambridge,… Read more about this item

Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press, 2008. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Based on fieldwork by the author in 1967-74 and 1992-2006, along with historical material and interviews with elders, the book deals with four Inuit communities in southern Baffin Island and how the lives of the inhabitants… Read more about this item

Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1987. Hardback edition. Some fading to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the two British whalers "Dee" and "Grenville Bay" which were trapped in the ice in the Davis Straits in the… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1956. Travel Book Club edition. Some creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in France in 1955 as "Kerguelen. Connaissance du Monde", and in English in 1956 as "The… Read more about this item

New York: Walker and Companyy, 1972. Minor creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, original owner's gift message on half-title, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his life among the Eskimo people of the Canadian Arctic between the… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1969. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the 3,600 mile journey from Port Barrow, Alaska to Spitzbergen undertaken by the author and three companions (with thirty-four huskies). This was the first surface crossing… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980. Edges and folds of unclipped dustwrapper have sellotape stuck on by previous owner, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's name inside front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the seal hunt caried out by men from the Magdalen Islands in… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1980. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also a four-inch diagonal tear to top left-hand side of front panel of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of his time… Read more about this item

Readers Book Club, 1962. Book Club edition (Readers Book Club, which I believe issued books in Australia in association with the Companion Book Club). Some creasing and small tears to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of the crossing of the Gran Camp Nevado ice cap in the far south of Chile made by himself, his wife Marie Christine, Richard Shuff of… Read more about this item

London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Creasing and tears to edges of dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of light brown boards, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) on f/ep and inside front board, but otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. … Read more about this item

Epicenter Press, 2012. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover and minorcreasing to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of her time living in Alaska between 1977 and 1987 when she worked for the University of Alaska in the Geology department surveying remote parts of the State. Signed by… Read more about this item

New York: W W Norton, 1998. Denting to lower corners of cover resulting in creasing to lower corners of unclipped dustwrapper and to lower corners of the pages all the way through (i suspect the book was at some point carelessly handled and dropped on that corner). But otherwise a good clean tight copy of this larger, hard-cover book… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1957. Creasing and some tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, with small bits missing at spine ends of same; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with events in Greenland in 1943, when a German weather station was set up on Sabine… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1977. Slight creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper; minor bumping to spine ends and corners, and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of a 150 mile trip by kayak with her three children (aged 14, 13 and 5) along Eiriksfjord from… Read more about this item

Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2006. Slight creasing to outer corners of front cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book dealing with the author's experiences working as a nurse in the Canadian Arctic among the Inuit peoples and among ''First Nations'' tribes for twenty-four years from 1965 onwards. Her name… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1924. No dustwrapper, wear to spine ends, corners, edges and sides of spine of blue boards, titles on spine are faded but still readable. A large damp-stain to top outer edge of front board which extends through the first few pages. Binding almost completely given way inside front and back covers, outer pages missing, the first… Read more about this item