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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition Revised. Covers have very slight wear to the extremities. Spine is slightly browned. ; Volume One only. The contents consist of H. A. Brouwer & N. Wing Easton - The Netherlands East Indies; Percy A. Wagner & Tudor G. Trevor - South- and East-Africa; and Warren D. Smith - The Philippines. English text.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1925 FIRST EDITON. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Hardcover. Second revised & updated. 8vo, 122pp, maps & ills throughout, orig.grey cloth with black title pieces cover and spine. Very good condition. Includes Griffith Taylor reporting on scientific travel in Antarctic, pages 113-142. Based on his experiences with Scott, so mentions Vladivostok ponies as well as man-drawn sleds and dog sleds (He still doesn't conclude that dogs were the way most effective - apparently most of Scott's dogs were Siberian and the 2 Eskimo dogs did much better). Gives specific food, fuel, clothing & transport requirements for exploration in and around Antarctica. Makes an interesting comment on photographic equipment, noting that the rubber focal-plane shutters could freeze stiff, and that glass plates were easily scratched and broken. Taylor also contributed to a 20pp article on Australian exploration & botanical collecting with Herbert Basedow (on how to approach aborigines), R. Lockhart Jack & others. The other sections include travel in Egypt, Venezuela & Haiti.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd. 1925; 6 VOLUMES; gray cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; boards and back strips slightly toned; gold titles in black boxes; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; text block edges foxed and dusty; Ex-Library with typical stamps and markings; Interior is clean and unmarked; individually paginated. Additional shipping charges may be required.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 384 pages. Dutch language. 9.49x6.73x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Four volumes of six only. Numerous illustrations, maps, and charts throughout. Original publisher's grey cloth, black-blocked lettering-pieces. Without glassine dustwrappers. Light rubbing, some slight spotting/marking. Book-labels of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst to all FEPs. The first four volumes of a series issued between 1925 and 1929 compiling the experiences of scientific explorers in various climates, from the deserts of Africa to the icy wastes of Antarctica. Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975), Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition. Size: 12mo The first volume is the revised second edition, all others are first editions.…