CHILTON BOOKS

Arctic Journeys.

SHACKLETON, EDWARD. · 1936

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. (c.1936). The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5. Pp.372, black & white photo frontispiece + many further black & white plates, 11 tailpiece drawings, 4 maps and diagrams and a folding map to end, owner's name to i...

Mawson's Huts. An Antarctic Expedition Journal.

MCGREGOR, ALASDAIR. · 1998

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Alexandria, NSW: Hale & Iremonger, 1998. 0868066532. In 1912, an expedition, led by geologist Dr Douglas Mawson, landed on a remote Antarctic peninsula. Over the next two years they struggled against appalling winds and cold, leading to the death of Mawson's two companions. Hi...

The English Circumnavigators: The Most remarkable Voyages Round The World By English Sailors. With A Preliminary Sketch Of Their Lives And Discovories. Edited With Notes Etc. Etc. By Daivd Laing Purves .

PURVES, DAVID LAING 1838-1873. · 1874

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London: William P. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, Strand; And Edinburgh, 1874 . 0. A very good original full leather binding. 7.5" x 5.0" x 2.25". Thick 8vo. pp.831. Polished brown morocco, boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine rubbed with gilt titles. Orange marbled endpape...

Livingstone the Doctor. His Life and Travels. A Study in Medical History.

GELFAND, MICHAEL. · 1957

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1957. 1st edition. Throws light on Livingstone the Medical Man. "The author, who is a specialist in the field of African studies, brings to his task a possibly unrivalled knowledge of the problems faced daily by Livingstone, and an extensive experience...

The Search After Livingstone. A Diary Kept During the Investigation of his Reported Murder.

YOUNG, E.D./ WALLER, REV. HORACE. (REVISED BY). · 1984

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Blantyre, Malawi: Blantyre, 1984. A Facsimile edition of the 1868 text published by the Society of Malawi in association with the Royal Geographical Society. David Livingstone was on his third, and final expedition to Africa in search of the source of the Nile.."While journeyi...

Antarctic Night.

BURSEY, JACK. · 1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1958. 1st ed. "Commander Bursey writes of his experiences with feeling, imagination, and a true appreciation of the savage environment in which he has spent so much of his life." Pp. 256, 10 b/w photographs + 1 map Blue cloth, gilt title to spine,...

The World of Caves. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock.

LUBKE, ANTON. · 1958

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1958. 1st English trans. ed. "His book considers caving both as an exciting hobby and for its practical value". Pp. 295, 24 illustns. Inscrip. to fep. Blue cloth, illustd. d/w with slight chipping to top edges and rubbing. G+/G.

The Long Walks. Journeys to the sources of the White Nile.

BRADNUM, FREDERICK. · 1969

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. The book derives from a radio feature "A Storm in the Nile Basin". Pp. 271, 17 illustns, + maps to endpapers. Inscrip. to verso fep. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edge tears with small losses, price clipped. G+/G.