South Polar Times

Johnston, Keith Mapped by Keith Johnston: The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, , Edinburgh , 1868 ISBN: G

, folio, 20"x35", [46] 48 double page coloured maps, atlas unfortunately missing maps 7 & 8 of Scotland, also includes 22 added inserts of folded newspaper supplement maps and other maps between 1855 and 1883: Wylds Chart of the Arctic Regions 1875, Malby and Sons' Chart of the North Polar Sea (torn along the folds), General Karte von Europaischen Russland und den kaukasischen Landern; nach den neuesten und besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet von F. Handtke 1855 (torn on folds), Map of Khorosan and Neighbouring Countries by Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Stewart 1881 (torn on folds), The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Map (torn on folds) c.1870, Carte de L'Indo-Chine Orientale, 1881 (torn on centrefold), Map of New South Wales and the Localities of Principal Minerals 1873 (minor tears), Map of Queensland inc. Goldfields 1874 (minor tears), Map of Telegraphic Communication in the Colonies of New South Wales (no date given), Illustrated Syndey News Map of New South Wales (torn), Map of Roads and Postal Stations in New South Wales by Edward Stanford 1871 (torn), Explorers of Africa in Modern Times by the African Exploration Committee 1877 (torn), W. H. Smith & Sons War Map of Zulu Land and Adjoining Countries by J. Bartholemew 1879( torn), black and white 25"x20" illustration of Newcastle, NSW from the Sydney Illustrated News 1875 (torn), black and white 25"x20" illustration of West Maitland, NSW, and Leading Commercial Buildings from the Syndney Illustrated News 1878 (torn), Map of The Nile from the Equatorial Lake to the Mediteranean, embracing the Egyptian Sudan and Abysinnia 1883 (torn), Map of the Tasmanian Mainline Railway (no date given, minor tears), four colour plates and title page from Hochstetter and Petermann's Geologial and Topographical Atlas of New Zealand 1864 (good condition), 16"X11" colour map of The Southern Part of the Province of Aukland by Ferdinand von Honstetter 1859 New Edition Hardback cover detached from textbox with cracks in leather at top and base of spine, peeling cloth on fore base, wear to fore edges, interior clean and in very good condition, majority of insert maps torn along folds, atlas in good condition half dark brown morocco with dark brown cloth, gilt blind stamping, 6 raised bands with gilt decoration in between, gilt title, gilt edges

[SW: Johnston, Keith, The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Sydney Illustrated News, Wylds Chart of the Arctic Regions, Malby and Sons Chart of the North Polar Sea, General Karte von Europaischen Russland, F. Handtke, Map of Khorosan and Neighbouring Countries by Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Stewart, Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Map, Carte de L'Indo-Chine Orientale, New South Wales and the Localities of Principal Minerals, Queensland Goldfields, Map of Telegraphic Communication in the Colonies of New South Wales, Illustrated Syndey News, Map of New South Wales, Map of Roads and Postal Stations in New South Wales, Explorers of Africa in Modern Times, War Map of Zulu Land and Adjoining Countries, J. Bartholemew, illustration of Newcastle, NSW, Sydney Illustrated News, black and white 25"x20" illustration of West Maitland, Map of The Nile from the Equatorial Lake to the Mediteranean, Map of the Tasmanian Mainline Railway, Hochstetter and Petermann's Geologial and Topographical Atlas of New Zealand, Map of The Southern Part of the Province of Aukland, Ferdinand von Honstetter,]

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Joyce, Ernest E. Mills: The South Polar Trail. The Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. London Duckworth 1929 ; fester Einband / hard cover; sig.; 1. Ed.
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220 pages, many b/w illustrations (all clean and present). Top corners bumped, spine ends a little rubbed. Inscription on half-title page: "With loving and affectionate wishes for all times. Joycey. London Feb. 22nd 1929." Also includes several newspaper clippings as well as typed extracts from newspaper articles and a book review of this book. All from the time of publication of this book. Clippings are from newspapers in Australia, England, New Zealand and Newfoundland. They were at some time attached to the front endpaper with a pin leaving a few holes and small rust marks. Account of the depot-laying journeys of the members of the Ross Sea party of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition of 1914-17. Signed by Author First Edition Blue Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition

[SW: DOUGLAS MAWSON, ERNEST SHACKLETON,]

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