Polar Books Catalogue

  • Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;

    Search for a book by author or title

    one or two words from the title should be enough
    + ensures a word is present, - excludes it
    Putting your search in " " means the exact phrase is searched

    I.e. South Polar brings all titles that have South and/or Polar in them whilst "South Polar" will only bring those titles up that have South Polar in that order in them
    Click for Full Size image: 225 x 300 (29489 bytes)
    Select for Full Size image: 225 x 300 (29489 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (23269 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 300 x 225 (26782 bytes) Select for Full Size image: 225 x 300 (26259 bytes)
    Reference 1981 (431)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Bain, J. Arthur
    Title LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF FRIDTJOF NANSEN: New Edition Revised and Considerably Enlarged With Numerous Illustrations and Maps.
    Publishing Information London: Walter Scott, Ltd.,no date circa 1900.
    Description Not Dated, but evening school prize plate on fly-leaf dated 1902: xix, 449pp [16pp publishers advertisements]. Blue cloth covers with gilt title and portrait vignette to front cover, gilt titles and silver vignettes 'Tthe Fram' and ice to spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, 14 full page b/w plates plus numerous photographs and other illustrations in text. A wonderfully illustrated biography of the renowned Norwegian explorer (1861-1930) and his polar expedition in an attractive binding. Presentation bookplate verso front cover, some minor foxing. Covers slightly grubby, bumped, shelfware, spine darkened. Very Good.
    Price £20.00
    Keywords qpolarq, nansen, north pole, arctic S1-Arc
    ISBN
    Add this to your basket