Bruce william speirs (19 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Card Covers. Zustand: See Description. Life in the Antarctic. Photographs by Members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Bruce, William Speirs. Published by Gowans & Gray, London & Glasgow 1907. Gowan's Nature Books Series, No. 10. Third reprint for a total 15,000 copies. 16mo up to 6½" tall., 8pp. ads; 67pp. plates; 5pp ads. Illustrated paper wraps over plain card covers. Chips and browning to covers; foxing to ads; page7/8 detached; page 9/10 missing. Plates are in very nice condition. The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition took place from 1902 to 1904. Led by naturalist and polar scientist William Speirs Bruce. The introduction to the book states that many of the mammals and birds shown had never been photographed before this expedition and makes note of the difficult environmental conditions under which these photographs were taken and preserved. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. pp. viii, 306; port. frontis., illusts., sketch maps; very good in original cloth, in d.-w., bumped to extremities, tear to wrapper at foot of spine. The scientific reports issuing from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition appeared in a series of six volumes, to be completed by Bruce's narrative log as volume I. The log was edited by Peter Speak and published in the present form in 1992, many years after the appearance of other volumes in the series.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book is in very good condition with a tight spine, clean pages and original hard brown cloth boards with gilt writing. The dust wrapper has signs of shelf wear - see photographs. The upper edge has a small tear at the spine and both top and bottom edges show some rubbing.…

FIRST EDITION 4to. brown cloth hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 306pp., Indexed, illustrated with b/w plates, maps and diagrams. A clean copy with no previous owqners' markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to edges, a few faint marks to dust jacket, overall A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 10) ISBN: 0748602933 PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Heavy Book (1.6 kg +) Postage outside the UK might incur a surcharge. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. The log of the Polar exploration of 1902 - 1904 written and accompanied by photographs taken by the Scottish explorer Bruce. The editor of this volume is commended in the Foreword by V. E. Fuchs, for bringing this important log to light and for his careful analysis of Bruce's problems when he set out to organize this Antarctic expedition. Folio, b&w portrait frontispiece, 306pp, b&w maps and illustrations throughout. Brown cloth covers with gilt title at spine. Pictorial dj with title in black at front cover and at spine, on a pale blue ground; polar map to rear dj panel. Dj is very good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in brown coloured cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket (Super Copy AS NEW) Not Price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names present.The book has a firm binding and it's a lovely clean tight copy with crisp white page edges.A great copy for the collector of this fascinating account of early polar exploration.Comprehensive work well illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and then some 19 plates,12 figure drawings also there are five maps 5 maps and 12 wonderful illustrations of ships plans.Large and Heavy 4to 306pp First Edition 1st Impression [1992].…

16mo. pp. [8]ads, 67, [5]ads. 60 full-page photo illus. wrs. with colour pictorial dw. (pieces chipped from edges of dw., some foxing to text leaves). First Reprint. Issued partly to solicit orders for large copies of the photographs taken on the Scottish National Arctic Expedition during the voyage of the Scotia in 1902-04. "Practically all of them are unique, many of the mammas and birds never having been previously photographed." (Foreword) Spence 202.…