Sir e shackleton (5 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderThe Story of the Iliad; Adventures of Odysseus; Andersen's Fairy Tales; Tales of Travel and Exploration
F.S. Marvin; R. J. G. Mayor F. M. Stawell; Sir E. Shackleton; Hans Christian Andersen; Sir A. T. Quiller Couch ed.
Verlag: J. M. Dent & Sons LTD. 1921-1928, London 1921
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Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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EUR 58,48
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A varied collection of works published as part of The King's Treasuries of Literature series between 1921 and 1928. A collection of four works published as part of The King's Treasuries of Literature series. In cloth binding with gilt detailing to spine. The King's Treasuries of Literature republished…editions of classic works in a high quality, modern form, ensuring it remained affordable. The general editor of these works was the British writer Sir A. T. Quiller Couch, who was most known for his monumental work The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. This collection contains a combination of works including The Story of the Iliad [c1921] and Adventures of Odysseus [1924], by F. S. Marvin, R. J. G. Mayor and F. M. Stawell. These two volumes dated from copies held on JISC.Also included in this collection is Tales of Travel and Exploration by famous Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton, and the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.With ownership ink inscriptions to The Story of the Iliad, Adventures of Odysseus and Tales of Travel and Exploration. Remnants of a booksellers label to Tales of Travel. All four volumes in red cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with minor shelf wear. The occasional mark to boards and light rubbing to the extremities. Spine slightly cocked on The Story of the Iliad. Owners ink inscriptions to The Story of the Iliad, Adventures of Odysseus and Tales of Travel and Exploration. Remnants of a booksellers label to Tales of Travel. Owner stamp to front endpaper of Tales of Travel, with ink inscription to rear paste down. Age toning and the occasional mark to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean with light age toning. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Verlag: Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1909. 1909
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Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, KanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. liii, [1], 365, [1]; xvi, 450, [1]. with half-titles. 3 partly coloured folding maps & 2 panoramas on 1 folding sheet in rear pocket, 2 photogravure frontis., 12 colour plates, numerous b/w plates & text illus. original silver-stamped decorative cloth, t.e.g. (recased, spine & extremities rubbed & bit frayed)…. First American Edition of the account of Shackleton's famous first expedition on board the Nimrod. The explorers passed the winter of 1908 in McMurdo Sound, and in the fall a party accomplished the first ascent of the volcanic Mount Erebus and surveyed its various craters. In the spring and summer of 1908-09, three sledging parties left winter quarters. One, travelling via a route along the newly discovered Great Beardmore Glacier, set a record for the farthest south, reaching 88?23'S, Shackleton deciding to turn back within only 97 miles of the pole rather than risk the lives of his men. Another which included Sir Douglas Mawson reached the South Magnetic Pole for the first time, and a third surveyed the mountain ranges west of McMurdo Sound. Shackleton was subsequently knighted for his achievements. Spence 1098. cfNational Maritime Museum Cat. I 1099.
Weitere BilderSprache: Französisch
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Anbieter: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, Paris, FrankreichLibrairie Philosophique J. Vrin
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Zustand: Satisfaisant. SHACKLETON (Sir E.) .Au coeur de l'Antarctique. Expédition du «Nimrod» au pôle Sud. Trad et adaptation par Ch. Rabot.1ère éd. en français.P., 1910, fort vol. gr. in-8°, br., couv. lég. défr. et salie, mque 1ère de couv., portr. en front. ss. serpente, qq. rouss., 472p.,12 ill. in-t.,188pl. en noir dont 1 d…épl., 12pl. d'aquarelle en coul. ss. serpentes, 1 carte dépl. en coul. 1800 gr.
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Anbieter: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, Paris, FrankreichLibrairie Philosophique J. Vrin
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VOYAGESHACKLETON (Sir E.).Au cur de l'Antarctique. Expédition du «Nimrod» au pôle Sud.D'après l'adaptation de Ch. Rabot.1ère éd. en français.P., 1911, in-4°, rel. demi-perc., pièce de titre, mors lég. fendu, tranches dorées, 40 ill. h.t., 1 carte dépl. 1800 gr.
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Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichMaggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. First UK edition. 2 large folding maps, coloured frontispiece & numerous photographic plates. Large 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, upper joint split but firm. xxx, 410pp. London, An exceedingly rare survival from… Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, 1907-1909. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For the British Antarctic Expedition from Campbell W. MacKellar of Lerags 1907." MacKellar was one of the Sponsors of Shackleton's 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition, which sailed in the Nimrod. A glacier and the massive mountain (4295m) in the Queen Alexandra Range at its head, were both named in his honour. He also contributed books to Mawson's Australasian Antarctic expedition. Expedition copies from the Heroic Age are very desirable indeed and hardly ever appear on the market. This is the first book from a Shackleton led expedition that we have handled. Notably, in 2022 the copy of Robert Browning's poems that Shackleton also took on the Nimrod, with a similar presentation inscription by an expedition sponsor and RGS member, achieved $96,000 at auction and was described in Potter and Potter's cataloguing as "the only known surviving copy of a book owned by Shackleton that was taken on one of his major expeditions." This copy of Peary's Nearest the Pole is a significant addition to the known artefacts of Shackleton's Antarctic journeys. It was not uncommon for ship's libraries to contain narratives of other explorers which might offer relevant insight into the extreme conditions of the high latitudes. Indeed, it may have even amused Shackleton to see his former ship Discovery weighed up as the "Scotch" example in a table of statistics against her Norwegian and American whaling counterparts. One of the keys to Peary's success was his willingness to learn from the Inuit, and as such his experiences using sled dogs my also have been instructive - Nimrod was one of the first Antarctic expeditions to employ the dog drawn mode of transportation adapted from Indigenous practices in the Arctic. Of course, Shackleton and Peary were on parallel journeys in 1907 at opposite ends of the earth. Both were striving not just to be nearest but to be first at their respective poles. One can only imagine how members of the Nimrod expedition felt reading Peary's call to arms justifying his prior attempt: "As regards the belief expressed by some that the attainment of the North Pole possesses no value or interest let me say that should an American first of all men place the Stars and Stripes at that coveted spot, there is not an American citizen at home or abroad, and there are millions of us, but what would feel a little better and a little prouder of being an American." Within the race for the poles, Peary's narrative also included a meaningful record against which Shackleton could strive to measure his own progress. Peary's 1906 farthest north was claimed at 87° 06', and as the Nimrod polar party began to approach the inverse latitude it "was a sign of their fixation with that record and their latitude in general that each of them simultaneously started recording their advance in geographic rather than status miles and their current location began to appear more frequently in their diaries. The following morning [January 2, 1909] Peary's record was beaten" (Riffenburgh, 228). Their final furthest South of 88° 05' meant that they returned home, though thwarted in their ultimate goal, as the men who had had come closest to either pole. It must have offered no small comfort to turn to this book and take stock of their achievement. Riffenburgh, B. Nimrod. Bloomsbury, 2004.
