Terra nova expedition (11 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. pp. viii, 46; illusts.; fine in the original printed wrappers. The official results of observations made by at Cape Evans and Cape Adare during Scott's last expedition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. 2 vols. only [of 3]. pp. 326, 138 (maps and diagrams); map frontispiece and 5 folding plates to vol. I, 23 folding plates to vol. II.; very good in the original red cloth, gilt, minor marking to cloth. Meteorological data collected by the author on Scott's 1910-13 expedition, with discussion and comparison of the results. A third volume was published in London in 1923, not present here.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. pp. [iii], 106; 4 plates; fine in the original printed wrappers. The official results of pendulum observations made by Wright during Scott's last expeditions, in continuation of those made by Bernacchi on the National Antarctic Expedition (1901-4) and by von Drygalski on the German Expedition of 1901.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. pp. xiii, 40; 12 illusts. to text, 15 plates from photos., 1 folding diag., 5 folding maps in rear pocket; very good in original printed wrappers, light discolouration to wrapper margins, slightly rusting to staples of pocket. Debenham, geologist on Scott's last expedition, presents here a description of the geology of the McMurdo Sound region in the Ross Sea. The maps and illustrations which feature here in the main do not appear in Scott s Last Expedition (1913), the official expedition account. …

First edition; 4to; 15 plate leaves (including six panoramas, 38 illustrations in all), three figures in text, folding map in rear pocket; publisher's original paper wrappers; a fine copy; vii, 25pp. First edition of this scarce scientific report detailing the geological and glaciological observations of the Beardmore Glacier region, collected during the 'Terra Nova' expedition. Particularly notable for its inclusion of numerous photographs and sketches by Edward Wilson, as well as a fold-out map tracing the journey to the South Pole. Rosove 293-12. A1.…

First edition; 4to; four photographic plates to the rear; publisher's original paper wrapper; a fine copy; iii, 106pp. A report on the pendulum observations made by Charles Seymour Wright during Captain Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition. Rosove 293-6. A1.

First edition; 4to; 15 plates, one folding diagram, 12 figures in text, five folding maps in rear pocket, light water stain to inner margin; publisher's original paper wrapper; a very good copy; xiii, 40pp. A detailed scientific report from the 'Terra Nova' expedition with maps, photographs and diagrams of the Ross Archipelago. Authored by Frank Debenham, later founder and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Rosove 293-9. A1.…

First edition; 4to; four figures in text; publisher's original paper wrapper; a fine copy; viii, 46pp. An official report into the auroral observations made at Cape Evans and Cape Adare during Captain Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition. Rosove 293-5. A1.

First edition; 4to; eight figures in text, one plate leaf; publisher's original paper wrapper; a fine copy; pp. 101-130. Geological report from the 'Terra Nova' expedition detailing the sedimentary rock formations of South Victoria Land, with maps, diagrams, and photographs. Rosove 292-5.

First edition; 4to; 21 photographic plates; publisher's original paper wrapper; a fine copy; pp. 55-84, xxi. The first monograph on the Adelie penguin, by zoologist G. Murray Levick, a member of Robert Falcon Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition. Rosove 292-14.

First edition; 4to; 24 figures in text, 16 plates (9 in colour); publisher's original paper wrapper, date inscribed in ink to front cover; a fine copy; pp. 103-193, xvi. A rare publication authored by esteemed ornithologists Percy Lowe and Norman Kinnear, who compiled their own research with the observations and illustrations of the late Edward Wilson, who died with Captain Scott on their ill-fated return from the South Pole. Together, they produced a comprehensive account of bird species observed during the 'Terra Nova' expedition. Rosove 292-42.…