Lot 852

(3) 1998-2014 Books On Early Polar Exploration (2) Hardcover & (1) Trade Paperbacks

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(3) 1998-2014 Books On Early Polar Exploration (2) Hardcover & (1) Trade Paperbacks
(3) 1998-2014 Books On Early Polar Exploration (2) Hardcover & (1) Trade Paperbacks
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(3) 1998-2014 Books On Early Polar Exploration (2) Hardcover & (1) Trade Paperbacks

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by The Book Barn
August 13, 2026 5:00 PM EDT
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Lot Of (3) VINTAGE 1998-2014 Illustrated Books On Early Polar Exploration (2) Hardcover & (1) Trade Paperbacks.

TITLES: 1) "Barrow's Boys" by Fergus Fleming. HARDCOVER 2014 Granta Books (England) 1st Edition 4th Printing with numbers 4-10 on copyright page.

"A mix of tragedy and farce, this tale tells the story of John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Admiralty. Between 1816 and 1845 his teams of naval officers partook in an ambitious program of exploration, scouring the world's undiscovered territories, especially at the poles, unprepared for the conditions they would face."

Illustrated with photos. Internally tight & unmarked. Binding Exterior: all decoration/lettering bright. Minor handling wear to SELDOM PRESENT 20 (Pounds) unclipped DJ.

2) "In the Kingdom Of Ice" by Hampton Sides. HARDCOVER 1998 Doubleday & Company 1st Edition 1st Printing with "First Edition" & numbers 1-10 on copyright page.

"On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to reach the North Pole. Two years into the harrowing voyage, the Jeannette's hull was breached by an impassable stretch of pack ice, forcing the crew to abandon ship amid torrents of rushing of water. Hours later, the ship had sunk below the surface, marooning the men a thousand miles north of Siberia, where they faced a terrifying march with minimal supplies across the endless ice pack. Enduring everything from snow blindness and polar bears to ferocious storms and labyrinths of ice, the crew battled madness and starvation as they struggled desperately to survive. With thrilling twists and turns, "In The Kingdom of Ice" is a spellbinding tale of heroism and determination in the most brutal place on Earth."

Illustrated with photos. Small cut out to top corner of first two endpapers, o/w internally tight & unmarked. Binding Exterior: all decoration/lettering bright. Minor handling wear to SELDOM PRESENT $28.95 unclipped DJ..

3) "South" by Ernst Shackleton. FULL TITLE: "South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition." TRADE PAPERBACK 1998 Lyons Press//Globe Pequot Press Stated 1st Edition 4th Printing on copyright page.

"This book will take you to the Antarctic to experience, in detail, the heartbreak, determination, hope, despair, and sheer determination of men who survived in and returned from a hopeless place - not because they didn't give up, but because they never all gave up at the same time, they had strong intelligent leaders, and they worked together even when they did not entirely agree with, or like each other. Full of interesting true details too of how an expedition was formed, and ships were procured, provisioned and staffed before we had such things as freeze-dried foods, refrigerators, steel, antibiotics, .... all the stuff that simply did not exist in the early 1900s."

Illustrated with photos. Internally tight & unmarked. Binding Exterior: Minor handling wear; no spine reading crease or book slant.

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