Polar exploration rare books

8vo. cxlii, 291pp., 12 illustrations and 4 maps, original blue cloth gilt, ship device on upper board, spine faded, top of spine worn, a very good copy of a scarce title.

First edition. 8vo, xvi, 416pp., 4 coloured lithograph plates. folding lithographed map, original pictorial dark blue cloth gilt, occasional light spotting, an excellent example.

First edition. 4to., 8 pages including 5 full-page photographs of Antarctic wildlife, original yellow pictorial cover, 1 page flyer loosely inserted, a fine example.

First editions, 2 vols, with two works bound in vol.I; 4to, [viii], [clxxxi]-cccx pp., both works inscribed by Parry, half-title, 6 engraved plates; xii, 132pp., both works complete with half-titles, vol.II: [viii], xxx, [ii](half-title), 572pp., inscribed by Parry on the title page, 31 engraved or aquatint maps and plates, 4 folding engraved charts, occasional offsetting of plates; both volumes bound uniformly in contemporary calf, spine panelled in gilt and blind, double green labels, covers bordered in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers and edges.

First edition. Folio (49 x 35.5 cm), vi, 83 pp., Title page in red and black, coloured map frontispiece, 16 mounted chromolithographs mounted on card as issued, 28 vignettes in text. Original publisher's blue cloth, elaborately blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board, panels in blind to the lower board, all edges gilt, a fine example.

First edition, 8vo., 24pp., 8 photographic ilustrations, original wrappers printed in red, ads to covers, an excellent example.

First edition. 8vo, xvi, 586pp., 3 folding maps in the rear cover pocket, original blue cloth gilt, neat repairs to spine extremities, spine darkened, a very good example.

8vo, clxxiv, 289 pp., 12 illustrations, 2 maps as called for, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, a very good copy.