John Rymill (44 results)

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bueno. Buenos-Aires, México, Espasa Calpe, 1943.Características: Pasta dura en tela editorial en buen estado general. Presenta ligero raspado en la parte superior del lomo. Las esquinas están un poco raspadas. Con varias fotografías a través del texto y mapa plegado. 284 p. (22.5 x 15). Peso: 670 grs.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. * PUBLISHER : JOHN A. RYMILL * YEAR : 2002 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 48 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE COVER IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AND CREASED WITH BUMPING AND FADING ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS. THE SPINE IS SLIGHTLY RUBBED WITH MILD BUMPING AT BOTH ENDS. THE HINGE HAS PARTIALLY CRACKED BETWEEN THE FRONT COVER AND FFEP, HOWEVER THE BINDING REMAINS FIRM. THERE IS LIGHT FOXING INSIDE BOOK. THE PAGES ARE CLEAR AND CRISP. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

hardcover. reprint. 8vo, 296 pp., Includes the loosely inserted fold-out map., With two chapters by A. Stevenson and an historical introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. This edition includes a reprint of the 1985 Anniversary Lecture by A. Stevenson & C.G.L. Bertram and a foreword by Sir George Bishop. Two pages of the photographs were stuck together (seems to have been a manufacturing flaw), causing damage upon separation; otherwise fine. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937. With two chapters by A. Stephenson. Historical Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. 8vo, (xi)296pp. + plates, fold-out map. Boards have light toning at edges and spine, minor bumps to corners, but no fraying or penetrative wear to the cloth. Name inked to ffep. Interior has foxing throughout. Good overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. Good binding. xv, 295, [1] p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (part fold.) 26 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Green cloth. Corners bumped. The British Graham Land Expedition (or BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two years in the Antarctic.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 56pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. **Very rare item. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition in this form. xi + 296 pages + 30 pages of photographs + foldout map (some b/w maps within text). Condition; grey hardback cloth binding good, some ageing. Size 24 x 17cm approx. Contents very good, clean & tight, 1940 owners name inside cover, the odd very minor foxing. folding map to rear, in excellent condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Presumed First Edition. NO DUSTJCKET. xv + 296 pages - thickish paper used and 1 3/4" inches thick. NO DUSTJACKET. Striking sepia plates and fold-out maps. Age-darkened green hardback binding - light browned spine and some light browning to areas of edges of boards. Moderate wear to boards' corners and spine-ends - heavy wear to top spine-end with some nibbling. Page-edges moderately browned and moderately foxed, light browning to preliminary pages, ink name to flyleaf o/w clean pages.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Con dos capítulos por A. Stephenson y una introducción histórica por Hugh Robert Mill. Traducción de Carlos M. Reyles. 284 páginas + mapa desplegable. Obra cumbre de la literatura de exploración polar y un valiosísimo testimonio documental de la llamada "Edad de Plata" de la investigación antártica. Publicado en español en 1943 por la editorial Espasa Calpe Argentina, el volumen recoge con precisión científica y tono meticuloso —casi a modo de diario— la crónica real de la tripulación a bordo de la goleta Penola. Su objetivo principal era topografiar y cartografiar la Tierra de Graham, una de las zonas más inhóspitas y entonces desconocidas de la Península Antártica. Valiéndose de trineos de perros, lanchas a motor y un pequeño avión Fox Moth, este reducido grupo de científicos logró demostrar geográficamente que los supuestos canales divisados por exploradores previos no existían, confirmando que la Tierra de Graham formaba parte del continente antártico y no de un archipiélago. El volumen destaca por incorporar detalladas observaciones meteorológicas, itinerarios, mapas desplegables e ilustraciones. El autor, John Rymill (John Riddoch Rymill, 1905-1968), fue un eminente explorador, geógrafo y pionero polar de origen australiano. Criado en el entorno rural del sur de su país natal, desarrolló desde joven una afinidad natural por los animales y habilidades prácticas de supervivencia que le serían de gran utilidad en climas extremos. Tras formarse en el prestigioso Scott Polar Research Institute de Cambridge y participar en expediciones científicas en Groenlandia junto al legendario explorador Gino Watkins, Rymill asumió el liderazgo de la Expedición Británica a la Tierra de Graham (BGLE). Su agudeza logística, su estilo de liderazgo pragmático y su empeño por aprender las técnicas de desplazamiento y vestimenta de los esquimales hicieron que su campaña antártica fuera catalogada por la prensa y la comunidad científica internacional como uno de los mayores y más eficientes hitos cartográficos de la historia polar moderna.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bueno. Librería Aves Del Paraíso. Descripción del libro. Título: Luces Del Sur. Informe Oficial De La Expedición Inglesa A La Tierra De Graham 1934-1937 Autor: John Rymill Editorial: Espasa Calpe Lugar: Buenos Aires Año: 1943 Encuadernación: Cartone Páginas: 284 Estado General: Muy Bueno Traducción: Carlos M. Reyles Medidas: 22,5x15,5cm Peso: 610grs Idioma: Español Detalles: Incluye fotografías y mapas. Todos nuestros artículos son revisados antes de ser publicados. LAS IMÁGENES DE NUESTRAS PUBLICACIONES SON ORIGINALES DE NUESTROS ARTÍCULOS.…

23x15. Encuadernación editorial con sobrecubierta. 285 pgs. Fotos y mapas plegados. (T3985).

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Travel Bookclub Edition; xi, 296 pages, illustrated 43 b/w plates, 4 maps (1 folding map at rear), text illustrations and diagrams. Original covers, in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Ex Libris, usual stamps, pockets, labels. Shelf wear, covers bumped, grubby, contents clean. The British Graham Land Expedition was a completely amateur expedition, except for their ship's Royal Navy Captain and engineer. "The objectives were simple: experience the adventure of polar living, matching danger and daring while exploring Graham Land by ship, sledge and airplane" "To sum up the results of a complex expedition working over a long period is difficult; especially as the scientists of the party will not be prepared to make any definite statements about the research in their particular branches of science for many months, when they will have finished working up their results. But as far as our exploratory work is concerned, we were able to work in a previously unvisited part of the Antarctic and make two major discoveries. First, that Graham Land is part of the Antarctic Continent and not an archipelago, as was previously thought, and secondly, that a great channel running approximately north and south separates Graham Land from Alexander Land. Since our return to England, His Majesty the King has graciously given permission for this channel to be called King George VI Sound." - Author's preface.(Conrad 302, Renard 1337 and 1338, Spence 1017, SPRI 14274) Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1746. …

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. x, 230; photo. illusts.; original wrappers, new. Rymill was a member of Watkins two Greenland expeditions (British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1930 -31; East Greenland Expedition 1932-3), and took over leadership of the second on Watkins death. He subsequently led the important British Graham Land Expedition (1934-7).…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Travel Bookclub Edition; xi, 296 pages, illustrated 43 b/w plates, 4 maps (1 folding), text illustrations and diagrams. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. blue titling to spine. Previous owners name on front end paper otherwise contents soiled. Shelf wear, covers grubby. The British Graham Land Expedition was a completely amateur expedition, except for their ship's Royal Navy Captain and engineer. "The objectives were simple: experience the adventure of polar living, matching danger and daring while exploring Graham Land by ship, sledge and airplane" "To sum up the results of a complex expedition working over a long period is difficult; especially as the scientists of the party will not be prepared to make any definite statements about the research in their particular branches of science for many months, when they will have finished working up their results. But as far as our exploratory work is concerned, we were able to work in a previously unvisited part of the Antarctic and make two major discoveries. First, that Graham Land is part of the Antarctic Continent and not an archipelago, as was previously thought, and secondly, that a great channel running approximately north and south separates Graham Land from Alexander Land. Since our return to England, His Majesty the King has graciously given permission for this channel to be called King George VI Sound." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2152. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Cover somewhat stained as by foxing. Inscribed. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 296 p., 16 plates : map (folding) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Expeditions: 1934-37 Rymill. 1930-1939. Expeditions and exploration. Antarctic regions. Antarctic Peninsula. 1 Kg.…

1943 Espasa-Calpe Dos capítulos por A. Stephenson y introducción histórica por Hugh Robert Mill. Trad. de Carlos M. Reyles. Con ilustraciones y un mapa. 283 p. 22x15 cm. Enc. tela sin sobr. Para ver o recibir fotografías de los libros puede ir a nuestra web o solicitarlas., ).

Condition: very good. later edition. xi,296pp. Octavo in original gray cloth with some discolouration on spine. Illustrations in text, folding map and sepia toned plates from photos. Dust jacket is worn with some creasing and has several large missing pieces. Textblock is clean and tight. Very good condition. Spence 1016. A major expedition which did considerable exploration on the Antarctic peninsula, including aerial surveys.…

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, x + 298pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers).

1st edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Cover somewhat stained as by foxing. Inscribed. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 296 p., 16 plates : map (folding) ; 24 cm. Subjects: Expeditions: 1934-37 Rymill. 1930-1939. Expeditions and exploration. Antarctic regions. Antarctic Peninsula. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Blue & white speckled fabric cloth on boards with blue titles; faint dusting of a little soiling. Edges: dark blue top-edge; very light foxings. Eps: few only foxings to eps, half-title & title page. Clean contents. B/w glossy illustrations. Graham Land fldg map at rear is clean and present. Binding is As New. 296p. Dj: mild soiling and rubbing. Spine: head & foot with wear, small tears and chips, some small sections missing. Top and bottom edges with a few splits, small sections missing & chips. Tiny hole to centre of spine.…

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, lacking dust wrapper, some very mild foxing to the short-title page, signature of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, a very good tightly bound copy, folding maps with some mild spotting to the verso at the crease with light spotting to the adjacent page margin, b&w plates, xv + 296 pp.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. An early edition of John Rymill's account of the British Graham Land Expedition, illustrated with a folding map and plates. The British Graham Land Expedition took place to Antarctica between 1934 and 1937; led by Rymill, they successfully determined that Graham Land was a peninsula, as well as enjoying great success in scientific exploits. All members of the landing party were rewarded with a Polar Medal.Written by expedition leader John Rymill, who was honoured with the rare accolade of the second clasp to his Polar Medal.The Travel Book Club edition of this work, which first appeared the year prior.Illustrated with thirty plates and a folding map, all bound to the rear, as well as in-text maps.Containing the ownership inscription of R. K. M. Parry. In the publisher's original full buckram binding. Externally very smart, with just slight occasional discolouration to the cloth. Prior owner's inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar the odd spot to the foredge. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 296pp with b/w photos and folding maps - green cloth with gilt-on-red title label to spine - very minor soiling to edges of binding - previous owner's name and number to first blank page - preliminary pages and content edges moderately foxed - contents clean and tight - dustwrapper is moderately rubbed and soiled/foxed - wear and chipping to edges with some small losses including head of spine - tape reinforcing and repairs along upper edge - price-clipped - SCARCE dustwrapper - heavy book may require extra postage overseas - email for details.…

Stapled Paperback. Condition: Fair. 56pp, b/w illustrated, pale blue and b/w photographic covers with title in black. Some shelfwear including creases to top and bottom corners of front cover and bottom corner of rear cover. Also slight creases to some page corners. Small marks to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 1st Edition. xv,296pp, illus. throughout, 3 folding maps, attractive sepia photographs, octavo, orig. green cloth, label, end-papers damp stained and damaged. Cloth a trifle dusty, no fading to cloth but label faded. Two chapters by A. Stephenson and an historical introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. Needs new end-papers otherwise internally a clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1938. Presentation copy as follows "To E. F. Usborne whose daring voyages have inspired many to seek similar adventure & especially his obliged servant Quintin (Riley), Christmas, 1938". Quintin Riley was the meteorologist on the expedition and he is mentioned throughout the book. A portrait of him is included on the plate opposite page 27. Some foxing throughout. There is a largish ink splodge on page 24 obscuring part of a couple of words. Some light thumbing in places. Publishers coarse green cloth slightly dusty, darkened, and with some light marking, generally a very good solid copy. A interesting presentation copy. Plates throughout, folding map at the end. (illustrator).…

Buenos Aires, Espasa Calpe, 1943, 22,5x15,5 cm, tela, 284 págs.+ láminas.