Rymill John Stephenson (12 results)

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.

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. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). 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. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover; 4to; 296 pages. First U.K. edition. Green cloth hardcovers, with gilt lettering on brown cloth label on spine. Boards a little dusty, lightly scuffed. Tops cut, dyed light green. Other edges deckled. Bright and clean pages, with many sepia-tone plates throughout. Large colour folding map, pasted in rear, in excellent condition. No dj. VG+/--. Book.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, lower page edges untrimmed. Quarto 10'' x 8'' xvi, 296 [pp]. Three fold-out colour maps, sepia photographic illustrations throughout. Free front end paper has been clipped vertically from corner to corner, light foxing to the closed page edges and front end papers, spine very slightly age darkened, binding firm, sound and square and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. POLAR [Antarctic].

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st Edition; xv, 296 pages, 80 plate leaves, 8 maps [3 folding colour]. Original apple green cloth covers, gilt titling on brown spine label,lower page edges untrimmed. In facsimile dust jacket for protection. Previous owners bookplate verso front cover, some mild foxing, mainly to pages edges, maps and eps, age toning as expected. 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" .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). This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 360. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Chatto and Windus, 1938 (first edition). Quarto, xvi, 296 pages with several maps and illustrations plus 81 pages of plates and 4 colour maps (3 folding). Green cloth with a contrasting gilt-lettered cloth label on the spine; top edge dyed green, bottom edge uncut; endpapers a little tanned, with early ownership details on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy with the very good unclipped dustwrapper (unevenly sunned, with a crease across the front panel and some loss along the top edge, affecting a few letters of the first word in the title on the spine and front cover). John Riddoch Rymill (1905-1968), polar explorer and farmer, was the leader of the expedition; he was born in Penola, South Australia, a grandson of the pioneer John Riddoch. 'Rymill's party proved that Graham Land was part of a continental extension (now the Antarctic Peninsula). They discovered a southern, permanently frozen channel, later named King George VI Sound, islanding Alexander I Land (now Alexander Island) and extending to the Bellingshausen Sea. The B.G.L.E. logistics were innovative in Antarctica. Outstanding sledging with dogs, especially over sea ice, was backed by air support and depot laying; the use of a motor launch probing ahead to plot a route for "Penola" through uncharted, rock-strewn waters, was original and successful. The "Penola" covered 26,896 miles (43,283 km) mostly under sail' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography').