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Scott of the Antarctic – The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott’s Last Polar Expedition.

The Last Journals of Scott, the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, here published by Konecky.

Large octavo, 521 pages, endpaper maps. Very good condition in a complete and clean dust jacket. A very solid respectable book.

Nicely illustrated and an economic alternative to the valuable original edition.

Scott’s Last it’s all here …

$25.00

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The Platypus – Unusual Cigarette Cards by W.D. & H.O. Wills – c1910

Three cigarette cards from the “Animalloys”” series from the early 20th Century. An “un-natural” history series this being one of 16 animals all in three sections … the Platypus.

It is suggested that by mixing the sections you can produce a large number of strange creatures with amusing names.

I our case we only need the three to have our strange curiously named beauty!

Unusual, rather unique and rare Platypus image.

$20.00

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The Arabian Droll Tales – Translated by Carlo De Fornaro – Limited Numbered Edition 1929

Published by the Lotus Society, New York 1929. Number 461 of a limited edition of 550. A Zaidenberg illustrator.

Octavo, 200 pages, original half green cloth and exotic paper covered boards with original stylish paper label to spine. The beautiful paper has some rubbing as usual. Otherwise a very good clean example. Still uncut to a large degree.

The translator, Carlo De Fornaro (1871-1943), was quiet a character. He later described himself as artist, writer and revolutionary (he got well wrapped up in the politics of Mexico).

The Droll Tales consist of 13 classic semi-erotic tales from the east including; The Runaway Lover of Thaquif; The Perverse Dervish; The Blemished Virgin; The Dimpled Beauty and The Donkey Driver’s Mistress.

For those that are nervous … the tales are interesting, fun and rather mild really!

Lusty tales from Arabia – Presented Nicely

$80.00

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Raroia – Happy Island of the South Seas – Bengt Danielsson (Ex Kon Tiki expedition)

Published by Rand McNally, New York a first English language edition translated by F.H. Lyon. Octavo,304 pages with endpaper maps and many illustrations from photographs taken by the author or his wife. Dust jacket a little tired, internally very clean … a very good copy of a very hard to find book.

A scarce book. The author was part of the Kon-Tiki expedition. They were shipwrecked at Raroia which is a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, to the east of Tahiti.

Danielsson and his wife returned there and spent a year and a half enjoying the relaxed lifestyle. A very funny account but there is tragedy in the death of a key character and the inevitable cyclone.

Perspective .. in 2012 the population of Raroia was 233, there is nowhere to stay so visitors are always invited to stay in the homes of maybe the friendliest people on earth!

Unusual Pacific account

PS … we have included in the images a chart of what the average Raroian gets up to during the week … compare your lifestyle .. Voyager Bill struggled to not put “went to Voyager” in every box! Book your tickets or maybe leave them alone!

$35.00

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Icebound in Antarctica – David Lewis and Mimi George

Published by Heinemann in Australia a first edition 1987. Octavo, 242 pages with many great colour photographs by Mimi George. Very good like new condition.

In 1982 David Lewis and his partner Mimi George and four others sailed to the Antarctic in the “Dick Smith Explorer” … it got tricky and they got well and truly stuck

Ice everywhere

$30.00

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Schooner Integrity – Frank Melville -1979

Published by Seafarers Books, London in 1979 a first printing. Octavo, 169 pages nicely illustrated with photographic images. Very good condition of quite a sought after book.

The Integrity was built near Slocum’s Spray at Dartmouth, New England. She sailed the Atlantic and back and through a strange chain of events ended up on the bottom at Turks Island. The author helped raise her and towed her to Cat Island. Here he recounts the full story.

Intriguing true maritime mystery.

$30.00

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Scott of the Antarctic – The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott’s Last Polar Expedition.

The Platypus – Unusual Cigarette Cards by W.D. & H.O. Wills – c1910

The Arabian Droll Tales – Translated by Carlo De Fornaro – Limited Numbered Edition 1929

Raroia – Happy Island of the South Seas – Bengt Danielsson (Ex Kon Tiki expedition)

Icebound in Antarctica – David Lewis and Mimi George

Schooner Integrity – Frank Melville -1979

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