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Hardcover. 25th Congress, 2d Session, 1838, red bound cover. Check Falla, R. A. Antarctic Adventure and Research. Fifth Hudson Lecture delivered to the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand on 22nd June, 1955 and reprinted from the N.Z. Science Review, Vol 13, 107-16 (1955). ... more information

The form was issued on September 17, 1776, just 2 months after the Declaration of Independence. As such, all the pre-printed areas that refer to the "Province" South Carolina are crossed out, and "State" is inserted. "Year of our Reign is also crossed through. The witness is the Hble. William Henry Drayton, Chief Justice at Charleston. Signed by Drayton. Included in the writ is reference to a "negro named Lucey with one Sarah Jones in Union Street", with a long statem... more information

Paris:. 1809.. The continent of Australia dominates this map. it is cartographically important as an early depiction of the Peron/Freycinet voyage that named many portions on the South Australian coast. Some of Flinder's coastal names are included. West of the Blue Mtns a large lake is dotted-in "according to the natives". Handsome engraving lower left corner of an aboriginal walking with a shield, nearby a platypus, wombat & numbat. Copper engraving, 12 x 8 3/4", original outline han... more information

Paperback. Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1836 .(2), 808 PP, (24 indexes & errata) with 17 figures, 10 plates & 2 folded charts. Yearly magazine includes "On Pursuing Discoveries in the Neighbourhood of the South Pole, by Merans of Steam Navigation" by "E.P." Pp 342-352. Notes Made in HMS Majesty's Ketch Basilisk, 6pp; Australian Settlements, Northern Coast 5pp; Narrative of a Naval Officer (Melville Island & Port Essington, Australia). Handsome orig. brown 1 blind stampe... more information

Issued to Mrs. Nancy McGavock, to the Sheriff of Wythe County. 3 slaves at 60 cts, $50 property at 20 cents per hundred dollars, 375 acres at about 1 1/2 cents per acre.Blue ledger paper 6 1/2 x 5". Printed & manuscript, signed by R. Sayers. ... more information

National Antarctic Expedition. 1901-1904. Natural History. Vol. 5. Zoology and Botany. British Museum: London 1910. 4to, xxii, 21pp article (2 plts) on seal embryos; 26 pp (7 plts) on tunicata; 77pp & 10 plts on isopoda; 15pp & 1 plt on nemertinea; 62pp & 7 plts on coelentera; 12 pp & 1 plt on lichens. Orig. red gilt buckram, ex-lib copy w/ sml. cancelled stamp on verso of plates, very good condition. Vol 1. of the 6 natural history volumes is listed as Spence 837. ... more information

Hardcover. British Museum: London 1912.~4to, printed on special paper.~(xvi) 9 pp & 3 plts on echinoderma; 32pp & 3 plts on polychaeta; 60pp & 3 plts on freshwater algae.~Orig. red gilt buckram, very good condition.~Not in Spence- Spence 837 refers to the regular printing of the 6 natural history volumes published. ... more information

1945.. A medal for the United States Antarctic Expedition 1939-41. Medallion issued 24 Sept 1945 to 50 members of the expedition based at "Little America". Silver plated issue medallion with ribbon which is white in the center and edged in red & ice blue. 38mm diameter. Shows a polar projection of the Antarctic with the words "Science, Pioneering and Exploration". On the verso is printed "By act of Congress of the United States of America to --- in recognition of invaluable ... more information

1959.. Paperback. Program for the West Australian Premiere of "Antarctic Crossing". The program dates from March 7th 1959, the Somerville Auditorium at the Univ. of W.A. 7pp, aqua printed wraps speckled, o/w good+. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 was undertaken by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary. ... more information