Rare Books - Non-Fiction
Delve into ideas that shaped the world with our Rare Books: Non-Fiction collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From signed editions and academic milestones to vintage philosophy, history, and science texts, these collectible volumes offer intellectual and historical value. Shop online or in-store for non-fiction books that truly stand the test of time.
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The Southern Ice-Continent (First Facsimile Edition)
Erich Von Drygalski
First facsimile edition. Harleston: Bluntisham Books & The Erskine Press, 1989. 4to. Original brown publisher's cloth....
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The Quiet Land (First Edition)
June Debenham Back (Ed.)
First edition. Bluntisham: Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1992. Large 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth in original price-clipped dust...
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Half a Century of Speed (Limited Deluxe Edition, Signed)
Barry Lake
LAKE, Barry. Half a Century of Speed. Sydney: Top Gear, [1998]. Oblong 8vo. Full black...
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Landscape Scenery (Australian Keepsake, First Edition)
Anonymous
39 Steel engraved plates. Has been expertly re-backed onto quarter red crushed Morocco retaining original...
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Victoria Illustrated (First Edition)
Gill Samuel Thomas
46 steel engraved plates. Bound in full dark red Morocco. Gilt tooling on all cover...
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Norman Lindsay Watercolours 1897-1969 (Deluxe Edition)
Lin Bloomfield & Norman Lindsay (illus.)
BLOOMFIELD, Lin (illus. Norman Lindsay). Norman Lindsay Watercolours 1897–1969. Bungendore: Odana Editions, 2003. Large 4to....
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Fourteen Men (Inscribed First UK Edition)
Arthur Scholes
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP. Ex-Libris Bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on FBEP. First-hand...
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Mawson: A Life (Inscribed First Edition)
Philip Ayres
Inscribed to W. Williams by author on half title. First edition. Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 1999....
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The South Polar Trail (Inscribed First Edition)
Ernest E. Mills Joyce
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE. This book contains the only first-hand narrative of the...
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Little America (First Edition)
Richard E. Byrd
First edition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Large 8vo. Original bright blue publisher's cloth in...
$220.00
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The Great White South (First Edition)
Herbert Ponting
Ponting's Great White South documents the exploits and tragedy of Scott's last expedition, creating in...
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The Voyage of the "Discovery", 2 Volumes (First Edition)
Robert F. Scott
Scott's personal account of his first major Antarctic expedition aboard the Discovery. It contains a detailed...
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Through The First Antarctic Night 1898-99 (First Edition)
Frederick A. Cook
1900 FIRST US PRINTING. Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was a physician and polar explorer during...
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Voyages of the 'Morning' (First Edition)
Gerald S. Doorly
A very good copy of this extremely scare Antarctic narrative. This book provides an interesting...
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Antarctic Days (First Edition)
James Murray & George Marston
First edition. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913. 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth. xxi, 199pp. Bound in original...
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Such is the Antarctic (First Edition)
Lars Christensen
The whaling magnate and expedition financier's impressions edited from diary entries made during trips to...
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The Worst Journey in the World (INSCRIBED First Edition)
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910–1913. London: Constable and Company, Ltd.,...
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Antarctic Adventure (First Canadian Edition)
Raymond E. Priestly
First Canadian edition. Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1914. Large 8vo. Rebound contemporary quarter blue calf and...
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The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' (First English Edition)
Dr. Jean Charcot
Translated by Philip Walsh. Inscribed in ink and pencil by previous owners on the FFEP....
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Scott's Last Expedition (First Edition)
Robert F. Scott
The official account of Scott's second and last polar expedition. The expedition almost failed when...
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Two Years in the Antarctic (First Edition)
Albert B. Armitage
Albert Borlase Armitage was the second-in-command and navigator on Scott’s Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904. This...
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The Home of the Blizzard, 2 Volumes (First Edition)
Douglas Mawson
Includes many related article and newspaper clippings related to Mawson and his legacy, as well...
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My Attainment of the Pole (First Edition)
Frederick Cook
First edition. New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911. 4to. Original brown cloth hardcover. Pages: frontispiece, [ii],...
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Diary of the 'Discovery' Expedition & Diary of the 'Terra Nova' Expedition (First editions)
Edward Wilson
INCLUDES A SEALED PACKAGE WITH 5 REPRODUCTIONS OF WILSON'S ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PIECES. Edward Wilson is...
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Southern Lights (First Edition)
John Rymill
First edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. 4to. Rebound Green cloth hardcover. Pages: xv, 296. 2 Fold-out...
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Beyond the Barrier with Byrd (First Edition)
Harry Adams
First edition. Chicago & New York: M.A. Donoghue & Company, 1932. 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth hardcover....
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THE NORTH POLE (First Edition)
Robert E. Peary
RARE FIRST EDITION. Includes multiple pieces of relevant ephemera. First edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 4to....
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Paths of Glory (First Edition)
Humphrey Cobb
Cobb's first and only novel. An important work of anti-war literature. Highly collectible due to...
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