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Polar Castaways – The Ross Sea Party – McElrea and Harrowfield – First Edition 2004

Published by Canterbury University Press, a quality production, first edition 2004. Octavo, 315 pages, well illustrated and in very good if not fine condition.

A through account of the Shackleton 1914 expedition Ross Sea Party.

The Aurora escaped its winter moorings and left the men stranded yet they still went about their task laying depot’s for Shackleton’s attempt at the first right across. Three of the ten men died and it took perennial Captain J.K. Davis to rescue them

First time Ross Sea Party fully explained

$35.00

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Vagabonding Under Sail – Crealock – Sought After First Edition 1952

First edition sailing classic published by Peter Davies, London in 1952. Octavo, 304 pages with illustrations and endpaper maps. Very good copy with the odd mark and minor tape ghosts to the endpapers. Good complete dust jacket with small closed tears at spine ends.

Four young men escape the torment of everyday life. They buy a 42 foot cutter, the “Content”, fix her up and off they go. To Vigo (Voyager loves the great seafood there), Lisbon and Gibraltar . then off to the West Indies via Las Palmas. Finishing at New York looking pretty good. They took there time, which always makes for a good story.

Sought after sailing classic in first edition

$60.00

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Rahui – Colin Iles

Published by Reed , Wellington 1975 a first printing. Octavo, 194 pages endpaper maps, nicely illustrated. Very good near fine condition.

In 1969 Colin Iles decided to give it all up in England and move to New Zealand. To get there he bought the “Clarinda” although he had never sailed before. He took a mate of similar expertise and off they went across the Atlantic.

They took on a more cluey American in the west Indies and had a great time among the islands before heading off through the Panama. Then down through the Marquesas, Tahiti, Cook Islands and Tonga experiencing the beauty human and natural of those exotic islands.

In NZ Colin met Rahui a hula dancing nurse from the Cook Islands . they became a pair and went on a Honeymoon Cruise to Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomons, New Guinea and Cairns.

After all that they went to live in England. Rahui wanted to see Hadrian’s Wall and they settled in the Midlands where Colin managed Ruhui’s popular hula dancing act!

Life changing voyages – romance in the Pacific

$25.00

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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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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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Polar Castaways – The Ross Sea Party – McElrea and Harrowfield – First Edition 2004

Vagabonding Under Sail – Crealock – Sought After First Edition 1952

Rahui – Colin Iles

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

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

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