Here is a rare lot of 44 polar, mountaineering and expedition book catalogues from 1996--2021, from the United States, England and Australia. All of them are crisp and unmarked except as specifically noted below. Additional details and photos are available for any; I posted mainly polar-only pictures.

If you want a single catalogue or sub-group of them, contact me and I'll create a custom eBay offer for you.

Not all items are pictured, due to the limit of 24 photos.

 

Exclusively polar:

• Colin Bull's "Polar Books" late summer 1998, issue #29. Several pages are dog-eared to mark items of interest, with some yellow highlighting and Xs on key books.
• West Side Book Shop of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Catalogue #28 of 1998. The inside cover has an inscription from owner Jay Platt. A few titles within are yellow-highlighted. It is 26 pages long and contains 147 items.
• "Antarctica" 1999 book catalogue #373, Gaston Renard -- Australia. 704 books in 94 pages.
• "The Polar Regions," autumn 2000 book catalogue, Explorer Books. 30 pages, 175 listings.
• "The Polar Regions" summer 2000 book catalogue #25, Explorer Books. 33 pages, 403 items.
• Colin Bull's "Polar Books" catalogue, Spring 2000. It is in like-new condition, except for the back cover, which has the original subscriber's mailing address in ink, and three small pieces of scotch tape around the open ends where Colin sealed it for mailing. It is 64 pages long.
• "Poles Apart" -- Henry Sotheran 2001 polar book catalogue. 296 items catalogued.
• "The Polar Regions," spring 2001 book catalogue #27, Explorer Books. 41 pages, 347 items.
• "The Polar Regions," Summer 2001 catalogue #28, Explorer Books. 61 pages, 484 items.
• "The Polar Regions," autumn 2001 book catalogue, Explorer Books. 30 pages, 199 listings.
• "The Polar Regions," summer 2002 book catalogue #31, Explorer Books. 50 pages, 364 items.
• "100 Polar Books," pristine 2002 catalogue from Sotheran's in London.
• "The Polar Regions" book catalogue from Henry Sotheran, 2004. 288 books catalogued.
• "Arctic/Antarctic" book catalogue from Henry Sotheran, 2005. 280 books in 64 pages.
• "Arctic, Antarctic and High Latitudes" from Henry Sotheran, 2005.
• "The Polar Regions" 2008 book catalogue from Henry Sotheran. 44 pages, 74 items catalogued.
• "Polar Exploration" book catalogue 2006, Sotheran's. 48 pages.
• Aquila Books catalogue of Spring 2008. Aquila is still in business with a brick-and-mortar store in Calgary but has moved to online catalogues only in recent years. It is 32 pages long and has 101 listings.
• "Polar Travel & Exploration" -- Glacier Books catalogue of March 2015. 40 pages, hundreds of (unnumbered) items.
• "Polar Travel & Exploration" -- Glacier Books catalogue of December 2015. 40 pages, hundreds of (unnumbered) items. Slight ripples in the paper are seen in the photo.
• "Polar Travel & Exploration" -- Glacier Books catalogue of November 2016. 40 pages, hundreds of (unnumbered) items.
• "Polar Travel & Exploration" -- Glacier Books catalogue of December 2017. 40 pages, hundreds of (unnumbered) items.
• "Polar Travel & Exploration" -- Glacier Books, November 2021. 40 pages, hundreds of (unnumbered) listings.

 

Polar and mountaineering:

• "Polar Regions & Mountaineering" 1996 book catalogue #332, Gaston Renard -- Australia. 728 books in 82 pages.
• "Adventurous Traveler Bookstore," Fall 1998 mountaineering and polar book catalogue. The return address on the back cover is crossed out in pencil and noted "defunct." 78 pages.
• November 1998 "High Latitude" polar book catalogue by Bob Finch, only one on the Web. 45 pages, 298 items.
• "High Latitude," a May 1999 polar book catalogue by Bob Finch, is the only one on the Web. Several pages have red pen notation in the margin. It is 40 pages long and has 274 listings.
• "Adventurous Traveler Bookstore," Spring 1999 mountaineering and polar book catalogue. The return address on the back cover is crossed out in pencil and noted "closed." 78 pages.
• Mountaineering and Polar books catalogue #114 for 2002 from Chessler Books. Like new, except a few of the polar titles are yellow-highlighted. The original owner's mailing address is written on the outside catalogue cover.
• Mountaineering and Polar Books catalogue #116 for 2002/2003 from Chessler Books. It is like new, except that the original owner's mailing address is on the outside catalogue cover. It is 16 pages long.
• "Polar Regions & Miscellany" 2003 book catalogue #382, Gaston Renard -- Australia. 725 books in 78 pages.

 

General travel and voyages, including some polar:

• "Polar Regions & Whaling" 1997 book catalogue #345, Gaston Renard -- Australia. 793 books in 90 pages.
• Swann "Travel & Exploration" auction catalogue for sale #1852 on March 2, 2000. Lots 277-314 are polar. There are a total of 314 items. Margins contain ink notations on prices realized or passes. List of prices realized included.
• Chris Rider Rare & Out-of-Print Books, Voyages, Travel and Polar catalogue, of Glenmoore, Pennsylvania. Undated but includes items published as late as 2001. 20 pages, 104 listings. Items 39-104 are polar.
• The Old Print Shop Portfolio, Map Issue, May 2001. Volume LX, #7. The early pages have some world maps from 1588 to 1680 showing the huge, hulking, undiscovered Southern Continent. There are 45 pages and 48 items, a minority of which are polar maps.
• Gaston Renard Books Australia "New Year Miscellany" catalogue #380 of 2002. Polar books are among the many general listings. 78 pages, 709 items.
• Hordern House of Sydney, Australia, 2002 "Voyages" catalogue. Ninety-seven items lavishly illustrated, including works by or about circumnavigators James Cook, Charles Wilkes, Louis Antone de Bougainville, Georg and Johann Foster, Louis Freycinet, Yves Kerguelen-Tremerac, and Anders Sparrman.
• "Voyages" catalogue of rare travel and exploration books, 2002, Hordern House.
• Voyage & Travels 2002 book catalogue, Helen R. Kahn books, Montreal. 72 pages, 125 items.
• Sotheran's "Travel & Exploration" summer 2003 book sale catalogue #1054. 88 pages, 231 items. Polar items are #s 195-222.
• "Travel and Exploration" book catalogue from Henry Sotheran, summer 2004. 92 pages, 250 items. Polar items are #s 218-250; Mountaineering items are #s 180-217.
• Sotheran's "Travel & Exploration" autumn 2006 book sale catalogue. 64 pages.
• Sotheran's "Travel & Exploration" 2007 book sale catalogue. 88 pages.
• Shapero Rare Books "Travel 2020" catalogue. 91 pages, lavishly illustrated. 141 items, of which #s 113-141 are polar.