(ARCTIC). NANSEN, Fridtjof.
The First Crossing of Greenland. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp.
London: Longmans, Green and CO.,. 1910. A new impression. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xii, 452pp. With illustrations. A nice copy in a school prize binding.
London: Longmans, Green and CO.,. 1910. A new impression. 8vo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xii, 452pp. With illustrations. A nice copy in a school prize binding.
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BOYCE, William. D.
Alaska and the Panama Canal. Chicago: Rand McNally, (1914). Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo., cloth, ix, 163, (3)pp.ads. Some wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy. In the section of this work dealing with Alaska (145)pp. there are numerous references to the Yukon, the Eskimo, the fur trade and Canada in general.
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BRONTMAN, L.
On the Top of the World. The Soviet Expedition to the North Pole 1937.
London: Gollancz, 1938. 8vo., cloth, 287pp. With illustrations and a folding map. Very good.
London: Gollancz, 1938. 8vo., cloth, 287pp. With illustrations and a folding map. Very good.
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CAMPBELL, R.J. (editor).
The Discovery Of The South Shetland Island. The Voyages Of The Brig Williams 1819-1820 as recorded in contemporary documents and The Journal Of Midshipman C.W. Poynter. Edited by....
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2000. Third Series, Vol. 4. 4to., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, (xvi), 232 pp. Fine in d/w slightly faded on the spine.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2000. Third Series, Vol. 4. 4to., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, (xvi), 232 pp. Fine in d/w slightly faded on the spine.
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CONWAY, W. Martin. (editor).
Early Dutch And English Voyages To Spitsbergen In The Seventeenth Century...... Edited by...
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol.11. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xvi, 191pp. Fine.
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol.11. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xvi, 191pp. Fine.
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DUFFERIN, Lord.
A Yacht Voyage. Letters from High Latitudes: Being Some Account of a Voyage, In 1856 In The Schooner Yacht "Foam," To Iceland, Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen. New York: R. Worthington, 1878. 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on upper cover, xvi, 268, 3pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked, spine ends worn, some rubbing a better than good but not very good copy.
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DUNBAR, Moira & Keith Greenaway.
Arctic Canada From the Air. Ottawa: Defence Research Board, 1956. Tall thick 8vo., cloth, 541pp. Over 500 illustrations. Ownership inscription o/w a nice copy. An extensive photographic study of the Canadian Arctic, with detailed geographical notes. An excellent reference and quite useful for those planning trips or expeditions.
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FUCHS, Vivian and Sir Edmund Hillary.
The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958.
Boston: Little Brown, (1958). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 328pp. Fine in d/w with some creasing to the top edge but o/w near fine.
Boston: Little Brown, (1958). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 328pp. Fine in d/w with some creasing to the top edge but o/w near fine.
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GRANT, George.
Ocean To Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada In 1872 By..... Toronto: Radisson Society, 1925. Revised edition, containing the best features of the two former editions, published in 1873 and 1879. Cloth, 412pp. Fine in a chipped d/w, very good.
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HALL, Charles Francis Hall.
Arctic Researches And Life Among The Esquimaux: Being The Narrative Of An Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin, In The Years 1860, 1861, and 1862.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Later printing (first published 1864). Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxviii, (29)- 595, (4)pp.ads. Wear to the spine ends but certainly a very good copy.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Later printing (first published 1864). Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxviii, (29)- 595, (4)pp.ads. Wear to the spine ends but certainly a very good copy.
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HANBURY, David T.
Sport And Travel In The Northland Of Canada.
London: Edward Arnold, 1904. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xxxii, 312, 16 pp. ads. Tape repair to rear of one folding map (not on a panel with the map), gilt decoration on upper cover rubbed and fain, some mottling to upper cover, but still a very good copy.
London: Edward Arnold, 1904. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xxxii, 312, 16 pp. ads. Tape repair to rear of one folding map (not on a panel with the map), gilt decoration on upper cover rubbed and fain, some mottling to upper cover, but still a very good copy.
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HAYES, I.I.
The Open Polar Sea. A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole In the Schooner "United States."
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. New edition, Illustrated. 8vo., orig. green cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover, xvi, 407, 24pp.ads dated "October 1867." Inner hinges cracked, cloth rubbed with some wear, a very good copy.
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1867. New edition, Illustrated. 8vo., orig. green cloth with gilt decoration on upper cover, xvi, 407, 24pp.ads dated "October 1867." Inner hinges cracked, cloth rubbed with some wear, a very good copy.
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HEARNE, Samuel.
A Journey From Prince Of Wales's Fort, In Hudson's Bay, To The Northern Ocean. Undertaken By Order Of The Hudson's Bay Company For The Discovery Of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, & c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772.
Dublin: Printed For P. Byrne.... 1796. First Dublin edition. Tall 8vo., late 19th century calf spine, marble boards, letaher label, xxxiv, (460)pp. With 8 plates and a folding plan. THE FOLDING PLAN (frontis) and 1 OF THE PLATES IS IN FACSIMILE. Folding plan and 1 plate in facsimile as noted, one of the other plates (plate 1) has been torn and repaired, o/w this is a very good, acceptable copy.
Dublin: Printed For P. Byrne.... 1796. First Dublin edition. Tall 8vo., late 19th century calf spine, marble boards, letaher label, xxxiv, (460)pp. With 8 plates and a folding plan. THE FOLDING PLAN (frontis) and 1 OF THE PLATES IS IN FACSIMILE. Folding plan and 1 plate in facsimile as noted, one of the other plates (plate 1) has been torn and repaired, o/w this is a very good, acceptable copy.
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HOFFMAN, Walter James.
The Graphic Art of the Eskimos. Smithsonian Institution. United States of America. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897. First edition. Tall 8vo., rebound in blue cloth, (bound from wrappers), pp.739-968. First page opened carelessly but with no loss of text o/w a very nice copy. This work, based on the collections "in the National Museum" is a valuable record of the objects used by the Innuit or Eskimo of Alaska; The Eskimo of Greenland, Labrador and the remaining portion of the Arctic regions east of the delta of the Mackenzie River.
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HYDE, Alexander, Rev. A.C. Baldwin and Rev. W.L. Gage.
The Frozen Zone and Its Explorers: A Comprehensive History of Voyages, Travels, Adventures in the Arctic Regions, Including Recent German and Swedish Expeditions; Captain Nare's English Expedition; Prof. Nordenskiold's Discovery of the North-East Passage; The Sailing of the Jeanette, Etc. With Graphic Delineations of Life and Nature In The Realms of Frost.......Published by Subscription Only.
Hartford: R.W. Bliss & Company, 1880. Later edition. (first published 1874). Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with small pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover and the spine, (xvi), 834pp. Lacking the rear free e/paper and adverts, inner rear hinge cracked, bookplate, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
Hartford: R.W. Bliss & Company, 1880. Later edition. (first published 1874). Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with small pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover and the spine, (xvi), 834pp. Lacking the rear free e/paper and adverts, inner rear hinge cracked, bookplate, some wear to the foot of the spine but certainly a very good copy.
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KANE, Elisha Kent.
Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55.
London: T. Nelson And Sons, 1867. Later edition. (first published 1861). 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial gilt on the spine, x, 510pp. Tear in the folding map, bookplate, binding worn at the spine ends, some rubbing a better than good but not quite very good copy.
London: T. Nelson And Sons, 1867. Later edition. (first published 1861). 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial gilt on the spine, x, 510pp. Tear in the folding map, bookplate, binding worn at the spine ends, some rubbing a better than good but not quite very good copy.
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KANE, Elisha Kent.
Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition In Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, 54, 55. .....Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings......
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, London: Trubner & Co., 1856. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a blindstamped decoration on the upper covers, small pictorial gilt decoration on the spines, 464; 467pp. Some foxing and a slight damp stain in the margin of some plates, head of the spine of volume two chipped away but still a very nice, unworn copy.
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, London: Trubner & Co., 1856. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a blindstamped decoration on the upper covers, small pictorial gilt decoration on the spines, 464; 467pp. Some foxing and a slight damp stain in the margin of some plates, head of the spine of volume two chipped away but still a very nice, unworn copy.
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LOCK, Charles G. Warnford.
The Home Of The Eddas. With a Chapter on The Sprengisandr by Dr. C. Le Neve Foster.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xii, 348, 32pp. Some rubbing o/w a very nice copy.
An account of the authors trip to Iceland.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xii, 348, 32pp. Some rubbing o/w a very nice copy.
An account of the authors trip to Iceland.
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LYON,G.F. Captain.
A Brief Narrative Of An Unsuccessful Attempt To Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's 'Welcome,' In His Majesty's Ship Griper, In The Year MDCCCXXIV.
London: John Murray, 1825. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cont. half calf, marble boards, viii, 198, (1)pp. With seven plates and a folding map at the front. Foxing to plates, the front hinge is badly cracked and holding with archival tape, o/w a very good copy.
London: John Murray, 1825. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cont. half calf, marble boards, viii, 198, (1)pp. With seven plates and a folding map at the front. Foxing to plates, the front hinge is badly cracked and holding with archival tape, o/w a very good copy.
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M'CLINTOCK, Captain.
The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xxiv), 375pp. Spine slightly faded with some light wear to the extremities, but certainly very good. q
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First U.S. edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xxiv), 375pp. Spine slightly faded with some light wear to the extremities, but certainly very good. q
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