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  • SCHULTZ-LORENTZEN, Finn
    ARCTIC

    Edition: First Edition

    Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. Light pinkish cloth, endpaper maps. Fine in VG jacket. A novel of the arctic by a Danish author who worked in the Canadian North. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.; Octavo 0771079788

    Book ID: 29964
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  • PARRY, William Edward
    JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC; performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty;s ships Hecla and Griper...with an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations....

    New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Facsiimile reprint of the 1821 original. Thick quarto, brown cloth. pp (8), (xxxii), 310 + (2), (clxxxii) [Appendix), xii, (132) [North Georgia Gazette]. [4] + 2 large folding maps + 18 plates on text paper. Brown spots to inner margins of free endpapers and title page (from binding glue, as usual), else a fine copy, no owner names (not issued in jacket). One of the great Arctic books. Note: 2.5 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.

    Book ID: 40190
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  • BROWN, R.J.E., editor
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON PERMAFROST, 17 and 18 April 1962. Technical Memorandum No. 76. [With] A REVIEW OF PERMAFROST INVESTIGATIONS IN CANADA. Technical Paper No. 146 of the Division of Building Research

    Edition: First Edition

    Ottawa: National Research Council of Canada Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics, January, 1963. Quarto, grey printed card covers, navy blue cloth spine, stapled binding, pp. 231 + 9 (Appendix), richly illustrated throughout with maps, charts, graphs, and black & white photos. Light fraying to spine ends with a 1 cm tear at both head & heel, staple puncture at top edge of upper cover, else a very good, clean, tight copy. Loosely inserted is A REVIEW OF PERMAFROST INVESTIGATIONS IN CANADA by R.J.E. Brown. Published in Ottawa, December 1962. Reprinted from The Canadian Geographer vol. VI, nos. 3-4, pp. 162-165. Cream printed wrappers, stapled binding, Fine, clean copy.

    Book ID: 29391
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  • Greely, Adolphus W.
    Report on the Proceedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land...International Polar Expedition [at head]

    Edition: First separate edition

    Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1888. Originally published as 49th Congress, 1st Session, HMD 393. Two volumes, original brown cloth, spines gilt lettered. Vol. I: pp [2], viii, 545, [3] + plates, charts, maps (3 folding). Vol. II: pp [2], (viii), 738 + 3 plates with Explanation on facing leaf + Explanatory Note tipped in after title. Collated and complete. Volume I has a partial cloth split to front joint, and horizontal split at foot of spine, neatly repaired; cracked inner hinges neatly repaired with rice paper as well as a tear to inner margin (no printing affected) of folding map at p. 186; two plates between pp 4 and 5 protrude slightly at fore edge, with a few…

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    Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1888. Originally published as 49th Congress, 1st Session, HMD 393. Two volumes, original brown cloth, spines gilt lettered. Vol. I: pp [2], viii, 545, [3] + plates, charts, maps (3 folding). Vol. II: pp [2], (viii), 738 + 3 plates with Explanation on facing leaf + Explanatory Note tipped in after title. Collated and complete. Volume I has a partial cloth split to front joint, and horizontal split at foot of spine, neatly repaired; cracked inner hinges neatly repaired with rice paper as well as a tear to inner margin (no printing affected) of folding map at p. 186; two plates between pp 4 and 5 protrude slightly at fore edge, with a few nicks. Both volumes have minor wear at spine tips; otherwise a mainly fine, bright and tight pair, no previous owner names or text marks. Greeley's narrative for the public, Three Years of Arctic Service (Scribner's, 1886), was a good seller. About that book AB 6118 says: "The United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, about 81°45' N, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, about 82°30'-83°30" N, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land (northern Ellesmere Island), and extended the maping of Hayes Sound, about 79° N, on Ellesmere. As relief ships failed to reach them, members of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound." This official report (first 97 pp are by Greely, followed by 141 appendices in all) is scarce. Not in AB. Total edition of 4500 copies, of which 750 were for public & library distribution. A nice set of an uncommon Arctic book. Note: 7 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.; Small folio

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    Book ID: 27648
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  • Thomson, George Malcolm
    THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Secker and Warburg, 1975. Blue cloth. (xii), 288 pp + plates; map in text, indexed. Very nearly fine in very nearly fine price-clipped jacket, no owner names. A history of the search for the North-West Passage through five centuries.; Octavo 0436520486

    Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

    Book ID: 25209
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  • THE POLAR PASSION. The Quest for the North Pole. With Selections from Arctic Journals. by MOWAT, Farley
    MOWAT, Farley
    THE POLAR PASSION. The Quest for the North Pole. With Selections from Arctic Journals.

    Edition: First printing

    Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967. Grey cloth, tan endpapers. (303) pp, index, numerous illustrations in black and tan. Small soft bruises to outer corners of covers; remains of a label inside front cover; VG+ otherwise. Jacket has chips and tears, internal repairs, just good. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (simple signature, no inscription). ; Tall quarto; Signed by Author

    Book ID: 55567
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  • THOMSON, George Malcolm
    THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE.

    Edition: First US Edition

    New York: Macmillan, 1975. Navy cloth. (xii), 288, [4] pp. Double-page map in text, 8 double-sided plates inserted. Fine copy. Jacket has a one inch tear to front panel, else fine. An overview of the various attempts to find an Atlantic to Pacific sea route through the Canadian Arctic.

    Book ID: 11195
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  • THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North by Greely, Adolphus W.
    Greely, Adolphus W.
    THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North

    New York: Scribner's, 1894. Second edition, slightly abridged, with new author Foreword. Thick octavo. Original dark blue decorated cloth stamped in gilt & silver, brown endpapers. pp [2, blank], (xxiv), 726, [2, blank] + engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard + folding map at rear; numerous photos and maps in text. Ex high school library (Ellicottville, New York), with bookplate on front pastedown, remains of pouch and rubber stamp on rear pastedown; call numbers in white to a blank area of the spine; mild wear to spine tips and outer corners, small worn to top edge of rear cover; slight rubbing at foot of spine; usual yellowing to page edges; clean tear to inner third of the folding map…

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    New York: Scribner's, 1894. Second edition, slightly abridged, with new author Foreword. Thick octavo. Original dark blue decorated cloth stamped in gilt & silver, brown endpapers. pp [2, blank], (xxiv), 726, [2, blank] + engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard + folding map at rear; numerous photos and maps in text. Ex high school library (Ellicottville, New York), with bookplate on front pastedown, remains of pouch and rubber stamp on rear pastedown; call numbers in white to a blank area of the spine; mild wear to spine tips and outer corners, small worn to top edge of rear cover; slight rubbing at foot of spine; usual yellowing to page edges; clean tear to inner third of the folding map neatly repaired on black side with clear archival paper tape; else a VG clean and tight copy, inner hinges not cracked (in other words, the little heathens never looked at the book). "This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay...on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington...the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land (northern Ellesmere Island), and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound... on Ellesmere. As relief ships failed to reach them, members of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound" - Arctic Bib. 6118. "In preparing a popular edition in English, the same plan and scope have been followed as were the French and German editions. All the photographic reproductions have been retained, and only such portions of the text have been omitted as bear on scientific and historical matters, unessential to a full understanding of the expedition. - author's Preface to New Edition. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.

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    Book ID: 26474
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