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Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. [2], vii-xvii, [1], 1-355, [1] pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, several plates and in-text illustrations, a chart, and with a folding map in the rear pocket of the volume. Both hinges cracked and the binding shaken, lacks the endpapers and the half-title page. The first several leaves have a dampspot on their bottom margin.

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. xii, 355 pp. b/w plates, folding color map. "Narrative... of expedition sent to patrol the waters, and to aid in establishing permanent government stations on shores.." - Arctic Bib 2717. Bound in original green cloth with gold cover decoration. Hinges weak, else very good condition.

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Government Printing Bureau, 1906. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Dark green cloth boards with title and ship illustration in gold on front board, title in gold on spine. Boards are frayed at corners and edges. Some soil, bumping and rubbing. Rear board noticeably scuffed. Previous owner's bookplate on inside paste down. Some soil and tanning to endpapers. Possibly and ex library with numbers written in pencil on blank verso of title page, and along the spine on the first preface page. Rear endpaper and map pocket rubbed from possible library card pocket removal. Occasional underlining to text. Large folding map in rear pocket is present and in nice condition. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Ottowa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. vii-xvii, 355pp; frontispiece; folded map in pocket to rear; illustrated; brown boards with gilt title, some marks to boards and edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

23cm by 16cm, 355pp, illustrated and one large folding map included, covers lightly worn, binding slightly skewed, unmarked.

Ottawa: Goverment Printing Bureau, 1906. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xvii,355pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered green cloth with frontispiece portrait, plates from photos, and large colour folding map (in rear pocket). Covers slightly rubbed with wear to ends of spine and corners. Loose front hinge tape repaired. Rubber stamps and names on front endpapers and rubber stamp on map pocket at rear. very good Arctic Bibl. 2717. The expedition, under Low, was to patrol Canada's arctic waters and to establish arctic outposts. Also includes much historical background, as well as information on arctic whaling and on the Eskimos of the areas visited. Cover title: "The Cruise of the Neptune 1903-04". 1906

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in brown cloth with gilt decoration & title to front board; gilt title to spine. Includes large folding map in pocket to rear inside board. Illustrated throughout. Light wear to outer corners & head & heel of spine; light shelf wear to lower edges. Front hinge torn; rear hinged started. Outer page edges age darkened; pastedowns & first free endpages age darkened. Previous owner's signature to 3rd free endpage.

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Official narrative of the expedition to Canada's Arctic Archipelago. Mounted to declare Canada's authority over the Arctic, the expedition was led by Albert Peter Low (1861-1942), a geologist with experience in the north, with a compliment of 43 including a detachment of North-West Mounted Police and several other scientists. Octavo: xvii, 355 p. with a frontispiece, 62 illustrations, and a color folding map (rear pocket). Original brown cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf. The upper seam of the rear pocket is split. Minor bumping to the corners and tips; otherwise very good.

Ottawa:Government Printing Bureau, 1906. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Ottawa:Government Printing Bureau. 1906. xvii + 355p. Illustrated, including large folding map in rear pocket.  Several previous owners bookplates to inside front board and 1st free end-page, otherwise pages are clean and bright. Green boards are lightly rubbed and soiled. Gilt on front board and spine still bright.  Spine ends worn with some fraying. A very good copy.

Ottawa, On: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. Green covers with gilt lettering. Covers are dampstained all along outer edge of front cover and completely on back cover. All pages up until the end of chapter on are dampstained on outer edge. Previous owner's name on ffep. There is a pocket at the end of the book that may have held maps or other papers at one time, whatever was in there is missing..

Ottawa. Department of Marine. 1906. 22.5cm, first edition, xvii,355p. frontis & 62 plates & illustrations, rear folding pocket map in colour, brown cloth, gilt titles, a fine copy. (Ar). A.B. 2717. Holland p448. The narrative, with supplemental information from previous reports, of an expedition sent by the Canadian government to assert Canadian sovereignty over Hudson Bay and the Arctic islands and to establish police and customs stations. Low sailed up to Cape Herschel on Ellesmere Island, which he mapped and claimed for Canada. "He made many important surveys. Sent on an Arctic patrol in 1903, he wrote the well-constructed narrative Cruise of the Neptune." Story.

Ottawa. Department of Marine. 1906. 22.5cm, first edition, xvii,355p. frontis & 62 plates & illustrations, rear folding pocket map in colour, brown cloth, gilt titles, a very good copy. (Ar). A.B. 2717. Holland p448. The narrative, with supplemental information from previous reports, of an expedition sent by the Canadian government to assert Canadian sovereignty over Hudson Bay and the Arctic islands and to establish police and customs stations. Low sailed up to Cape Herschel on Ellesmere Island, which he mapped and claimed for Canada. "He made many important surveys. Sent on an Arctic patrol in 1903, he wrote the well-constructed narrative Cruise of the Neptune." Story.

Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. pp.xvii, 355, fold-out map b/w illustrations at the rep. ""The Cruise of the Neptune 1903-04"", rear hinge broken, but o/w in nice condition.

Ottawa: Goverment Printing Bureau, 1906. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xvii,355pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered green cloth with frontispiece portrait, plates from photos, and large colour folding map (in rear pocket). Slight shelf wear to edges of covers. very good Arctic Bibl. 2717. The expedition, under Low, was to patrol Canada's arctic waters and to establish arctic outposts. Also includes much historical background, as well as information on arctic whaling and on the Eskimos of the areas visited. Cover title: "The Cruise of the Neptune 1903-04". 1906

Ottawa: Govt Printing Bureau. Very Good+. 1906. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo in maroon cloth with gilt ship on front, gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, pages clean as Baffin island snow, covers have light rubbing of tips, else NFINE. A beautiful copy, copiously illustrated, ship, crew members, Natives, Esckimos, dog sleds, etc. Maps in back pocket. Great for the Arctic collection. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1906. Hardcover; large 8vo; 355 pages. Green cloth, gilt on front cover. Rubbed boards, edges. Head and tail fraying somewhat. Bumped corners. Hinges cracked. Folding maps at pockets at rear. Many b&w plates. Bright and clean interior. G+/--. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. Hardcover; 355 pages. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt titles and illustration on spine and cover, heavily worn especially near spine. Bumped corners. Endpapers are yellowed. Pages are semi-glossy, off-white, unmarked. Page 187 has been mended from a rip with paper adhesive strips. Hinges (especially back hinge) are loose. Binding loose in places. Large fold out map at back. GOOD-. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good-.