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ARCTIC: Journal of The Arctic Institute of North America. Volume 62, Number 4, December 2009
by McCullough, Karen M.; editor
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AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA.
by Henderson, John W.; Barth, Helen A. et al.
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1971., 1971.. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The tail of the spine is lightly creased. xiii & 555 pages with an errata page bound in. Illustrated with 2 folding black-and-white maps. Very good. <p>This is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University, Washington, DC "designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries."
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ARSUKFJORDEN: IVIGTUT GRONNEDAL ARSUK.
by Luckow, Ulrik; and Fisker, Jorgen; editors.
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(Umanak): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1977)., (1977).. Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. 151 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, including maps. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>An account of the history, geology, natural history, fisheries and way of life of Arsukfjorden in southwest Greenland.<p>The text is in Danish.
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A BELATED REBUTTAL ON RUSSIA
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Allegan, Michigan: The Allegan Press, (1928).. (1928).. Good. - Octavo, limp burgundy cloth titled within a gilt rectangle above a blind- stamped vignette on the front cover. The book is also titled in gilt on the spine, but the gilt is faded. There is light white staining to the binding. 196 pages, with profuse illustrations throughout. The front hinge is cracked. There is staining to the front blank and some foxing and light staining to the first and last few pages. Good. <p>First edition. A young American student's travels to Soviet Russia.
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BOGEN OM GRONLAND: Kalatdlit-nunanik atuagkiak
by Barfod, Pie; Bornemann, Claus; Petersen, Hjalmar; editors
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Kobenhavn [Denmark]: Politikens Forlag, 1968.. 1968.. Good. - Small octavo, pictorial paper covered boards. The binding is lightly bumped and the spine is a bit darkened with a stain to the tail. 383 & [1] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations & maps. The page edges are darkened. Good. <p>Second edition.<p>A handbook on Greenland. The text is in Danish.
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CESKOSLOVENSKO.
by Frantisek, Rachlik.
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Praha: SNTL, 1958., 1958.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], white cloth titled in gilt. The book is housed in a light tan paper-covered slipcase. The head & tail of the book's spine are creased and the covers are lightly soiled and partially discolored. The slipcase is soiled & chipped with tears to the corners. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with a folding 3-panel color pictorial map in the rear. The book is cracked at this map. Good in a fair slipcase. <p>Czech-language edition.
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DET NYE GROENLAND OG KONGEPARRETS REJSE.
by Therkilsen, Kjeld Rask.
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[Kjobenhavn, Denmark]: Berlingske Forlag, 1952., 1952.. Good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10-3/8 inches wide] softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped & rubbed. 63 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Good. <p>The title translates as "the New Greenland and the Journey of the King and Queen" and refers to a visit to Greenland by Frederick IX, King of Denmarrk [1899-1972].<p>The text is in Danish and English.
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ETT SVUNNET GOTEBORG.
by Hjern, Kjell.
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Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, (1964)., (1964).. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KJELL HJERN AND HIS WIFE - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cream-colored boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is warped & very lightly bumped & the extremities of the boards are slightly darkened. The dust jacket is chipped with the top edge of the rear panel torn. 119 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations, including a town plan. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed and signed on the half-title by Hjern and his wife Elsa<p> Kjell Hjern [1916-1984] was a theatre critic and poet. He published five collections of poetry and many other books, most of them about art and artists related to Gothenburg. He was editor of the art magazine Palette from 1940 to 1947. This book is about times past in Gothenburg.<p>The text is in Swedish.
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GODTHAB--NUK 1728-1978 i tekst og billeder.
by Lynge, Hans; Lund, Lars Moller; and Westermann, Hans; editors.
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Nuk [Greenland]: Nuk kommune, 1978., 1978.. Very good. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The top corner of the rear wrap is bumped. 175 pages. Illustrated with several color plates and with profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top corners of a few rear pages are lightly bumped. Very good. <p>First edition, limited to 2,500 copies.<p>Published for the Nuk kommune by the Kommission hos Det Gronlandske forlag. Godthab is the capital and the largest city of Greenland. Nuk contains almost a quarter of Greenland's population and is the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. Nuk is the Kalaallisut word for "cape". It is so named because of its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea.<p>The text is in Danish.
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GROENLAND
by (Luthy, Werner). Petersen, Hjalmar
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Zurich [Switzerland]: Editions Silva, (1967).. (1967).. Very good. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the top edges of the covers slightly faded. The extremities of the dust jacket are a bit darkened, the head of its spine is creased and the top & bottom of its front fold are chipped. 131 pages. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in color plates from photographs by Werner Luthy. Very good. <p>A book about the people, culture, history and geography of Greenland. The text is in French.
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GRONLAND: DANMARK I NORD.
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Copenhagen: Berlingske Forlag, 1947., 1947.. Good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & bumped with soiling to the rear wrap. The spine is darkened & chipped. 96 pages. Profuse photographic illustrations & maps in brown & white. The corners of some front & rear pages are creased. Good. <p>A book about life in Greenland and its relationship with Denmark.<p>The text is in Danish with an English translation by Aa. Hald Madsen.
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GUIENNE. Notes of an Autumn Tour. By Algernon Taylor
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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.. 1879.. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The head of the spine is chipped and the cloth is splitting along the top of the rear joint. [iv] & 171 pages plus a 32-page publisher's catalog. The text block is cracked opposite the table of contents and a gathering of signatures from the catalog is detached. Good. <p>First edition. RARE. [RLIN and OCLC locate only 5 copies between them].<p>A wonderful little book on the Aquitaine region of Southwest France.
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ILULISSAT JAKOBSHAVN: Rodebay, Qeqertaq, Sarqaq.
by Fisker, Jorgen; Egede, Niels; Ostermann, Hother; et al.
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Umanak, Greenland: Norrdiske Landes Bogforlag, 1984., 1984.. Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with a tiny ink stain to the rear wrap. 303 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Very good. <p>Ilulissat, formerly known as Jakobshavn, is a town in western Greenland. Jakobshavn is also the name of the nearby, now fast-disappearing glacier. The book is a history and an account of the daily life of the town, including whaling, fishing, healthcare and education.<p>The text is in Danish.
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INUIT: The North in Transition
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Seattle: University of Washington Press, (1982).. (1982).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide], gray paper covered boards in a dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are very lightly rubbed. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly darkened & lightly creased. viii & 216 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Very good. <p>Ulli Steltzer traveled alone across the Canadian Arctic with her camera, pursuing the remnants of the ancient Inuit culture and observing its encounter with twentieth-century technology.
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IT'S AN OLD SCOTTISH CUSTOM.
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London: Dennis Dobson, (1951)., (1951).. Good. - 8vo, red cloth (bottom corners bumped; crease to bottom edge of rear cover) titled in black, in dw (lightly soiled; top edges of flaps creased; price-clipped). 192 pp. (light foxing to rear endpaper & last few pages of text). B&W head-pieces. Good in very good dw. <p>First edition.<p>Scotland, writes the author in his Foreword "is contemporary and ancient, and therein is its greatest fascination....A cigarette lit under a neon sign can be stubbed on a tumulus. That is part of the flavour of Scotland. In the country that developed steam power, wireless telegraphy, modern surgery and radar, there is still, in outlying parts, a Stone Age technique of living, a survival of practices and superstitions which make prehistoric man walk hand in hand with the turbo-jet engineer."
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LETTERS FROM PORTUGAL, SPAIN, & FRANCE, WRITTEN DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1812, 1813, & 1814, Addressed to a Friend in England. Describing the Leading Features of the Provinces Passed Through, and the State of Society, Manners, Habits &c. of the People.
by Broughton, Samuel Daniel (1787-1837).
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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815., 1815.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Bound in contemporary brown calf crudely rebacked with a plain cloth spine. The binding is enhanced by marbled edges and endpapers. The leather covers are rubbed with wear to the corners. (vi) & 412 pages, illustrated with an 18-1/2 inches long by 5-1/4 inches wide folding map by John Thomson titled "Plan of the Route from Lisbon to Boulogne". There is occasional minor foxing to the otherwise bright pages and to the map with small tears to the bottom of the folds of the map. A few page corners are creased. Very good. RARE FIRST EDITION.Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787-1837) was an English army surgeon who in 1812 was appointed assistant-surgeon of the 2nd Life Guards, the Regiment that fought on the Spanish peninsular against Napoleon's troops. He was present on the Iberian Peninsula and in the South of France until the end of the Peninsular War at the battle for…
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MOROCCO
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New York: The Viking Press, (1971).. (1971).. Very good. - Small quarto [10-1/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inhes wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The bottom edge of the front cover is faded. The dust jacket flaps are slightly darkened & the head of the spine & the tops of the folds are lightly chipped. 47 pages plus numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations by Dorothy Hales Gary. Also with full & double- page color illustrations in the first section of the book. Very good. <p>First edition.
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NANORTALIK: Nunap Isuata erqa. Kap Farvel-landet.
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(Umanaq): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1981)., (1981).. Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The extremities of the binding are lightly rubbed. 282 & [1] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, including maps & facsimiles. Very good. <p>First edition.<p>An account of the history and development of the commune of Nanortalik.<p>The text is in Danish and Greenlandic.
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NARSSAK: Igaliko, K'agssiarssuk, Narssarssuak.
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(Umanak): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1980)., (1980).. Very good. - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The extremities of the binding are lightly rubbed. 271 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Very good. <p>"Narssak" in Greenlandic translates as "plain" and Narssak is a municipality in Western Greenland situated on a plain abruptly cut off by high mountains. The book explores the history of Narssak, its institutions, geology, economy and business development. One chapter is on sheep farming from 1975 to 1980.<p>The text is in Danish and Greenlandic.
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NORDOST GRONLAND 1908-60: Fangstmandsperioden.
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[Denmark]: Aschehoug, (2001)., (2001).. Very good. - Quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide], light gray boards with a color illustration on each cover. The bottom corner of the front cover is creased. 423 pages. Black-and-white illustrations & color endpaper maps. Very good. <p>A revised and enlarged edition of the version published by the Danish Polar Center in 1994.<p>The history of early explorations and trapping expeditions to Northeast Greenland with mapping and many photographs of known trapping huts.<p>The text is in Danish with an English translation of the introduction and a 15-page summary in English in the rear.
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