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New York, Random House, [1992], First edition. . original cloth backed boards, silver spine title lettering, silver vignette on cover, dj (not price clipped), fine. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 256, [iii] pp, color illustrations from photos, map endpapers, bibliog. . An account of the first surface voyage to the North Pole by Russian icebreaker, with much historical background on previous travels in the area. The author has written both novels and non-fiction books. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Across the Top of the World; To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker
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Adventures with Arctic Wildlife
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Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, 1970, First edition. . original cloth, dj (price clipped, small hole), fine and clean in vg dj. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [ii], 260 pp, over 150 illustrations including color from photos, glossary, bibliog, index. . Interesting observations on wildlife, including animals, fish, plants, based on extensive travels through Alaska. The work is also a how-to manual complete with the author's list of equipment and supplies. List of birds found. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Alaskana or Alaska in Descriptive and Legendary Poems
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Philadelphia, Porter & Coates, 1893, second edition, expanded with additional legends. . original pictorial gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilted, spine bit darkened, fine. . 12mo [19.5 x 13 cm]; [ii], 402 pp, frontis, plates from photos, appendix. . Nicely illustrated. Ricks p. 130. Wickersham 5337. Smith 5103. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Antarctic Research; A Review of British Scientific Achievement in Antarctica
by PRIESTLEY, Sir Raymond (editor) with a foreword by H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh;
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London, Butterworths, 1964, First Edition. . original cloth, silver lettering, slight rubbing on lower spine, else fine. . 4to [28.5 x 23 cm]; xi, 369 pp, 36 color plates, numerous illustrations in text, including tables, charts, maps including 2 folding color maps in pocket at rear (loose as issued). . Spence 942. The 31 chapters are by various experts in their field including Priestley, Vivian Fuchs, Morley, Orr, Wiggins, G. de Q. Robin, Raymond Adie, H. H. Lamb, etc and covers all aspects such as polar travel, navigation, dogs, ice cover, seals, whales, fish and bird life, plants, climate, atmosphere, pack ice, aurorae, ionosphere, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Antarctica
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New York, E. P. Dutton, [1978], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (short tear), fine. . large 4to [31 x 32 cm]; 168 pp, colorfrontis, 87 color plates & illus, ep maps. . A superb production with very fine photographs by one of the best nature photographers, with much on nature, bird life, scenery, Shakleton's base, etc. Spence 932. One of the finest photographic works on the Antarctic. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Antarctic Adventure; The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
by FUCHS, Sir Vivian;
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New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, [1959], First American Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 190 pp, illustrations from drwgs by Stuart Tresilian, colorplates from photos, 9 maps including double page. . Spence 489. The stirring and fast-paced story of the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Antarctic Adventure; The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
by FUCHS, Sir Vivian;
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London, Cassell, [1959], First edition. . original cloth, dj (short tear, slightly rubbed at edge), fine. . 8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 190 pp, illustrations from drwgs by Stuart Tresilian, colorplates from photos, 9 maps including double page. . Spence 489. The stirring and fast-paced story of the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. This is the true first edition (as stated). A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Arctic Canada From the Air
by DUNBAR, Moira; Keith R. Greenaway;
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Ottawa, Defence Research Board, 1956, First Edition. . original blue cloth, spine a bit faded, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, clean and fine in very good cover, with an inscription from Greenaway to D. H. Sadler. . large 8vo; [vi], 541 pp, profusion of illustrations from photos, maps, many folding maps, appendices of principal expeditions to Canadian Arctic, references, glossary, index. . An important work and the first published book with comprehensive photos of Canadian Arctic taken from the air. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage Through Ruperts Land and the Arctic Sea, in Search of the Discovery Ships Under Command of Sir John Franklin with an Appendix on the Physical Geography of North America
by RICHARDSON, Sir John;
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London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, First edition. . later half calf bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering on spines, a few margins with barely perceptible foxing, interior is clean and near fine in fine and handsome binding. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, viii, 413, 32 [ads]; vii, 426 pp, 10 color lithographed (chromolithograph) plates, 8 wood engravings, folding hand colored map (short tear), tables. . AB 14489: "Contains the journal of Richardson's and Dr John Rae's expedition in the summer and fall of 1848 down the Mackenzie River and eastward along the coast to Coppermine River, returning overland to Fort Confidence; with chapters on Eskimos, Kutchin, Cree and Chiewyan Indians and on Dr Rae's summer journey in 1849, down the Coppermine River." The appendices are on physical geography, climatology, the geographical distribution of plants, list of insects, vocabularies of natives. According to the Arctic Bibliography,…
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Bibliography of Books on Alaska Published Before 1868
by LADA-MOCARSKI, Valerian;
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New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1969, First edition. . original red blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked. . 4to [28.5 x 21.5 cm]; vii, 567 pp, frontis is title in Russian with illus, 161 plates are reproductions of title pages, indexes in English and Russian, bibliog. . The best and most useful reference on the subject with an introduction by Archibald Hanna Jr. Each of the books cited has a detailed description and full collation, includes English translations of Russian titles. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Bibliography of Alaskan Literature 1724-1924, Containing the Titles of All Histories, Travels, Voyages, Newspapers, Periodicals, Public Documents, Etc., Printed in English, Russian, German, French, Etc. . . from 1724 to and including 1924
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Fairbanks/Cordova, Alaska, Alaska Agricultural College & School of Mines; Cordova Daily Times Pri, 1927, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxvii, 635 pp, index. . A standard reference covering over 10,000 items and preceded by an extensive introduction providing a good historical perspective. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Botanical Expedition to West Greenland in 1946 : Introduction with a Short Mention of the Vegetation and Areas Examined; Den Botaniske Expedition til Vestgronland 1946
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Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1949, First edition, Meddelelser om Gr°nland Vol. 147 No. 1. . original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light cover aging, else clean, unmarked fine copy. . 8vo [28 x 18 cm]; 28 pp, with all 14 illustrations including a map, others are photos, bibliog. . This published in English provides details on the expedition, topography, ecology, botany, collections made. The illustrations are mostly of scenery, lakes, mountain, house of the expedition, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions: Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic & Pacific, from earliest Periods of Scandinavian Navigation to Recent Expedition
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London, John Murray, 1818, First edition. . later morocco backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering & gilt rules, light marginal stain on title & few other pages, faint number in margin, erased and barely perceptible, presentation copy from Arthur's mother 1821, very good, tight, clean. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [viii, ads], [viii], 379, 48 pp, large folding engraved map frontis of Arctic Regions dated 1818, 3 engraved illustrations/plans, with the half title page. . A detailed account by prolific author and Arctic expert who had access to the British admiralty papers, describing early voyages to the Arctic, through the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries up to 1818 and the voyages of Ross, Kotzebue, Buchan, Parry and Franklin. The appendices include Buchan's expedition into the interior of Newfoundland (23 pages) and a relation of the discovery of the Strait of Anian made by Captain Maldonado in 1588 (25 pages) with a few illustrations. Mill31 (Catalogue of the Royal…
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Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska; Results of Investigations made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands, Conducted Under the Auspices of the Signal Service of the US Army, from May 1874 to August 1881
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Washington, Government Printing Office, 1886, First edition. . original cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, cover slightly marked, spine trifle faded, clean near fine copy, the plates in good impressions and with tissue guards. . 4to [30 x 23 cm]; 226 pp, 26 plates, including 11 fine color lithographs (chromolithographs) of birds from Ridgway's paintings, others of fish (complete), tables. . An important contribution covering meteorology, plants, listing over 800 species; fish, listing 47 species from Bering Sea and Aleutian waters; birds, annotated listing of 172 species with another list of 269 species; mammals, listing 69 species including dolphins and whales, and with excellent plates. Bennet 107, whose copy only had 10 color plates: 'The ten finely colored plates all appear in part V... They show Alaskan birds and were the work of R. and J. L. Ridgway'. Ricks 222. Hasse p. 78. Wood 605. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56
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Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1958], First American Edition. . original cloth, dj (tape repair, small crease), else fine. . 8vo; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, map eps. . Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56
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London, Cassell, [1958], First edition. . original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, closed tear), endpaper inscription, else fine in very good dj. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 338 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, map endpapers, glossary, appendices, index. . Spence 490. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the Antarctic continent. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56
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Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1958], First American Edition. . original cloth, sliver spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), signature, very good+ in good jacket. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, plus map endpapers, index. . Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Earth and the Great Weather: The Brooks Range
by BROWER, Kenneth, photos by Pete Martin, Wilbur Mills, John P. Milton, Gilbert Staender;
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San Francisco, Friends of the Earth, McCall Publishing Company, [1973], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . folio [36 x 27 cm]; 188 pp, 59 fine color plates, other illustrations by photos and drwgs, pictorial eps, with the errata slip inserted loose at page 25, usually lacking. . Travels and fine photos in Northern Alaska, with observations of Eskimo life and lore. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Expedition; An Arctic Journey Through History On George Back's River
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Toronto, Betelgeuse Books, [1981], Limited First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very good jacket (rubbed at edges, slight wear at spine head, not price clipped), else a fine copy inscribed & signed by the author with his name on title page. . 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; xiii, 172 pp, color frontis, illustrations, portraits, color plates from photos, maps, bibliography, list of birds, mammals and plants found, index. . An account of the Pelly Lake Expedition that retraced George Back's 1834 travels through the Canadian Arctic and Barrens, from the source of Back's River to Lake Pelly. The Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company at the time, John Henry Pelly, who supported Back's explorations, was an ancestor of the author. The frontis and many illustrations are from Back's original work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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The Great Frozen Sea; A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the 'Alert' During the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6
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London, Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878, First edition. . contemporary half maroon morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, lightly foxing on few leaves, else clean, very good copy. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; xx, 440 pp, 8 plates including 2 double-page colored plates of flags, frontis, 2 maps including one folding and tinted, other illus, index. . This edition includes the appendices of the programs of entertainment of the crews, the table of game, etc, but was omitted in later editions. This copy includes the two double page color plates of crews and flags of the spring and autumn sledges, not included with all copies. Arctic Bibliog 10926: 'The author commanded the Alert during the British Arctic Expedition under Nares to the North Polar Sea, wintering at Cape Sheridan, North Ellesmer Island. . . His narrative contains detailed account of the passage through the ice from Smith Sound northward, wintering the ship, entertaining the crew, itineraries'.…
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