Search Results: Arctic from Lord Durham Rare Books (IOBA)

Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, 1953. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 3 volumes. Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Volume 1: A-Libi. [ij], 1498pp. Volume 2: Libm-Z. [ij], 1499-2968pp.Volume 3: Index. [ij], 2969-4478pp.Each volume is a First Edition, First Printing and 9-1/4 x 6 inches. Issued without dust jackets. Slight shelf wear. Clean text and tight bindings with old labels removed on front spines. Colour foldout map tipped-in to rear pastedown of each volume. Very good condition.Best single bibliography on the subject. Volumes 1 and 2 contain 20,003 annotated entries. Volume 3 is a thorough index by sub-topic Volumes 1, 2 & 3, are by far the most useful and referred to of the original 16 volume set produced. These first three volumes cover the early era of Arctic exploration and are an indispensable reference for anyone interested in the history and literature of the Arctic. Published for, and in cooperation with, the Department of Defense under the direction of the Arctic Institute of North… Read More

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS First edition. 12 x 9 inches. 95 pp. Softcover. Near-fine condition. Green and Desmarais, librarians at the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the U. of Alberta, Canada, provide a catalog to go with an exhibition held there from May to August 2008 that details 59 books and maps published from 1565 to 1983 by Arctic explorers such as James Cook, George Vancouver, John Franklin, William Edward Parry, George Back, Elisha Kent Kane, and William Gilkerson. The exhibition documents four centuries of exploration in search of a Northwest Passage around the coast of Baffin Island and through or south of the islands between Baffin and the Beaufort Sea to the Pacific. Jeannine Green was head of the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library at the University of Alberta. She received a BASpec and Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Alberta and was a sessional lecturer at the… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4 NICE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES First UK edition. 4-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. vii, (3), 320 pp, Full brown tan calf, gilt-ruled boards and edges, raised bands with gilt decorations in the panels, red morocco label, (small piece missing in label, slightly effecting type) marbled edges and endpapers. Over all very good copy. Internally age toned paper and some spotting on borders of plates.4 chromolithograph plates entitled "Cape Hotham", "Breaking through the ice", "Resolute winter quarters" and "Sledge travelling", all drawn by Lieutenant Osborn and lithographed by M & N Hanhart, and 7 engraved illustrations in text. Engraved folding map (190 x 600 mm) coloured with blue in outlines "shewing the track of H.M.S. Pioneer, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1851-1852" by Trelawney Saunders. TPL 3193 An account of Osborn's search for Franklin in Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound, and wintering experiences at Griffith Island. Informative… Read More