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Toronto: Coles Canadiana Collection - Coles Publishing, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xvi) 198 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings and a fold-out map. Originally published in 1825, the full title is: A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay through Sir Thomas Rowe's Welcome in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year 1824..
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AN ATTEMPT TO REACH REPULSE BAY IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP GRIPER IN THE YEAR MDCCCXXIV
by Lyon, Captain G. F.
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THE BLACK HEART - A Voyage into Central Africa
by Hyland, Paul
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: PART ONE: TO THE POOL: The Mouth; Black Gold; The Seat of Government; City of Rocks; The Haunted Path. PART TWO: TO THE FALLS: Journeying Deep; A Muddy Hole; A Moveable Equator; The Great Bend; The Inner Station. PART THREE: TO THE GREAT WHITE WATER: Low-Level History; A Most Malarious Marsh; Exodus; Konga Vantu; and Black Thoughts; followed by a bibliography and an index..
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CANADA'S HISTORY - formerly The Beaver - February March 2018
by Reid, Mark Collin (editor) (Brigitta Wallace; Christopher J. Rutty; Nelle Oosterom; Garry Moir; Jeff Keshen;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canada's History, 2018. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 66 pp. Magazine. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. This issue contains: Finding Vinland - Viking Settlement by Brigitta Wallace; Mercy Mission - Polio by Christopher J. Rutty; Radio Queens by Nelle Oosterom and Garry Moir; and War Correspondence - Goldberg brothers letters home during World War Two by Jeff Keshen; along with an assortment of regular features including an article by Christopher Moore; A unique Yukon wedding aboard a steamer bound for Whitehorse; Exploring Saskatoon's boomtown era; and an assortment of others..
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DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH - The Exploration of Canada's Arctic
by Francis, Daniel
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Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1986. Book. Illus. by Samuel Gurney Creswell;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 224 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; blue endpapers; headband. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; previous owner's name inside. The dustjacket features Critical Position of HMS Investigator on the North Coast of Bearing Island by Samuel Gurney Creswell - 1867 from the Public Archives of Canada. The Chapters are: The First Voyages; Seeking the Hudson Bay Passage; Overland to the Arctic; The Royal Navy in the North; The Ordeal of John Ross; Completing the Coastline; Lost and Found: The Search for Franklin; Search for the Pole; The Scandinavians; and Canada Claims the Arctic; followed by an epilogue, a bibliographic essay and an index..
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THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE
by McClure, Robert Le M.(preface by William C. Wonders)
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Edmonton, Alberta: M. G. Hurtig, 1969. Book. Illus. by Commander S. Gurney Cresswell;. Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xxxv) 405 pp. Red cloth decorated in black and gilt on the spine; gray endpapers; headband; illustrated with a fold-out map and with black and white artwork by Commander S. Gurney Cresswell. This is an ex-library copy in quite reasonable condition. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn from the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure..
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FROM WAR TO WILDERNESS
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Victoria, British Columbia: Shelford Publishing, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 250 pp. Signed on the title page by Cyril Shelford. Glossy pictorial boards; endpaper maps; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear on the corners; creased on the last page; as issued, no dustjacket. The Chapters are: Boer War 1899 - 1902; Liverpool to America; Northwest to Alaska; Fairbanks Alaska; Kuskakwim and Kayukuk Rivers; Second Trip to Alaska; Trapping Up the Kantishna River and Goodbye to Alaska; In Search of a New Life in the Wilderness of B.C.; Moving Supplies to Homestead from Hazelton; and A Bride Beholds Her Home; followed by an epilogue..
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FROZEN IN TIME - Unlocking the Secrets of the Franklin Expedition
by Beattie, Owen; Geiger, John
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 180 pp. Blue boards lettered in pale blue on the spine; beige endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps and colour plates. The Chapters are: PART ONE: THE SKELETONS: An Arctic Mystery; Into the Frozen Seas; Isthmus of the Graves; Death's Island; Scattered Bones; Phantoms Remain; A Doorway Opens. PART TWO: THE ICEMEN: Across the Precipice; The Face of Death; The Evidence Mounts; Iceman Revisited; The Royal Marine; and Understanding a Disaster; followed by: Appendix One: List of the Officers and Crews of HMS Erebus and Terror; Appendix Two: Major Expeditions Involved in the Search for HMS Erebus and Terror; bibliography; and an index..
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THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
by Verne, Jules
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London: Gerald Duckworth, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xvii) 490 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white maps and drawings. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..
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HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 1670 - 1870: Volume III: 1821 - 1870
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pages 401 - 974. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps. Two black and white plates: a frontis of Winston Churchill; and on page 448 - Sir George Simpson. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: COMPANY RULE: 1821 - 1870: Reorganisation Under the Deed Poll and the Licence for Exclusive Trade; The Governor; Economy and Recuperation; The Company the Colony and Opposition Traders; Freedom of Trade at Red River; American Opposition in the Columbia Department and the Snake Country; Development in the Columbia; Settlement and National Rivalry in the Columbia; McLoughlin and the Settlers in the Columbia; The Company and Oregon; Victoria and Vancouver Island; The Company and the Government; The International Financial Society; The Deed of Surrender; and The End of Company Rule; followed by an index..
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JOHN CABOT - The Discovery of Newfoundland
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St. John's, Newfoundland: Creative Publishers, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xii) 115 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. The Contents are: Cabot's Antecedents - L'Anse Aux Meadows; Cabot's Destiny - Bristol: Merchant Princes Capitol; Cabot's Discovery - Ye Matthew - Ship of Discovery; Cabot's Exploration - Henry VII: Machiavellian Monarch; Cabot's Landfall - Sebastian Cabot: Explorer or Pretender; and Cabot's Second Voyage - Cabot Commemorated..
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LAST VOYAGE OF THE UNICORN
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Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1969. Book. Illus. by Mary Cserepy;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 182 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; endpaper maps. Edgewear on the dustjacket with a short tear and creasing on the lower right of the rear panel; a very short tear and creasing on the lower right of the front panel; some rubbing. Illustrated with line drawings by Mary Cserepy. The Chapters are: Captain Munck; Unicorn; Departure; Icy Seas; A Stray; Mare Magnum; Vinderhaffn; Aground; Winter; Despair; Ship of the Dead; Spring; and Return..
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LETTERS FROM NORTH AMERICA
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Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Translated Edition. 8vo. 228 pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband; illustrated with a fold-out map and drawings. Lightly rubbed around the edges of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The letters were written as a reslut of Silvy's journeys between the years 1673 and 1708, from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi to James Bay, Hudson Bay and Labrador....
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THE LONELIEST CONTINENT - The Story of Antarctic Discovery
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Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 279 pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Very light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Terra Australis Incognita; Cook Crosses the Circle; The Sealers Find a New Continent; Weddell Sails South; To the Magnetic Pole; The Crowded Antarctic; Scott's First Expedition; The First Assault on the Pole; The Conquest of the South Pole; The Scott Tragedy; Mawson and Blizzards Whackleton and Endurance; Byrd-Admiral of the Ends of the Earth; Ellsworth-Across the Continent by Air; and Toward the Atomic Age; followed by an index..
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LOUIS JOLLIET - Explorer of Rivers
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New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 242 pp. Green cloth lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with maps. Light wear around the edges of the dustjacket; price clipped; previous owner's name inside. The Contents are: Introduction; The Christening; The Way West; The Iroquois; Word of a River; The Decision; Adrien; Mission to the West; The Great River; People of the Mississippi; An End to Peace; The Illinois Country; Claire Francoise; The Northward Trail; Hudson Bay; Boisseau; Frontenac; Disaster; Labrador; Eskimo Country; The Triumph; and The Northern Mystery; followed by a bibliography and an index..
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OCEAN TO OCEAN - Sanford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
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Toronto: Prospero Books, 2000. Book. Illus. by Lucius O'Brien;. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiv) 371 pp. Black boards decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with drawings and photographs. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; most of the front free endpaper has been removed. The rest of the title is: Being a Diary Kept During a Journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the Expedition of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways..
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ORDEAL BY ICE - The Top of the World
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Revised Edition. 8vo. 427 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. The Contents are: The Forerunners; The Ice Seas; Henry Hudson's Fateful Voyages; The Black Winter of Jens Munk; The Venturesome Voyage of Captain James; French Guns Amongst the Ice; The Marble Tomb; Of Whales and Ice; Winter Without End; The Vanished Ships; The Fate of Franklin; The Almost Eskimo; and The Passage West..
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THE PALLISER EXPEDITION - An Account of John Palliser's British North American Exploring Expedition 1857 - 1860
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vi) 310 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings and maps..
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PARRY OF THE ARCTIC
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1992. Book. Illus. by Paul McCusker; Scott Cameron;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 84 pp. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Scott Cameron; interior drawings by Paul McCusker. Also illustrated with maps. Subtitled: Exploring the Frozen North. The Chapters are: The Strange People; Into the Unknown; The Ice Won't Budge; The People of Igloolik; The End of the Fury; and Treadmill to the Pole; followed by an index..
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THE POLAR PASSION - The Top of the World
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Revised Edition. 8vo. 365 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. The Contents are: The First Steps North - The Saga of Thorgisl Orrabeinsfostri 997 A.D.; The Bay of Disbelief - The Fifth Voyage of Robert Bylot and William Baffin 1610; A Moth to the Flame - Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorations 1853 - 1855; Life on an Ice Floe - Charles Francis Hall Life Among the Esquivaux 1865; George Tyson Wonderful Drift 1871 - 1873; Lieutenant Greely Sees It Through - Adolphus Greely The First Crossing of Greenland 1881 - 1884; The Inland Ice - Fridtjof Nansen The First Crossing of Greenland 1888; The Passion Quickens - A Survey 1892 - 1906; Voyage to Nowhere - Robert Bartlett The Last Voyage of Karluk 1913 - 1914; and The Top of the World - Frederick Cook My Attainment of the Pole 1907 - 1908..
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THE POLAR VOYAGERS - Explorers of the North
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Toronto: McGraw Hill Ryerson, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 320 pp. Signed by Frank Rasky on the half-title page. Dark green boards lettered in silver on the spine; endpaper maps. Light wear on the corners; no dustjacket; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white paintings and drawings. The Chapters are: The People at the End of the Earth; The Viking Sea Darers; The Cabots in Quest of Cathay; The Arctic Gold Rush; The Wizard the Knight and the Pilot; Icicles on Dutch Beards; Mutiny on Hudson Bay; Astronomer of the Midnight Sun; The Foxe-James Yacht Race to Cathay; and Fur Trade Caesars in the Savage Country; followed by: Notes and Acknowledgements; A Select Arctic Bibliography; and an index..
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