Polar Regions from Walkabout Books

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives for the First Session of the Fiftieth Congress, 1887-'88, Volume 19. 4to. 128 pp, with many b/w illustrations from photographs and two color plates of birds (auks). Bound in full leather with red and black spine labels. Boards are scuffed and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. Good+. xvii, 302 pp with folding map, in original binding of leather-backed textured cloth boards. Issued as No. 167 in Harper & Brothers School District Library series. Spine rubbed at edges, light scattered foxing, reinforcement to map on verso. Written on the front free endpaper "School District Library No. 13, Town… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xvi, 357 pp + publisher's ads, with 9 folding maps (5 colored). Frontis map detached and laid in, otherwise contents sound and clean. Volume has been re-backed, with original front and rear board retained, spine cloth replaced. Arctic Bibliography 10949: "History of arctic exploration region… Read more about this item

London and New York: Macmillan, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp ix, 300 + 55 (publisher's catalogue). Index, two folding maps, errata slip bound in. Publisher's green cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. Mild rubbing to extremitie, previous owner's name on half-title page. Narrative of the author's hunting (musk ox, caribou) and explorations in 1889-91 in the region… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 399 + [6] ads, with chromolithograph frontispiece, many illustrations in the text, double-page Map of the Kaiser Franz Josef Land surveyed by Payer. Original red cloth with decoration in gilt and black. Spine lightly sunned. Blind stamp and "withdrawn" ink stamp of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. Harper's Stereotype Edition. 373 pp + folding map (frontispiece), 13 engraved illustrations (some full-page). Original pebbled cloth boards show some mild sunning, scattered light foxing. Arctic Bibliography 9945 (referring to the 1830 Edinburgh edition): Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions, the animal and vegetable life, ancient voyages… Read more about this item

Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 171 pp + [4] pp publisher's ads, with frontis portrait of the author. Original black cloth with blind-stamped decoration and image of a ship on each board. Complete but well worn; spine slant, corners rubbed through, small losses of cloth at head and foot of spine, moderate foxing and soiling… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. pp. xxiii, 940, + ads, with many plates (including one folding panorama), portraits, and five folding maps. Plates are from photos by the author and drawings by R.W. Macbeth, Clifford Carleton, Harry C. Edwards, E.F.W. Frohawk. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering, illustration on upper board.… Read more about this item

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1922. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, pp. xxvi, 305, "with 164 photographic illustrations by the author, 11 by Captain Scott and others, a map & two drawings, and an Introduction by Lady Scott." Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and upper board. Spine somewhat dulled, with short tears to… Read more about this item

Glocester: R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, 1764. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto, pp. [8], 280, [8], with 7 engraved maps and plates (4 folding). Contemporary calf boards with new, complementary calf spine in six compartments. Some edgewear to boards; minor foxing to endpapers; text and plates exceptionally clean and bright. Bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley on front… Read more about this item

New York: Lewis, Scribner and Co, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Published under the auspices of the Arctic Club. 386 pages, bound in drab green cloth, illustrated. Corners rubbed, cloth at spine ends frayed, rear hinge wobbly. Binding otherwise solid, contents clean and bright. Reminiscences and impressions from 22 Explorers, on subjects including eskimo superstitions, eskimo music, shipwreck… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 155 pp. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Binding is tight and square, text is unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has several sizeable chips missing from the top edge. Recounts the ordeal and rescue of members of the British North… Read more about this item