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Greenland Books & Ephemera
Adventures in the Northlands
by Howard, Tony
Vertebrate Publishing, 2012. 1st ed VG+ pb. small format pb, just 58 pages, a collection of five short essays covering a few of his climbing and canoeing trips to Greenland, the Yukon and Norway
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£8.00
Undersogelses-Reiose til Ostkysten af Gronland Fefaling udfort i Aarene 1828-31
by Graah, W.A
Kobenhavn: J.D. Quist, 1832. xvii,(1),216 pp. Quarto (25.5 X 21.5 cm.), 19th century marbled boards. Very early cloth spine with title label. Corners to match. Original endpapers. Edges untrimmed. 8 full page hand coloured lithographic plates. Large folding map at the rear. Text lightly to moderately foxed which is typical of this title. Plates have moderate-print through on the reverse. Quite an attractive copy. Lauridsen I, 130, Arctic Biblio 6032. Contains the author's diary of a...
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£1,787.70
Sea, Ice & Rock
by Bonington, Christian & Knox-Johnston, Robin
Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 1st ed VG in VG dw. Bonington teams up with Knox-Johnston to sail to the Arctic Circle, they both go out of their comfort zone to learn new skills from the other as they sail to, then climb in, Greenland
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£15.00
Spirits of the Air
by Diemberger, Kurt
Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. 1st Eng ed VG+ in VG dw . second volume of his autobiography includes expeditions in the Himalaya, Greenland, Makalu, Hindu Kush
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£15.00
High Arctic
by Banks, Michael
1st ed VG in VG- dw
account of the 1952-54 polar expedition to cross the Greenland ice-cap [Neate B36]
account of the 1952-54 polar expedition to cross the Greenland ice-cap [Neate B36]
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£22.00
The "Teddy" Expedition Among the Ice Floes of Greenland
by Dahl, Kai R
New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the (1) on the last page of text, describes this voyage undertaken by the Danish "East Greenland Company," includes a generous selection of illustrations, no major flaws to this clean, presentable copy but a few minor ones: mild tanning to the outer page-edge, several ownership stamps in blind so at least discreet throughout the book, dulling to the gold...
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£27.76
Gino Watkins
by Scott, J.M
Hodder & Stoughton, 1951 8th ed. 8th ed VG in VG dw. biography of Watkins, a climber who became a driving force in Arctic exploration, he discovered the highest mountains in Greenland, which are now named after him, but died while still young in a kayak accident in the Arctic [Neate S37]
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£15.00
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers a bit browned. Small chips to DJ and a bit browned. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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£81.44
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight fading to spine. Faint spotting to back boards ; Small Magazine clipping tipped in to front pastedown with Rockwell Kent quote. Nicely tipped-in on rear pastedown: Edition of Wings, Volume 4, December 1930, Number 12 of the Literary Guild of America - with N by E as the main topic - with illustrations by Kent ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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£42.66
Mountain World: 1953
by Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Allen & Unwin, 1953. 1st Eng ed VG no dw. Everest, NE Greenland, Bolivia, Peru, Gosainkund Nepal
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£8.00
The Sledge Patrol
by Howarth, David
London: Collins. 1957. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped dustjacket. Book has a single small tape mark to each end of the free endpapers and the covers. Small number inked to top corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 255 pages. The story of the 1943 encounter of a German expedition and the North East Greenland Sledge...
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£18.44
Danish Greenland It's People And Its Products; Edited by Dr. Robert Brown
by Rink, Henry
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated salmon cloth. Good. XVIII, 468 pages. 19.5 x 14 cm. 16 full page illustrations, lacks the folding map. Appendix of flowerless plants of Greenland. Index. Rink was a Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology, and the first to accurately describe the inland ice of Greenland. Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region, and became notable for Greenland's...
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£118.38
Mountain World: 1966 & 67
by Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st Eng ed G only as ex library but very few stamps in VG dw . Eiger, Hindu Kush, Mt Kenya, Bhutan, Greenland, Aconcagua
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£10.00
Vikings, Scots & Scraelings
by Simpson, Myrtle
Gollancz, 1977. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a family trip by canoe along the coast of Greenland
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£12.50
Across Greenland's Icefields
by Douglas, Mary
Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1907. 1st ed? VG (but page inside front cover possibly cut out to remove an inscription?) no dw pictorial cover. adventures of Nansen and Preary on the great ice-cap of Greenland
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£25.00
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover; Second Printing. Light wear to DJ. B&w woodcut illustration tipped-in to front free endpaper, which left a light shadow on front pastedown; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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£69.80
The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by the United Brethern in That Country. From the German of David Crantz. With a Continuation to the Present Time; Illustrative Notes; and an Appendix, Containing a Sketch of the Mission of the Brethern in Labrador
by Crantz, David 1723-1777
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,& Brown, 1820. xi,359; vi,323 pp. 2 vols. Octavo. Bound in an attractive contemporary dark navy blue calf and marbled boards. Corners to match. Spine ruled in 6 compartments. Gilt decoration across the bands. Blind decoration in the panels. Title and author labels in brown calf. All edges trimmed. Grey matching endpapers. A bit of foxing more pronounced in the later stages of each volume. Very interesting binder's ticket in each volume. 7 plates, 2...
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£476.72
Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen
by Bain, Arthur
The Walter Scott Publishing Co, 1907. 1st ed? VG no dw pictorial cover. a fine biography of Nansen and his expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic
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£15.00
From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu
by Rucksack Club
The Rucksack Club, 1987. 1st ed VG in VG dw. an anthology taken from the Rucksack Club journals from 1907-1986
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£12.50
Mountain Views
by Hoare, Rupert
Vertebrate Publishing, 2011. 1st ed Fine in VG dw. autobiography, very well illustrated with some great colour photos, a keen climber and ski mountaineer, recounts his expeditions virtually all around the world, including the Alps, Greenland, Pyrenees, Norway, Corsica and Japan
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£20.00
Living Dangerously
by Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
TBC, 1953? but un-dated. TBC ed G++ as red spine slightly faded by sun no dw. includes climbing and trekking experiences in Iceland, Greenland, Malaya and on Chomolhari [Neate C30]
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£8.00
Life is Meeting
by Hunt, John
Hodder & Stoughton, 1978. 1st ed VG in VG- dw. autobiography of the mountaineer, soldier and public figure, includes expeditions to Greenland, Pamirs, Pindos, Tatra, Everest, Himalaya [Neate H136]
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£15.00
Boundless
by Darke, Karen
Akreative, 2012. 1st ed VG+ pb signed by Karen Darke. Yes. recounts crossing Greenland on ski-sled and climbing El Cap, after she was paralysed in a climbing accident. She later went on to win silver at London 2012 Paralympic hand-cycling but the Olympics isn't covered here. Signed by Karen Darke
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£7.50
Eight Sailing & Mountain Travel Books
by Tilman, Harold W
Diadem, 1987. 1st ed VG in VG dw. almost 950 pages, includes: Mischief in Patagonia; Mischief Among the Penguins; Mischief in Greenland; Mostly Mischief; Mischief Goes South; In Mischief's Wake; Ice with Everything; Triumph & Tribulation
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£22.50
