New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket, corners lightly bumped, ink note on front endpaper, pages faintly toned.
x, 267 pp. "Features juveniles who discover a Lost Race of Vikings in Alaska." "John Ernest Bechdolt (1884–1954) was an American short story writer, novelist.....
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine label and light spots to boards, foxed throughout, Oxford bookstore bookplate on front endpaper.
xi, 493 pp. 8vo. 24-page publisher catalog bound in following text. Originally published in England in 1831.....
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1802. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First French translation of the work published in English the same year. Lacks the large atlas volume. Rebound with new end sheets. Bottom corner torn from last text page in first volume (no loss of text), faintly foxed throughout.
xxiv.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover.
Fourth edition. Front hinge just beginning to weaken.
xv, [2], 317 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, 29 photographic plates (comprising 46 total illustrations) in text, fold-out map follows text. The first account.....
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1999. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Tear along bottom edge of jacket previously mended with tape, jacket spine head rubbed.
xiv, 194 pp. "Both a journey in the footsteps of others and an account of the author's own experiences with the spectacular wildlife: from.....
New York: Norton, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
A Polar Affair reveals the last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. It is perhaps the greatest of all of those stories—but why was it hidden to begin with? The ever-fascinating and charming penguin.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Half-Leather.
Includes map. Appears to have been custom-bound for R.O. Moon (his name in gilt on spine base).
32 pp. 8vo. Red leather spine and corners, red cloth boards, gilt titles. Large fold-out map follows text. A survey of conditions in Alaska assessing natural resources.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1992. Buckland, David. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Pages toned.
65 pp. Imagery by David Buckland. Poems written by Gretel Ehrlich after a visit to the Canadian High Arctic in May of 1991. "Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer.....
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
1985 reissue of 1890 original. Edges lightly rubbed, a couple light stains.
x, 311 pp. "Charles Erskine's memoirs of the pioneering scientific expedition under Admiral Wilkes, the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838 through 1842 - as far as the 'sunny islands.....
New York: Berkley Books, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. An exceptional copy.
xiv, 354 pp. "The ill-fated 1881 effort to establish an American fort in the Arctic is chronicled in full detail, covering the terrible saga of starvation, mutiny, suicide, shipwreck, execution, and cannibalism that destroyed nineteen of.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges rubbed, pencil drawing on second blank, hinges starting.
486, 6, 4 pp. Arctic Bibliography 6733. Green cloth boards with gilt titles and decor on spine, gilt decor of Inuit with dog and dogsled on front board. With.....
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Washington, D.C. National Geographic, 1999. Large Hardcover.
Jacket edges lightly rubbed. Top corner of front boards appears to be chewed, remainder mark, top edge and front and end matter foxed.
215 pp. "Photographs depicting the Antarctic landscape, accompanied by diary accounts from the crew, enliven this retelling of Antarctic explorer.....
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Washington, D.C. National Geographic, 1999. Large Hardcover.
A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
215 pp. "Photographs depicting the Antarctic landscape, accompanied by diary accounts from the crew, enliven this retelling of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated two-year voyage."
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Pages toned, jacket faintly rubbed.
Who was the first man to stand on top of the world? Most polar historians grant that honor to Robert E. Peary, who, after a long and brilliant polar career, allegedly reached.....
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket spine head and base rubbed, multiple creases to jacket, jacket reverse taped.
665 pp. Combines a dual biography of the two great Antarctic explorers with a history of Antarctic exploration, enhancing Roald Amundsen's reputation and showing Robert.....
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1899. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Spine leans to the right, pencil notes on front blanks, page 13 repaired with clear tape by previous owner, some marginalia.
viii, 351 pp. 8 pages of publisher ads follow text. Deep green cloth boards.....
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. Kane, Elisha Kent. First Edition. Half-Leather.
First edition (Arctic Bibliography 8273). Neatly rebacked with original spines laid down, such that only small portions of the brown cloth beneath show through, ink name and date on front endpaper of each volume.
Complete in two volumes. 464;.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. First American Edition. Hard Cover.
First American edition, originally published in 1959 in England as Because It Is There. Lacks jacket. Spine faintly toned.
viii, 215 pp. Lowe was part of Hunt's Everest expedition in 1953, as well as Fuch's 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rebound in library buckram with new endpapers.
xlvi, 347 pp. 12mo. Circumpolar map precedes text, engraved frontispiece, engravings in text. Extensive index follows text. A history of Arctic expeditions beginning with King Arthur's voyage to Iceland and spanning thirteen.....
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Ink name on frontispiece recto and on title page, general wear.
383 pp. Color frontispiece, photographs and engravings throughout, color North and South Pole route maps on endpapers. CONTENTS: The Fight to Conquer the Ends of the.....
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1970. Hard Cover.
Scratch along jacket spine, edges starting on jacket edges.
xxv, 334 pp. "Who Reached the North Pole First?" A recent article in the New York Times (February 17, 1997) presented new evidence from the journals of Admiral Robert E. Peary and.....
New York: The Century Co., 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Spine toned.
xvii, 235 pp. Front board illustrated with an whale and a compass rose. Photographs by the authors. Includes frontispiece and 31 photographic plates. Endpapers illustrated with the North and South Poles. A tale of.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1967. First American Edition. Large Hardcover.
First American edition. Multiple chips and tears to jacket, jacket reverse previously taped.
303 pp. 12 1/8 x 8 7/8. 80 pages of contemporary drawings & photos. "This unique book contains the rare journals--most of them long out of.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Nansen, Fridtjof. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, not the more common Popular Edition released the following year by the same publisher (which includes fewer illustrations and maps). Lacks one folding map showing actual route of Fram and sledge journey, other three maps included.....
Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Scratches on front jacket panel, jacket soiled, multiple creases to front jacket flap.
xvi, 425 pp. Exploration of North American arctic from Kane's expedition, 1853-55, to Stefansson's expedition, 1913-18.