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18563598Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 462 p. Numerous illustrations. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Brown cloth binding. Condition of the book is GOOD: wear and soiling to covers- esp. corners spine missing- cloth backing worn edge of text block heavily worn pages white with light foxing binding fine. Childs and Peterson hardcover
19062311Methuen & Co 1906. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition: vii 1 314pp 40pp publishers advertisements illustrated 18 illustrations 4 maps including 1 folding and 1 large coloured folding map. Arctic Bibl.7139 "Contains chapters on voyages land journeys and Andree's baloon flight from earliest times to 1900; with an index." Covers faded spine sunned and splitting. Previous owners name erased and "sold by library" stamp on rear front cover but no other library markings prelims beginning to loosen but majority of pages tight small tear to fold out map some foxing mainly to page edges margins pages age toned but overall good condition. Newspaper clipping Obituary Sir A.H. Markham tipped in on page 222. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2311. . Methuen & Co hardcover
19713765Arno Press & The New York Times New York 1971. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1971 Physician Travelers Edition: 2 Volumes 464 and 467 pages illustrated with b/w plates 3 maps and charts 2 folding sketches reproductions of engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Original covers no dust jacket as issued. Minor shelf wear contents clean. A lovely modern set of the account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy secretary of the navy gave enthusiastic personal support and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed the enterprise.No trace of Franklins party was found by the expedition but the coasts of Kane Basin were charted and Kennedy Channel was discovered .Meteorological magnetic astronomical and tidal observations botanical glacial and geological surveys studies of animal and Eskimo life established sound foundations for the scientific study of the Arctic.In August 1854 Hayes the surgeon and eight men protesting the commanders resolve to remain a second winter announced their determination to hazard the journey to the South Greenland settlements. Kane sanctioning the withdrawal equipped them from limited supplies. In December they returned to the vessel broken in body and morale. Kane became doctor nurse and cook to a shipful of bedridden men. With indomitable courage he planned and then executed their escape. The Advance still frozen in was abandoned May 20 1855. With the loss of one man the party carrying the invalids reached Upernivik in eighty-three days a retreat which stands in the annals of Arctic exploration as archetype of victory in defeat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0405017359. ISBN/EAN: 9780405017353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3765. . 9780405017353 This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Arno Press & The New York Times hardcover
18983769T. Nelson and Sons Edinburgh 1898. Early Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1898 1 Volume Edition: 444 pages illustrated tissue guard frontispiece folding map full page and in text illustrations from woodcuts. Original covers. Contents clean. Shelf wear minor splitting to top of spine and spine slightly faded corners slightly bumped. A very nice copy Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; History; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3769. . T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
20063819Rediscovery Books Ltd. UK 2006. Paperback. As New/No Dust Jacket. 2006 Facsimile Edition reproduced with kind permission of The Royal Geographical Society: Vol 1: 464 pages Vol 2: 467 pages. Previous owners neat dated signature both volumes otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. The account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy secretary of the navy gave enthusiastic personal support and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed the enterprise. No trace of Franklin's party was found by the expedition but the coasts of Kane Basin were charted and Kennedy Channel was discovered Meteorological magnetic astronomical and tidal observations botanical glacial and geological surveys studies of animal and Eskimo life established sound foundations for the scientific study of the Arctic. In August 1854 Hayes the surgeon and eight men protesting the commander's resolve to remain a second winter announced their determination to hazard the journey to the South Greenland settlements. Kane sanctioning the withdrawal equipped them from limited supplies. In December they returned to the vessel broken in body and morale. Kane became doctor nurse and cook to a shipful of bedridden men. With indomitable courage he planned and then executed their escape. The Advance still frozen in was abandoned May 20 1855. With the loss of one man the party carrying the invalids reached Upernivik in eighty-three days a retreat which stands in the annals of Arctic exploration as archetype of victory in defeat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN/EAN: 9781905748303. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3819. . 9781905748303 This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Rediscovery Books Ltd., paperback
18562374Childs & Peterson 1856. First Edition. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 2 Volumes 464 and 467pages illustrated with plates and engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits title page vignettes head- and tail-pieces. Original covers. Volume 1 loose pages and map MISSING plate between pages 224 and 225 parts of pages ripped out mainly the introduction and preface pages 224 to 231 ripped and sellotaped loose map torn and repaired. Damp staining to loose frontispiece. Sold as reading copy only. Arctic Bibliography 8373: A good account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna the inuit and glaciers the story of the final abandonment of the "Advance" and the party's return in small boats.No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. This is the first USA edition. Size: 2 Volumes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2374. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Childs & Peterson hardcover
18562376<p>Childs & Peterson 1856. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 464 and 467 pages illustrated with plates 3 maps/charts 2 folding engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits title page vignettes head- and tail-pieces. Brown end papers. Original dark brown cloth covers with gilt titling to spines. Previous owners bookplate Volume 1 front end paper Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson title page both volumes. Additional title page Sheldon Blakemore 1857 Volume 2. Some foxing mainly to page edges and tissue guards more so to Volume 1. Covers worn fraying bumped. Account of the voyage to Smith Sound and of the winter on the north-west coast of Greenland with extensive notes on the flora and fauna. No one had yet sailed beyond its northern portals. Kane determined to do so. John P. Kennedy secretary of the navy gave enthusiastic personal support and Henry Grinnell donated the brig Advance. Private subscription financed the enterprise.No trace of Franklin's party was found by the expedition but the coasts of Kane Basin were charted and Kennedy Channel was discovered Meteorological magnetic astronomical and tidal observations botanical glacial and geological surveys studies of animal and Eskimo life established sound foundations for the scientific study of the Arctic.In August 1854 Hayes the surgeon and eight men protesting the commander's resolve to remain a second winter announced their determination to hazard the journey to the South Greenland settlements. Kane sanctioning the withdrawal equipped them from limited supplies. In December they returned to the vessel broken in body and morale. Kane became doctor nurse and cook to a shipful of bedridden men. With indomitable courage he planned and then executed their escape. The Advance still frozen in was abandoned May 20 1855. With the loss of one man the party carrying the invalids reached Upernivik in eighty-three days a retreat which stands in the annals of Arctic exploration as archetype of victory in defeat. This is the first USA edition. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2376. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Childs & Peterson hardcover
18563300Childs & Peterson 1856. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson 1856. 1st Edition: Original covers with gilt titling to spines. Covers frayed splitting worn. Sporadic foxing and damp staining mainly to plate page edges and tissue guards. Volume 1 front hinge splitting front end paper becoming detached previous owners signatures on front facing end paper New York March 5th 1857 press clipping tipped in. Volume 2 covers becoming detached previous owners signatures on prelims. Volume I tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Elisha Kent Kane engraved on steel by R. Whitechurch after a Mathew Brady daguerreotype; Volume II tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Henry Grinnell engraved on steel by F. Helpin after a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady i-ii publisher's advertisement ii 464; ii 467 1 pp. 22 plates 3 maps 2 folding appendix. Illustrated with nearly 300 engravings on steel and wood from sketches by the author. Frontispiece portraits title page vignettes head and tailpieces. Half-title page vignettes by J. McGoffin after drawings by J. Hamilton. Brown end papers. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3300. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Childs & Peterson hardcover
185632567Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson 1856. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Blind-embossed green cloth. Frontispieces engraved title pages extensive illustrations "Illustrated by Upwards of Three Hundred Engravings from Sketches by the Author" two foldout maps. Good plus. Bindings a bit rough and edgeworn corners bumped some chipping at heads and tails of spines sporadic foxing but tight and overall a quite decent set. First edition of this famed failed journey by the American explorer and physician 1820-57 which searched the Arctic for the English explorer 1786-1847 who died searching for the Northwest Passage -- but a rousing success in another sense for they explored further and longer than previous Arctic expeditions and survived to tell the tale despite suffering horrific hardships. SABIN 36998. Childs & Peterson hardcover
18774331<p>Thomas Liddell UK 1877. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: xiv 824 pages. Original leather covers gilt page edges. Contents: In 15 parts. Part 1 covers early Norse navigators Part 2 The East routes around Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope Part 3 North-west passage to India for England suggested Part 4 Nelson's adventures in the "Carcass" around Spitzbergen Part 5 covers Parry and Franklin 1821-27 Part 6 Parry and Ross 1827-33 Part 7 Franklin's last and fatal Expedition Dr. John Rae's first expedition. Part 8 The Franklin Search Part 9 On Franklin's Track Part 10 Discovery of a North West Passage Part 11 Expedition under Sir Edward Belcher Part 12 The Fate of Franklin Part 13 Arctic Expeditions from Foreign Shores Part 14 Recent European Expeditions Part 15 The Great English Expedition of 1875-76. Shelf wear some minor spotting mainly to page edges complete with all full page illustrations and coloured folding maps as called for. The large folding map of the Polar Sea Chart is laid in and there is a small part missing on one corner. The other folding map and engraved plates some of which are coloured are in good order and depict various scenes including hunting scenessledgingeminent explorers etc. This is a lovely example of a rare and also very heavy book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4331. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Thomas Liddell hardcover
2007332412Edmonton: University of Alberta Press 2007. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/very good. Larger 8vo. Signed by the author. pp.318.In 1850 SIGNED by Bill Barr ""Richard Collinson captained the HMS Enterprise on a voyage to the Arctic via the Bering Strait in search of the missing Franklin expedition. Arctic Hell-Ship describes the daily progress of this little-known Arctic expedition and examines the steadily worsening relations between Collinson and his officers. William Barr has based… University of Alberta Press hardcover
1937363525London: Hodder and Stoughton 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. xv 372 b/w photographs folding plate and folding map at rep p spine sunned previous owners name on FEP Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
2013293726Markham Ontario: MV Photo Productions 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to. Signed by Michelle. pp. 216 SIGNED and dedicated by Michelle. MV Photo Productions hardcover
1945325661New York: Macmillan 1945. Second printing. hardcover. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.556. In cloth boards. Light wear to spine. Macmillan hardcover
199915911Aukland NZ: Lighter-Than-Air Institute. Fine. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0958369321 . Owner's stamps on the fep slight bump to the upper right corner. Postal receipt shipping from New Zealand tipped inside the front cover. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 291 pages . Lighter-Than-Air Institute hardcover
1982337244Honolulu: Law of the Sea Institute 1982. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 8vo. pp. 60. Law of the Sea Institute hardcover
186121267Boston: 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 throughout. A good reference/reading copy. Hall who signed on to the New Bedford whale-ship Condor at the age of 15 suffered so much abuse on board that he and a companion deserted on the coast of Siberia. They spent the winter of 1858-59 at a Russian penal settlement and were rescued the following summer by another New Bedford whaler and taken to Honolulu before returning to New England. "In 1861 Hall published Artic Rovings in an attempt to expoose the abuses of crewmen in the whaling industry. His father making use of letters sent home by his son subsequently brought a lawsuit against Whiteside Captain of the Condor accusing him of abandoning young Hall on the shores of Okhotsk. A judgement of $300 was awarded in favor of the father" Howgego Ocean Islands & Polar Regions H6. Sabin 29745. Abel Tompkins hardcover
1845040072New York: G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1845. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original half-morocco marbled paper covered boards. 176 pp. Modest rubbing to spine extremities and along edges corners rubbed with some exposure ink spots/stains to portion of rear cover. Firm binding. Mild dampstaining along top margin through most of text block otherwise light scattered internal soiling. Wear typical of age but no major condition issues. Scarce. G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church Hardcover
2005285999Easton Studio Press 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to. pp. 239 ep maps color illustrations of the jewellery throughout. Easton Studio Press hardcover
1333859171.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19562445University of California Press Berkley and Los Angeles USA 1956. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition: xxvi 171 pages illustrated b/w plates 6 maps 1 folding. Blue cloth covers in unclipped dust jacket. Personal account of trips by foot boat and dogsled north of the Arctic Circle in the 1930's. Gift inscription on front end paper covers faded on edges dust jacket nibbled and worn some repaired tears holes. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2445. . University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles hardcover
179722475London: Henry Hughs 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes in two with the supplement bound in at the end of Volume II. 4to 9.25 x 11.75 inches with wide margins. Volume I: pp 10 cc 6 185 1. Volume II: pp 2 187-586 14; Supplement vii 163. Collated and complete with frontispiece two vignette title pages two folding maps and 23 full page plates one folding. In a contemporary binding of red sheepskin with gilt decoration on spines and gilt borders on front and rear boards gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Boards scuffed and rubbed chip missing from head of spine a few pages with old repairs to margins scattered foxing especially to the folding maps. Elliott Coues in his 1892 Key to North American Birds wrote: "A great landmark -- one of the most conspicuous of the last century -- was set up with the appearance in 1785 of the second volume of Pennant's 'Arctic Zoology.' The whole work in three quarto volumes with many plates 1784-87 was 'designed as a sketch of the Zoology of North America.' . Pennant treated upwards of 500 nominal species of North American birds. .We are so accustomed to see 'Linn.' Linnaeus and 'Gm.' Gmelin after the names of our longest-known birds that we almost unconsciously acquire the notion that Linnaeus and Gmelin were great discoverers or describers of birds in those days. But the men who made North American ornithology what it was during the last century were Catesby Edwards Forster Pennant Latham and Bartram." Volume 2 includes description and illustration of several extict species including the Passenger Pigeon Eskimo Curlew and Great Auk all of which were still extant at the time these volumes were published. In addition to the pioneering work on birds the work is notable for its descriptions of Steller's sea cow obtained directly from explorers who observed the animals before their extinction as well as for apparently the first published illustration of a North American musk-ox. Welsh naturalist Pennant originally conceived of these volumes as “North American Zoology†but changed the title and focus after the loss of the British colonies. Sabin 59757; Lada-Mocarski 38; Arctic Bibliography 13291. Henry Hughs hardcover
19723083<p>Arctic Institute of North America 1972. First Edition. Wrappers. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Original wrappers. Shelfware covers grubby contents clean. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3083. . This book is extra heavy or expensive and as such may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Arctic Institute of North America
1925324G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press 1925. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Reading Copy/PHOTOCOPIED. 1st Edition; xv 290 pages photo end papers 2 folding maps the folding map at page 122 is a PHOTOCOPY and page 123 is loosening 75 illustrations. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear Covers faded rear pictorial end paper clipped and rear hinge splitting. Hurley was the photographer on the Endurance. Spence 615. Hurley an absolutely superb photographer went South with both Shackleton and Mawson. Hurley raised expedition photography to a new level. He did not make routine photos of explorers posing in the snow. Instead he often focused on the snow itself or on grim snowscapes that became beautiful in his compositions. These scenic studies he integrated into the documentation of the expedition. Spence 615 Renard 768 Conrad p. 205. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 324. . G. P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press), hardcover
193624526NY: Frank A. Munsey 1936. Original copy with an aged acidic newsprint textblock slightly musty but otherwise tight and complete; Full-color front cover illustration; Includes: Deep-Sea Diver- Short Story by L. Ron Hubbard plus eleven other pieces. 144p. Wraps. Good. Illus. by Ads Drawings Some Photos; Full-color Front Cover. 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Periodical. Frank A. Munsey Paperback
