Grenfell, Wilfred ThomasonMareMagnum
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307 pages. Index. Black and white photographic portrait frontis of author. Twenty-one additional black and white plates. "Thirty-two years spent in work for deep-sea fishermen, twenty-seven of which years have been passed in Labrador and Northern Newfoundland, have necessarily give me some experiences which may be helpful to others. I feel that this alone justifies the writing of this story." - from Preface. Gilt lettering upon partially-sunned backstrip remains clearly legible. Hinges taped. Prior owner's details and gift greetings (dated 1921) upon front endpaper else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Average wear. Circa 1921. Book
pp. xvi, 317 + Plus portrait frontis, photographs and folding map of Greenland. Stamped ownership of Theo. J. Lewis. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered in gold and black. On front cover is a vignette of a polar bear chasing the tenderfoot. Binding slightly soiled and worn. First Edition. The 1909 expedition to the Pole, aboard the steam yacht Roosevelt, with Donald Macmillan and Bob Bartlett. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 2
Paris, Grasset, 1958. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée, 315 pp. Bon exemplaire.
160 pages. Features: Castro's War on Capitalism in Cuba; Counting Heads - the first U.S. census was no easy job; Juvenile Integrity Starts in the Home; The Korean Myth - Misconceptions Americans have about Korea; 1960 Version of "The Little Red Hen"; Cold War in International Athletics - opposing Communist athletes intent on propaganda; The Tenth Man - baseball's most important player can be the groundskeeper; Facts Russia Does Not Tell; School Teaching Beats Working for a Living; The Truly Satisfying Life; The China Clipper; Who are the Metrocrats?; Listen to This; Honey - Nutritious Nostrum; Who Wants to Abolish the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?; They Tamed the Wild Missouri River; Is There Free Speech?; The greatest Train Robbery; Walter, The Adaptable Weasel; A Kentucky Political Education; Don't Let your Shoulder Freeze; This Is Christianity - Young Korean Joon Gon Kim's Ministry to Communists; You Can Do Something; Those Modern Eskimos; A Return to Common Sense in Education - Pennsylvania teacher shuns methods that produce illiterate blockheads; The Organization Mother; January-June 1960 Index. Back cover Flag Day coverage features lovely photo of youngsters Kay and Tony of the Dario Politella family of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
239 pages including black and white illustrations. "Ernie Lyall is angutimmarik, "a real Arctic man", who has lived nearly all of his sixty-nine years in the north, and almost half a century above the Arctic Circle. His unique story is a fascinating portrait of life with "the people" - the Eskimos of Canada." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with light wear overall. Minor damage to upper corner of back board. Average wear to dust jacket with 1 inch patch of damage to upper corner of back panel. Solid copy overall. Book
pp. 399 + 16 pages of photographs. Small 8vo. 215 mm. Original full cloth binding. Hardback. Original dust jacket, slightly worn at extremities. Fleming was known as "The Flying Bishop" and the "First Bishop of the Arctic." "The adventurous life story of the famous Scot who dared the desolate wastesof Baffin Land and beyond, where no white man had ever been, to bring Christianity to the Eskimo. Map endpapers. POLAR 3
x, [2], 256 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Life among the Eskimos, in an isolated Hudson's Bay Company trading post on the far north-eastern shore of Hudson Bay, is vividly and engagingly described by a Manitoba girl who went North to marry the Post Manager and spent the first two years of her married life there. Includes discerning pictures of Eskimo character and ways of life, accounts of seal and whale hunts, and exciting stories of trips through dangerous waters clogged with drifting ice in a small motor-powered boat." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to publisher's canary yellow cloth. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Two volumes. pp. 464, (4) [Favorable reviews of the book from prominent men and newspapers - the reviews continue in Vol. II]; 467. Frontis, half titles and numerous steel engravings. Profusely illustrated with text wood engravings. Foxed. 8vo. 231 mm. Original full brown cloth binding, worn. Manuscript ownerships of Bean & Owen, March 31, 1859. "Aside from its importance as a key in the literature of the of the disappearance of Sir John Franklin, Kane's narrative, with its valuable geographic and scientific information, is one of the great books of Arctic exploration and the search for the Northwest Passage. It contains much information about the Eskimos. Kane, was a U.S. Navy physician who organized the voyage, discovered the ice-free Kennedy Channel and laid the foundation for scientific study of the Arctic. Arctic Bibliography 8373; Sabin 37001; Hoyer 'Groenlandica' 213. Rarely found in such decent condition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POLAR 4
xliii, 859 pages. Footnotes, references, index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of photos. "Provides insight at a ground level of Jenness' long, tough voyage of discovery, so that anyone interested in Arctic America or Canadian studies will find this journal a rare and enriching experience. Further, for Arctic scholars, this journal presents the detailed context for those pioneer monographs that launched the career of young Jenness and led to his becoming Canada's pre-eminent anthropologist." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Modest bow to front board. Possible light cigarette scent. A sound reading copy of this fascinating early Arctic diary. Book
Hachette 1947, In-8 broché, 274 pages. Trés bon état. Illustré par Philip BEAR. Traduit par C. du RAMIER. Avec un vocabulaire esquimpau en fin.
in-8, 440 pages, planches hors-texte, carte depliante, broche, couv. Bon etat. [CA30-5]
Spes 1928. In-8 broché de 444 pages avec photos en noir hors texte. Bon état
Spes 1928. In-8 broché de 444 pages avec photos en noir hors texte. Couverture insolée en bord sinon Bon état
Broché. 444 pages. Fortes rousseurs.
René Julliard 1949, In-8 relié demi basane blonde à coins, 379 pages + cartes et photos. Bon état.
Julliard La Croix du Sud 1958, In-8 broché couverture illustrée, 380 pages. Dessins dans le texte. Signature de l'auteur en page de garde. Bon état.
96pp.+ 18 ills.hors texte en héliogravure, couv.reparée, dans la série "Les bonnes lectures"
Bernard Grasset 1946, In-8 broché, 380 pages, illustré de nombreux croquis et de cartes et de 8 pages hors texte en héliogravure . Bon état
pp. 416, (4)[Publisher's advertisements] + Plates. 8vo. Kane (1820-1857) was a celebrated naval officer and physician, He was stationed at various posts in the Orient, Africa, and Europe. In the Arctic he served as medical officer and naturalist with the Grinnell expedition in search of John Franklin, who had been missing since 1845. He then commanded the Second Grinnell expedition in 1853, which also failed to discover information regarding Franklin, but gleaned important data concerning Eskimos, the Arctic, and possible routes to the North Pole. Issued just after his death, this biography was widely read. Sabin 22094; Hill p. 412; DAB X, pp. 256/7. POLAR 3
Features: The Outport; The Story of Newfoundland; The Beothuk Indians; The Norse in Newfoundland; The Dialects of Newfoundland; Greenspond - Townscape in a tickle; Old Prints of Newfoundland; Collectors and Collections; Furniture - Imported and Country Styles to 1850; Building a St. John's Victorian House; Items Found in the New Found Land; Government House; Stamps, Insignia, Medals and Currency; Commissariat House; Period Pieces for a Refurbished Commissariat House; Painters of Newfoundland; The Moravian Missions and The Labrador Eskimos; Hawthorne College; The Newfoundland Historic Trust; Museums and Historic Sites; Arts and Culture Centres; Lighthouses; and more. Date hand-written atop front cover. Quality copy. Magazine
Musée de l'Homme, 1979. In-4 carré broché, couverture illustrée à rabats non paginé, illustré. Petite déchirure sans manque sur le haut de la jaquette sinon Bon état
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Previous owner's name on dust jacket blurb. "The book first presents a concise summary of the health aspects of traditional Alaskan cultures, then reconstructs the best available picture of the various deseases from which the people suffered up to the time of the first European contact. Next, the narrative follows the often uneven growth of health services in Alaska, from the ships' surgeons on the earliest voyages of exploration and the unique health care system of the Russian-American Company to the American medical missions in the hectic times of the Gold Rush. The final section provides sketches of certain health problems having a profound impact on Alaska history, including smallpox, influenza, syphilis, tuberculosis, and alcohol abuse." 393 pages.
144 pages. Magazine/program for the 1986 Grey Cup game in Vancouver. Many articles and ads plus roster details for both teams. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A nice vintage CFL item. Magazine
175pp.+ 8pp.buitentekstills., rug bovenaan licht geraakt, goede staat, R30239
4°. 33,5 x 27 cm. 352 S. Original Leinen mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel, montiertes Deckelphoto. Illustrierter Schuber mit Rücken- und Deckeltitel. Rückentitel minimal berieben, sonst tadellos. Band mit beeindruckenden (oft doppelseitigen) Farbphotos.
