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19922310461New York: AvoNova 1992. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Faintly toned light edge wear. 1992 Mass Market Paperback. 484pp. A fast-moving space adventure featuring mysterious aliens a journey to a de-populated planet a mad run from space cops a ship captain in trouble and her AI Artificially Intelligent companion/ship's computer. Winner of both the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year and the British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel of the year--the only book ever to win both prestigious British awards. AvoNova paperback books
198622546New York: St. Martin's Press 1986. Octavo boards. First U.S. and first hardcover edition. Collects thirteen stories by Angela Carter Keith Roberts J. G. Ballard Cherry Wilder and others twelve collected from Interzone the other "O Happy Day!" by Geoff Ryman first published here. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with 42mm closed tear at top edge of rear spine fold. #22546 St. Martin's Press unknown books
198891992London Sydney: Unwin Hyman 1988. Octavo boards. First edition. Signed by Greenland. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #91992 Unwin Hyman unknown books
199591993London: HarperCollinsPublishers 1995. Octavo boards. First edition. Second book of "The Tabitha Jute Trilogy." A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #91993 HarperCollinsPublishers unknown books
198791991London Boston Sydney: Unwin Hyman 1987. Octavo boards. First edition. Signed by Greenland. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #91991 Unwin Hyman unknown books
193316511Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in blue and red on spine and front cover; 184pp; illus; appendices. Light overall soil and wear; foxing to text block edges; Very Good lacking the jacket. Prize label inside front cover awarded by ther Gewerbeschule Lörrach to Ernst Roser April 1935. Account of a filmmaking expedition to Greenland that resulted in the American-German co-production S.O.S. Eisberg American title: S.O.S. Iceberg released in 1934 and starring Leni Riefenstahl. With numerous photographic illustrations cyan-tinted halftones and a section of line diagrams at rear. Drei Masken Verlag unknown books
199460043Oxnard California: Ventura County Maritime Museum 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 174 p. More than 180 illustrations with 11 maps and textual drawings. Oxnard California: Ventura County Maritime Association 1994. First edition. Definitive history of the small beach city in Ventura County California from its discovery by Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo in the mid-16th century to its establishment as a major port for the importation of goods destined for the Los Angeles Basin and beyond. Greenland touches on the Mexican rancho El Rio de Santa Claro o la Colonia which encompasses all of present-day Port Hueneme and devotes considerable attention to the contributions of pioneer oil and land developer Thomas R. Bard and the role the city played during World War II. Quarto. Inscribed by Greenland opposite the title page. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Author. Ventura County Maritime Museum hardcover books
200059624Spokane Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 320 p. Numerous illustrations. First edition limited to 756 copies. "This important new work the first book-length study of the subject provides a complete history of hydraulic mining its background and eventual demise. Mining techniques prior to the hydraulic period are described as are the inventions which followed. The author gives detailed treatment to the inventions and technology developed for hydraulic mining." Volume XX in the Western Lands and Waters Series. Inscribed by Greenland on the title page. Original brown cloth binding with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. Clark and Brunet 112. Inscribed by Author. The Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
1860WRCAM48022Godthaab 1860. 2210pp. Dbd. Leaves loosening. Minor soiling and wear. About very good. Annual report of the Danish Inspektoratet for Sydgrønland for the years 1858-59 and 1859-60. LAURIDSEN BIBLIOGRAPHIA GROENLANDICA p.183. unknown books
181824993London: John Baskett and others printers 1818. 12 works folio. 12 1/2 x 8 inches and smaller. Disbound or stitched<br/> <br/>A fascinating series spanning the whole of the period when whaling was carried out on a successful commercial basis in the waters off Greenland.<br/> <br/>After an abortive start by the South Sea Company between 1724 and 1732 the British whaling fleet operated off Greenland and the Davis Strait throughout the remainder of the 18th century with increasing success due to a large degree to the succession of bounties granted to ship owners by the British Government. The present selection of acts of parliament includes a number concerning the bounty: the first dated 16th January 1732 makes law "that a Bounty will be paid on the Return of every Ship of 200 tons and over imployed by His Majesty's Subjects in the Whale Fishery". For the bounty to be paid certain stringent criteria had to be met; these increased as the century progressed. By the time of the last Act in the present group March 1818 the Greenland whalers were reporting declining catches and were already beginning to turn their attention to other whaling grounds i.e. largely in the Pacific and Antarctic. This group offers and interesting series of snapshots of the industry during its most productive century. The acts comprise: 1. An Act for encouraging the Greenland Fishery. 1732. Stitched later wrappers. Exemption from duty extended for a nine year period. 2. An Act for the further Encouragment of the Whale Fishery carried on by His Majesty's British Subjects. 1733. Stitched later wrappers. The introduction of a bounty for ships over 200 tons. 3. An Act for continuing the several Laws therein mentioned . including granting a further Bounty for all Ships employed in the Whale Fishery during the present War; for exempting Harponers and others . from being impressed. No date but circa 1750. Spine reinforced. The bounty raised by a third other measures to help the trade. 4. An Act for granting a additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited time. No adte but circa 1761. Disbound. The increased bounty confirmed for another five years. 5.An Act for further continuing several Acts . for the Encouragement of the Whale Fishery. 1768. Stitched. 6. An Act for the better Support and Establishment of the Greenland and Whale Fishery. 1771. Stitched. The rules about the amount of bounty to be paid has changed with additional laws concerning vessels of American origin exemption from duty extended to include the Gulf of St. Lawrence certain members of a whaler's crew to be exempt from being pressed into service in the Royal Navy etc. 7.An Act to explain and amend Two Acts made . with respect to the Limits of the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights . and to enlarge the Time for the Return of the Vessels employed in the Whale Fisheries. 1780. Stitched. 8. An Act for granting an additional Bounty on Ships employed in the Greenland and Whale Fishery for a limited Time. 1782. Disbound. The bounty retained for a further five years. 9. An Act for allowing Vessels employed in the Greenland Whale Fishery to complete their full Number of Men at certain Ports for the Present Season. 1805. Spine strengthened. Whaling ships permitted to call in to ports in Scotland the Orkneys and the Shetland Islands to find men to complete their crews. 10. An Act for allowing until the Signature of Preliminary Articles of Peace Vessels . to complete their full Number of Men at certain ports. 1806. Spine strenghtened. An extension of the previous act. 11. An Act to revive and continue for five years several Laws. 1815. Strengthened spine. Several prvious acts re-confirmed. 12. An Act to amend an Act . so far as it relates to the Oaths thereby required. 1818. Unbound. Concerns the oaths required from owners/captains before the bounty due would be released to them. John Baskett [and others], printers unknown books
1872WRCAM32003Godthaab: Lars Møller 1872. 39pp. plus folding lithographic table. Contemporary plain wrappers. Spine perished. Last leaf and rear wrapper detached folding plate nearly so. Moderate edge wear. Overall internally clean. Good. An apparent continuation of Møller's four- part series on regional Greenland local councils. The fourth part discusses the northern councils from 1863 to 1867 and this pamphlet resumes where that installment leaves off. Each was produced separately though intended to form a complete work. The large folding lithographic plate includes various local statistics pertinent to the councils. An early Greenland imprint and quite rare. Not mentioned by Oldendow. Knud Oldendow THE SPREAD OF PRINTING. WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GREENLAND Amsterdam: Vangendt & Co. 1969 p.37 ref. Lars Møller unknown books
1856WRCAM34064Copenhagen: Emilius Baerentzen 1856. Two volumes. 46; 31 lithographic plates some in color each followed by descriptive text. Chromolithographic title. Oblong folio. Contemporary maroon cloth ornate gilt- lettered covers a.e.g. Second volume rebacked at an early date corners repaired. Rubbed. Minor foxing. Occasionally dampstaining in lower margin. Images generally clean. Old ownership stamp on front fly leaf of first volume. Very good. An impressive lithographic tour of Denmark and her colonies. While the majority of the plates show local Danish scenes and landscapes nine views show scenes in America: three in Greenland and six of islands in the Danish West Indies the eventual U.S. Virgin Islands. The views in America are: <br> <br> Greenland: <br> <br> 1 "Parti ved Jakobshavn. Grönland." Chromolithograph of a native hunting party gathered on an icy shore. <br> <br> 2 "Colonie Omenak. Grönland." View of a small Greenland colony with a large ship offshore and clusters of colonists engaged in various activities in the foreground. <br> <br> 3 "Kingoa-Dalen. Grönland." View of a traveling party cooking on an open fire in a lush valley. Perhaps the party was on a portage; a canoe is shown in the lower left corner. <br> <br> Danish West Indies now the U.S. Virgin Islands: <br> <br> 1 "Christianssted. St. Croix." A panoramic view of the harbor showing a large church and Danish fort. <br> <br> 2 "St. Jan. Parti af det Indre." A wide view of the lush landscape showing settlers cooking over an open fire in the foreground. <br> <br> 3 "Cruxbay. St. Jan." A pastoral scene of activity just outside the settlement walls. <br> <br> 4 "Parti af St. Thomas." A cityscape of the port of St. Thomas displaying the city's impressive architecture. <br> <br> 5 "Parti ved Frederikssted. St. Croix." A river scene showing five men in a rowboat trolling for fish and a large Danish fort to the far right. <br> <br> 6 "St. Thomas. Parti af Byen og Havnen." A close-up view of the harbor showing a bustling downtown area and a full port including an early steamer. <br> <br> An attractive and rare assemblage of views. In addition to the Greenland chromolithograph five additional chromolithographs of Danish scenes are present along with scenes in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. There are very few visual images of the U.S. Virgin Islands from this early date. Emilius Baerentzen hardcover books
