The Last Viking. The Life of Roald Amundsen
Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre Limited, 2012. Hardcover. 8vo. 357p. Light coloured paper boards with brown spine lettering. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. More
Polar Exploration
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No Man's Land: A History of Spitsbergen From Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning Of the Scientific Exploration of the Country
Damms Antikvariat, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A facsimile of the original 1906 edition. Folding maps to pocket on rear pastedown. Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Journey to The Polar Sea
Koln: Konemann, 1998. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth boards with white spine lettering. As new copy save for sunned strip to the front cover and spine of the dust jacket. More
Travels Through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; With an Authentic Account of Lower Canada. Vol. I: Containing the Tour Through the Northern Provinces, Upper Canada, and the Carolinas, with the Account of Lower Canada; And a General Map.Vol. II. Containing the Tour Through Virginia, Pennsylvania, The Jerseys, and New-York, A General View of the Commerce, Politics, and Manners of the United States; With Two Maps, and Four Large Tables.
London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1799. Hardcover. Folio. First English edition. Small 4to (8.25" x 10"). Professionally rebound in contemporary style. New quarter leather, marbled paper boards, raised bands, gilt stamped compartments, black spine labels, gilt titling. New endpapers. Speckled edges. xxiv, 642, [14 pp. index]; 1-364, 321-686, [10 pp..... More
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. With an Appendix Containing the Scientific and Other Observations. London: John Murray, 1821. [WITH] Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. Illustrated by Numerous Plates.
London: John Murray, 1821. Hardcover. Folio. Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Under the Orders of William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. With..... More
Arctic Searching Expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under the command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America. In Two Volumes. Published by authority.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes. 8vo. Pp. viii, 413, 32p. catalogue, frontis, ills. folding col. map (with 5 inch tear), 8 col. plates. Pp. vii, 426, frontis (col.). In the original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Armorial bookplate to each, publisher's ads. for..... More
Charting the Russian Northern Sea Route. The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910-1915
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper boards lettered in black. Ink name to the front endpaper, else clean and tight throughout in a fine dust jacket. More
Cruise of the Minnie Maud
Quebec: The Arctic Exchange and Publishing Limited, 1921. Fisrt edition. Original Cloth. Octavo. First Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. Rare inscription with signature of Capt. J.E. Bernier F.R.G.S.: "Capt. J.E. Bernier F.R.G.S / 27 Fraser Street, Levis [Quebec] / Complements. 1926." The book is presumed to have been the property of..... More
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