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Lied, Jonas . PROSPECTOR IN SIBERIA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JONAS LIED
NY 1945 1st Oxford. Harcover. Octavo, 318pp., line drawings, large foldout map at end, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a14541)
$28.00 Nelson, L H Company . AT THE POLE WITH COOK AND PEARY
Portland, Maine. 1909 first edition. Nelson. Wraps. Oblong sm4to. "A pictorial record of the most important and sensational geographical discovery of recent times." Short text with 30 full page bw photo illus. Fairly Good - worn but intact. Cover shows faces of Cook and Peary surrounded by icicles. Scarce. (a14875)
$29.00Wright, Richardson and Bassett Digby. THROUGH SIBERIA AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING
NY 1913 1st McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 260pp., 78 photo illustrations on 48 plates, map. Good Plus, cover illustration partly worn off, spine lettering faded. Solid and clean with no ownership marks. Hinges not cracked. no dj. (a15210)
$36.00 Balch, Thomas Willing . THE ALASKO-CANADIAN FRONTIER
Philadelphia 1902 1st Allen, Lane and Scott. hardcover .red cloth with gilt lettering., sm4to. 45pp., 6 maps. Bookplate of William Gilbert Davies. VG. (a17329)
$2200.00Klein, Dr. Hermann. JAHRBUCH DER ASTRONOMIE UND GEOPHYSIK 1892
Leipzig 1893 Mayer. In German. Article on Northern Lights illustrated with 2 color plates; articles on Sun, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, etc. 8vo., 360pp., stiff wraps. VG. (a17597)
$39.00Klein, Dr. Hermann J.. JAHRBUCH DER ASTRONOMIE UND GEOPHYSIK 1896
Leipzig 1897 Mayer. In German. Octavo, 400pp., illustrated articles on Jupiter, foldout color map by Nansen of the North Pole region, doublepage color plate of very weird electric storm cloud formation, original wraps. Good. (a17598)
$45.00 Paterson, T. T. . PHYSIOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN NORTH WEST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1951 Reitzels. Wordie 1934 Arctic Expedition. Meddel om Gronland Bd. 151 No. 4. Sm.4to., 59pp.,13 photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a18031)
$30.00 Feyling-Hanssen, Rolf W. and Finn A. Jorstad . QUATERNARY FOSSILS FROM THE SASSEN AREA IN ISFJORDEN, WEST SPITSBERGEN (THE MARINE MOLLUSC FAUNA)
Oslo 1950. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrfiten Nr. 94. Octavo, 85pp., photos, tables, foldout plate, wraps. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a18131)
$35.00Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. THE NORTHWARD COURSE OF EMPIRE
NY 1924 Macmillan. 8vo., 274pp., photo illustrations, folding map, hardcover. Good, cover a bit stained and with a few spots. no dj. (a1930)
$23.00Nunlist, Hugo. SPITSBERGEN, THE STORY OF THE 1962 SWISS-SPITZBERGEN EXPEDITION
NY 1966 Barnes. Translated from German by Oliver Coburn. 8vo., 191pp., 24 photo plates, maps, hardcover. VG. (a1933)
$23.00Ross, Sir John. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF CAPT. J. C. ROSS,...AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHERN MAGNETIC POLE
Paris 1835 Baudry's European Library. Hardcover. Octavo., 475pp., 2 steel plates, newly professionally rebound in 3/4 soft light brown leather leather with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Binding is attractive and in Fine condition; internally VG plus, leaves cropped a bit (margin only, not affecting text); clean; binding very secure. No ownership marks. Excellent condition. (a1969)
$79.00(arctic). THE VOYAGE OF THE CHELYUSKIN
NY 1935 1st Macmillan. Translated by Alec Brown. Russian explorers travel through Arctic Ocean to Wrangel Island. Large octavo, 325pp., photo illustrations, index, light blue printed cloth hardcover. VG plus, no DJ. Hinges not cracked in or out; text clean; no owner marks. (a1988)
$49.00Borup, George. A TENDERFOOT WITH PEARY
London 1911 2nd Nash. Preface by G. W. Melville. Account of Peary Expedition by youngest American member. Octavo, 317pp., photo illustrations, map, hardcover. Ex-library, with usual effects. Good, a bit worn, text clean and binding secure . (a2082)
$35.00 Gould, Laurence M. . THE POLAR REGIONS IN THEIR RELATION TO HUMAN AFFAIRS
NY 1958 American Geographic Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 54pp., foldout map, cloth. Good, minor soiling on cover. (a23842)
$20.00Segal, Bernard PhD and Caesar Korolenko MD (EDS). ADDICTIVE DISORDERS IN ARCTIC CLIMATES, THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE AT THE NOVOSIBIRSK INSTITUTE
NY 1990 1st Haworth Press. Octavo, 103pp., hardcover. VG light fading of cover cloth, no DJ. (a2428)
$23.00 Schley, Winfield Scott USN . FORTY-FIVE YEARS UNDER THE FLAG (original hardcover)
NY 1904 first edition. Appleton. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering and decoration. Author served with Farragut and others all over the world and was a lighthouse inspector for a number of years. He had many exciting experiences including being a member of the Greely relief expedition. Nice maritime bookplate (of Conant.) octavo, 439pp., monochrome photo illus, long foldout chart. top edge gilt. VG inner hinges just beginning to give but not cracked yet. owner bookplate but no other ownership marks. no dj. (a26753)
$65.00El Goresy, A.. ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS AND MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF POLISHED SURFACES OF MAGNETIC SPHERULES AND GRAINS COLLECTION FROM THE GREENLAND ICE
Washington 1967. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Special Report 251. 4to., 29pp., wraps. Good, cover soiled. (a27204)
$39.00Brooks, Alfred H. and others. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1904
Wash 1905 GPO. USGS Bull 259. 196p. Good-backstrip chipped. Wraps. (a3001)
$25.00 Lindner, Erwin . DIE FLIEGEN DE PALAEARKTISCHEN REGION: LIEFERUNG 3
Stuttgart n.d. (c.1932). Consists of 3 parts. Lindner, 20. Rhagionidae, pp. 33-49, text illus.; Kroeber, 26. Therevidae, pp. 33-60, text illus.; Kroeber, 35. Conopidae, pp. 33-48, text illus., one plate. Sm.4to., wraps. Unopened. VG. (a33667)
$40.00 Lindner, Erwin . DIE FLIEGEN DE PALAEARKTISCHEN REGION: LIEFERUNG 79 23. MYDAIDAE (BY PIUS SACK)
Stuttgart 1934. Sm.4to., pp. 1-29, text illustrations, one plate, wraps. Unopened. VG. (a33672)
$35.00 Lindner, Erwin . DIE FLIEGEN DE PALAEARKTISCHEN REGION: LIEFERUNG 98 21. CYRTIDAE (BY PIUS SACK)
Stuttgart 1934. Sm.4to., pp. 1-36, text illustrations, one plate, wraps. Unopened. VG. (a33673)
$35.00 Irwin, David and O'Brien, Jack . ALONE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD, THE AUTHORIZED STORY OF THE ARCTIC JOURNEY OF DAVID IRWIN
Chicago 1935 1st Winston. Foreword by Russell Owen. 8vo., 254pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Irwin on the frontis photo illustration. Bookplate of Dick Emmert. Good, some wear, no DJ. (a4022)
$29.00 Amundsen, Roald . NORDVEST-PASSAGEN. BERETNING OM GJ�A-EKSPEDITIONEN 1903-1907. MED ET TILL�G AV PREMIERL�ITNANT GODFRED HANSEN.
Kristiania 1907 1st Aschehoug (published November 23, 1907, on verso). In Swedish. 8vo., 511pp., photo illustrations, 3 maps in rear, gilt decorated light green cloth showing a ship on the sea. Good, some minor soiling and foxing in tex, cover lightly soiled, spine wrinkled. (a4082)
$160.00 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur and Julia Austa Schwartz . NORTHWARD HO! AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAR NORTH AND ITS PEOPLE (signed)
NY 1934 revised ed Macmillan. Hardcover. Small octavo, 195p., orange cloth with black picture of Eskimo riding a moose on front panel. Adapted for boys and girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz. **Copy signed and dated by Stefansson in 1941 in presentation to Sylvia Gilman. Good, cover unevenly faed and spine end lightly worn. Text clean, binding secure and hinges not broken. Sixth-eighth grade reading level vocabulary. (a4084)
$75.00 ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA . ARCTIC RESEARCH
Edited by Diana Rowley. December 1955. "The current status of research and osme immaediate problems in the North American Arctic and Subarctic." Special publication #2, reprinted from "Arctic" vol 7 #3,4. 261p. Folding map in rear. Sm4to. G-VG. (a4093)
$40.00 Lewis, David with Mimi George . ICEBOUND IN ANTARCTICA
NY 1987-1st Norton.242p. Index. Photo illus. Fine in fine DJ. six scientists become intentionally icebound inorder to study seals, birds, penguins, icepack configuration and map the terrain. The resulting stress brought hardship, frightening experiences and moments of beauty. (a4102)
$25.00 (antarctic) . RESULTS FROM NORWEGIAN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH 1974-1977
Oslo 1978 Norsk Polarinstitutt. Skrifter Nr. 169. In English. 8vo., 117pp., photo illustrations, stiff wraps. Fine. (a4106)
$25.00 Andree, S. A.; Nils Strindberg och Knut Fraenkel . MED ORNEN MOT POLEN - ANDREES POLAREXPEDITION AR 1897
Stockholm 1931 Albert Bonniers. In Swedish. 8vo., 487pp., fine photo illustrations, folding map, color foldout map in rear, 3/4 leather. Good, spine leather and corners rubbed and worn. (a4275)
$35.00Ellsworth, Lincoln and Edward H. Smith. REPORT OF THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE AEROARCTIC EXPEDITION WITH THE GRAF" ZEPPELLIN," 1931
NY 1932. Removed from the Geographical Review. 8vo., 22pp., illustrations, rebound in later wraps. Good, old dry light water stain at top left margin of leaves. (a44393)
$35.00 Papinin, Ivan . LIFE ON AN ICE FLOE
NY 1939. 8vo., 300pp., photo illustrations, boards. VG, come discoloration of boards, no DJ. (a48068)
$35.00 Tikhomirov, Gregory Sergeyevich . I. D. PAPANIN CHELOVEYEK SOBITIYA VREMYA (I.D. PAPANIN THE MAN THE EVENTS THE TIMES) (entirely in Russian)
Moscow 1990. Hardcover. In Russian. 4to., 199pp., fully illustrated monochrome and color illustrations, boards. Fine in VG plus DJ. (no tears or chips on dj, just slight wear. ) No owner marks. Ivan Dmitrievich Pananin, 1894-1986, famous Russian polar explorer. (a50556)
$65.00(coast guard). PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT FOR A GREAT LAKES & EASTERN ARCTIC ICEBREAKER
Washington 1978. 4to., 205pp., photo illustrations, diagrams, wraps. Small depository library stamp on front and on first page. Some ink numbers on front. VG. (a50928)
$95.00 Keely, Robert N Jr. M.D. and G. G. Davis M.D. . IN ARCTIC SEAS THE VOYAGE OF THE 'KITE' WITH THE PEARY EXPEDITION TOGETHER WITH A TRANSCRIPT OF THE LOG OF THE 'KITE'
Philadelphia 1893 (1892) Thompson. Hardcover. Lg.8vo., illustrations, folding map of Greenland, 524pp., original turquoise cloth with gilt picture in ship between icebergs on front board with gilt lettering. VG plus pus, just slight cover wear. Lovely condition. hinges not cracked; no ownership marks; text clean and bright. no dj. (a52112)
$95.00 Andree, Richard . DER KAMPF UM DEN NORDPOL GESCHICHTE DER NORDPOLFAHRTEN 1868 - 1882
Bielefeld und Leipzig 1883 vierte auflage. In German. 8vo., 428pp., mit 19 tonbildern und 2 karten ( one map in text and one large color map in rear). decorated hardcover. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracking, light wear on spine ends, corners gently bumped. (a53247)
$40.00Collins, Henry B.. THE ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE ESKIMO
Washington1950. Offprint from Smithsonian Report .8vo., pp. 423-467, 4 plates, original greenish printed wraps. Near Fine. (a53432)
$22.00 Keatley, John . UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
Boston 1893. Article (10pp.) in The Arena, a journal edited by B. O. Flower. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, some foxing, light stain on front, very light old dry stain in margins throughout. (a54650d)
$45.00 Landmark, B (editor) . ARCTIC COMMUNICATIONS : PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE AGARD IONOSPHERIC RESEARCH COMMITTEE, ATHENS, GREECE, JULY 1963 : AGARDOGRAPH NO. 78
NY 1964 Macmillan. Octavo, 297pp., hardcover. Ex-university library. VG, text clean, no DJ. (a62004)
$28.00 Chamonel, Francois et Rudolphe . LES P�LES, LES PAYS NORDIQUES LIVRES ET UNE COLLECTION EXEPTIONNELLE DE CARTES POSTALES
Paris 1990. 1890-1990 Centenaire de la Fondation de Notre Librairie. In French. 8vo., 54pp., 192 items described, illustrations, original illustrated stiff wraps. Near Fine. (a62476)
$25.00 Thorson, Gunnar . MED TREAARSEKSPEDITIONEN TIL CHRISTIAN X'S LAND AF DELTAGERE I EKSPEDITIONEN
Kobenhavn 1937 1st Gyldendalske. In Danish. 4to., 280pp., photo illustrations, original wraps with pictorial dust jacket.Some pages uncut. VG, in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a64688)
$35.00 Andre, S. A. . DEM POL ENTGEGEN
Leipzig 1930 Brockhaus. In German. Octavo, 278pp., 122 abbil., 5 karten, hardcover. VG slight browning in page margins and uneven cover fading, no DJ. (a64879)
$24.00 Jackson, Sheldon . TENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA
Washington 1901 GPO. Senate Document No. 206. Hardcover. Octavo, 169pp., very large foldout map, 38 photo illustrations of Alaska and her inhabitants, hardcover. VG plus. (a69755)
$85.00 Levin, Dr. . LES MICROBES DANS LES REGIONS ARCTIQUES
Paris 1899. Article in French in Annales de L'Institut Pasteur, Jul. 1899 at pp. 558-56. Several additional articles in the issue as well. Octavo, original wraps bound in later wraps. Small laboratory stamp on original title page. Uncut. VG. (a70445a)
$45.00 Carpenter, Frank G. . ALASKA OUR NORTHERN WONDERLAND
NY 1925 first edition Doubleday Page. Hardcover. Octavo, 319p., 123 monochrome photo illustrations, 2 color maps, cloth. VG, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a7052)
$25.00 Hoeg, Ove Arbo . NOTES ON SOME ARCTIC FOSSIL WOOD WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF CUPRESSINOXYLON POLOMMATUM CRAMER
Oslo 1932 Dybwad. Norges Svalbard Medd. nr. 17. Octavo, 9pp., 3 plates, original printed wraps. Owner signed. Good plus. (a71176)
$25.00 Vilensky, E. S. . SHYESTNADTSAT DNYEI NA POLYUSE (SIXTEEN DAYS AT THE NORTH POLE)
Moskow, Leninigrad 1938 Detskoy Literaturi. In Russian. For young adults. 4to., 127pp., photo illustrations, original illustrated cloth. VG, some soiing on cover and spine, corners gently bumped, small closed chip at lower margin of one leaf (not near text), no DJ. (a73510)
$150.00 Hrdlicka, Ales . ALASKA DIARY 1926-1931
Lancaster 1943 1st Jaques Cattell. Sm4to., 414pp., photo illus. Good, worn and torn on spine ends and cover corners and one tiny nick in cloth on front board. A bit shaken. (a7393)
$70.00 Bird, Kenneth J and Leslie B. Magoon (editors) . PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1778
1987. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1778. 4to., 329pp., 5 large folding plates in pocket, black printed paper-covered boards with large color illustrations in red and green of geological formation. VG plus to near Fine, light cover rubbing and two tiny spots on cover where slight bit of adhesive from labels remains. (a75065)
$70.00Groneman, H. J. H. . THEORIE COSMIQUE DE L'AURORE POLAIRE
1878. Article in French at pp. 41-84, removed from the Memoire della Societa degli Spettroscopisti Italian and rebound inlater wraps. Good plus, single light vertical crease throughout. (a77825)
$85.00 Fraser, John Foster . THE REAL SIBERIA
NY 1902 1st Appleton. Together with an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria. British critic of Russia journeys east on the nearly completed Trans-Siberian Railway, Autumn, 1901. He finds much to condemn but also sees a land capable of immense agricultural possibilities (Nerhood No. 480). Hardcover. Octavo, 279pp., photo illustrations including some of inside of Siberian prisons, map, yellow cloth. Good, cover soiled and a bit worn. (a78513)
$30.00 Brehm, Alfred Edmund . FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR, STUDIES OF WILD LIFE AND SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1896 Blackie. Translated from German by M. Thomson and edited by J. Arthur Thomson. Focuses on wildlife; 2 chapters on Arctic, 3 chapters on Siberia. Author, a German naturalist, 1829-1884. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 502pp., illustrations, index, red cloth with gilt picture on front board of men, animals and yurts. Quite a few library name stamps in text but very tiny and very pale hence not obstrusive. Top edge gilt. Library numbers removed from spine and no longer visible. Good plus, cover worn on edges and corners. (a79637)
$100.00 Schmeltzer Kurt . THE LONG ARCTIC NIGHT
New York 1952 Watts. Translated fro German to English by Elizabeth Brommer. Illustrated by Daivd Cobb. Hardcover. Octavo, 188p., endpaper maps, blue cloth. Two owner name stamps. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a84346)
$22.00 Rosen, P. G. . H�JDBEST�MNING AF SVERIGES H�GSTA FJALL
Stockholm 1903. In Swedish. Memoir 10 from Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlingar, Band 28. Octavo, 16p., 1 map, removed from bound volume and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a85012)
$35.00Stefansson, V.. SUITABILITY OF ESKIMO METHODS OF WINTER TRAVEL IN SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION
1908. Article on pages 210-213 in single issue of Bulletin of American Geographical Society, Vol. XL No 4. April 1908. Octavo, original front wrapper panel remounted on later wraps. Complete issue paginated 193-256p. Several articles in addition to Stefansson's. Good, a few tiny closed margin tears. No ownership marks. (a87995)
$29.00 Nansen, Fridtjof . THROUGH SIBERIA THE LAND OF THE FUTURE
New York 1914 Stokes. Hardcover. Translated by Arthur Chater. 4to., 478pp., photo illustrations, 3 foldout maps, index, black cloth with bright orange lettering and gilt emblem on front panel. A few owner name stamps in text. Seminary bookplate. Institution pocket at rear, faint residue of spine label. Good, corners worn. Binding secure. (a88020)
$75.00Glen, A R. THE SUB-ARCTIC GLACIER CAP: THE WEST ICE OF NORTH EAST LAND
1941. Article on pp. 65-76 with photo illustrations in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, August 1941. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88269a)
$29.00 Beauvois, E . LES SKRELINGS ANCETRES DES ESQUIMAUX DANS LES TEMPS PRE-COLOMBIENS
Article on pp. 5-48 in one complete issue of Revue Orientale et Americaine issue 9. Janvier-Mars. 1879. Paris 1879 . First edition. Original pink printed octavo wraps with later backstrip. Other interesting articles in same issue . VG no ownership marks; edges rippled. (a89486a)
$45.00 Marshall, A J . NON-BREEDING AMONG ARCTIC BIRDS (in one complete issue of The Ibis, volume 94 April 1952)
Article on pp. 310-333 one complete issue of Ibis, April 1952. vol 94, no. 3. First edition. VG. no ownership marks. Other articles in issue as well. octavo wraps. (a91742)
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