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Greenland:

. THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME LXXVIII - July to December 1931
London 1931 first edition. royal Geographical society. Hardcover large octavo. Blue cloth. 589p. Numerous color foldout maps. Photo illus. Includes: Major R A Bagnold "Journeys in the Libyan Desert 1929 and 1930; Waterfalls in LIvinstone District of NOrthern Rhodesia, Colour Greenland Sea and the Migrations of the Greenland Whale and Narwhal , Lake Bosumtwi, Ashanti by Maclaren, Glacial Drifts of Essex and Hertfordshire, A Camel Journey across the Rub' al Khali by Bertram Thomas and others. VG, spine numbers but no other library marks (no pocket, no bookplate, no stamps), text clean and binding quite secure; hinges not cracked. (a101838)
$85.00Morch, Johan Christian. AVHANDLINGER OM GRONLAND 1799 -1801
Oslo 1942 first edition. Dybwad. Det Kong. Dep. Norges Svalbard meddelelse nr. 52. Original blue printed octavo wraps. In Norwegian. 152p. VG no owner marks. (a102786)
$45.00Spath, L. F.. ADDITIONS TO THE EO-TRIASSIC INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1935 first edition. Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland. Bd. 98, Nr. 2. roy8vo., wraps. 115p., 5 text figures and 23 plates. Good plus, light cover wear; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. (a103768)
$55.00Sommer, Max. GEOLOGIE VON LYELLS LAND (NE-GRONLAND)
Kobenhavn 1957 first edition. Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland. Bd. 155, Nr. 2. roy8vo., wraps. 157p., 30 figuren im text und 5 Tafeln. In German with an English summary. VG, slight cover wear; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. (a103777)
$55.00Butler, H. DAS VARISCISCH GEFALTETE DEVON ZWISCHEN DUSENS FJORD UND KONGEBORGEN IN ZENTRAL-OSTGRONLAND
Kobenhavn 1955 first edition. Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland. Bd. 155, Nr. 1. roy8vo., wraps. 131p., 54 figuren im text und 10 Tafeln. In German with an English summary. VG, slight cover wear; no owner marks; text clean and binding secure. (a103782)
$55.00Fredskild, Bent. PALAEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT SERMERMIUT, JAKOBSHAVN, WEST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1967 first edition. Reitzels. tall sm4to wraps. Meddelelser om Gronland bd. 178, nr. 4. 54p. 8 figures and 14 tables in text with 7 plates on glossy stock. VG. no owner marks. (a103927)
$39.00Rafn, Charles C. APERCU DE L'ANCIENNE GEOGRAPHIE DES REGIONS ARCTIQUES DE L'AMERIQUE
Copenhague. 1849 first edition. pp. 126-132 with 1 engraved map plate of "Gronlands Ostrebygd" . Extracted from Memoires de Antiquaires du Nord 1845 - 1849. In French. Bound in later plain octavo wraps. VG . no owner marks. (a104390)
$44.00Damas, D. L'OCEANOGRAPHIE DE LA MER DU GRONLAND. RESUME DES OBSERVATIONS DE L'EXPEDITION DE LA BELGICA EN 1905 - article in one complete issue of LA GEOGRAPHIE BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE DE GEOGRAPHIE, 15 Juin 1909
Paris. 1909 first edition. Masson. sm4to original pale green printed wraps. Damas article pp. 417-434 avec onze figures dans le texte (most of these are photo illus). Other articles in issue as well. In French. Good; cover worn with some wrinkling and tears; binding secure; text clean;. no owner marks. (a105141)
$35.00Amdrup, G C et al. GRONLAND I TOHUNDREDAARET FOR HANS EGEDES LANDING - BIND I AND BIND II (2 volumes, complete)
Kobenhavn 1921 first edition. C A Reitzel. Text volume of 795p. some photo illustrations in text volume. Accompanied by matching binding volume of 20 doublepage maps (2 maps in color). Good, covers worn but not torn or chipped; binding and backstrip reinforced so binding now is very secure and unbroken. All maps and text are VG to Fine. no owner marks. (sometimes text volume is offered bound in two volumes - here text is all in one volume and is complete.) In Dutch. Very thorough study of Greenland's geography and geology in original printing which is essential for the quality of the maps and illustrations. Pictures available on request. (a105907)
$140.00Wegman, C.E.. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE CALEDONIAN OROGENY IN CHRISTIAN X'S LAND (NORTHEAST GREENLAND)
Kobenhavn 1935 Reitzel. 11 figs, 3 plates. Wraps. Sm4to. Wraps. 56p. In English. VG. (a16896)
$35.00 Upton, B.G.J. . ALKALINE IGNEOUS COMPLEX OF KUNGNAT FJELD, SOUTH GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1960. Meddelelser om Gronland Band 123, No. 4. Sm4to., 145pp., 57 fgures in text and 6 plates, wraps. VG plus. (a17308)
$50.00 Berthelsen, sger . STRUCTURAL STUDIES IN THE PRE-CAMBRIAN OF WESTERN GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1960. Meddelelser om Gronland Band 123 No. 1. Sm4to., 222pp., 84 text figures, 4 plates, wraps. VG. (a17309)
$50.00 Johansson, A. Erik V . UPPER DEVONIAN FOSSILIFEROUS LOCALITIES IN PARALLEL VALLEY ON GAUSS PENINSULA, EAST GREENLAND INVESTIGATED IN SUMMER OF 1934
Kobenhavn 1935 Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 96 #3. 6 text figs, 3 foldout plates., wraps. Presentation copy to Dr. Spath from "the author. " In English. VG. (a17780)
$50.00 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 Newell, Normand D. . PERMIAN PELECYPODS OF EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1955. Meddelelser Om Groenland. Sm.4to., 36pp., plates, wraps. VG. (a18134)
$35.00Dunbar, Carl O.. PERMIAN BRACHIOPOD FAUNAS OF CENTRAL EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1955. Meddelelser Om Groenland. Large octavo, 169pp., 22 figures in the text and 32 photo plates, wraps. VG plus. no ownership marks. (a18135)
$35.00 Perrot, M. . LES AMMASSALIMIUT AU DANEMARK ETUDE DEMOGRAPHIQUE ET PSYCHO-SOCIOLOGIQUE DE L'EMIGRATION DE LA COTE ORIENTALE DU GROENLAND
Paris 1974. In the Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe D'Anthropologie de Paris, Tome Dieuxieme, XIIIe Serie, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Anthropologique, No. 13, at pp. 5-102. Sm.4to., wraps. Two cancellation stamps on front. Good, cover worn. (a23884a)
$39.00 Gessain, R. . LE STATURE DES AMMASSALIMIUT EN 1935 ET 1965-1966
Paris 1974. In the Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe D'Anthropologie de Paris, Tome Dieuxieme, XIIIe Serie, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Anthropologique, No. 13, at pp. 103-107. Sm.4to., wraps. Two cancellation stamps on front. Good, cover worn. (a23884b)
$39.00 de Lestrange, M-Th. . LE PLI TRANSVERSE CHEZ LES ESKIMO D'AMMASSALIK
Paris 1974. In the Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe D'Anthropologie de Paris, Tome Dieuxieme, XIIIe Serie, Cahiers du Centre de Recherches Anthropologique, No. 13, at pp. 109-138. Sm.4to., wraps. Two cancellation stamps on front. Good, cover worn. (a23884c)
$39.00 El 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)
$38.00 Soen, Oen Ing and Hans Pauly . A SULPHIDE PARAGENESIS WITH PYRRHOTITE AND MARCASITE IN THE SIDERITE-CRYOLITE ORE OF IVIGTUT, SOUTH GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1967 Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 175 #5. Sm4to., 55pp., 23 figures, 1 table, 5 plates, wraps. VG (a27241)
$30.00 Kalsbeek, Feiko . THE PATTERN OF FOLDING IN AN AREA OF MIGMATITES BETWEEN NERIA AND QASIGIALIK FJORDS, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1967 Meddelelser om Gronland Bd.175 #4. Sm4to., 17pp., 5 figures, 43 diagrams. VG. (a27243)
$25.00 Ayrton, S. N. et M. Burri . L'EVOLUTION DU SOCLE PRECAMBRIEN DANS LA REGION DE QAGSSIMIUT, GROENLAND MERIDIONAL
Kobenhavn 1967 Meddelelser om Gronland Bd.175 #2. In French. Sm.4to., 90pp., 34 figuress, 1 table, 1 carte, wraps. VG. (a27244)
$35.00 Allaart, Jan H. . BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE JULIANEHAB GRANITE, SOUTH GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1967 Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 175 #1. Sm4to., 135pp., 47 figuress, 5 tables, 3 plates, wraps. VG. (a27245)
$35.00Kapp, Hans. ZUR PETROLOGIE DER SUBVULKANE ZWISCHEN MESTERS VIG UND ANTARCTIC HAVN (OST-GRONLAND)
Kobenhavn 1960. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 153 Nr. 2. De Danske Ekspeditioner til Ostgronland 1947-58 under Ledelse af Lauge Koch. Sm4to., 203pp., 43 figuress in text and 12 plates, large color map in rear pocket, wraps. In German with an English summary. VG. (a27471)
$25.00Muller, Fritz. BEOBACHTUNGEN UBER PINGOS DETAILUNTERSUCHUNGEN IN OSTGRONLAND UND INDER KANADISCHEN ARKTIS
Kobenhavn 1959. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 153 Nr. 3. De Danske Ekspeditioner til Ostgronland 1947-58 under Ledelse af Lauge Koch. 1947-58. Sm4to., 127pp., 40 figures in text and 5 plates, wraps. In German with an English summary. VG. (a27472)
$45.00 Bocher, Tyge W. (Boecher) . FLORISTIC AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES IN MIDDLE WEST GREENLAND
Copenhagen 1959. Medd om Gronland Bd 156 # 5. Sm4to., 68pp., 3 photo plates, wraps. Good, minor soiling. (a27540)
$50.00 Larsen, Helge and Jorgen Meldgaard . PALEO-ESKIMO CULTURES IN DISKO BUGT, WEST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1958 Meddel om Gronland Bd 161 # 2. Sm4to., 75pp., 23 figures in text and 5 plates, wraps. VG plus. (a27604)
$65.00 Spath, L. F. . THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE BATHONIAN-CALLOVIAN DEPOSITS OF JAMESON LAND (EAST GREENLAND)
Kobenhavn 1932 Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland Kossissionen for Videnskabelige Bd. 87 nr. 7. 4to., 158pp., 26 plates and 14 text figures, wraps. VG, spotting on cover. (a33668)
$45.00Spath, L. F.. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INVERTEBRATES (CHIEFLY AMMONITES) OF THE JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS OF EAST GREENLAND II. SOME INFRA-VALANGIANIAN AMMONITES FROM LINEMANS FJORD, WOLLASTON FORLAND; WOTH A NOTES ON THE BASE OF THE CRETACEOUS
Kobenhavn 1952 Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland. Bd. 133, Nr. 4. 8vo., 40p., 1 fig and 4 plates, wraps. VG. (a33877)
$29.00 Metcalf & Eddy. Architect-Engineer . ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION-THULE GREENLAND
NY 1960. U.S Army Engineer District, Eastern Ocean Corps of Engineers, New York, New York. 4to., 120 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, plus about 20 foldout plates, wraps. Good, very large chip on blank rear wrap, light soiling. (a39245)
$85.00Glob, P. V.. ESKIMO SETTLEMENTS IN KEMPE FJORD AND KING OSCAR FJORD
Copenhagen 1935. Meddelelser om Gr�nland. Udgivne af Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersogelser 1 Gr�nland, Bd. 102, Nr. 2. Zoological Appendix by M. Degerboel. In English. Sm.4to., 97pp., photo plates, foldout chart, wraps. Owner stamp on front. VG, wraps a bit soiled. (a51373)
$29.00 Donovan, Desmond T. . THE JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY AND PALAEONTOLOGY OF TRAILL O, EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1953 Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd.111Nnr. 4. In English. Sm.4to., 150pp., 14 figures in the text and 25 plates, original printed wraps. VG. (a54160)
$45.00 Maync, Wolf . THE CRETACEOUS BEDS BETWEEN KUHN ISLAND AND CAPE FRANKLIN (GAUSS PENINSULA) NORTHERN EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1949 Reitzel. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 133, Nr. 3. In English. Sm.4to., 291pp., 70 figures and 4 plates, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG. (a54203)
$49.00 Fischer, Alfred G. . A BELEMNOID FROM THE LATE PERIAN OF GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1947 Reitzels. Sm.4to., 22pp., 6 figures, 2 plates, original wraps. Good, light wear, light soiling. (a62693)
$30.00 Donovan, Desmond T . UPPER CRETACEOUS FOSSILS FROM TRAILL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OER, EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1954 Reitzels. Sm.4to. , 29pp, 4 figures, 3 plates, original wraps. Good. (a62694)
$34.00 Harry, W.T. & Soen Oen Ing . THE PRE-CAMBRIAN BASEMENT OF ALANGORSSUAQ - SOUTH GREENLAND AND ITS COPPER MINERALIZATION AT JOSVAMINEN
K�benhaven 1964. Meddelelser om Gr�nland Udgivne af Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Unders�gelser i Gr�nland. Bd. 179 Nr. 1. 4to., 72pp., photo plates, original wraps. VG, wraps lightly soiled and lightly chipped on edges. (a62789)
$29.00 Campbell, John Francis . FROST AND FIRE, NATURAL ENGINES, TOOL-MARKS AND CHIPS WITH SKETCHES TAKEN AT HOME AND ABROAD BY A TRAVELLER 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Edinburgh 1865 1st Edmonston & Douglas. Geologist and world traveller offers detailed look geology and climate of Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and British Isles. 2 volumes. Octavo, 506pp., 519pp., frontis map, numerous engravings, folding pictorial chart, 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and mounted leather spine labels. Near VG, lacks half of folding chart, some rubbing and wear. (a63609)
$140.00 Gronlie, Gisle and Manik Talwani . GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN THE NORWEGIAN-GREENLAND SEA
Oslo 1979 Norskk Polarinstiutt. Octavo, 61pp., pocket with one very large colored geological map, wraps. VG, brown stain on front. (a65866)
$25.00 White, Adam (editor) . A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON SPITZBERGEN & GREENLAND
Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Hardcover. Comprising a translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen: a translation from Isaac de la Peyrere's Histoire du Groenland: and God's Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight men in Greenland Nine Moneths and Thwelve Dayes. Octavo, 288pp., blue grey cloth. VG plus, slight discoloration on cover. (a70694)
$90.00 Heyda, Charles M. and Edward S. Szymanski . GAZETTEER OF GREENLAND - NAMES APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
Washington 1983 2nd. 4to., 271pp., original printed wraps. Very light institution markings, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a75677)
$50.00(religion). THE UNITED BRETHREN'S MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCER AND RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY - 5 SEPARATE ISSUES 1826- 1828
1826- 1828. Five issues, each octavo about 40pp., in original printed stringbound wraps. Issues for 1st, 3rd and 4th Quarters 1826, and 1st and 3rd Quarter of 1828. One has contemporary signature of Miss G. Parker. Includes articles as "Journal of a Reconnoitring (sic) visit to the Tambookkie Country" by Brethren Hallbeck and Fritsch" ; much more. Each issue has discard stamp of an Historical Society on the title page. Good but text toned (still legible) some wear throughout, fraying of most edges and bumping of corners. 5 issues. (a76799)
$125.00 Haefeli, R. and F. Brandenberger . RHEOLOGISCH-GLAZIOLOGISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN IM FIRNGEBIET DES GR�NL�NDISCHEN INLANDEISES
Kobenhavn 1968 C. A. Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gr�nland Vol 177 No 1. In German. 4to., 340pp., charts, diagrams, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG plus, very light soiling on rear. (a78165)
$44.00 (Watkins, Henry George) . HENRY GEORGE WATKINS BORN 29 JANUARY 1907 DROWNED IN LAKE FJORD, GREENLAND 20 AUGUST 1932
1932. Article at pp. 273-280, full portrait photo illustration, in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal. Additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. (a84429c)
$33.00 Rodahl, Kaare . SWEDISH-NORWEGIAN EXPEDITION TO NORTH-EAST GREENLAND
1943. Article on pp. 97-115 with maps and photo illustrations in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, September 1943. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. Near Fine. No ownership marks. (a88271b)
$45.00 Maync, Wolf . THE CRETACEOUS BEDS BETWEEN KUHN ISLAND AND CAPE FRANKLIN (GAUSS PENINSULA) NORTHERN EAST GREENLAND
Kobenhavn 1949 first edition Reitzels. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 133 Nr. 3. Sm.4to., 291p., 4 plates, 70 text figurers, original pale green printed wraps. Good plus, light wear. Binding secure. (a88640)
$45.00 Hobbs, William H . GREENLAND, THE ADVANCES OF A DECADE 1921-1931
Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1933 first edition. University of Michigan Press. From Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science volume XVIIIl. Now rebound in later plain wraps. octavo. paginated pp. 363-412 with 26 text maps and illustrations plus 10 page bibliography of works on Greenland 1921-1931. Near Fine. (a92331)
$35.00 Paterson, T T . ANTHROPOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES IN GREENLAND
London 1939 first edition. extracted from Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute , vol LXIX. 4to. Later plain wraps. pp. 45-76 with some line maps and diagrams in text. VG, clean, ownership marks. (a92681)
$25.00Sabine, Captain Edward. MEMOIR ON THE BIRDS OF GREENLAND; WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND NOTES ON THE SPECIES OBSERVED IN THE LATE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY IN DAVIS'S STRAITS AND BAFFIN'S BAY
London 1819 first edition. 4to. Removed from Transactions of Linnean Society, vol XII pp. 527-559 with one fullpage plate of bird legs. Rebound in later plain wraps. VG . no ownership marks. (a93391)
$55.00Gelting, Paul. STUDIES ON THE FOOD OF THE EAST GREENLAND PTARMIGAN ESPECIALLY IN ITS RELATION TO VEGETATON AND SNOW COVER
Kobenhavn 1937 first edition. Reitzels. large octavo light blue printed wraps. Meddelelser om Gronland bd. 116 nr. 3. 196p. 46 figures and photo illus in text ; large color foldout map in rear. VG plus. (a95940)
$33.00