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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)
$2200.00 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)
$35.00(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)
$35.00El 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 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 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 (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(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 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 Deacon, Sir George (editor) . SYMPOSIUM ON ANTARCTIC ICE AND WATER MASSES TOKYO, JAPAN 19 SEPTEMBER 1970
Cambridge 1971 Heffer. 8vo., 131pp., wraps. VG, light cover wear. (a55192)
$35.00 Comision Nacional del Antartico . LAS ISLAS MALVINAS Y EL SECTOR ANTARTICO ARGENTINO
Buenos Aires 1948 1st Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. In Spanish, 12mo., 27pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a62380)
$27.00 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 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 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 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)
$70.00 (Antarctica) Defense Mapping Agency . ANTARCTICA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 14-3 THIRD EDITION
Washington 1969 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 923pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76223)
$115.00 Charcot, J.-B. . L'EXPEDITION ANTARCTIQUE FRANCAISE (1908-1910) RELATION SOMMAIRE ET RESUME DES TRAVAUX
Paris 1911 Mason. In French. 4to., pp. 5-16, one text illustration, removed from the La Geographie, Bulletin de la Societe Geographique and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a78171)
$30.00 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)
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