San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1973. Profusely illustrated, including 59 color plates. Folio, green cloth, d.w. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, circa 1973. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Photographs by Peter Martin, Wilbur Mills, John P. Milton, Gilbert Staender, and others, of the Brooks Range and North Slope provinces in the Arctic. More
illus. 8vo, blue cloth, large chip out of dust wrapper. N.Y., 1956. Travel from Finland, across Sweden, to Norway. More
numerous color and b/w illus. tall 4to, cloth, dus twrapper (dust soiled). Montreal, (1979). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Photography of Eskimo children. More
photo. illus., some in color. 4to, cloth, dust wrapper very dust soiled. N.Y.: American Heritage, (1972). A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
pp. 664- 667. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (wrs. lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Berlin: Wilhelm Greve, 1900. More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1997. Illus. 1133pp. Very thick 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. (Mechanicsburg): Stackpole Books, (1997). Fine. More
New York: Illman & Pilbrow, 1835. Map (diptych). Two engravings with original hand coloring. Each page measures 15" x 12 3/8". Great world map set, showing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Both sheets in very good condition, with only minor aging and a few small tears to edges. More
New York: Putnam, 1935. illus. 405pp. 8vo, cloth; (spine faded and lightly spotted, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Putnam, 1935. More
New York: Putnam, 1930. 74 Illustrations and maps. 422 pages, 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded, small ring stain front cover. New York: Putnam, 1930. First edition. A very good copy. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, cloth soiled, lacking front flyleaf, spine ends and edges of corners worn, inner hinge weak. N.Y.: Putnam, 1928. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 8vo, 1/2 white cloth, d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Very good. More
Translated from the German of M. Campe. 36 hand colored copperplates. b/w title vignette map of the Arctic. 138pp. + 2pp. ads. 16mo, original 1/2 red leather with printed boards; (p. 47 torn with loss of text, spine ends lightly worn, boards edges worn, boards rubbed, last blank page with pencil marks, some light dampstaining and foxing to text). London: J. Harris, 1821. First Edition in English. Complete with 36 bright plates. The plates have light foxing in margins, but..... More
illus, some in color. sq. 4to, cloth, d.w. (Vancouver: Mitchell, 1971). Elizabeth II's tour of the NW Terr. vg. More
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (torn d.w.). New York, 1953. Observations of a naturalist during a summer on the northwest coast of Alaska. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998. Ed. by Harold B. Gill and Joanne Young. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1998). Near Fine. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. And additional chapters by J.M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon & Augustine Courtauld. Several folding maps, many photographic illustrations. xv, 304pp. Small thick 4to, green cloth; (edges and corners of cloth rubbed, title page foxed). London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. First Edition. Very good. More
By Members of the Expedition. Transl. by Eric Brown. 32 plates. 8 maps, one folding. 8vo, cloth; (cloth lightly rubbed, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Macmillan, 1935. More
illus. 8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1979). More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. 4 maps. 613pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Barnes & Noble, (2004). Very good. More
London: John Churchill, 1704. Map. Uncolored engraving. Plate measures 5 3/8" x 11 5/8". Great map of the Greenland coast from the Hudson Bay (here called King Christian's Sea and the New Sea) to Spitsbergen. Based upon Isaac la Peyrere's map of 1647, it illustrates the journey taken by the Danish explorer Jens Munk in 1619-20, who was looking for the Northwest Passage. Includes the mythical Frisland. From Churchill's "Collection of Voyages and Travels". Two creases along left side... More
London: Dent, 1897. 2 large color folding maps. 8 color plates, about 100 b/w illus. xii, 371pp. small, thick 4to, original two-toned cloth, uncut. London: J.M. Dent, 1897. Light foxing to text, mostly in margins, and to the two maps. The plates are not affected. Bookplates of a library and a former individual owner. Small area of soiling to bottom of spine. Otherwise a tight copy with no wear. More
Paris. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 22 3/4" x 23". This incredibly detailed polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere is a French edition of Captain James Cook's famous second voyage to the region. It depicts the coastlines of Australia, New Zealand, and other Southeast Asian and South Pacific islands, in addition to Madagascar and parts of Africa and South America. Most notably, the map includes detailed depictions of voyages to the region between 1595 and 1775..... More
London: James Cook, 1784. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 27.25". This important and scarce 1784 map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. The map is from the first edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted..... More
Venice: Vincenzo Coronelli. Map. Engraving with hand color. Sheet measures 19.5" x 26.25". This lovely map of the Eastern Hemisphere was issued by Vincenzo Coronelli in circa 1691. The map covers the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia in detail and includes the discoveries made by Abel Tasman in Australia. The map is cartographically based on Coronelli's large gores from 1688, which were themselves derived from the manuscript globes constructed for Louis XI in 1683. An early mapping of..... More
many color illus. 4to, boards, d.w. N.Y.: World, (1974). vg. More
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