ARCTIC
Salamina
New York: Harcourt, 1935. Illustrated by author. 8vo, blue cloth, decorative spine, corners and spine rubbed; binding lightly stained, end-leaves browned. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1935. First Edition. Charming presentation by the author/artist on the fly leaf. "To...attorney for the prosecution (another name of course, for lecturer on literature) this full confession of the defendant is submitted with a plea for mercy." More
Northwest Passage
New York: Aperture, 1996. Many color photo Illus. by the author. Thin, oblong 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (New York): Aperture, (1996). Very good A photographer's account of his twenty-three day journey through the Northwest Passage from Alaska to Greenland. More
The U. S.-Canadian Northwest; A Demonstration Area for International Postwar Planning and Development.
folding maps. 71pp. 8vo, bds. Princeton UP, 1943. vg. More
The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold. 1858-1879
London: Macmillan, 1879. 4 color maps, 3 folding. 43 black-and-white text engravings. xiv + 447 pages + 40 pages of publisher's ads. 8vo, original gray cloth with gilt decoration, spine ends rubbed, edges of corners worn, cloth lightly spotted, some light foxing to margins of ad pages. London: Macmillan, 1879. First Edition. Internally a bright, tight copy. Contains faded rubber stamp of previous owner on title page and last page of ads. More
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Polar Seas and Regions: With Illustrations of Their Climate, Geology, and Natural History; and an Account of the Whale-Fishery.
folding map. 14 engravings. 373pp. 18mo, original cloth; (spine ends lightly worn, cloth soiled, soiling to the blank side of map, scattered light foxing to text). N.Y.: Harper, 1836. Co-authored by Professor Jameson and Hugh Murray. Harper's Family Library, No. XIV. More
The Hard Way to Haparanda.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harcourt, (1966). vg Journey in Lapland. More
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape.
New York: Scribner, 1986. Illustrated in black and white. xxix, 464 pages. Thick 8vo, white cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine sunned). New York: Scribner's, (1986). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape.
New York: Scribner, 1986. Illustrated in black and white. xxix, 464 pages. Thick 8vo, white cloth-backed boards, d.w. (worn). New York: Scribner's, (1986). Spotting at outer edge of text block, spine damage. Very good(-) in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Lappi, Vareissaan; Lapland in colours.
Porvoossa: Werner Soderstrom, 1965. Many color photo Illus., map. Thin, square 8vo, gray cloth. (Porvoossa): Werner Soderstrom, (1965). Very good Text in Finnish and English. More
The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, during the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry.
Complete with large folding map and 7 engraved plates. 468pp. 8vo, handsomely rebound in new 3/4 brown calf, red morocco label; (offsetting from plates including onto the title page, otherwise internally very good). London: John Murray, 1824. "Record of an expedition to discover the northwest passage, 1821-23. This journal sets forth details of the expedition, especially concerning Eskimo life, which were not included in Parry's official account, The Journal of a Second Voyage, etc." Staton & Tremaine 1289... More
Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country.
London: T. Cadell, 1801. Frontispiece portrait of Mackenzie. 3 large folding maps of the journeys. viii, cxxxii, 412, [2]pp. 4to, contemporary 3/4 calf, (some light foxing maps and portrait; offsetting of portrait unto t.p. and offsetting to first map, lacks labels, rubbed). London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies; Cobett and Morgan; and W. Creech, by R. Noble, 1801. "Voyages is Mackenzie's journals of two expeditions, the first, June- Sept. 1789 from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska down..... More
Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson, a Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic
New York: Basic Books, 2009. Illustrated. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2009). One bump at bottom edge of front boards, else fine. More
Fatal Journey; The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson, a Tale of Mutiny and Murder in the Arctic
New York: MJF Books, 2009. Illus. 8vo,grey boards. New York: MJF Books, (2009). Very good. More
Detroit de Waigats
Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683. Miniature view. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 6" x 4". Sheet measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/4". This lovely miniature view of the Yugorsky Strait, is from the original French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." The strait is a narrow Arctic passageway separating the Vaygach Island (here labeled as Waigats) from the Russian mainland. Ships are depicting in the straits, and a Samoyed (Nenets people) settlement is depicted in Russia. The map is in..... More
The Yukon and Northwest Territories.
color and b/w illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Toronto: Macmillan, 1969. vg. More
The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001. Illustrated with b/w and color images. 196 pages. Slim oblong 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Press/Canadian Museum of Civilization, (2001). Fine in fine dust wrapper. More
Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae: The Arctic Hero Time Forgot
New York: Carroll & Graf, 2002. Illustrated. viii + 328 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w.; browning and spotting to top and foredges, not effecting text. Carroll & Graf, (2002). Text clean and unmarked, a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic
New York: Knopf, 2007. 268 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, (2007). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Tells the story of Inuit relocation by the Canadian government through the life of the illegitimate son of Robert Flaherty, the famed filmmaker of Nanook of the North. More
Karluk; The Great Untold Story of Arctic Exploration.
London: Weidenfeld, 1976. Illusttrated. tall 8vo, grey cloth, d.w. London: Weidenfeld, (1976). Very good (+). More
South of Zero; The Journal of John Hale Meredith while with the Clark-Jamison Antarctic Expedition of 191- to 191-
New York: Harper, 1931. Ed. by M. I. Ross. Color Frontis., b/w Illus. 8vo, original blue cloth, cloth soiled, ex-lib, lettering on spine faded, spine sunned. New York: Harper, 1931. More