Washington: Dept. of Defense, 1953-60. Thick 8vo, 9 volumes; a near fine set in orig. blue cloth. Standard reference, extensively annotated, and indispensable to anyone concerned with voyages and travels in the region. Over 50,000 entries. More
London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo, pp. x,[2], 663, [1]; large folding map and 16 engraved plates; 20th-century gray morocco backed marbled boards, gilt ruled spine, marbled edges; plates foxed with some damp on upper edge, map with closed tears and neat repairs but one fold with split, text..... More
Leningrad: Gidrometeorologicheskoe Izdatelstvo, 1969. 8vo, pp. 185, [3]; text in Russian with English summaries; text illustrations; black cloth titled in silver; textblock starting to tone, else clean and sound, near fine. Contains articles on the polar bear's origin, phylogenetic links and evolution, geographical variability and population structure, former and present-day..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1931. Edition limited to 750 copies, 8vo, pp. [2], xiii, [1], map endpapers, color frontispiece after a painting by Carl Rungius, folding map, numerous illustrations from photographs by the author plus others by Rungius; bookplate and ownership signature of Robert Rulon Miller, Christmas, 1935; spine a...... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. The so-called "Admiralty Edition," the first and best issue of a most important voyage; 4to, 2 volumes, pp. [iii]-xxi, [3], 392; [iii]-vii, [1], [393]-742; complete copy with 23 engraved plates and 3 maps (2 folding), bound without the half-titles in contemporary marbled boards..... More
London: printed by Jas.-W. and Chas. Adlard, 1820. Small 8vo, pp. 12; engraved folding plate (slightly spotted); very good in contemporary brown wrappers. In the first edition of the pamphlet published the preceding year, "A view of Lausanne, and the lake of Geneva" in the title is replaced with "An..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1938. First edition in English, American issue (British sheets with a new title page), 8vo, pp. xvi, 136, [2]; full page map and 90 photographic illustrations on plates; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine, preserving the original dust jacket which is..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1925]. First edition, 8vo., pp. 287; 40 photographs on plates, including frontispiece, fold-out map; gray cloth, gilt on spine; worn, binding slightly cocked, rubbed thoroughly all over, spine extremities chipped, corners bumped, small black mark on bottom edge, a fair but sound copy. More
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi-[xxii], 489-[492]; with 38 plates 17 in color (showing 19 illustrations) of birds by W.H. Riddell, numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; slight wear at corners but generally a fine, bright copy in original green cloth gilt, t.e.g. This book..... More
New York: Polar Publishing Co., 1911. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xx, [2], 604; frontispiece portrait of Cook, and 49 photographic illustrations on 31 plates, plus other illustrations. and a map in the text; hinges starting, else very good in original pictorial brown cloth. This is the narrative of Cook's..... More
New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1912. 8vo, pp. xx, 604; frontispiece portrait of Cook, 30 plates, plus other illustrations. and a map in the text; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine a little dull, else very good and sound. This copy with a...... More
London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1963. Limited edition for subscribers only, of which this is no. 1079, large 8vo, pp. lxxix, [1], 415, [1], xv, [1]; two large folding maps in back pocket; full black cloth gilt in gray printed wrappers; light spotting to edges, else fine. Hudson's Bay..... More
Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, 1958. 4to, pp. [8], 271, [1]; figures, tables, illustrations, and maps throughout; text in double column; original green cloth-backed printed boards; ex-University of Minnesota, with accession numbers on spine, bookplate, and pocket inside back cover; markings aside, a very good..... More
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[N.p. publisher not identified], 1925. Folio, 11.25" x 14.5"; 92 leaves; 89 with photomechanical plates (likely collotypes) on rectos, six of them folding composite landscapes; contemporary and likely original silk-covered boards bound in cord; upper board just starting with light sun toning and soiling, cover label lifting up, one folding..... More
Phila. Childs & Peterson, 1858. First edition, 8vo, 416pp. plus ads, engraved title-p. and portrait, 4 engraved plates; good, sound copy or better in orig. brown cloth; ex-MHS. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1850. First American edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. xi, [2], 14-371, [1], [44] Lea & Blanchard catalogue; vii, [2], 14-400; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine; tops of spines chipped level with textblocks, bottom of spine chipped, corners bumped and rubbed, mild spotting throughout..... More
[Washington, D. C. publisher not identified, 1915.]. 8vo, pp. 27, [5]; self-wrappers, saddle-stitched; old Brown University rubberstamp at the top of the first leaf, accession numbers in pencil; all else very good. Uncommon: only 7 in OCLC: University of Alberta, Royal Danish Library, Smithsonian, Oberlin, Dartmouth, the U.S. Navy and..... More
London: John Murray, 1828. First edition, 4to, pp. [iii]-xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320, clvii, [2]; lacking the half-title and leaf of ads; 31 engraved plates, 6 folding maps including one outlined in blue; plates a little spotted in the margins and the map showing the route of the expedition neatly backed in..... More
London: John Murray, 1823. First edition, 4to, pp. [iii]-ix, [1], 768; 30 exquisitely engraved plates by Finden (26 after Lieuts. Hood and Back), 10 of which are hand-colored, 4 folding maps; some toning of the text but generally a very good, sound copy in contemporary brown calf, rebacked, with old..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1905. Thick 8vo, pp. 1064; 77 illustrations, graphs, and maps, several folding; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; covers a little spotted, hinges barely starting, else a very good, clean, and sound copy. Includes opening addresses by Henri Cordier, Robert E. Peary, and Baron von Richthofen;..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 428; xii, [2], 444; steel-engraved frontispiece, 42 plates (many from photographs), and 4 maps (3 folding, 1 in rear cover pocket); light dampstain pervades the top margin of most of volume II and the back cover..... More
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1864. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. xvi, 324; xii, 352; 100 wood-engraved maps and illustrations (18 full-page); engraved folding map (with an 8" tear entering from the stub - but no loss); publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and..... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 2003-2009. First editions, 3 volumes, large 8vo, pp. lxi, [1], 242; xxxvii, [1], 308; xli, [1], 245, [1]; frontispieces in each volume plus a total of 25 figures in the text and 11 maps; a fine set in fine dust jackets. Volume I covers the voyages of..... More
Ottawa: F.A. Acland, 1928. 8vo, pp. 134; orig. printed wrappers; very good. Issued as Part A of the Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18, volume XV. More
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. 464; 467, [1]; engraved portrait and vignette half-title in each volume, 4 maps (2 folding), 18 beautifully engraved plates and approximately 265 other engraved illustrations in the text; publisher's brown blindstamped cloth, gilt spines; volume I slighly skewed, and..... More
