‎Antarctica‎

‎"NORDENSKIÖLD, A.E.‎

‎Redogörelse för den Svenska Polarexpeditionen År 1872-1873. (Meddelad den 9 September 1874).‎

‎Stockholm, Norstedt & Sönar, 1875. Uden omslag. 132 pp. + det store foldekort ""Karta öfver Spetsbergen, huvudsakligast enligt iakttagelser af de svenska expeditionerna 1858-1873..."" (55 x 60 cm.). Udkom som Bihang till K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handlingar. Band 2. No. 18. Rent, frisk eksemplar.‎

‎"PARRY, W.E.‎

‎Tagebuch einer Entdeckungsreise nach den nördlichen Polargegenden im Jahr 1818 in dem königlichen Schiffe Alexander unter dem Befehle de Lieutenant und Commander W.E. Parry. Aus dem Englische übersetzt.‎

‎Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1819. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Part of titlelabel gone. Stamps on title-page. (2),174 pp. and 1 folded engraved map. Scattered brownspots, mainly to the first few leaves.‎

‎"PEARY, R.E.‎

‎Northward over the ""Great Ice"".‎

‎A Narrative of Life and work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897. 2 vols. Ldn., 1898. 2 pict.cloth. Back loose on vol. l. Top a.bottom of spine worn. LXXX,521,XIV,625 pp. First English edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 3244

‎"PEARY, R.E.‎

‎Northward over the ""Great Ice"".‎

‎A Narrative of Life and work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897. 2 vols. Ldn., 1898. 2 pict.cloth. Back loose on vol. l. Top a.bottom of spine worn. LXXX,521,XIV,625 pp. First English edition.‎

‎"PETTERSSON, O.‎

‎Ueber den Einfluss der Eisschmelzung auf die Oceanische Cirkulation. - [DEDICATION COPY]‎

‎Stockholm, 1899. 8vo. In contemporary boards with the original blank front wrapper pasted on to front board. Two stamps to front board and first leaf. With authors dedication to front board: ""Her Amiral Wandel / hoyaktnings fell / af / forfatteren"". [Sir Admiral Wandel / with high esteem / from / the author""]. Pp. 141-166.‎

‎"RABOT, CHARLES.‎

‎Les Régions polaires pendent la Guerre. Précédées des Rapports sur les récentes Expéditions norvegiennes au Spitsberg (1919-1921) présentés par leur Chef: M. Adolf Hoël.‎

‎Paris, Delagrave, 1922. Small 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Stamp on title-page. (2),138 pp., textillustrations. With dedication from the author on top of title-page. ""Revue de Géographie annuelle. Tome IX. Fascicules IV-V.""‎

‎"RICHTER, SØREN.‎

‎A Contribution to the Archæology of North-East Greenland.‎

‎Oslo, A. W. Brøggers, 1934. 4to. Uncut, unopened in the original printed wrappers. Fine and clean. 213, (2) pp.‎

‎""Oslo Etnografiske Museums Skrifter, Bind 5, Hefte 3"".‎

Bookseller reference : 52897

‎"RINK, HENRY (HINRICH).‎

‎Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo with a Sketch of their Habits, religion, Language and other Pecularities. Translated from the Danish by the Author. Edityed by Robert Brown. With numerous Illustrations, drawn and engraved by Eskimo.‎

‎Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. Orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. Spine ends frayed and some discoloration to extremities. First inner hinge weak. XII,472,(1) pp., 6 wood-engraved plates (incl. folded frontispiece) and many wood-cut illustrations in the text (some full- page)‎

‎First English edition of ""The first monumental work about eskimo's fairy tales and legends"", translated from the authors ""Eskimoiske Eventyr og Sagn 1-1. Copenhagen, 1866-71"". The fine woodcuts by the native artists are taken from the original blocks as used in the Danish edition. ""Starting from the tales, he identified the inland dwellers that occur in a number of Greenland tales with the American Indians, implying that the two people at one time were neighbours, and usually not on freindly terms."" - Sabin: 71439.‎

Bookseller reference : 31350

‎"RINK, H.‎

‎Udsigt over Nordgrönlands Geognosi, især med Hensyn til Bjergmassernes mineralogiske Sammensætning.‎

‎(København, Bianco Luno, 1853). 4to. Uden omslag, ubeskåret. Udsnit af ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", (SN.5.III), pp. 71-98 samt 3 tekstillustrationer.‎

‎Originaltrykket af Rinks første arbejde over Grønlands geologi. - Ikke i Lauridsen - Groenlandica p. 287.‎

Bookseller reference : 36212

‎"RINK, H.‎

‎Om den geographiske Beskaffenhed af de danske Handelsdistrikter i Nordgrønland.‎

‎(København, Bianco Luno, 1852). 4to. Uden omslag, ubeskåret. Udsnit af ""Vienskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", (SN.5.III), pp. 37-70. Indeholder Rinks berømte kobberstukne kort: ""Kaart over de Danske Handelsdistrikter i Nord Grønland Udkastet efter Iagttagelser paa en i Aarene 1848-51, i geognostisk og mineralogisk Öiemed foretagen reise, og grundet paa de af Capt. Graah ved astronomiske Obserbationer bestemte Punkters Beliggenhed."" Kobbersukket påsvært papir (53,5 x 43 cm.). 2 af de på kortet indtrykte specialkort er håndkoloreret.‎

‎"RINK, H.‎

‎Udsigt over Nordgrönlands Geognosi, især med Hensyn til Bjergmassernes mineralogiske Sammensætning.‎

‎(København, Bianco Luno, 1853). 4to. Uden omslag, ubeskåret. Udsnit af ""Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter"", (SN.5.III), pp. 71-98 samt 3 tekstillustrationer.‎

‎"ROBESON, GEO. M. (+) (C. F. HALL).‎

‎Instructions for the Expedition Toward the North Pole from Hon. Geo. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. With an Appendix from the National Academy of Sciences. - [THE POLARIS EXPEDITION - WITH DEDICATION FROM COMMANDER C. F. HALL, GIVEN DURING THE EXPEDITION]‎

‎Washington, Government Printing Office, 1871. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with the original front wrapper pasted on to front board. With dedication inscription from C. F. Hall to front board: ""To M. Schonheyder / Govenor of Fiskeneest / July : 27:1871 / C. F. Hall / Commander"", and with Hall signature to title-page: ""C. F. Hall / Commander"". Two stamps to front board and one stamp to title-page. Three holes in inner marigin, presumably from the original sown wrappers. Title-page with a 5 cm long tear to inner margin. 36 pp.‎

‎First edition, presentation copy from C. F. Hall to Guvernor Schønheyder, given during the Polaris Expedition, of the instruction to Charles Francis Hall to command an expedition to the North Pole on the USS Polaris. The present copy was aboard the USS Polaris and was given on July 27th 1871, when the USS Polaris arrived at Fiskenæsset in South East Greenland. The Polaris Expedition, which constitutes one of the first serious American attempts to reach the North Pole, ended in failure with the death, very possibly murder, of Hall. 19 members of the expedition became separated from the ship and drifted on an ice floe for six months and 1,800 miles (2,900 km), before being rescued. The damaged Polaris was run aground and wrecked near Etah in October 1872. The remaining men were able to survive the winter and were rescued the following summer. All crewmembers, except C. F. Hall, survived. The Chief Scientist on the expedition Emil Bessel, presumably the person who poisoned Hall, noted when arriving at Fiskenæsset: ""A boat rowed toward us from the headland, and a few moments later the colony's administrator [Schønheyder] stood on deck, en route to the saloon. After we had exchanged the usual civilities [Where the present copy very well can have been presented as a gift], Hall and I accompanied the obliging official ashore and to his home. Although he was badly asthmatic, the Greenland climate seemed to suit him" when he lay stretched out he was of impressive height and hence very good-natured. But he had not been very fortunate in the choice of his name, which did not match his appearance at all well. Herr Schönheyter did not have a loving wife to sweeten his life, but mindful of the well-devised saying, he was not ill-disposed toward the other accessories. Draped in a blue ribbon, a guitar hung on the wall" on a small side-table stood various bottles filled with strong liquor."" (POLARIS: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73 by Emil Bessels, p. 56)Charles Francis Hall, who had previously lived among the Inuit in the Arctic region while on his obsessive quest to determine the fate of Franklin's lost expedition of 1845, was appointed Commander of the Expedition. Hall, who had the necessary survival skills lacked academic background and had no experience in leading men or commanding a ship. The Polaris Expedition consisting of 25 men also included Hall's old friend Budington as sailing master, George Tyson as navigator, and Emil Bessels as physician and chief of scientific staff. The expedition immediately ran into problems as the party split into rival factions. Hall's authority over the expedition was resented by a large portion of the party, and discipline broke down.Hall, having left the USS Polaris on October 10 and returned on October 24, suddenly fell ill after drinking a cup of coffee. His symptoms allegedly started with an upset stomach, then progressed to vomiting and delirium the following day. Hall accused several of the ship's company, including Bessels, of having poisoned him. Following these accusations, he refused medical treatment from Bessels, and drank only liquids delivered directly by his friend Taqulittuq.He seemed to improve for a few days and was even able to go up on deck. Bessels had prevailed upon Bryan, the ship's chaplain, to convince Hall to allow the doctor to see him. By November 4, Hall relented and Bessels resumed treatment. Shortly thereafter, Hall's condition began to deteriorate"" he suffered vomiting and delirium and collapsed. Bessels diagnosed apoplexy before Hall finally died on November 8. He was taken ashore and given a formal burial. In 1968, while working on Hall's biography, ""Weird and Tragic Shores"", Chauncey C. Loomis became sufficiently intrigued by the possibility that Hall might have been poisoned and applied for a permit to visit Thank God Harbor to exhume Hall's body and to perform an autopsy. Because of the permafrost, Hall's body, flag shroud, clothing, and coffin were remarkably well-preserved. Tests on tissue samples of bone, fingernails, and hair showed that Hall had received large doses of arsenic in the last two weeks of his life. Sabin 72024‎

Bookseller reference : 57819

‎"SAABYE, HANS EGEDE.‎

‎Brudstykker af en Dagbog, holden i Grønland i Aarene 1770-1778. Med Forerindring af Stiftets Biskop i et Brev til Hs.Exellence Hr. Geheimeraad Bülow.‎

‎Odense, Hempel, 1816. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt halvlæderbind. False og ryg med reperationer. Indvendig en smule brunplettet. (4),X,144,(2) pp.‎

‎Den sjældne originaludgave af denne grønlandsklassiker. Saabye, søstersøn til Poul Egede, udgav hermed et uddrag af sine dagbøger på opfordring af biskop Plum i Odense. Bogen vakte en ikke ringe opmærksomhed, både blandt misssionsinteresserede og etnografer og blev oversat til både svensk, tysk, hollandsk og engelsk. Ingemanns ""Kunnuk og Naja"" er bygget herpå.‎

Bookseller reference : 58818

‎"SCHULTZ-LORENTZEN.‎

‎Dictionary of the West Greenland Eskimo Language.‎

‎Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1927. Royal 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut. XI,303 pp. Clean and fine.‎

‎Offprint from ""Meddelelser om Grønland"", Bd. 69)‎

Bookseller reference : 58429

‎"SCHULTZ-LORENTZEN.‎

‎Dictionary of the West Greenland Eskimo Language.‎

‎Copenhagen, Reitzel, 1927. Royal 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers, uncut. XI,303 pp. Clean and fine.‎

‎"SHEPARD, ISABEL S.‎

‎The Cruise of the U.S. Steamer ""Rush"" in Bering Sea. Summer of 1889.‎

‎San Francisco, Bancroft Company, 1889. Orig. full pictorial cloth, gilt. First inner hinge weakening. Stamp on title-page. Frontispiece. 257 pp., 5 plates, 1 folded map. Clean and fine.‎

‎"STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR. - SIGNED COPY.‎

‎Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic. Introduction by Stephen Leacock telling how this book came to be written.‎

‎New York, The Macmillan Company, 1938. Original hcloth. Orig. printed paper label title on spine. Uncut. Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent. XI,(6),381 pp., 4 maps. Clean and fine. This is No. 176 of 200 copies of the special edition made for the Explorers Club. It is signed by Stefansson, Leacock (at end of the introcuction) and Rockwell Kent (at bottom of the frontispiece). A handwritten note says: ""Above is the regular inscription.This copy is specially inscribed to Gaylord Beaman by Vilhjalmur Stefansson at the request of their friend Ralph Donaldson. New York March 11 1939."" On inside frontcover the exlibris of A. Gaylord Beaman.‎

‎"SUPAN, ALEX.‎

‎Unbekannte Polargebiete. Kurze Betrachtungen zur Karte der Grenzen der unbekannten Polargebiete...‎

‎(Gotha, Perthes), 1897. 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering. Stamp on first leaf. 4 pp., 1 large folded map in colour (Polargebiete). Offprint/Abdruck from ""Petermanns geogr. Mittheilungen 1897, Heft I."" Some browning to textleaves.‎

‎"TOLL, EDUARD von.‎

‎Die Russische Polarfahrt der ""Sarja"" 1900-1902. Aus den hinterlassenen Tagebüchern. Herausgegeben von Baronin Emmy von Toll.‎

‎Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1909. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Small cracks along hinges, but still holding. Stamp. on title-page. Portrait as frontispiece. IV,635 pp., textillustrations (2 folded panoramas), 4 plates (1 map). Clean and fine.‎

‎"TROLLE, ALF.‎

‎Beretning om M/S ""Thor""s Havundersøgelsestogt 1934.‎

‎København, Levin og Munksgaard, 1935. Lex8vo. Orig. bogtrykte omslag. 196 pp., planer, kort og tekstillustrationer.‎

‎"VIBE, CHRISTIAN.‎

‎Langthen og Nordpaa. Skildringer fra ""Den danske Thule-og Ellesmereland-Ekspedition 1939-40"".‎

‎Kbhvn., 1948. Indbundet med orig. foromslag i privat hfableabd. 199 pp., tekstillustr. og foldekort.‎

‎"ZORGDRAGER, C. G. (CORNELIUS GISBERT).‎

‎Bloeyende Opkomst der Aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche Visschery.... Uitgebreid met eene korte Historische Beschryving der Noordere Gewesten, Groenlandt, Ysandt, Spitsbergen, Nova Zembla, Jan Mayen Eiulandt, de Straat Davis... met byvoeging van d...‎

‎Amsterdam, Joannes Oosterwyk, 1720. 4to. Contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Title-label with gilt lettering. Neat repairs to upper and lower compartment and to small parts of the other compartments. One corner renewed. Engraved frontispiece. (34),330,(14 - incl. errata) pp., 6 folded engraved maps and 7 engraved plates. Internally clean, printed on good paper.‎

‎(ERSLEV, ED.).‎

‎Oversigt over Nordpolarreiserne og M'Clintocks Expedition. Efter engelske og tydske Skrifter.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Jacob Erslevs Forlag, 1860. Samtidigt hldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning. Stempel på titelbladet. 146 pp., 1 stålstukket foldekort. Få spredte brunpletter.‎

‎(NICOLL, JAMES).‎

‎An historical and descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands with Illlustrations of their Natural History. Maps by Wright, and Engravings by Jackson an Bruce. Fourth Edition.‎

‎Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, n.d. (ca. 1845). Small 8vo. Orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering. Titlevignette. 416 pp., 2 maps, 2 plates. Clean and fine.‎

‎(OLDENDOW, K.). K.HONORE PETERSEN.‎

‎Træk af Kolonien Godthaabs Historie 1728-1928.‎

‎K., 1928. Omsl. løst m.rifter. Grønl. Og dansk tekst. 274 pp.‎