1913ref. 54069London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering. Untrimmed. Stamp on title-page. XXVI,633XIV,534 pp. 2 frontispieces in photogravure, 6 plates in photogravure, 18 colourplates, 260 photographic illustrations on plates, folded maps and panoramas. Fine and clean.

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RINK, H.MareMagnum

The Eskimo Tribes. Their Distribution and Characteristics, especially in Regard to Language. With a comparative Vocabulary, and a Sketch Map. 2 vols.

1887Copenhagen London, Reitzel, Longmans, Green & Co's, 1887-91. 8vo. Both volumes with orig. printed wrappers and uncut. (12),163 (10),124,(2) pp. and 1 lithographed map. Volume one a bit loose in the sewing and with some light brownspots.

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SCOTT, R.F.MareMagnum

Scott's Last Expedition. In two Volumes. Vol.I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work undertaken by E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxle...

1913London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Royal8vo. 2 orig. full cloth. Gilt lettering. Untrimmed. Stamp on title-page. XXVI,633 XIV,534 pp. 2 frontispieces in photogravure, 6 plates in photogravure, 18 colourplates, 260 photographic illustrations on plates, folded maps and panoramas. Fine and clean.

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SHACKLETON Ernest HenryMareMagnum

Arctic Journeys. The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5. With a Preface by Lord Tweedsmuir. IN FULL MOROCCO

19378vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 2 plates on one folder, 2 double-page plates, 38 full-page plates, 4 maps and plans (one full-page) in the text, 11 tail-pieces and a large folding map at rear; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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ARAGO, Jacques Étienne VictorLivre Rare Book

Souvenirs d'un aveugle, Voyage autour du Monde.

1839ref. PHO-1813Hortet et Ozanne, Paris 1839, 4 volumes en 2 tomes in-8, 400pp. et 423pp. et 399pp. et 451pp., relié demi basane aubergine, dos à faux nerfs avec auteur, titre et tomaison, illustré de 60 gravures, petit dictionnaire du dialecte des différents peuples rencontrés à la fin du quatrième tome, frottements aux plats, peu de rousseurs.

Librairie Voyage et Exploration · Cerny, Francia450,00 €

CHARCOT Dr JeanLivre Rare Book

Expédition Antarctique Française ( 1903-1905 ) Hydrographie - Physique Du Globe Par A. Matha et J.J. REY

1911ref. 31709Paris Gauthier- Villars 1911 in-4° VI - 615 pp, nombreux tableaux in-texte, IX Cartes et tableaux dépliants et un ff de Tables, exemplaire non coupé avec un bel aspect de Fraîcheur

Librairie Le Cosmographe · Clohars Fouesnant, Francia450,00 €

"EGEDE, HANS.Livre Rare Book

A Description of Greenland. A New Edition with an Historical Introduction and a Life of the Author. Illustrated with a Map of Greenland, and numerous Engravings in wood. London, T. a. J. Allman, 1818.

1818ref. 19200Bound uncut in a little later boards. Titlelabel on back. CIII,225 pp. + Publishers Catalogue (6) pp. and folded engraved map (lower left corner with a little loss of plate, repaired). A few brownspots. 3 leaves with tear, no loss and repaired.

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"STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR. - SIGNED COPY.Livre Rare Book

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

1938ref. 50350New 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.

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ACHTON-FRIIS (ACHTON FRIIS).Livre Rare Book

Danmark Ekspeditionen til Grønlands Nordostkyst. Illustreret med Fotografier samt Tegninger og Malerier af Aage Bertelsen og Achton Friis.

1909ref. 53896København, Gyldendal, 1909. Lex8vo. Orig. komponeret helshirtbd. med rygforgyldning og guldtryk på perm. VI,670 pp. Rigt illustreret, portræt, opklæbede farveplancher, 1 kort. Yderst velbevaret, aldeles lydefrit eksemplar, indvendigt som udvendigt.

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COMITÉ IJSZEE-VAART (UITG.).Livre Rare Book

Verslagen omtrent den Derden (- Zevenden) Tocht van de Willem Barents naard de Ijszee in den zomer 1880 (+ 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884), uitgebracht aan het Comité von uitvoering. (Niet in den Handel). 5 Bde.

1881ref. 56752Haarlem, Tjeenk Willink, 1881-85. Bound in one later hcalf. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on first title-page. (4),801461319566 pp. Richly illustrated with plates, folded lithographed maps and plates in chromolithography. All 5 volumes clean and fine.

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CONSPECTUS FAUNAE GROENLANDICAE -Livre Rare Book

Conspectus Faunae Groenlandicae. 3 Parts + Supplement in 9 vols. (Contributions by: Herluf Winge, K. Stephensen, Kai L. henriksen, Henr.J. Posselt, Th. Mortensen, P.L. Kramp, H.V. Brøndsted, G.M.R. Levinsen, Hjalmar Ditlevsen, Tahe Ellinger, R. Hartm...

1898ref. 31936Copenhagen, 1898-1928. All 9 volumes uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Spines faded and some wrappers a bit soiled, but fine. 316,205,821,1212,308 pp. Plates and maps.

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CRANZ, DAVID.Livre Rare Book

Historia om Grönland, deruti Landet och dess Inbyggare ec. I Synnerhet Evangeliska Brödra=Församlingens däer warande Mission och dess Förrättningar I Ny=Herrnhut och Lichtenfels, beskrifwas 1.-2.Delen. 2 Bd.

1769ref. 12442Stockholm, 1769. 2 samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og skindtitler. 1216 pp. samt 8 kobberstukne foldeplancher (heraf 2 kort).

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CRANZ, DAVID.Livre Rare Book

Historie von Grönland enthaltend die Beschreibung des Landes und der Einwohner ec. insbesondere die Geschichte der dortigen Mission der Evangelischen Brüder zu Neu=Herrnhut und Lichtenfels. Zweyte Auflage. Mit acht Kupfertafeln und einem Register.

1770ref. 56131Barby und Leipzig, Ebers/ Weidmanns Erben, 1770. Bound in 3 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Stamps on halftitle and parttitles. (38),1132,(26) pp., 2 folded engraved maps and 6 folded engraved plates. A few leaves with faint dampstaining.

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FISHER, ALEXANDER.Livre Rare Book

A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the Years 1819 & 1820.

1821ref. 54179London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. No halftitle. (3-7) VIII-XI,320 pp., 2 engraved maps (1 folding) and textillustrations. A few brownspots to maps.

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GREELY, ADOLPHUS.Livre Rare Book

International Polar Expedition. Report on the Proccedings of the United States Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinell Land. 2 vols.

1888ref. 2435Washington, 1888. 4to. 2 orig.full cloth. Backs somewhat worn and back loose on vol.I. VIII,545,VI,738 pp., 35 plts.,12 maps. First edition. Internally clean.

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MIKKELSEN, EJNAR.Livre Rare Book

Conquering The Arctic Ice.

1909ref. 63641London: William Heinemann, 1909. 8vo. In publisher's original grey cloth with an image of a polar bear in white and titles in black to upper part of front board. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt and the others uncut. Binding with light wear, hinges a bit weak. First four leaves with stamp to lower margin. Internally nice and clean. XVIII, 470 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates and illustrations from the author's expeditions including the folding map showing routes of Arctic exploration.

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RASMUSSEN, KNUD - SÆRUDGAVEN PÅ STORT PAPIR SIGNERET AF KNUD RASMUSSEN.Livre Rare Book

Grønland langs Polhavet. Udforskningen af Grønland fra Melvillebugten til Kap Morris Jesup. Skildring af den II. Thule=Ekspedition 1916-18.

1919ref. 49891Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, Gyldendal,1919. 4to. Orig. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning. Lette brugsspor på ryg. Litograferet portræt af Knud Rasmussen udført af Albert Engstrøm som frontispiece, egenhændigt signeret af Knud Rasmussen. 596,(12) pp., kort, tekstillustrationer, s/h plancher samt opklæbede farveplancher.

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SNOW, W. PARKER.Livre Rare Book

Voyage of the Prince Albert in search of Sir John Franklin. A Narrative of Every-Day life in the Arctic Seas.

1851ref. 57415Paris, Calignani, 1851. Contemp. hcalf. raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. (4),124 pp., 1 folded lithographed map. Internally clean and fine. Printed in 2 columns.

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"EGEDE, HANS.MareMagnum

A Description of Greenland. A New Edition with an Historical Introduction and a Life of the Author. Illustrated with a Map of Greenland, and numerous Engravings in wood. London, T. a. J. Allman, 1818.

1818Bound uncut in a little later boards. Titlelabel on back. CIII,225 pp. + Publishers Catalogue (6) pp. and folded engraved map (lower left corner with a little loss of plate, repaired). A few brownspots. 3 leaves with tear, no loss and repaired.

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"STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR. - SIGNED COPY.MareMagnum

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

1938New 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.

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ACHTON-FRIIS (ACHTON FRIIS).MareMagnum

Danmark Ekspeditionen til Grønlands Nordostkyst. Illustreret med Fotografier samt Tegninger og Malerier af Aage Bertelsen og Achton Friis.

1909København, Gyldendal, 1909. Lex8vo. Orig. komponeret helshirtbd. med rygforgyldning og guldtryk på perm. VI,670 pp. Rigt illustreret, portræt, opklæbede farveplancher, 1 kort. Yderst velbevaret, aldeles lydefrit eksemplar, indvendigt som udvendigt.

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COMITÉ IJSZEE-VAART (UITG.).MareMagnum

Verslagen omtrent den Derden (- Zevenden) Tocht van de Willem Barents naard de Ijszee in den zomer 1880 (+ 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884), uitgebracht aan het Comité von uitvoering. (Niet in den Handel). 5 Bde.

1881Haarlem, Tjeenk Willink, 1881-85. Bound in one later hcalf. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on first title-page. (4),80 146 131 95 66 pp. Richly illustrated with plates, folded lithographed maps and plates in chromolithography. All 5 volumes clean and fine.

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CONSPECTUS FAUNAE GROENLANDICAE -MareMagnum

Conspectus Faunae Groenlandicae. 3 Parts + Supplement in 9 vols. (Contributions by: Herluf Winge, K. Stephensen, Kai L. henriksen, Henr.J. Posselt, Th. Mortensen, P.L. Kramp, H.V. Brøndsted, G.M.R. Levinsen, Hjalmar Ditlevsen, Tahe Ellinger, R. Hartm...

1898Copenhagen, 1898-1928. All 9 volumes uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Spines faded and some wrappers a bit soiled, but fine. 316,205,821,1212,308 pp. Plates and maps.

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CRANZ, DAVID.MareMagnum

Historia om Grönland, deruti Landet och dess Inbyggare ec. I Synnerhet Evangeliska Brödra=Församlingens däer warande Mission och dess Förrättningar I Ny=Herrnhut och Lichtenfels, beskrifwas 1.-2.Delen. 2 Bd.

1769Stockholm, 1769. 2 samt. hldrbd. med rygforgyldning og skindtitler. 1216 pp. samt 8 kobberstukne foldeplancher (heraf 2 kort).

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FISHER, ALEXANDER.MareMagnum

A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the Years 1819 & 1820.

1821London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Spine slightly rubbed. Stamps on title-page. No halftitle. (3-7) VIII-XI,320 pp., 2 engraved maps (1 folding) and textillustrations. A few brownspots to maps.

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