Rare, antiquarian, used & out-of-print books on Polar travels & voyages, including Arctic, Antarctic, searches for the northwest & northeast passage, and Alaska, at Horizon Books.

ADAMS, Richard; Ronald Lockley; photos by Peter Hirst-Smith; Voyage Through the Antarctic. London, Allen Lane, 1982, First Edition, large 8vo; 160 pp, pictorial title page, numerous illus in color and bw from photos, including many full-page, orig cloth, dj (slight wear), fine.

Travels of a naturalist, and an accomplished novelist (Adams is author of Watership Down) oberving wildlife and topography, with excellent illustrations.

US$25. bookID # 1424

AMEDEO, Luigi, of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi; On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea; with the Statements of Commander U. Cagni Upon the Sledge Expedition to 86-34 degrees North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon His Return to the Bay of Teplitz. New York, London, Dodd, Mead & Co., Hutchinson, 1903, First American edition, 4to [26 x 20 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 346, xvii-xxii; viii, [1], 349-702, ix-xii, illus from photos, 2 frontispieces (photogravures including portrait), 16 fine photogravure plates, 2 panoramas, 5 maps (2 in pocket), tables, index (complete), orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, title printed in red and black, endpaper bookplate, a fine, bright and clean set, besides the photogravure plates there are 212 other illustrations, many of which are full-page plates from photos.

Arctic Bibliog 10423. An important attempt at the North pole with descriptions of conditions, wildlife, nature, food, weather, equipment with the second section written by U. Cagni on the sledge march. Amadeo reached the closest to the North Pole at that time. Some of his men froze to death while pulling their sleds over the ice. A richly illustrated work, beautifully photographed and described.

US$450. bookID # 12282

AMUNDSEN, Roald; The North West (Northwest) Passage, being the Record of a Voyage of the Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907 by Roald Amundsen with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen vice-commander of the expedition. London, Archibald Constable and Company, 1908, First edition in English, 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xiii, 335; ix, 397 pp, 2 frontis's including portrait, numerous plates and illustrations, maps, including 2 fldg, one with tear at stub, index, orig gilt cloth, gilt lettering on front covers and spines, gilt decorations, t. e. g., one cover lightly spotted, interiors clean and fine in near fine covers.

Ricks 22. Wickersham 6671. Cooke 299. Arctic Bibliog 402. "Narrative of the Norwegian arctic expedition of seven members led by Amundsen, with the purpose of navigating the Northwest Passage and investigating magnetic conditions in the region of the North Magnetic Pole." A detailed and well illustrated account of the first ship to sail the Northwest Passage, which had eluded the many attempts of the previous four centuries. Sykes (History of Exploration): 'The first explorer who sailed a ship through the North-West Passage was Amundsen'. He was also the first to reach the South Pole, and navigated the North-East Passage.

US$1350. bookID # 11933

AMUNDSEN, Roald and Lincoln Ellsworth; Our Polar Flight, The Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Flight. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925, First American edition, translated from the original Norwegian first edition of the same year, 8vo [23 x 16,5 cm]; viii, 373 pp, frontis, many illus from photos, maps, orig pictorial cloth with their airplane in gilt and gilt design and title lettering, name of previous owner on endpaper, but a fine and clean copy in attractive original binding.

Their epic flight to the North Pole achieved almost 88 degrees. There are chapters by Riiser-Larson on navigation, Rjerkens on the weather, and a report by Dietrichson, members of the expedition. Arctic Bibliography 411. Amundsen had earlier been the first to reach the South Pole and sail through the north west passage.

US$140. bookID # 10910

ANDREE, S. A., Nils Strindberg, Knut Fraenkel, translated by Edward Adams-Ray; The Andree Diaries, written during their balloon expedition to the North Pole in 1897 and discovered on White Island in 1930, together with a complete record of the expedition and discovery. London, John Lane the Bodley Head, [1931], First edition in English, 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xx, 471 pp, 103 illus on plates, frontis portrait, other portraits, 6 maps, plans and diagrams including two folding maps, one being in color, index, orig red cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, cover lightly faded, dj (tear, chip), lightly foxed on some leaves, else a near fine solid copy in very good dj.

A very detailed work on this tragic voyage and its aftermath.

US$110. bookID # 11130

ANON, ; Antarctic Bibliography. New York, Greenwood Press, [1968], First Greenwood edition, first edition was 1951, US Government Printing Office, 4to [31 x 23.5 cm]; vi, 147 pp, 2 large folding maps, index, orig black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine, clean and unmarked.

A valuable reference book, citing about 5,500 individual works, including books, articles, arranged in useful sections, such as ornithology, maps, biology, exploration, geography, climatology, etc. Especially useful for anyone wanting earlier material (pre 1950).

US$70. bookID # 12788

ANON, ; The Columbian Atlas of the World containing Large-scale Colored maps of each State and Territory in the United States, Provinces of Canada, Every Foreign Country, the Continents and their Subdivisions. Buffalo, NY, Garretson, Cox and Company, 1897, , folio [37 x 31 cm or 14.5 x 12 inches]; 159 pp, 156 pages of colored maps, charts, including many double page, title printed in red and black, orig blue pictorial gilt and blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on cover, a little worn at spine ends, corners, very good+ clean and sound copy.

This is not to be confused with the Columbian World's Fair atlas nor the Columbian Atlas of the World We Live In, which was in much smaller format. This atlas is quite large and filled with very detailed colored maps, starting with fine double-page maps of the world and of North America. The maps of the USA include the whole country, individual states and city maps showing streets (Boston, NY city, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas city, New Orleans, San Francisco from Rand McNally Co, plus others as insets). Canadian maps include country, provinces and territories, some provinces showing counties. Other maps include: Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America (plus other maps of regions of South America), Europe and individual countries, Polar area, Asia, double-page of Palestine with Jerusalem inset, Turkey and its provinces, Indochina, India, Japan, Persia, double of Africa showing colonial borders, South Africa, Egypt with Cairo inset, North Africa, Abyssinia, Australia, New Zealand, etc, plus other charts. Maps have city, province, county indexes in margins.

US$300. bookID # 12789

ARMS, Myron; Riddle of the Ice; A Scientific Adventure into the Arctic. New York, Anchor Books, Doubleday, [1998], Advanced uncorrected proof copy preceding the First edition, 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xvii, 267 pp, maps, bibliog, orig pictorial wraps (heavy paper cover), with the Doubleday publicity label on cover, fine and clean.

"Part nautical, part scientific, part environmental, this Myron Arm's account of his return to the Arctic on an investigative voyage to see for himself the complex balance that affects the world's climate systems, and how close we may be to causing cataclysmic changes to our environment. A fascinating read." (Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

US$20. bookID # 4789

ARMSTRONG, Joe C. W.; From Sea Unto Sea; Art & Discovery Maps of Canada. Toronto, Fleet/Lester & Orpen Denny's, 1982, First Edition, folio [40 x 27 cm]; [vii], [76], 38 full-page maps, mainly in color, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), signature of author and presentation on half tile page, fine copy, clean and unmarked.

A survey of the most important maps produced of Canada with their historical significance by this fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and owner of the finest private map collection in Canada. The fine reproductions were originally printed from 1556 to 1851, include most of the greatest map-makers of their day and are of different parts of Canada, maps of the western hemisphere, world maps, polar maps and maps from famous voyages. 'One of the most beautiful books ever published in Canada' [Calgary Herald]. This copy has a photocopy of a letter dated 1983 to the author from Ronald Reagan praising the book.

US$30. bookID # 12770

BACK, Captain [George]; Narrative of an Expedition in H. M. S. Terror, undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores in the Years 1836-7. London, John Murray, 1838, First edition, first issue with ads dated July 1838, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; viii, 456, 12 [ads dated July 1838] pp, 12 fine lithographed plates (complete), including frontis, from paintings by Captain Smyth, with tissue guards, large folding map, showing route, tables, later green morocco backed marbled boards, spine gilt ruled, raised bands, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, light signs of use in few margins, but overall a fine solid and sound copy, the map is fine.

Sabin 2617. Sabin's copy had 12 plates as does ours but some copies only seem to have 10 or 11 plates. Arctic Bibliography 850: 'The ship traversed Hudson Strait, met ice barrier across route in August in Foxe Channel. Beset in ice the Terror drifted along northeast coast of Southampton Island all winter, became freed from ice in Hudson Strait July 14, 1837 and reached an Irish port in near sinking condition'. Sent by the Admiralty to gain knowledge of the coastline between Prince Regents Inlet and Turnagain Point, the work contains detailed observations on the ice floes, islands and visits to parts of Southampton, trading with Baffin Island Eskimos, conditions, weather, privations, etc. The plates are excellent and good examples of conditions and adventures undertaken. A complete copy of a scarce classic Arctic travel.

US$2400. bookID # 12305

BACK, Captain George; Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River and Along the Shore of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834 and 1835. London, John Murray, 1836, First edition, 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; xi, 663 pp, 16 fine steel-engraved plates including the frontis, folding map, wood-engraved text illus, tables, list of subscribers to the expedition, contemporary full gilt-decorated red morocco, rebacked preserving most of the orig spine, covers worn at corners, rubbed, a. e. g., internally clean very good in good covers.

Arctic Bibliog 851: "Expedition via Montreal overland to succor the members of the Second Ross Expedition and to make scientific observations and survey an unknown section of the arctic coast. The party traveled by canoe and portage down Slave River to Great Slave Lake", through various rivers to the Arctic Ocean. The Fish River was renamed the Back River after this great arctic explorer. The book is rich in description of the country, the native peoples, including their customs such as facial tattooing, the vegetation and animal life. Streeter 3704: "Captain Back's Narrative is full of details of his commerce with the Cree, Chippewa and Coppermine Indians and other tribes, upon whom the members of the expedition were obliged to depend during the winter." "A fundamental source". Three of the plates are of fishes, the others of scenery, natives. The appendices include Richardson's notes on zoology, Hooker's naming of the plants and others on meteorology, aurora borealis, geology, magnetic observations, etc. Ricks p. 30. Sabin 2613. Lande 935. Graff 130. Wagner-Camp-Becker 58b:1. Field 64. A basic work on Arctic exploration.

US$950. bookID # 5394

BALLOU, Maturin M.; The New Eldorado, a Summer Journey to Alaska. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889, First edition, 12mo [20 x 13.5 cm]; x, 352, [viii, ads] pp, orig pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, edge lightly rubbed, else a fine clean copy, presentation inscription from the author.

Ricks p33 cites this 1st edition of 1889. A narrative of the author's travels by rail, boat, etc, with description of the various places he passed through including Yellowstone Park, Grand Canyon, geysers, Mount Tacoma, Vancouver Island, steamship to Alaska, Cook's Inlet, forests, animal life, seals, hunting, climate, gambling in Alaska, native people, schools, Fort Wrangel, native dwellings, mastodons in Alaska, glaciers, bears, salmon, Glacier Bay, Sitka, contrast to Russian Sitka, Prince of Wales Island, Rocky mountains, etc. An attractive copy for the first edition, inscribed from the author

US$100. bookID # 11245

BARNARD, E. C., J. J. McArthur, O. H. Tittmann, W. F. King; Joint Report Upon the Survey and Demarcation of the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada along the 141st Meridian from the Arctic Ocean to Mount St. Elias. Washington, [Department of State], 1918, First edition, 4to [31 x 23.5 cm]; 305 pp, 2 folding maps, 6 folding panoramas from photos, charts and sketches, numerous illus, index, tables, orig green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and gilt map on front cover, light foxing on two leaves but a clean solid near fine copy, there was an atlas of maps sometimes found, not included here.

Ricks p. 128. Wickersham 9375. A very well-illustrated survey of the border between Alaska and Canada.

US$425. bookID # 6068

BARRINGTON, Daines; The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted; A New Edition. With an Appendix, containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on a North West Passage By Colonel Beaufoy, F.R.S.. New York, James Eastburn & Co., 1818, First American edition, 8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; xiii, [i], [15] - 187m [v] pp, folding map frontis, engraved title page vignette, orig boards, with hand titled spine label, edges worn, lightly foxed, good.

Originally printed in London in 1781, Barrington's celebrated 'Tracts on the Possibility of approaching the North Pole' caused the Royal Society to apply to the Admiralty for an Arctic expedition. Phipps was sent and reached the farthest north at that time. Hill notes that the "whole comprises a compilation of extraordinary value for the geography of the northern regions". Sabin 3029. Arctic Bibliography 1092. The appendix is on the probability of reaching, from the island of Spitzbergen, the north pole, by means of reindeer during the winter. Information on winter conditions, huts, clothing needed, etc. Also included are chapters on Navigators who have reached high northern latitudes, observations of the floating ice, various paper read at the Royal Society, etc.

US$250. bookID # 11925

BARROW, John; A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions: Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic & Pacific, from earliest Periods of Scandinavian Navigation to Recent Expedition. London, John Murray, 1818, First edition, 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; [viii, ads], [viii], 379, 48 pp, large folding engraved map frontis of Arctic Regions dated 1818, 3 engraved illustrations/plans, with the half title page, later morocco backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering & gilt rules, light marginal stain on title & few other pages, faint number in margin, erased and barely perceptible, presentation copy from Arthur's mother 1821, very good, tight, clean.

A detailed account by prolific author and Arctic expert who had access to the British admiralty papers, describing early voyages to the Arctic, through the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries up to 1818 and the voyages of Ross, Kotzebue, Buchan, Parry and Franklin. The appendices include Buchan's expedition into the interior of Newfoundland (23 pages) and a relation of the discovery of the Strait of Anian made by Captain Maldonado in 1588 (25 pages) with a few illustrations. Mill31 (Catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society).

US$750. bookID # 11697

BELLOTTI, Felice; The Great North. Toronto, Ambassador Books, [1957], First edition in English, translated from Italian, 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 253 pp, photo plates, orig black cloth, dj (large tear, chip), very good in good dj.

The author travelled in Lapland, the Barents Sea, beyond Ultima Thule, and provides interesting observations on the life and people there.

US$12. bookID # 5984

BERNIER, J. E.; Report on the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on board the D.G.S. Arctic [1908-09]. Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau, 1910, First edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxix, 529 pp, frontis portrait, numerous photos plates, four folding maps, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light shelf wear, inscribed 1915 on blank endpaper, near fine, very clean copy.

A narrative of Bernier's important arctic exploration, with much on the peoples, nature, conditions, hardships, very well-illustrated.

US$200. bookID # 11000

BERNIER, J. E.; Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to The Northern Waters And Arctic Archipelago of the D.G.S. 'Arctic' in 1910. Ottawa, [Dept. of Marine and Fisheries], [1911], First edition, 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; [xii], [5]-161 pp, numerous illus from photos, 6 maps of which 3 are folding, tables, index, orig green cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, light stain on cover, else clean and fine.

Arctic Biblio 2718: 'Contains a report of a whaling patrol and exploring cruise, 1910-11, compiled from the log, by J. E. Bernier; an account of ship's track as far as the west coast of Melville Island on McClure Strait (with map); the wintering in Arctic Bay (east side of Admiralty Inlet, with map), and explorations along the shores of that inlet and eastward to Bylot Island; an overland trip to Fury and Hecla Strait and shores of the eastern part of Boothia Gulf, 1910; the crossing of Brodeur Peninsula and the surveying of east shore of Prince Regent Inlet, 1911'.

US$160. bookID # 10998

BILLING, Graham, Guy Mannering; South; Man and Nature in Antarctica. Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reed, [1964], First edition, 4to [29 x 22 cm]; 86 pp, plus plates with 207 illus, mostly in color, endpaper maps, orig cloth, dj (short tear, rubbed at corner), else fine and clean copy.

Exceptionally good photographs give a realistic idea of life in the Antarctic. The work describes the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme and what has been achieved in exploration and scientific research.

US$45. bookID # 5888

BINNEY, George; With Seaplane and Sledge in the Arctic. London, Hutchinson & Co, [1925], First Edition, 8vo [24 x 15.5 cm]; 287 pp, frontis, 40 pages of illus from photos, folding map showing the expeditions in red, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine, clean, unmarked copy in the scarce pictorial dust jacket (bit chipped at spine head but still very good).

Arctic Bibliog 1572. Narrative of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition to the icecap of Northeast Land, and its first crossing, in 1924, describing the survey, the geologic glaciological, meteorological, biologic and geographic studies. This scientific information is woven into an exciting and well-written narrative, describing the perils, achievements, difficulties and with numerous illustrations taken from the photographs of members of the expedition. The author had organized three expeditions in four years, leading the last two, all this by the age of 24 years. There is an extensive preface by W. J. Sollas, which gives some historical perspective.

US$200. bookID # 12310

BROUWER, H. A. (editor); Practical Hints to Scientific Travellers. The Hague, Martinu Nijhoff, 1925-29, second revised edition with illustrations, 12mo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 6 volumes complete set, [viii], 122; [viii], 150; [viii], 185; [viii], 171; [viii], 173; [viii], 177 pp, many illustrations from photos, bibliog, orig cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and front covers, one spine a little darkened, light dampstain on few leaves in one volume, but an excellent clean and tight set.

This is a valuable and detailed compilation of the experiences of scientific explorers in different countries, each giving practical advise for later travellers in terms of equipment and important information relating to everyday life, customs and manners among different peoples, jungles, deserts, etc. There are chapters on Netherlands East Indies, South & East Africa, The Philippines, Polar Regions, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Turkestan, Mexico, Indo-China, India, New Zealand, New Guinea, Morocco, Egypt, Angola, Australia, Antarctica, Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador, Congo, the Malay-peninsula, Canada, Oceania, Tropical West Africa, etc. All written by experts in their fields including Percy Wagner, Warren Smith, W. Werenskiold, A. Hoel, O, Holtedahl, E. R. Stanley, and many others. The section on Antarctica is by Griffith Taylor who travelled with Scott.

US$150. bookID # 8965

BROWER, Kenneth, photos by Pete Martin, Wilbur Mills, John P. Milton, Gilbert Staender; Earth and the Great Weather: The Brooks Range. San Francisco, Friends of the Earth, McCall Publishing Company, [1973], First Edition, folio [36 x 27 cm]; 188 pp, 59 fine color plates, other illus by photos and drwgs, pictorial eps, with the errata slip inserted loose at page 25, usually lacking, orig cloth, dj, fine.

Travels and fine photos in Northern Alaska, with observations of Eskimo life and lore.

US$45. bookID # 3352

BROWN, R. N. Rudmose and W. G. Burn Murdock; A Naturalist at the Poles; The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer. London, Seeley, Service & Company, 1923, First edition, 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, frontis portrait of Bruce, 38 plates, 3 maps including 2 folding and in color, bibliog, index, orig pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, endpaper bookplate, endpaper a little toned, corner margin of a leaf chipped, light stain on part of rear cover, interior near fine and quite clean, in very good cover.

Five chapters were written by W. G. Burn Murdock. Based on Bruce's papers and interviews with shipmates and family. Spence 195. Rosove 51.a1. Conrad p. 73: 'A readable and informative biography'.

US$400. bookID # 12432

BURPEE, Lawrence J.; The Search for the Western Sea; The Story of the Exploration of North-Western America. London, Alston Rivers, 1908, First edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, lx, 651 pp, complete with all plates, frontis, illus, 9 folding maps including the large colored map at end, index, orig cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, top edge gilted, edges with minor rubbing, old repair on lower rear joint, internal hinge with light crack but firm, blank bookplate, very good clean copy.

The standard reference work on North American exploration, including the discovery of Hudson Bay, search for north-west passage, Henry Kelsey, overland routes, Hearne's discoveries, north-south routes, Carver's travels, French travellers, British traders, Peter Pond, overland routes to the Missouri, Alexander Henry, Mackenzie's epic route to the Pacific and Arctic, exploring the Fraser canyon, David Thompson, other overland routes, etc. Howes B1006, Peel 1968n. Smith 1298.

US$200. bookID # 11486

CAMERON, Ian; Lost Paradise; The Exploration of the Pacific. Topsfield, Massachusetts, Salem House Publishers, [1987], First American Edition, 4to [27 x 20 cm]; 248 pp; numerous illus and plates, many in color, maps, bibliog, appendix of principal Pacific voyages, appendix of Pacific islands, orig cloth, dj (price clipped, short tear), else fine.

Renard 280 (30280). A vivid description of the epic voyages of Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Russian and American explorers to all parts of Pacific, including Arctic and Antarctic, based on the archives of the Royal Geographical Society. The illustrations are excellent, taken mainly from early sources.

US$15. bookID # 5916

CARPENTER, Captain Alfred and Captain D. Wilson-Barker; Nature Notes for Ocean Voyagers. Being Personal Observations upon life in The Vasty Deep, and Fishes, Birds, and Beasts seen from a Ship's Deck; with popular chapters on Weather, Waves, and Legendary Lore. London, Charles Griffen & Company, 1915, First edition, 8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; xvi, 181 pp, 139 illus including engraved frontis plate of H. M. S. Challenger at St. Paul's Rocks, folding map, many photos, glossary, index, orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light cover wear, interior is clean and near fine.

A well illustrated guide to ocean life, mammals including polar bears, seals, whales, etc, birds, fish, plants, corals, surface life, phosphorescence, old sea monsters, weather, waves, with a chapter on old sea customs and chanteys.

US$30. bookID # 12626

CARSTENSEN, A. Riis; Two Summers in Greenland; an Artist's Adventures Among Ice and Islands, in Fjords and Mountains. London, Chapman and Hall, 1890, First edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxxii, 185 pp, 29 plates including frontis from paintings, numerous other illus, foldout map, orig pictorial blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, ltear along joint, repair, chip on spine, bookplate removed from front pastedown, else very good.

With much on nature, scenery and people and attractive illustrations.

US$145. bookID # 5580

CARVER, J. [Jonathan]; Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London, Printed for the Author, 1778, First edition, 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; [xx], xvi, [17]-543, [i, errata, directions page] pp, two folding engraved maps (short tear at stub), 4 engraved copper plates including folding, contemporary full calf, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, chip at head of spine, armorial bookplate of Patrick Miller on endpaper and his signature on title margin, lightly foxed on few leaves, near fine, clean copy.

A classic in the exploration of North America, Carver achieved the farthest north-west of any European aside from Hennepin, provides an early description of Wisconsin and Minnesota, the headwaters of the Mississippi, mentioned Oregon for the first time, and describes the natural history and the native peoples. One of the maps shows the headwaters of the Mississippi, lakes Superior and Michigan, and the land as far west as the Dakotas; the other maps shows North America, from the Arctic to northern Mexico. The plates include native people, Indian weapons, falls of St. Anthony. There were numerous later printings due to the popularity and importance of the book. Howes C215. Sabin 11184. Field 251. Streeter Sale 1772. Wood 280: 'an important American zoologica'.

US$2900. bookID # 12873

CHAPMAN, F. Spencer; Watkins' Last Expedition. London, Chatto and Windus, 1934, First edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xv, 291 pp, frontis, 48 pages of plates, 2 maps including a foldout, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, not price clipped), a plate with crease in the margin, else near fine in very good jacket.

Arctic Bibliography 2986: 'The story of the Watkins' East Greenland Expedition of 1932-33. . . Gives an account of the sledge and boat journeys in the Angmagassalik region, descriptions of the East Greenlanders, kayaking, hunting, dog sledging'. This is the official account of the expedition to Greenland upon which Gino Watkins died tragically, by the author of Northern Lights.

US$170. bookID # 10997

CHAPMAN, F. Spencer, foreword by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, introduction by H. G. Watkins; Northern Lights; The Official Account of the British Arctic Air-Route Expedition 1930-1931. London, Chatto and Windus, 1932, First edition, large 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xv, [i], 304 pp, 64 plates including frontis and portraits from photos, 5 maps including 4 folding (3 colored), appendices, orig blue cloth with gilt title lettering on cloth label, lower corners bumped, light foxing on title and few margins, else clean sound very good copy.

Neate C31. Arctic Bibliog 2982. Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain in Greenland and later died in kayaking accident. There are chapters by J. M. Scott, P. M. H. Lemon and Augustine Courtauld.

US$150. bookID # 9290

CHAPMAN, Walker [pseud. for Robert Siverburg]; The Loneliest Continent; The Story of Antarctic Discovery. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society Publishers, [1964], First Edition, 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; viii, 279 pp, illus, maps, bibliog, index, orig cloth, dj (short tears, light wear), fine in good dj.

A useful overview of Antarctic exploration from the initial early probings to the scientific expeditions of the 20th century. Spence 248.

US$10. bookID # 7243

CHUNG, In_Cho; The Arctic and Rockies as Seen by a Botanist; Pictorial. Williamsport, Pennsylvania, by the author, 1984, First edition, published in only 500 copies, 4to [26 x 18 cm]; 343 pp, 2 tipped-in errata sheets at end, 574 fine colored photo illustrations, detailed bibliog, index, map endpapers, orig cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, orig slipcase with title lettering, not issued with a dust jacket, flat signed by the author on the title page, clean and fine, unmarked.

Fine photos of vegetation and plants from the Rockies, from the Brooks Range of Alaska, through the Yukon and south to Colorado, and from the Arctic, mainly south of the 75th parallel of latitude including Baffin, Victoria and Banks islands and northern Alaska. Valuable for its many fine photos and descriptions

US$160. bookID # 12327

COLBY, Merle; A Guide to Alaska, Last American Frontier. Toronto, The Macmillan Company, 1939, First Canadian Edition, published same year as US edition & identical to it, 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; lxv, 427 pp, numerous illus, plates, maps (double page, including one fldg in rear pocket), bibliog, index, pictorial endpapers, bibliog, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edges, tears, not price clipped), fine and clean in good dj.

Ricks p. 68: "The work was produced under the Federal Writers Project and was highly regarded as a tourist manual. 53 persons collaborated in one capacity or another".

US$40. bookID # 12129

DAVIS, C. H. [U. S. Navy Dept.]; Narrative of the North Polar Expedition; U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding; edited under the direction of Hon. G. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. Washington, U. S. Naval Observatory, Government Printing Office, 1876, First edition, 4to [26.5 x 21 cm]; 696 pp, 2 steel engraved frontis's, including portrait, 30 wood-engraved plates with tissue guards, 2 photolithographs (partly colored), 6 maps, other wood engraved illus (complete), index, orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, rear hinge repaired, very good+, solid and clean, internally fine.

Cooke 233. Arctic Bibliography 18382: 'Narrative of the Polaris Expedition 1871-1873 to seek the North Pole, explore regions north of Smith Sound and to make scientific investigations.' The work is a well-illustrated account of the expedition, the sledge and boat journeys, scientific activities, the death of Hall on the expedition, with an extended review of his work, the attempted voyage south, drift of the ice-floe party to the Labrador coast, and the rescue of both parties and the subsequent inquiry. The appendices provide correspondence between the British admiralty and the US Navy. Hall, one the great Arctic explorers, was the first to report on the fate of the lost Franklin expedition, based on his earlier expedition.

US$385. bookID # 7229

DAVIS, C. H. [U. S. Navy Dept.]; Narrative of the North Polar Expedition; U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding; edited under the direction of Hon. G. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. Washington, U. S. Naval Observatory, Government Printing Office, 1876, First edition, 4to [26.5 x 21 cm]; 696 pp, 2 steel engraved frontis's, including portrait, 30 wood-engraved plates with tissue guards, 2 photolithographs (partly colored), 6 maps, other wood engraved illus (complete), index, orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, spine faded but lettering clear, light spotting on lower cover, internally clean, fine, and unmarked in good cover.

Cooke 233. Arctic Bibliography 18382: 'Narrative of the Polaris Expedition 1871-1873 to seek the North Pole, explore regions north of Smith Sound and to make scientific investigations.' The work is a well-illustrated account of the expedition, the sledge and boat journeys, scientific activities, the death of Hall on the expedition, with an extended review of his work, the attempted voyage south, drift of the ice-floe party to the Labrador coast, and the rescue of both parties and the subsequent inquiry. The appendices provide correspondence between the British admiralty and the US Navy. Hall, one the great Arctic explorers, was the first to report on the fate of the lost Franklin expedition, based on his earlier expedition.

US$280. bookID # 12856

DAVIS, Wade; The Clouded Leopard; Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire. Vancouver, Toronto, Douglas & McIntyre, [1998], First edition, 8vo [23.6 x 16 cm]; viii, 231 pp, orig black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean and unmarked (as new).

Davis, author of several fine travel books and explorer with National Geographic, writes here of remote regions he has explored including the rain forest of Borneo, mountains of Tibet, Arctic, Sahara, etc, describing the first hallucinogen from the animal kingdom, the cactus cults of Peru, the Vodoun priests of Haiti, the Inuit narwhal hunters on Baffin Island and others. 'Davis writes magnificently with verve when describing his many adventurous field trips, telling science or history and vivid fantasy when portraying hallucinogenic trances. . . spellbinding' [New York Times].

US$18. bookID # 12808

DAY, Luella; The Tragedy of the Klondike; This Book of Travels Gives the True Facts of What Took Place in the Gold-fields Under British Rule. New York, np, 1906, First edition, 12mo [19.5 x 14 cm]; 181 pp, photo plates including one of author, with the half-title, orig blue cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine ends a little rubbed, two leaves opened carelessly with loss of about quarter of a page, internal hinges repaired, otherwise very good.

Arctic Bibliography 3740. The author's personal narrative of her travels in the Klondike, Yukon, during the gold rush with some remarkable pictures.

US$150. bookID # 10803

DE HAVEN, Edwin J.; Report from the US Brig Advance of the U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin (Elisha Kane) in Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 32nd Congress, 1852, First edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 550 pp, tables, 22 folding plans (loose but all complete and intact), leather boards loose, spine lacking, slightly foxed on few leaves but overall clean and sound.

The reports by De Haven are from pages 23 to 41 and are dispatches from St. Johns, Newfoundland dated June 7, 1850, Whale Fish Islands dated June 29, 1850, off Port Leopold dated August 22, 1850 and from the US Brig Advance, New York October 4, 1851. The latter report was reprinted in Elisha Kane's book, "The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin published New York 1853 (Arctic Bibliography 8381) as Appendix B. De Haven was the captain, Kane the surgeon, on the expedition. The earlier reports were not included in Kane's book. This is the first appearance in print of the 1851 report. This volume also includes about 23 other reports and documents related by the Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham, including a report on trial run of an electromagnetic railroad locomotive on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, reports on the Navy yards & Docks, provisions, supplies, contractors, personnel, pay, lists of vessels in commission, & a report on a solar eclipse and numerous statistical tables related to Navy business. The plans include building, the Memphis Navy Yard, etc.

US$170. bookID # 7801

DE HAVEN, Edwin J.; Report from the US Brig Advance of the U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin (Elisha Kane) in Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 1, 32nd Congress, 1852, First edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 550 pp, tables, 22 folding plans (some loose but all complete and intact), orig cloth, faded, short tear at spine foot, else a clean very good copy.

The reports by De Haven are from pages 23 to 41 and are dispatches from St. Johns, Newfoundland dated June 7, 1850, Whale Fish Islands dated June 29, 1850, off Port Leopold dated August 22, 1850 and from the US Brig Advance, New York October 4, 1851. The latter report was reprinted in Elisha Kane's book, "The U. S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin published New York 1853 (Arctic Bibliography 8381) as Appendix B. De Haven was the captain, Kane the surgeon, on the expedition. The earlier reports were not included in Kane's book. This is the first appearance in print of the 1851 report. This volume also includes about 23 other reports and documents related by the Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham, including a report on trial run of an electromagnetic railroad locomotive on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, reports on the Navy yards & Docks, provisions, supplies, contractors, personnel, pay, lists of vessels in commission, & a report on a solar eclipse and numerous statistical tables related to Navy business. The plans include building, the Memphis Navy Yard, etc.

US$260. bookID # 7800

DE WINDT, Harry; Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits. London, Chatto & Windus, 1898, First edition, 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; viii, [i, errata slip often lacking], 312, 32 [publisher's catalogue dated Jan 1898] pp, frontis portrait, maps including large folding colored map (short tear at stub), plates from photos and paintings, plan of whaler, index, orig blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, edges lightly rubbed, inscribed to Lawrence Ching on endpaper with his bookplate, clean very good+ copy.

Ricks 83. Wickersham 2702. Arctic Bibliog 3939: 'Account of a journey from Juneau via Chilkoot Pass and Lake LeBarge, to the Klondike, thence down the Yukon River to St. Michael, also a two month sojourn among the Chukchis of Cape Chaplina.' The large map shows the Yukon gold fields. The appendices include a list of equipment and supplies you need for a journey from Juneau to Dawson city, a glossary of Tchuktchi language, staking a claim, prices of furs, weather, distances, etc.

US$140. bookID # 10746

DISKI, Jenny; Skating to Antarctica. Hopewell, The Ecco Press, [1998], First edition, 12mo [21 x 14 cm]; [vi], 250 pp, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, faint stain on cloth, dj (price clipped), very good.

Gorgeous evocations of the Antarctic and entertaining portraits of her fellow travelers, the author's unsentimental funny memoir explores long frozen accounts of her childhood. This seems to the author's first non-fiction, having previously published seven novels and a collection of short stories.

US$5. bookID # 11957

DU CHAILLU, Paul; The Land of the Long Night. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899, First edition, 8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xviii, 266, [iv, ads], frontis, 24 plates, orig pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, spine ends a bit rubbed, Theodore Marburg's bookplate and his presentation, very clean and fine copy.

Travels in Scandinavia, in Sweden, Norway to the Arctic Ocean, where he describes the people he lived with, by the author of the Land of the Midnight Sun.

US$60. bookID # 9371

DU CHAILLU, Paul B.; The Land of the Midnight Sun; Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1882, , 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 441, xvi, 474pp, 2 frontispieces (one a double page panorama of Stockholm), illus, plates, fldg map in rear pocket, orig pict cloth, gilt and red vignettes, gilt spine lettering, cracked hinge repaired, slight shelf wear but a near fine copy with a fine map and fine internally.

US$160. bookID # 3244

DUNBAR, Moira; Keith R. Greenaway; Arctic Canada From the Air. Ottawa, Defence Research Board, 1956, First Edition, large 8vo; [vi], 541 pp, profusion of illus from photos, maps, many fldg maps, appendices of principal expeditions to Canadian Arctic, references, glossary, index, orig blue cloth, spine a bit faded, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, clean and fine in very good cover, with an inscription from Greenaway to D. H. Sadler.

An important work and the first published book with comprehensive photos of Canadian Arctic taken from the air.

US$40. bookID # 10431

EDWARDS, William Seymour; In To the Yukon. Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke Company, 1904, First edition, 8vo [20 x 14 cm]; xii, [13] - 312pp, frontis, numerous illus on plates from photos, orig pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, tiny hole in internal hinge, a clean fine copy.

Wickersham 3914. A narrative of travel in a series of letters from the Great Lakes to St. Paul, Winnipeg, Banff, Vancouver, Skagway, Atlin, down the Yukon to Dawson and the Klondike, where the author describes the people, prospectors, dogs, searching for gold, etc, and his return via Seattle, Williamette, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Denver and Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, all of which are described.

US$180. bookID # 10382

FAIRLEY, T. C.; Sverdrup's Arctic Adventure. London, Longman's, 1959, First Edition, 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 305 pp, illus from photos including full-page, maps, index, Orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (wear and short tear at edge, not clipped), fine and clean in good dj.

Adapted from "New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions", 1898-1902, by the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup, with additional chapters by the author. An important Arctic exploration that used Nansen's famous ice-ship Fram. Of interest is the section describing the dispute of ownership of Sverdrup's Islands by Canada and its resolution.

US$30. bookID # 8658

FIALA, Anthony; Fighting the Polar Ice. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906, First edition, large 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; xxii, 296, [vi, appendix of tables] pp, colored frontis from painting by Russell W. Porter with tissue guard, 108 plates, including portraits, 3 maps including large folding in color, tables, chronology in appendix, orig pictorial blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, faint stain on part of cover, interior is clean and fine, overall fine condition.

Arctic Bibliography 4938: 'Narrative of the Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1903-05, on which a thirty-five man party aboard the ship America proceeded to Rudolph Island, northernmost Franz Josef Land, where the ship was lost in the ice. Describes the party's efforts to reach the north pole over the ice using pony and dog sledges, wintering at Teplitz Bay and at Cape Flora on Northbrook Island and on Alger Island'. Also contains details on organization, planning, personnel, equipment, food, clothing, ponies, dogs for expeditions in general, with detailed appendices. The introduction is by W. S. Champ and there are reports by William J. Peters, Russell W. Porter, Oliver S. Fassig.

US$320. bookID # 12370

FIENNES, Sir Ranulph; To The Ends of The Earth; The Transglobe Expedition - The First Pole-to-pole Circumnavigation of the Globe. New York, Arbor House, 1983, First Edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 547 pp, color illus and plates, maps, endpaper maps, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked.

A well-written and interesting account, of what is becoming a classic travel narrative, with useful appendices listing chronologies of previous Arctic and Antarctic explorations, scientific appendix.

US$2. bookID # 11235

FIENNES, Sir Ranulph; To The Ends of The Earth; The Transglobe Expedition - The First Pole-to-pole Circumnavigation of the Globe. New York, Arbor House, 1983, First Edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 547 pp, color illus and plates, maps, endpaper maps, index, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked.

A well-written and interesting account, of what is becoming a classic travel narrative, with useful appendices listing chronologies of previous Arctic and Antarctic explorations, scientific appendix.

US$5. bookID # 7830

FIENNES, Sir Ranulph; To The Ends of The Earth; The Transglobe Expedition - The First Pole-to-pole Circumnavigation of the Globe. New York, Arbor House, 1983, First Edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 547 pp, color illus and plates, maps, endpaper maps, orig cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (light wear at spine ends), fine.

A well-written and interesting account, of what is becoming a classic travel narrative, with useful appendices listing chronologies of previous Arctic and Antarctic explorations, scientific appendix.

US$3. bookID # 3103

FISHER, David E.; Across the Top of the World; To the North Pole by Sled, Balloon, Airplane and Nuclear Icebreaker. New York, Random House, [1992], First edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 256, [iii] pp, color illus from photos, map endpapers, bibliog, orig cloth backed boards, silver spine title lettering, silver vignette on cover, dj (not price clipped), fine.

An account of the first surface voyage to the North Pole by Russian icebreaker, with much historical background on previous travels in the area. The author has written both novels and non-fiction books.

US$9. bookID # 9578

FORCE, Peter; Grinnell Land; Remarks on the English Maps of Arctic Discoveries in 1850 and 1851, made at the Ordinary Meeting of the National Institute, Washington, in May 1852. Washington, National Institute, 1852, First edition, 12mo [21 x 13 cm]; 22 pp, foldout map frontis titled Discoveries in and North of Wellington Channel by Lt. De Have in September 1850, with a duplicate of same map at end, later cloth, title lettering on cover, map trimmed at lower margin into image, near fine a clean, with an inserted leaf and presentation copy from John P. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy, dated Washington 1853.

Kennedy authorized the naval staffing for the Advance, used by Kane on his second expedition. The author was a scholar and first president of the National Institute of the Promotion of Science. Sabin 25055.

US$400. bookID # 11036

FRANKLIN, John; Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shore of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826 and 1827. London, John Murray, 1828, First edition, 4to [29 x 22cm]; xxiv, 320, clvii, [i, errata] pp, 31 fine engraved plates after drawings by Back and Kendall, 6 folding maps including one colored in outline, illus in text, tables, contemporary half calf, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, marbled boards, rubbed, joint repair, tissue guards, slight foxing on few leaves, but quite clean interior, overall very good, sound.

Arctic Bibliography 5198. Abbey Travel 635. Sabin 25628 Wagner-Camp35:1. Graff 1407. Streeter Sale 3699, Peel 88. Lande 1182. Field 561: "The beauty of the typography is rivaled by that of the engravings, each of which is a splendid specimen of art." A famous and epic journey and a cornerstone of polar travel, with much on the native peoples. Excellent illustrations.

US$1600. bookID # 12348

FUCHS, Sir Vivian; Antarctic Adventure; The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, [1959], First American Edition, 8vo [21 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 190 pp, illus from drwgs by Stuart Tresilian, col plates from photos, 9 maps incl double page, orig cloth, dj, fine.

Spence 489. The stirring and fast-paced story of the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole.

US$22. bookID # 2477

FUCHS, Sir Vivian; Antarctic Adventure; The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. London, Cassell, [1959], First edition, 8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 190 pp, illus from drwgs by Stuart Tresilian, col plates from photos, 9 maps incl double page, orig cloth, dj (short tear, slightly rubbed at edge), fine.

Spence 489. The stirring and fast-paced story of the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. This is the true first edition (as stated).

US$30. bookID # 5943

FUCHS, Sir Vivian; Sir Edmund Hillary; The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1958], First American Edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illus from photos, including color, maps, plus map endpapers, index, orig cloth, sliver spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), signature, very good+ in good jacket.

Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent.

US$9. bookID # 9577

FUCHS, Sir Vivian; Sir Edmund Hillary; The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56. London, Cassell, [1958], First edition, 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 338 pp, numerous illus from photos, including color, maps, map endpapers, glossary, appendices, index, orig cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, closed tear), endpaper inscription, else fine in very good dj.

Spence 490. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the Antarctic continent.

US$15. bookID # 10903

FUCHS, Sir Vivian; Sir Edmund Hillary; The Crossing of Antarctica, the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-56. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, [1958], First American Edition, 8vo; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illus from photos, including color, maps, map eps, orig cloth, dj (tape repair, small crease), else fine.

Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent.

US$15. bookID # 2228

GORDON, Seton; Amid Snowy Wastes; Wild Life on the Spitsbergen Archipelago. London, New York, Toronto Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1922, First Edition, 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xiv, 206 p, 2 maps (one fldg), 114 photo illus, index, orig pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and pictorial vignette in gilt and colors, spine ends lightly frayed, old neat repair, very good clean copy.

Arctic Bibliog 5967: 'A personal narrative of the photographer for the Oxford University Expedition, 1921, mainly concerning the birds of the archipelago, with description of Prince Charles Foreland and the tundra, and notes on the seals and flowers.' Ripley 111.

US$100. bookID # 11047

GREELY, Adolphus W.; Three Years of Arctic Service; an Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, First Edition, large 8vo [24 x 18 cm]; 2 volumes, xxv, 428, xii, [1], 444 pp, illus, 43 plates including frontispieces (one is engraved portrait), fldg facsimile, ports, plus 9 maps (some fldg and foldout, large fldg map in pocket), appendices, index, orig pictorial cloth with picture in red, white, black and gold on blue cloth, silver lettering, slightly rubbed at edges, a bright and very clean fine set.

Arctic Bibliog 6118: "This narrative of the Expedition's course by the leader, includes accounts of the battle with ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of territory explored; with a chapter on polar ice. " Smith G49: "Amply illustrated and greatly detailed, the account combines narrative form with journal excerpts to tell the story of one of the most celebrated of Arctic expeditions. The preface gives a good insight on the author. Though he is a stolid writer, it is an outstanding narrative." Appendices include notes on ethnology, natural history, ornithology, botany, medusae and auroral displays.

US$350. bookID # 12737

GRIGGS, Robert F.; The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Washington, The National Geographic Society, 1922, First Edition, large 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xv, 341 pp, fldg panorama frontis, profusion of illus & plates, including 16 color plates, 9 maps, incl 2 fldg, index, orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, cover lightly rubbed, interior is clean and fine in very good+ cover.

The classic study of volcanos in Alaska. Excellent illustrations.

US$50. bookID # 11091

HALL, Charles A.; How to Use the Microscope; A Guide for the Novice. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912, First edition, 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; viii, 88 pp, 20 photo plates including frontis, plus 25 illus from drwgs, bibliog, index, orig pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed at edges, near fine clean copy.

Most of the illustrations from drawings are of equipment and microscopes including those made by Watson, Beck, Swift, as well as polarizer, analyzer, etc. The photo plates are of specimens, mainly insects and plants, at various magnifications.

US$20. bookID # 5877

HALL, Charles F.; edited by J. E. Nourse; Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and Residence Among the Eskimos During the Years 1864-'69`. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1879, First edition, 4to [26.5 x 21 cm]; [x], l, 644 pp, 2 engraved portrait plates including frontis, other plates & portraits, tissue guards, many other illus, 20 maps including folding & double-page, some colored, large folding linen-backed map in pocket, tables, index, orig green pictorial cloth gilt, gilt spine title lettering, lightly rubbed at edge, presentation bookplate on endpaper, else a fine and clean copy, complete.

A voyage in search of records of the Franklin expedition and to benefit geography, natural history, navigation and science. Arctic Bibliography 6486: 'From winter quarters in the Wager Inlet and Repulse Bay regions, Hall's four man party explored the shores north and west from Melville Peninsula to King William Island, 1864 -69. . . Includes detailed information on the Iglulik Eskimos of Repulse Bay, information on Franklin relics, on the fish and game of region, the auroras, and the traveling conditions'. There are also appendices on astronomy, meteorological observations, geology by Emerson, Hall's conversations with the Innuits, demand for whale and seal oil in the manufacture of jute. Eight of the maps, sketches of coast-lines, were drawn by Innuits.

US$400. bookID # 12855

HALLE, Louis J., Introduction by Les Line; The Sea and the Ice; A Naturalist in Antarctic. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1973, First Edition, 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xv, 286 pp, illus from photos and drwgs, map, map eps, orig cloth, dj (short tears), very good.

Spence 556. Much on the ornithology of the Antarctic, although the author covers other aspects of nature, geography, history of the area.

US$8. bookID # 2568

HALLE, Louis J., Introduction by Les Line; The Sea and the Ice; A Naturalist in Antarctic. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1973, First Edition, 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xv, 286 pp, illus from photos and drwgs, map, map eps, orig cloth with white and silver title lettering, dj, fine and clean.

Spence 556. Much on the ornithology of the Antarctic, although the author covers other aspects of nature, geography, history of the area, etc.

US$15. bookID # 9433

HARTWIG, Dr. G.. with additional chapters by Dr. A. H. Guernsey; The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe. Philadelphia, Johnson & McClain, 1871, First Edition, thick large 8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xx, [17] - 761 pp, frontis of Esquimaux dog team, many illus, including full-page, orig pict gilt cloth, foot of spine bit frayed, light shelf wear, minor foxing on few leaves, covers little faded, else very good sound copy.

AB 6732. This is a combination of the author's Polar World and his Tropical World, first published in German. The first part includes new material on the acquisition of Alaska and on C. F. Hall's expedition on 1860-62. Considerable detail on climate, vegetation, mammals, birds, seas, marine animals, regional sketches of exploration, peoples, etc.

US$75. bookID # 2674

HAYES, Dr I. I.; The Open Polar Sea; a Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole in the Schooner "United States". New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1867, First edition, 8vo [22 x 15.5 cm]; xxiv, 454 pp, engraved frontis (port), 6 other plates plus 3 tinted maps, 30 text illus, tail-pieces, orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt lettering and vignette on spine, signature dated 1867 on endpaper, internal hinge cracked but firm, endpapers a bit darkened, else a near fine copy, covers bright, interior clean.

AB 6795. Sabin 31020. Narrative of the Hayes Arctic Exploring Expedition to extend northward the exploration of the Second Grinell Expedition and to make scientific observations and collections. It describes the voyage along the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island to Smith Sound, sledge journeys to 82 degrees and the native peoples.

US$230. bookID # 10899

HAYES, Isaac I.; An Arctic Boat Journey in the Autumn of 1854. Boston, Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860, First Edition, 12mo [20 x 13 cm]; xvii, 375 pp, 2 folding maps, appendix, orig blind-stamped cloth, pictorial gilt, with gilt vignette and title lettering on spine, spine worn and chipped, edgewear, interior and maps and are very good, maps not torn.

Arctic Bibliog 6790: "Contains a brief outline of the Second Grinnell Expedition, which the author accompanied as surgeon; and (in detail) his account of a four month journey, in the autumn of 1854, of a party from the expedition's winter quarters, Rensselaer Harbor, towards Upernavik and return." The maps are a chart of the upper limit of Baffin Bay showing the author's journey and the Arctic regions showing his proposed expedition for 1860-61. The London edition published later the same year had only one map and it is smaller in size.

US$95. bookID # 11592

HAYES, Isaac I.; The Land of Desolation; Being a Personal Narrative of Observations and Adventure in Greenland. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892, First edition, 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 357, [2, ads] pp frontis, 39 illus, mostly being full-page and maps, orig green cloth with gilt picture on front cover in black border, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, spine ends bit worn, name on endpaper but clean very good copy.

Arctic Bibliography 6792: 'Narrative of a visit to Greenland in the steam yacht of the artist William Bradford, 1869, giving an account of the trip along the coast, from Julianehaab to Melville Bay, with chapters on the Norst ruins, on the settlement of Julianehaab, glaciers, icebergs, fiords, polar bear hunting, Upernavik, Disko Island, Godhavn, etc, with numerous illustrations of local scenes and customs'. Smith H62: 'interestingly written'.

US$100. bookID # 8369

HAYES, Isaac I.; The Land of Desolation; Being a Personal Narrative of Observations and Adventure in Greenland. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892, First edition, 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 357, [2, ads] pp frontis, 39 illus, mostly being full-page and maps, orig cloth with gilt picture on front cover in black border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends lightly frayed, spine slightly faded but lettering clear, endpaper inscription, very good clean and sound copy.

Arctic Bibliography 6792: 'Narrative of a visit to Greenland in the steam yacht of the artist William Bradford, 1869, giving an account of the trip along the coast, from Julianehaab to Melville Bay, with chapters on the Norst ruins, on the settlement of Julianehaab, glaciers, icebergs, fiords, polar bear hunting, Upernavik, Disko Island, Godhavn, etc, with numerous illustrations of local scenes and customs'. Smith H62: 'interestingly written'.

US$80. bookID # 12122

HEALY, M. A.; Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the Year 1885. Washington, Government Printing Office, House of Representatives ex doc 153, 1887, First edition, 4to [29.5 x 23.5 cm]; 102 pp, 2 large folding maps, 4 color lithographed (chromolithograph) plates (birds, fish, plant), 67 illus on 38 plates, contemporary full calf, gilt title lettering on leather spine labels, joints split and loosening, corner wear, else very good, interior quite clean and fine.

Ricks 118. Wickersham 7596. Arctic Bibliography 18401: 'Corwin's cruise in Bering and Chukchi Seas, giving aid to natives and ship-wrecked whalers, patrolling the fur seal islands and visiting Bogoslof Island; dispatching exploratory parties to complete the survey of Kowak (Kobuk) River and explore the Noatak River.' Also included are reports by J. C. Cantwell on the exploration of the Kowak River, Alaska; S. B. McLenegan on Noatak river; C. H. Townsend on natural history and ethnology on northern Alaska, with lists and descriptions of birds, mammals, fishes, plants found.

US$170. bookID # 8483

HEARNE, Samuel; edited with an introduction by Richard Glover; A Journey From Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772. Toronto, The Macmillan Company, [1972], , 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; lxxii, [ii], 301 pp, 3 plates including frontis (portrait of Hearne), double page map, index, orig cloth, gilt spine lettering, dj (wear at edges), else near fine copy, clean throughout.

The epic journey by Hearne, who was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean by land, with an excellent 65 page introduction.

US$35. bookID # 12817

HEARNE, Samuel; edited with an introduction by Richard Glover; A Journey From Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the Discovery of Copper Mines, A North West Passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. London, printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795, First edition, 4to [33 x 26 cm]; xliv, 458 pp, complete with 5 folding maps including large folding map frontis hand colored in outline, 4 folding engraved plates, errata page, orig marbled boards with later leather spine, gilt spine title lettering and decorations in blind, a few margins with light foxing, a fine uncut copy with wide margins, copy of Simon McGillivary Junior with his signature dated 1822 on title page.

The epic journey by Hearne, who was the first European to reach the Arctic Ocean, at the mouth of the Coppermine River, by land and discovered the Great Slave Lake and the Mackenzie River system. Hearne was employed by the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada for twelve years. He recorded in detail the lives of the Indians and the natural history of the regions seen on his three trips. The book's publication, three years after Hearne's death, was due to the famous French explorer La Perouse, who found Hearne's manuscript when he captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay, and stipulated, as a condition of surrender, that the manuscript be published. Sabin 31181: 'The author will be remembered as the first white man that ever gazed on the dreary expanse of the Arctic of Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America. . . a beautiful volume'. Streeter sale 3652: 'This day-to-day record of three trips northwest by land from Hudson Bay was printed from Hearne's manuscript three years after his death'. 'A painfully honest chronicle of his epic journey. . . a classic in the literature of northern discovery' [Newman, Empire of the North]. TPL 445. Cox II, p. 171. Hill 141. Lande 1220. Simon McGillivray (1783?-1840) entered the London firm of McGillivray, Fraser and Co. in 1805, and in 1813 became a partner in the Montreal-based McTavish, McGillivray and Co. He

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