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Arctic Bibliography Prepared for and in Cooperation with the Department of Defence Under the Direction of the Arctic Institute of North America. Volumes 1-3

By: Arctic Institute of North America

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Department of Defense: 1953

Seller ID: 24284

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

These first three volumes cover the early era of Arctic exploration and are an indispensable reference for anyone interested in the history and literature of the Arctic. Folding maps in all three volumes. Very lightly worn non-circulating ex-library reference copies with minimal markings, no pockets. Quite a handsome set with white accession numbers on spines. Front hinge cracked in Volume 2. A very heavy set, special shipping considerations.
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Life and Adventures of Nansen - The Great Arctic Explorer

By: Bain, J Arthur

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd,: No Date

Seller ID: 32614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Simpkin shown as publisher on spine. Illustrated in black and white with generally poor reproductions. Very light wear, a solid handsome copy. Square ink scribble on front pastedown apparently covering up a signature.
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Libby : The Sketches, Letters and Journal of Libby Beaman, Recorded in the Pribilof Islands, 1879-1880

By: Beaman, Libby

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Tulsa, Council Oak Books: 1987

Seller ID: 18876

ISBN: 0933031092

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NF

As presented by her granddaughter Betty John. A unique record of a wpman's stay in the Pribiloff Islands of Alasks in the 1800's A handsome production in every way illustrated with drawings and photos. Publisher's broadsheet laid in. Lightest of wear, spine a little faded, a very attractive copy. Hardcover Edition.
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Kalaaliit Nunaat Greenland Atlas

By: Berthelsen, Christian et al

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Pilersuiffik, Greenland Home Rule: 1990

Seller ID: 30400

ISBN: 8758507086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

A beautifully produced and illustrated atlas of Greenland. Text in Kalaallisut and English. Statistcal supplement in rear pocket. A large and heavy book.
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The Arctic Grail : The Quest for the the North West Passage and the North Pole 1818-1909

By: Berton, Pierre

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1988

Seller ID: 32438

ISBN: 0771012667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NF/NF

SIGNED and dated (Dec 88) by Berton on the title page. The complete story of the exploration of the Arctic in the Nineteenth Century. Well illustrated in black and white. Owner's signature on jacket flap, front endpaper and half-title.
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Nansen and the Frozen North

By: Black, John

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge: 1905

Seller ID: 16036

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Pictorial covers.Story on Nansen's journey to the hightest latitudes reached until that time. Covers worn and with red staining. Rear spine splitting at top. Pages browned, some foxing.
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The Wild North Land : The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs across Northern North America

By: Butler, William Francis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Burns and Oates: 1907

Seller ID: 32436

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

With 15 black and white illustrations and a two page map showing the journey. Light wear, two owner's stamps on front endpaper, Bound in blue cloth with white mountain motif on spine.
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The New North : Being Some Account of a Woman's Journey through Canada to the Arctic

By: Cameron, Agnes Dean

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, D Appleton and Company: 1910

Seller ID: 32294

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Travels from Edmonton to Herschel Island and back. Illustrated in black and white from photographs by the author. Bound in green cloth with map paste-on. Covers worn, owners stamp on FFEP.
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The Arctic Year : A Month by Month Account of Life in the Arctic Zone

By: Freuchen, Peter & Salomonsen, Finn

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G P Putnam's: 1958

Seller ID: 9098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Vg/VG-

Nice copy in somewhat worn jacket with half inch irregular hole near head of spine.
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Under the Pole Star : The Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1935-6

By: Glen, A R & N A C Croft

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Methuen: 1937

Seller ID: 32245

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Handomely rebound in blue cloth with blue leather spine label with gilt ruling and titles. Extensively illustrated with black and white photos, maps and diagrams including a foldout map at rear. Almost imperceptibly ex-library with faint stamp on top edge, catalogue number on verso of title page. Small tear at bottom of frontis photo not affecting photo, p xv loose. A solid and attractive copy.
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Reindeer Days Remembered

By: Hart, Elisa J

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Inuvik, NWT, Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre: 2001

Seller ID: 32480

ISBN: 0968363679

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Wraps

The little known story of Innuit Reindeer herding in the Mackenzie Delta. Well illustrated in colour and black and white. Lightest of wear. Uncommon
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Arctic Exploration and Development, c. 500 B.C. to 1915 : An Encyclopedia

By: Holland, Clive

Price: $165.00

Publisher: New York, Garland Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 32007

ISBN: 0824076486

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

An invaluable reference for anyone interested in things Arctic. Illustrated with 30 maps. A very lightly worn ex-library copy with usual interior markings and pocket, no external markings beyond a stamp on the top edge. A large and heavy book, special shipping considerations may apply for overseas orders.
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The New People : The Eskimo's Journey Into Our Time

By: Iglauer, Edith

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1966

Seller ID: 32597

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG/VG

An early description of the Inuit's migration from the land to fixed settlements. Originally published in the New Yorker as a series of articles. Very light wear to book, jacket rubbed along folds.
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SEA-ICE ATLAS OF ARCTIC CANADA 1975-1978

By: Lindsay, D. G.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada: 1982

Seller ID: 25621

ISBN: 0660110245

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

A solid non-circulating ex-library copy with minimal interior and exterior markings. Rebound in sturdy bllue library buckram.
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In The Arctic Seas : A Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions

By: M'Clintock, F L

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: no date

Seller ID: 32617

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

An account of the final one of the hunts for Franklin. Originally published by John Murray in 1859. Although the title page states with maps and illustrations there is only a frontis piece. Light wear, a bit more at spine tail.
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Thawing Out The Eskimo

By: Morice, Rev. Adrian G

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Society for Propagation of the Faith: 1943

Seller ID: 22060

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG

The story of Bishop Turquetil, known as the Bishop of the North Pole, and his work among the Innuit. Book very lightly worn. Several pieces of jacket, including front flap laid in. Owner's name and and exhortation to return this book written in several places. Gift inscription from the Roman Catholic Mission in Churchill, Manitoba dated 1946.
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PITSEOLAK: PICTURES OUT OF MY LIFE

By: Pitseolak [Eber, Dorothy, ed.]

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Toronto, OUP: 1977

Seller ID: 6905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NF/VG

The story of the famous Inuit artist's life in her own words from interviews by Dorothy Eber. The first book to be published in an Inuit/English edition. Illustrated in colour and black and white by Pitseolak. A fine copy in worn jacket with several tears.
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The Polar Voyagers

By: Rasky, Frank

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Mcgraw Hill Ryerson: 1976

Seller ID: 14041

ISBN: 0070824053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NF/Good

From the Vikings to the fur-trade explorers of the 18th century. Extensively illustrated in black and white. Jacket worn with several chips and tears.
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Charting the Russian Northern Route

By: Starkokadomskiy, L M

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Montreal, Arctic Institute of North America: 1976

Seller ID: 13900

ISBN: 0773502106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: NF/VG

The Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition 1910-1915. Translated and edited by William Barber. Illustrated with black and white photos.
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Dog-Team and School Desk

By: Taylor, Phyliss M

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Herbert Jenkins: 1960

Seller ID: 32608

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG/VG

A school teacher in Aklavik in the Northwest Territories in the Fifties. Illustrated with black and white photos. Very light wear to book and priceclipped jacket.
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