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By: AMOR, Norman
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Vancouver, University of British Columbia Library: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 044842
Materials on Arctic Explorations and Travels since 1750 in the Special Collections and University Archives Division of the University of British Columbia Library. Occasional Publication No. 1, University of British Columbia Library. Edition of 500 copies. Mint copy, as issued. View more info
By: ARCTIC INSTITUTE
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Arctic Institute of North America: 1963
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 33480
Essays from the Symposium held at Hershey, PA, under the auspices of the Arctic Institute of North America, Oct. 1962. 313pp, photo illustrated, maps, figures etc., large folding map at back. Bright, clea interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Ink name to top margin of front wrappers. Some sun-fading to spine. Weight, 520g. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 2000
Edition: Seventh Paperback Printing
Seller ID: 1663
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land. Winner of Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Nonfiction) 1999. [10pp], 134pp, profusely illustrated. Bright, clean interior. Small owner's stamp to top margin of the title page ... View more info
By: BAUGHMAN, T. H.
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Univ of Nebraska Pr: 1999
Edition: First Trade Paper Printing
Seller ID: 24334
History of early Antarctic exploration in the 19th century. 160pp. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 260g. View more info
By: BAYLEY, Denis
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Chichester, UK, Moore & Tillyer: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 045797
Biography of Thomas Bunn [1765-1853], based on Hudson's Bay Company archives and family records. 100 p., 14 plates (1 folded). ill., facsims., geneal. table, ports. 26 cm. Map on lining papers. OCLC Number: 83353. Book is very bright and clea, still fresh. Binding is tight and square, blue cloth is without wear. Dustjacket shows minoir edge wear, but, for its age is bright and clean. Weight, 436g. View more info
By: BEATTIE, Owen and GEIGER, John
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books: 1988
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 040733
Story of how the investigation of the corpses of three Victorian seaman by forensic anthropologist Dr. Owen Beattie led to the unraveling of the fate of the famous Franklin Expedition of 1845-48. 180pp, color photo illustrated. Book is bright, clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. About 'as new'. Weight, 480g. View more info
By: BEATTIE, Owen and GEIGER, John
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Saskatoon, Western Producer Prairie Books: 1988
Edition: Third Printing
Seller ID: 18093
Story of how the investigation of the corpses of three Victorian seaman by forensic anthropologist Dr. Owen Beattie led to the unraveling of the fate of the famous Franklin Expedition of 1845-48. 180pp, color photo illustrated. Book is about 'as new' except for a light corner crease to bottom corner of back panel. Weight, 480g. View more info
By: BERTON, Pierre
Price: $14.95
Publisher: U.S.A., McClelland & Stewart: 1988
Edition: First Edition, Second Impression
Seller ID: 33686
Pierre Berton has written a revisionist history of the search for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, which covers the entire period from the expedition of William Edward Parry to that of Robert Peary in a single volume. 672 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. An `as new`` copy - bright, fresh and unmarked with a tight, square binding and in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Heavy for shipping weighing 1.362kg. View more info
By: BIRD, J. Brian
Price: $16.50
Publisher: Ottawa, Canada Department of Mines: 1953
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 12110
Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Geographical Branch, Memoir 1. Survey of Southampton Island in Canada's Northwest Territories in the North of Hudson's Bay. 84pp, maps and illustrations. Folding map in pocket at back. Clean copy with a sound binding. Minor, light creases to front cover near spine. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Edmonton, University of Alberta Press: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18952
Book summarizes the research [33 studies] conducted within the Canadian component of the International Biological Programme. Area studied covers 16 square miles on the NE coast of Devon Island. xxi, 714pp, illustrated, diagrams, tables, folding plates in pocket at back. Bright copy with a sound binding. Felt pen mark covers old signature on ffep. Dustjacket has minor edge wear & very minor soiling. Weight, 1.37kg. View more info
By: BONNYCASTLE, Richard H. G.
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Canada, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 25472
Account of the author's experience in Northern Canada as an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company between 1928 and 1931. Edited and compiled by Heather Robertson. 217, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked, quite fresh. Binding is tight nd square and there is no wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is similar. Weight, 795g. View more info
By: BOWN, R. N. Rudnose; PIRIE, J. H. H.; MOSSMAN, R. C.
Price: $69.50
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1978
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Seller ID: 045867
An account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-4, by its botanist, meteorologist and geologist. A Facsimile reprint of the original 1906 edition. xii, 375pp, photo illustrated, folding map at rear. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, about 'as new'. Unclipped dustjacket is bright and clean with only minor wear to some edges. Scan available. Weight, 804g. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division: 1992
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 30542
Text of the journal kept by Emile de Bray, a French naval officer who participated in the 1852 search for the Franklin Expedition in the eastern Arctic, on board the 'Resolute'in the Arctic Squadron under Sir Edward Belcher. Previously unpublished. Translated and edited by William Barr. xxii, 339pp : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Sound hinges. Unpacked weight, 709g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using ... View more info
By: BRUEMMER, Fred and TAYLOR, Dr. William E.
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Toronto, Key-Porter Books: 1985
Edition: Third Printing
Seller ID: 07182
Survey of the Life, People, Environment of the Arctic. Co-published with the Sierra Club. 256pp, profusely photo illustrated. View more info
By: BUDGELL, Leonard
Price: $19.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Blue Butterfly: 2009
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 24576
Letters from an ex-Hudson's Bay employee describing life in the Canadian North from the 1920s to the 1980s. Edited and with an introduction by Claudia Coutu Radmore. 469 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked, still quite fresh and 'as new'. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly simlar with some very minor creasing to the edges of the rear panel. Weight, 915g.. View more info
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Toronto, Pagurian Press: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 07725
Story of an artists first encounter with the North - a daily diary, 20 color paintings and numerous sketches.126pp, illustrated in color and in b&w. Bright, clean copy. DJ has minor top edge wear. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Denmark, Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Denmark, ND (1955):
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 34799
Undated, but, the 2nd edition of the 1952 original. Revised and enlarged. Beautiful Cover Art. Wrappers, 5.75"x8.5", 169pp, photo illustrated. English Text. Very minor edge wear, VG+. Weight, 288g. View more info
By: BUTTS, Edward
Price: $8.00
Publisher: U.S.A., Dundurn Group: 2009
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 052132
In 1607 Henry Hudson was an obscure English sea captain. By 1610 he was an internationally renowned explorer. He made two voyages in search of a Northeast Passage to the Orient and had discovered the Spitzbergen Islands and their valuable whaling grounds. In the process, Hudson had sailed farther north than any other European before him. 207 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 22 cm. Bright, fresh, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, uncreased spine. Bright, glossy wrappers. ... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Ottawa, Department of Northern Affairs and Nationl Resources:
Edition: Edition Unknown
Seller ID: 2063
Eight Recipes from Canada's Arctic on a small leaflet published by the Department of Northern Affairs and Resources. Undated, but 1953-1966 [dates of the term of the Department], Recipes include Seal CasseroleFricasse of Arctic Hare, Bearburgers, etc. Leaflet unfolds to 33cm by 20.5cm, printed on both sides, b&w illustrations. Weight, 5g. Lettermail applies. View more info
By: CARRIGHAR, Sally
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1954
Edition: Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 07342
Summer on the Northwest Coast of Alaska with a practised naturalist. 262pp, illuistrated. Good copy of the book, clean and tight, with a worn dustjacket, complete but with a 3" closed tear on back. View more info
