The Friendly Arctic; The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur - 1921

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities, text block edges typically tanned/foxed. Firm binding, clean interior though with mild cigarette odor to contents, nothing objectionable. xxxvii,812 pp., illus., lacking folding maps in rear pocket. 1st thus (of New Edition, with new material): Jan. 1943..

The Macmillan Co, 1921. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket . Front hinge broken. Some wear and fraying to covers. All 9 maps present (one internal map loose and laid in). Two large maps from rear pocket present and in nice condition (one short tear to one map). Uncommon thus. In 1913 Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition, arranged by the Canadian government to explore the sea west of the Parry Archipelago, the northernmost islands in the Canadian Arctic. The expedition set off from Nome, Alaska, but soon ran into trouble. The lead ship Karluk became trapped in ice and Stefansson disembarked to continue his travels, purportedly to gather provisions, but, in the eyes of the crew, in order to avoid drifting off course.The Karluk drifted westward in the ice floes, eventually being crushed in January 1914. Survivors attempted to reach Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, but many perished, either from carbon monoxide poisoning or from the severe cold. Eventually, the captain of the ship, Robert… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1927. hardcover. good. Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor. Introduction by Robert Laird Borden. Extensively illustrated, including folding map in rear pocket. xxv + 784 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth; chipped at head of spine, covers rubbed. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. A worn copy but still good and solid.<br/> <br/>

The Macmillan Company, New York, 1944 revised Second Edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 812 pages, 6" x 8.75", edgewear on boards, ownership sticker on fep, otherwise clean and tight. All maps intact, two fold-out maps in rear pocket. The Stefansson - Anderson expedition, 1908-1912. This expedition produces major geographic and ethnographic discoveries in the western Canadian Arctic.

MacMillan Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. 1943 reprint edition. Green hardback covers show some wear to the edges and corners. The original dust jacket is present. The jacket has some chips and tears to the edges and quite a bit of soiling, with a spill stain at the bottom of the spine. Scarce in jacket.; 8.6 X 5.9 X 2.4 inches .

The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardback in very good minus condition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York, NY: The MacMillan Company. VG. 1932. reprint. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good- dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 784 pages. Light chipping and wear to dust jacket edges; ink ownership signature on front endpaper; ownership initials on top and bottom page blocks. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

1944 New York: The Macmillan Company, May 1944., 1944. Second printing of the January 1943 revised second ediiton (i.e. "New Edition with New Material" as specified upon the title page) xxxviii, 812 pages. Hardcover: H 22cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles. Unabridged reprint of the November 1921 first edition with a new Preface and a new concluding chapter titled "The Friendly Arctic Twenty-One Years After." Association copy signed and inscribed by Stefansson to Harry Belleville Eisberg, and dated February 19 1948. Pocket maps are missing.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1943. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/None. 812 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers bound in green fabric, gilt title on spine and front cover. Voyage maps included in envelope attached to inside of back cover. Some edgewear to covers with a touch of fraying, but mostly to spine. In good condition considering its age. Edges yellow with age, but still clean inside. Record # 30747

Macmillan Company, 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1937. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 209pp. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, slipcase. Corners lightly rubbed, spine lettering mildly sunned, contents are clean and some pages still unopened. Slipcase is lightly edge-chipped. One of 481 copies printed on Hazelbourn paper by The Southworth-Anthoensen Press.

Walter Scott, London, 1889 revised edition, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 79 pages, 5" x 7.5", waterstain on front board, otherwise clean and tight, inscribed by author on ffep.

lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition.In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure,… Read More

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

547 pages. Black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. Spine detatched on one side. JWSC LLC is listing this property on behalf of a private collector's estate. Documentation on file indicates this book was purchased by the estate in the 1970s from (a UK dealer). Additional photos available.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: [viii]ix-xii [1]2-544. FIRST EDITION. Bound in brown half-leather over marbled boards, title in gilt within a red title piece. The first edition of the author's first book. William Wilson (1772-1849) inherited a substantial sum from an uncle, and decided to indulge his passion for travel. He travelled throughout Europe and The Middle East and wrote a series of books. This was his first, and it was the most popular, going through several editions. This is a good copy as all plates, including the frontispiece, have been excised. The boards show moderate wear, heavier at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracked. The text block is mainly clean with a few marks of unknown origin.

Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears Go To Camp ( A First Time Book) Random House 1982 First Edition. Number line starts with 1. Ex-lib hardcover library-bound edition Brown cloth boards. Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice find for Berenstain Bears fans.

2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition.By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony… Read More

2 Volumes: Volume 1 subtitled: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742 xii+333 with 8 maps, 3 illustrations including frontispiece, bibliography and index; Volume 2 subtitled: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746 1747 xv+393 pages with frontispiece, 13 maps, 6 illustrations, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 177 and 181. First edition.The eighteenth century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of navigable passage to the Pacific. The expedition was commanded by Christopher Middleton, until his resignation in March 1741 a sea-captain in the service of the Hudson Bay Company. With his actions closely scrutinized by his former… Read More