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New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good in Good dust jacket. c1942. Hardcover. Good condition with soiling and edgewear to the boards and pages in an alike dust-jacket with the edges of the foldovers clipped, scuffing, and chipping and tearing to the trim; The story of American tropical medicine. The epic of the men from Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and William Gorgas . to the doctors of today who are waging war on death and disease in the American tropics; 8vo; 372 pages; FSA .

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. c1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with two small coffee stains on the front board. Some edge wear to spine. In a Good+ dust-jacket with rubbing to edges; The adventurous life story of the famous Scotsman who dared the desolate wastes of Baffin Land and beyond to bring Christianity to the Eskimo; 8vo; 399 pages; FSA .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0393054292 . An edition in Good condition with an owner's bookplate on front end paper, page edge soiling and edgewear in an alike dust-jacket that is price-clipped and shelfworn. A small portion of upper edge of book and dust-jacket show a narrow dampstain; Magellan, Drake, and other adventurers in the Uttermost South; 8vo; 336 pages; TBC FSA .

New York: The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0670221562 . A gorgeous first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good dust-jacket with a two inch closed tear to upper front panel and minor edgewear; In this profusely illustrated biography of Christopher Columbus, Bradford focuses on Columbus's skills of seamanship and navigation and his voyages to the New World. Bradford reveals Columbus in all his complexity; B & W and Color Illustrations; 8vo; [5] 6-288 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394587146 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket with minimal soiling and edgewear; tells the story of three adventurers who set out to cross the continent by ski. The book is filled with adventure and suspense as the three explorers encounter difficult conditions and dangerous wildlife.Will Steger and Jon Bowermaster set out to cross Antarctica by ski. They encounter difficult conditions and dangerous wildlife, but they never give up. This book is full of adventure and suspense.; 8vo; 304 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1970. 1st US Edition; First Printing. A first American edition/first printing in Good+ condition with heavy denting and wear to the boards and bumped corners in a Good dust-jacket with heavy chipping and tearing; Author writes of the most ancient cities of the world; 8vo ; 210 pages .

New Haven & London: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0300154089 . A most handsome first edition/first printing in unread, As New condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward J. Larson directly on the title page; Larson's new account of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration is the first book to place the famed expeditions of British explorers Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen, and others in a larger scientific, social, and geopolitical context ; 8vo; [2], xvi, 326 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine. 1897. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Original Cloth. A bright set of the first US edition in Nearly Fine condition. A most handsome and collectible documentation of historical significance. All four folded maps present. Arctic Bibliography 11983; The Nobel Laureate's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years. 120 full page and numerous text illus, 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 loose maps in protective pockets. Top edges gilt, two sides un-cut; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; xiv, 588; xii, 714, 4 pp advertisement pages .

London: George Newnes, Ltd.. Near Fine. 1898. 2nd UK Edition. Cloth. The second English edition following the Archibald Constable publication from a year earlier. Elaborate silver and gilt pictorial cloth binding. Little foxing, mainly to endpapers, rear endpapers of Volume II cracked, hinge a trifle weak, else Fine in alike custom cloth-slipcase; The Nobel Laureate's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; xvi, 480; viii, 456 pages; Not listed in Arctic Bibliography .

Kristiania (Oslo): H. Aschehoug & Co.s Forlag. Very Good+. 1897. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome two-volume set of the first (Norwegian) edition. Arctic Bibliography #11988. Original green cloth with bright gilt lettering and illustrations in better than Very Good condition, light rubbing to extremities. Published in English as Farthest North. 40 plates, 3 color plates, 3 folded maps and numerous illustrations; Nobel Laureate Nansen's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; xiv, 526; xii, 554 pages .

Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0874805376 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with little edgewear; Don Maguire's Arizona Trading Expeditions, 1876-1879. 'Edited by Gary Topagesing; 8vo; 245 pages .

New York: Atheneum. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good first printing with wear mostly from aging in a Near Fine dust-jacket that is shelfworn; An account of the adventurous lives and times of the Renaissance explorers, from Prince Heny the Navigator to Sir Walter Raleigh; 8vo; 363 pages; FSA .

New York: Hyperion. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0786865296 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust-jacket; The doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk. An epic tale of true adventure that rivals the most dramatic fiction. Drawn from the diaries of those who were rescued and those who perished, even an interview with the one living survivor; 8vo; 402 pages; FSA .

New York: TV Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1575000385 . Near Fine condition with some minor shelfwear in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket with similar wear; Co-authored with Tim Jordan. An investigation of man's relationship wih the Arctic; also explores the Arctic's increasing political significance in the modern age; 8vo; 189 pages; FSA .

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0816510903 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust jacket; Henige tells the story of Columbus's search for a sea route to the East Indies, and the sources he used in writing his account of the first voyage. He examines the evidence from both Columbus's own writings and the contemporary accounts of his contemporaries, as well as archaeological evidence from sites visited by Columbus. Henige concludes that Columbus's voyage was not an accident, but the result of careful planning and execution.; 8vo; 359 pages .

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0816510903 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket still in original shrinkwrap; Henige's book is a comprehensive exploration of the sources for Christopher Columbus' voyage. He discusses everything from the Greek and Roman historians to contemporaneous reports from the sailors who participated in the voyage. Henige provides a detailed summary of each source and evaluates their accuracy and reliability. He also discusses the possible motivations behind Columbus' decision to attempt a crossing of the Atlantic. This book is an indispensible resource for anyone interested in the history of Columbus and the origins of the Western world.; 8vo; 359 pages .

London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0091747791 . A handsome UK first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in alike dust-jacket showing some scuffing; A stunning story of synthesis of exploration, living history and adventure; 8vo; 276 pages .

Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0898860075 . A handsome edition in Fine condition in a Very Good- dust-jacket with rubbing, soiling and some open tears ; Rick Ridgeway’s account of his extraordinary ascent of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, is a riveting tale of adventure and endurance. Ridgeway and his team of climbers set out from the base of the mountain in May of 1995, just a few months after a failed attempt by another team. They battled extreme conditions and tremendous altitude-loss on their way to the summit, finally reaching it on July 8, 1996. Ridgeway’s account of his experiences on K2 is both heartbreaking and inspiring.; 4to; 301 pages .

New Haven And London: Yale University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0300069766 . An edition in Very Good+ condition with bumped corners inan alike dust-jacket that is shelfworn ; Constructing images of the past. Explores the role of the historic atlas as a reference tool and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past; 8vo; 267 pages; TBC; .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. c1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing, this stated sample copy is in Very Good condition with some aging to the pages, minor bumps and dents around the sunned board edges in a Fair dust-jacket with edgewear, some small closed tears and scuffing; This firsthand account of the flight made by the Lindbergh's to the Orient in the summer of 1931 is told from the perspective of Mrs. Lindbergh and illustrated with maps by Charles A. Lindbergh; Maps ; 8vo; 255 pages .