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This selection contains 32 title(s) on 2 pages.
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	BALIKCI, ASEN, FOREWORD BY MARGARET MEAD, The Netsilik Eskimo. NY, Natural History Press, (1970). VG PB. The Netsilik Eskimo, People of the Seal, lived close to the Arctic Circle in one of the harshest environments known to man. Here in an ethnographic reconstruction based on historical sources & his own fieldwork. Owner name ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS037153I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BALZAR, JOHN, Yukon Alone: the world's toughest adventure race. NY, Holt, (2000). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging & dangerous of all adventure contests. Author. moved to the Far North to find out why anyone would want to run this race. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS032756I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Alone. Covelo, CA, Island Press, (1984). 50th anniv BCE. VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription thick black ink fep. Scrape to DJ on spine edge. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS006764I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Byrd has stood on both poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. Ft DJ flap laid in. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS037150I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Byrd has stood on both Poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS037151I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed 3rd imp. VG. Byrd has stood on both Poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. Owner name pencil half title page. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS037152I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CHAPMAN, WALKER, The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG. White mark on cover and mark of sticker removed. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: BOOKS002420I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CHAPMAN, WALKER, The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name on endpaper and title page. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: BOOKS002430I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CRISLER, LOIS, FOREWORD BY A. STARKER LEOPOLD, Arctic Wild. NY, Harper, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Photographing wolves & caribou in the remote mountains of Alaska, the Crislers discover personal adventure. DJ chipped. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: BOOKS037148I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1947. VG in G DJ. Corners bumped. DJ faded, chipped, taped. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS002424I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. G ex-library. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Library markings, edge wear, binding rubbed. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: BOOKS034098I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. G ex-library. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Library markings, ft DJ flap laid in, edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS035489I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. VG in G DJ. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Tape marks on endpapers, ft hinge cracked. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS035824I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. 1st ed. VG. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Navy blue binding, gilt pictorial of ship, blue. decoration. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: BOOKS035836I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	FREUCHEN, PETER AND FINN SALOMONSEN, The Arctic Year: a month-by-month account of life in the Arctic zone. NY, Putnam, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Front cover dented at top. DJ price clipped. Animal and plant life of the Arctic as determined by climate and geography. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1942] Book number: BOOKS002422I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GODSELL, PHILIP H., FORMER FIELD OFFICER HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, Arctic Trader: the account of 20 years with the Hudson's Bay Company. NY, Burt, (1934). VG. Godsell started as an apprentice with Hudson Bay when he was 17 & finally became inspector in charge of large territories esp. the lower Mackenzie River. Blue binding (spot at top front), red lettering. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS037166I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GREELEY, A. W. GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, Handbook of Polar Discoveries. Boston, Little Brown, 1910. 5th ed enlargd. VG. Gray pictorial binding showing men climbing icy blue path with ship in the background. Binding rubbed and slightly tanned. Owner name ft endpaper, fold-out map carefully repaired. USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6178] Book number: BOOKS043593I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GRENFELL, WILFRED THOMASON, Adrift on an Ice-Pan. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1935). 30th imp. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed "With best wishes Wilfred T. Grenfell" fep. Eps have some browning. DJ chipped and some discoloration. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: BOOKS002552I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HENRY, THOMAS R., The White Continent: the story of Antarctica. NY, William Sloane, (1950). G+ in VG DJ. First flyleaf missing. DJ price clipped. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: BOOKS002421I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	LEDYARD, GLEASON H., And to the Eskimos. Chicago, Moody, (1956). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Work of the Eskimo Gospel Crusade began in 1946 to serve the race of people who inhabit the Arctic coast & live by hunting &. fishing. DJ & endpapers tanned on edges, DJ edge wear. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: BOOKS037161I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	MCKINLAY, WILLIAM LAIRD, FOREWORD BY MAGNUS MAGNUSSON, Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic exploration. NY, St. Martins, (1977). BCE. G in Fair DJ ex-library. The leading ship of Stefansson's Arctic Expedition of 1913-18 which was crushed & sunk in ice almost before it began. A crew of 25 ws left stranded on the Arctic ice while their leader continued his northern exploration, not returning for 5 years. Libary markings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS034154I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	MONTGOMERY, RICHARD G., Adventures in the Arctic (originally published under the title "Pechuck"). NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1932). Fair. Blue binding, silver lettering. Interior very good. Damp stain on spine edges causing discoloration, endpapers tanned near. hinges, star & date on ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS037146I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	OXENHORN, HARVEY, Tuning the Rig: a journey to the Arctic. NY, Harper Row, (1990). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Expedition in search of humpback whales in far north becomes a voyage of discovery for an apprentice seaman on a tall ship. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS039607I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	DE PONCINS, GONTRAN IN COLLABORATION WITH LEWIS GALANTIERE, Kabloona. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1941). VG. Edges worn. Corners bumped. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: BOOKS002427I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	DE PONCINS, GONTRAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH LEWIS GALANTIERE, Kabloona. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock Inc., (1941). VG. Scar on fep from removal of bp. Owner's name fep. Rear spine sl soiled. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS005005I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.

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	BALIKCI, ASEN, FOREWORD BY MARGARET MEAD, The Netsilik Eskimo. NY, Natural History Press, (1970). VG PB. The Netsilik Eskimo, People of the Seal, lived close to the Arctic Circle in one of the harshest environments known to man. Here in an ethnographic reconstruction based on historical sources & his own fieldwork. Owner name ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS037153I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BALZAR, JOHN, Yukon Alone: the world's toughest adventure race. NY, Holt, (2000). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is among the most challenging & dangerous of all adventure contests. Author. moved to the Far North to find out why anyone would want to run this race. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS032756I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Alone. Covelo, CA, Island Press, (1984). 50th anniv BCE. VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription thick black ink fep. Scrape to DJ on spine edge. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS006764I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Byrd has stood on both poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. Ft DJ flap laid in. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS037150I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Byrd has stood on both Poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS037151I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	BYRD, RICHARD E., Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole. NY, Putnam, 1930. 1st ed 3rd imp. VG. Byrd has stood on both Poles and capped off his geographical research by flying over the South Pole. Fold-out map. Owner name pencil half title page. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS037152I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CHAPMAN, WALKER, The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG. White mark on cover and mark of sticker removed. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: BOOKS002420I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CHAPMAN, WALKER, The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name on endpaper and title page. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: BOOKS002430I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	CRISLER, LOIS, FOREWORD BY A. STARKER LEOPOLD, Arctic Wild. NY, Harper, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Photographing wolves & caribou in the remote mountains of Alaska, the Crislers discover personal adventure. DJ chipped. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: BOOKS037148I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1947. VG in G DJ. Corners bumped. DJ faded, chipped, taped. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: BOOKS002424I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. G ex-library. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Library markings, edge wear, binding rubbed. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: BOOKS034098I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. G ex-library. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Library markings, ft DJ flap laid in, edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS035489I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. VG in G DJ. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Tape marks on endpapers, ft hinge cracked. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS035824I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD, Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette". NY, Dodd, Mead, 1938. 1st ed. VG. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea. Navy blue binding, gilt pictorial of ship, blue. decoration. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: BOOKS035836I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	FREUCHEN, PETER AND FINN SALOMONSEN, The Arctic Year: a month-by-month account of life in the Arctic zone. NY, Putnam, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Front cover dented at top. DJ price clipped. Animal and plant life of the Arctic as determined by climate and geography. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.75 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1942] Book number: BOOKS002422I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GODSELL, PHILIP H., FORMER FIELD OFFICER HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, Arctic Trader: the account of 20 years with the Hudson's Bay Company. NY, Burt, (1934). VG. Godsell started as an apprentice with Hudson Bay when he was 17 & finally became inspector in charge of large territories esp. the lower Mackenzie River. Blue binding (spot at top front), red lettering. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: BOOKS037166I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GREELEY, A. W. GENERAL, U.S. ARMY, Handbook of Polar Discoveries. Boston, Little Brown, 1910. 5th ed enlargd. VG. Gray pictorial binding showing men climbing icy blue path with ship in the background. Binding rubbed and slightly tanned. Owner name ft endpaper, fold-out map carefully repaired. USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 \| £UK 42.25 \| JP¥ 6178] Book number: BOOKS043593I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	GRENFELL, WILFRED THOMASON, Adrift on an Ice-Pan. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1935). 30th imp. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed "With best wishes Wilfred T. Grenfell" fep. Eps have some browning. DJ chipped and some discoloration. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: BOOKS002552I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	HENRY, THOMAS R., The White Continent: the story of Antarctica. NY, William Sloane, (1950). G+ in VG DJ. First flyleaf missing. DJ price clipped. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: BOOKS002421I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	LEDYARD, GLEASON H., And to the Eskimos. Chicago, Moody, (1956). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Work of the Eskimo Gospel Crusade began in 1946 to serve the race of people who inhabit the Arctic coast & live by hunting &. fishing. DJ & endpapers tanned on edges, DJ edge wear. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: BOOKS037161I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	MCKINLAY, WILLIAM LAIRD, FOREWORD BY MAGNUS MAGNUSSON, Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic exploration. NY, St. Martins, (1977). BCE. G in Fair DJ ex-library. The leading ship of Stefansson's Arctic Expedition of 1913-18 which was crushed & sunk in ice almost before it began. A crew of 25 ws left stranded on the Arctic ice while their leader continued his northern exploration, not returning for 5 years. Libary markings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS034154I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	MONTGOMERY, RICHARD G., Adventures in the Arctic (originally published under the title "Pechuck"). NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1932). Fair. Blue binding, silver lettering. Interior very good. Damp stain on spine edges causing discoloration, endpapers tanned near. hinges, star & date on ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS037146I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	OXENHORN, HARVEY, Tuning the Rig: a journey to the Arctic. NY, Harper Row, (1990). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Expedition in search of humpback whales in far north becomes a voyage of discovery for an apprentice seaman on a tall ship. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS039607I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	DE PONCINS, GONTRAN IN COLLABORATION WITH LEWIS GALANTIERE, Kabloona. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1941). VG. Edges worn. Corners bumped. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: BOOKS002427I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	DE PONCINS, GONTRAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH LEWIS GALANTIERE, Kabloona. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock Inc., (1941). VG. Scar on fep from removal of bp. Owner's name fep. Rear spine sl soiled. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: BOOKS005005I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.