Rosove, Michael H.

Let Heroes Speak; Antartic Explorers 1772-1922

New York, Berkley Trade, 2002. Paperback. pp. 358. 8vo. Light shelfwear and age toning; very good. .

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N° du livre: 088072

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Antarctic; Shackleton

Russell, Frank

Explorations in the Far North; Being the Report of an Expedition Under the Auspices of the University of Iowa During the Years 1892, '93, and '94

[Iowa], State University of Iowa, 1898. Hardcover. pp. vii, 290. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Patterned endpapers. Portrait frontispiece, folding map, b&w plates. Spine sunned, edgewear, name stamp, minor separation between title page and frontispiece, a few pencil marks; very good. Peel 2167: "While most of the text describes the Mackenzie River valley, there is valuable information on the lower Saskatchewan Valley, and on southern Alberta." Includes travel narratives, chapters on musk-ox hunting, ethnological materials, myths, natural history. .

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N° du livre: 083444

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: natural history; Inuit; North; Arctic; Canada; Canadian; Manitoba;

Sale, Richard

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife

Buffalo, Firefly Books, 2006. Hardcover. pp. 464. 4to. Colour photographs. Light shelfwear, corner of ffep and title page clipped; very good-. Photography by Per Michelsen and Richard Sale. .

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N° du livre: 092471

Catalogue: Polar

Scott, R. F.

Scott of the Antarctic; the Journals of Captain Scott's Last Polar Exhibition

N.P. Prospero Books, 1990. Hardcover. pp. 521. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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N° du livre: 075933

Catalogue: Polar

Scott, Captain Robert F.

The Voyage of the Discovery

New York City, Cooper Square Press, 2001. Hardcover.Royal 8vo,,Two volume set: near fine cond. in near fine dust jackets,A facsimile reprint of the two-volume deluxe edition. pp. xlvii, 570; xliii, 508. Foreword by Fritjof Nansen. New Introduction by Ross MacPhee. ISBN 0815410794 & ISBN 0815411510. Ill.: b&w photos and illustrations.

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N° du livre: 9900030359

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Antarctica;Exploration;British National;Journeys;Robert Falcon Scott;History;Travel;Antarctic; b&w photos and illustrations

SHIELDS, Mary

Sled Dog Trails

Fairbanks, Alaska, Pyrola Publishing, 1984. 1st edition. Paperback. pp. 127. Larger format pb - sl. edge-worn & creased; else vg. INSCRIBED by author: 'To Shirley, Mary Shields', ink on ffep. Ink name and address on rear endpaper. Ill.: maps, b&w illustrations.

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N° du livre: 9900028892

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Dog sledding;Iditarod;Alaska;The North;;;;; maps, b&w illustrations

Starkell, Don

Paddle to the Arctic; the Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest Across the Roof of the World

Toronto, Mcclelland & Stewart, 1995. Hardcover. pp. 312. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light shelfwear; very good+. Dustjacket showing general shelfwear and slight discloration; very good. First Edition signed by Author. .

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N° du livre: 078667

Catalogue: Polar

Hauf, Tim and Conger Beasley Jr.

Little Trees, Big Sky; Portrait of Northern Wilderness

[NL], Tim Hauf Photography, 2000. Paperback. pp. 143. 4to. Light shelfwear and age toning, Tim Hauf's signature to title page; very good+. SIGNED by Hauf. .

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N° du livre: 091324

Catalogue: Polar

Tippett, Maria; Charles Gimpel, photos

Between Two Cultures; a Photographer Among the Inuit

Toronto, Viking Penguin, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 178. Oblong 4to. Light edgewear, gift inscription, internally clean and unmarked; very good, in good dustjacket showing a few closed tears and creases to top edge of front panel. .

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N° du livre: 084950

Catalogue: Polar

TORALES, Julio Ayala

Mapas Isogonicos Polares

Buenos Aires, 1946. 1st printing. Wraps. pp. 20. 4to. A few spots to front cover. Light overall shelf wear; else g/vg. A treatise on the polar isogenic lines. Published by the Universidad Nacional de Tuchman. The text is in Spanish, with folding map. .

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N° du livre: 9900040393

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Magnetic pole;;;;;;;;

[Turner, Evan H.]

Eskimo Graphic Art

[Canadian Eskimo Arts Committee], 1963. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. 4to. Art catalogue. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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N° du livre: 087838

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Indigenous Art; Inuit Art

Victor, Paul-Emile; Scott Sullivan (Trans.)

Man and the Conquest of the Poles; the Story of Polar Exploration, from the Exploits of the Ancient Greeks to the Voyages of Today's Nuclear Submarines, by the Famous French Explorer Who Has Spent More Than Fourteen Years in the Arctic and Antarctic

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1963. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 320. 8vo. Bound in full blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and front board. Map endpapers. Black and white plates. Light general shelfwear, several pages dog-eared, ink gift inscription, significant pencil and ink notation/underlining throughout; good in good dustjacket with some creasing and small chips and tears at edges. .

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N° du livre: 053759

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Exploration; Travel; History; Arctic; Antarctic;

Wachowich, Nancy; Apphia Agalakti Awa; Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak; Sandra Pikujak Katsak

Saqiyuq; Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women

Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. Paperback. pp. viii, 301. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, scant pencil underlining; very good. .

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N° du livre: 087235

Catalogue: Polar

Whitney, Harry

Hunting with the Eskimos; the Unique Record of a Sportsman's Year Among the Northernmost Tribe - the Big Game Hunting, the Native Life, and the Battle for Existence Through the Long Arctic Night

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 453. Royal 8vo. Burgundy cloth with colour decorations and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with photos by the author. Edgewear, pull to tail of spine, slight spine slant, reinforced hinges, blind-stamp to front free endpaper, contents unmarked, binding sound. Ill.: b&w photos and illustrations.

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N° du livre: 090982

Catalogue: Polar

Mots-clés: Eskimo; Inuit; North ;Canadiana; Arctic; Dene;;; b&w photos and illustrations

Wiebe, Rudy Henry

Playing Dead; a Contemplation Concerning the Arctic

Edmonton, AB, NeWest Press, 1989. Paperback. pp. 123. 8vo. Light shelfwear, dampstain to front panel, thumbed corners; else good. .

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N° du livre: 070163

Catalogue: Polar