Hughes, Katherine

In the Promised Land of Alberta's North; the Northern Journal of Katherine Hughes

Calgary, AB, Alberta Records Publication Board, 2006. Paperback. 8vo. Black and white photographic reproductions. Very good. Edited and introduced by Ken Kaiser and Merrily Aubrey. .

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Boeknummer: 047862

Catalogus: Polar

Hutton, Dr. S. K.

Among the Eskimos of Labrador

Toronto, Musson Book Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth binding, with gilt lettering to spine and front board, and gilt decoration to front board. Top edge gilt. B&w photos all present as called-for, 2 maps (one of which is folding). Spine sunned, small portion of rear jacket panel stuck to rear board, some scuffing to spine ends, scattered light foxing; still, very good, with clean, unmarked contents and sound binding. .

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Boeknummer: 078475

Catalogus: Polar

IGLAUER, Edith

Denison's Ice Road

New York City, E. P. Dutton & Co, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. pp. xi, 237. 8vo. Inscribed and signed in the middle of the front free endpaper by the author. Unrelated ink inscription on top right of front free endpaper. Small smudge to bottom edge, else very good. Dust jacket shows a small closed tear at the top, and light chipping. 'Opening an Arctic truck route farther into the wild North than other men dared'. This is the first American edition. Ill.: maps.

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Boeknummer: 9900034703

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Canadian North;Trucking;Arctic;;;;;; maps

SMILEY, Terah L. and James H. Zumberge (editors)

Polar Deserts and Modern Man

Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. x, 173.4to,,,Blue cloth darkened at top and edges as from a smaller book being laid on top, which left 'shadow' from exposure to sun. Some light general soiling, otherwise, to bds. but hinges and joints tight and contents clean. Foredges show some spotting. Overall in good to very good condition. Inscribed by Terah Smiley on title page, with separate, dated, inscription (by Zumberge?) at conclusion of preface. Ill.: maps, figures, b&w photos.

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Boeknummer: 9900007312

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Antarcticanthropolo;Antarctic;Arctic;The North;Environment;Climatology;;; maps, figures, b&w photos

Ledyard, Gleason

Arctic School Days; True Stories of the Canadian Arctic

Chicago, Moody Press, 1963. Stapled Wraps. pp. 64. 12mo. General shelfwear, discoloured spotting throughout, ink inscription to half title page; good. .

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Boeknummer: 087201

Catalogus: Polar

Lowe, George; Huw Lewis-Jones

The Crossing of Antarctica; Original Photographs from the Epic Journey That Fulfilled Shackleton's Dream

New York, Thames & Hudson, 2014. Hardcover. pp. 239. 4to. Black and white and colour illustrations. Bound in grey cloth with silver lettering to spine. Light general shelfwear; very good in very good dustjacket. Introduction by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. .

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Boeknummer: 072463

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Antarctic Exploration; Expeditions; History of Antarctic

Lyall, Ernie

An Arctic Man; Sixty-Five Years in Canada's North

1979, Hurtig Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. pp. 239. 8vo. Cloth bound. Light shelfwear, ink inscription to title page. Dustjacket age toned, darkening to spine, nicked to edges; very good in very good- dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 088783

Catalogus: Polar

Marsh, Winifred Petchey

People of the Willow; the Padlimiut Tride of the Carubou Eskimo

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1976. Hardcover. pp. 63. Oblong 4to. Beautiful watercolour depictions of traditional life. Light blue binding. Light shelfwear, ink inscription to ffep. Dustjacket lightly soiled; very good in very good dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 086150

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Art; Indigenous art; colonial art; Canadian art; arctic art

[C. W. Mathers]

A Souvenir from the North; [Cover Title: The Far North]

Edmonton, C. W. Mathers, 1901. Stapled Wraps. pp. 23. Oblong 8vo. Pink stapled wraps. Gilt and purple lettering and illustration to front cover. Some soiling to covers, chunk out of the corner of the front cover, accompanying discolouration and a small chip, to title page; contents otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. 20 captioned b&w photos taken by C. W. Mathers during his journey from Edmonton to the mouth of the MacKenzie River; depicting Inuit people, land and life in Northern Canada. Another edition was printed in 1902. .

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Boeknummer: 084819

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Indigenous; Inuit; Antiquarian; Photographs

Maxwell, Moreau S. (editor)

Eastern Arctic Prehistory; Paleoeskimo Problems

Washington DC, Soc. for American Archaeolog, 1976. Paperback. pp. 170. Tall. 8vo. Ex-lib, one stamp 1st pg. else near fine. Ill.: b&w illust.

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Boeknummer: 087840

Catalogus: Polar

Trefwoorden: Archaeology;Inuit;Eskimo;Anthropology;;;;; b&w illust

McGhee, Robert

Ancient People of the Arctic

Vancouver, Ubc Press, 1996. Hardcover. pp. xii, 244. 8vo. Bound in grey cloth with silver lettering to spine. Black and white and colour photographs, black and white maps. Light shelfwear, small indent to bottom edge, ink owner's name to first blank page; very good in very good- dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 078426

Catalogus: Polar

McGhee, Robert

Copper Eskimo Prehistory

Ottawa, National Museums of Canada, 1972. Paperback. pp. 141. 8vo. Black and white illustrations and photographs. General shelfwear, sunning to spine, sticker ghost to front cover; very good. .

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Boeknummer: 081331

Catalogus: Polar

V Division RCMP Members

Northern Images Taken by Mounties

[Nunavut], Author-published. Hardcover. pp. 40. Oblong hardcover in dustjacket. Colour photos throughout, with captions. Faint spot to front endpaper, ink gift inscription; very good, in rubbed very good dustjacket showing a crease to the front panel. An album of photos taken in Nunavut by RCMP members stationed there. .

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Boeknummer: 089084

Catalogus: Polar

De la Lez, Mireille and Fredrik Granath

Vanishing World the Endangered Arctic; the Endangered Arctic

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2007. Hardcover. pp. 267. Folio. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. .

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Boeknummer: 080479

Catalogus: Polar

Nanton, Paul

Arctic Breakthrough; Franklin's Expeditions 1819-1847

Canada, Irwin Pub, 1981. Paperback. pp. 262. 8vo. Black & white photographs. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Boeknummer: 064104

Catalogus: Polar