[COOK, JAMES]:

Sammandrag af Capitain James Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa, hwarwid herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade: innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i Söderhafwet, rörande Södra Polens Ishaf, ... Upsala, Johan Edman, 1783.

. Pp. (xxiv), 366, (10). Contemporary half calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, rubbed, spine ends chipped. Old ownership signature on title. Occasionally some staining. First Swedish translation, anonymously translated, of the official account of Cook's second voyage towards the South Pole. Du Rietz, James Cook, 9. Kroepelien 1136.

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Book number: 100512

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, pacific, söderhavet, travel, exploration, oceania, south pole.

[SWEDISH EXPEDITION TO SPITZBERGEN 1908].

Zoologische Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Expedition nach Spitzbergen 1908 unter Leitung von Prof. De Geer. Theil II. (Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Band 54). Stockholm 1915-1918.

. 4to. Original boards. This volume; (part 54 of the "Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy") is complete with 10 different zoological works. Comprises:1. ODHNER, N.HJ.: Die Molluskenfauna des Eisfjordes. With 13 plates; 2. VON HOFSTEN, N.: Die Echinodermen des Eisfjords. With two plates; 3. HENTSCHEL, E.: Die Spongien des Eisfjords; 4. JÄDERHOLM, E.: Die Hydroiden des Eisfjords; 5. APPELLÖF, A.: DIe Pyenogoniden des Eisfjords. With one plate; 6. BJÖRCK, W.: Die Schizopoden des Eisfjords; 7. VON HOFSTEN, N.: Die Decapoden Crustaceen des Eisfjords. With two plates; 8. OLDEVIG, H.: Die Amphipoden, Isopoden und Cumaceen des Eisfjords; 9. MOLANDER, A.R.: Die Alcyonaceen des Eisfjords; 10. VON HOFSTEN, N.: Die Fische des Eisfjords.This was De Geer's last and also his largest expedition to Spizbergen. The purpose of the expedition was to continue the cartographic work of the Isfjorden region and to further investigate the charcteristic polar-sea environment in detail with various studies of the physical geography and the marine zoology, etc. Liljequist, High Latitudes, pp. 323-326.

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Book number: 100299

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, polar, arctic, nordic, spetsbergen, spitzbergen, travel, exploration, zoology, zoological,

ANDRÉE, SALOMON AUGUST & STRINDBERG, NILS & FR®NKEL, KNUT:

Andrée's Story. The Complete Record of His Polar Flight, 1897. From the Diaries and Journals of S.A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg, and K. Fraenkel, found on White Island in the Summer of 1930 end edited by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. Translated from the Swedish by Edward Adams-Ray. New York, The Viking Press, 1930.

. Pp. xvi, 389. With front, 8 maps and plans and 30 plates with many illustrations, and 12 plates of photos from the expedition. Publisher's blue cloth, spine faded, back cover with some stain. First American edition of "Med Örnen mot polen" originally published in Swedish in the same year.

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Book number: 100205

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, polar, arctic, arktisk, travel, exploration, balloon, expedition, andrée

ANDRÉE, SALOMON AUGUST:

Iakttagelser under en ballongfärd. [Collection of six reports from different test flights in a small hydrogen gas balloon called "Svea" in preparation for the big polar expedition]. Six volumes. Stockholm, Kongl. Boktryckeriet P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1894-95.

. Pp. 36, 39, 16, 18, 25, 20. Text in Swedish. With 26 maps and plans. As issued in original printed wrappers. Housed in a specially made box, gilt decorated boards, calf spine with printed title. A total of nine test flights were made in the balloon Svea led by Salomon August Andrée, the renowned Swedish engineer and aeronaut. The test flights preceded the unsuccessful expedition headed for the North Pole in the balloon Örnen in 1897. The fate of the expedition was unknown for 33 years until a Norwegian ship discovered remains at Kvit¿ya (White Island) in 1930. This collection includes observations made during six of the balloon test flights. They were carried out in August and October 1893, February, April and July 1894 and in March 1895. ("Bihang till Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Band 20, Afd. II:o.1 + II:3-6 & Band 21, Afd. II:8").

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Book number: 121571

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Polar, polar, arctic, europe, european, travel, exploration, science, scientific, andree, balloon, ballooning, sweden, swedish, scandinavian

AURIVILLIUS, CARL WILHELM SAMUEL:

Eine Anguillulide aus der Schneefauna Spitzbergens. Stockholm 1883.

. Pp. 15. With one plate. Wrappers. Inscribed to G. De Geer by the author. A monograph about species of Nematode (of the Anguilluilidae family) found at Spitzbergen during a Geological expedition in 1882 headed by Nathorst. (Bihang till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar. Band 8. No. 11.). Hulth 615.

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Book number: 100137

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, polar, arctic, spitzbergen, spetsbergen, travel, exploration, fauna, botany, botanical,

BAYERN, THERESE VON (PRINZESSIN):

Ueber den Polarkreis. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1889.

. Pp. x, 342. With one large folding coloured map and 5 plates. Contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine, gilt, slightly faded. Copy of the Fürstenberg's library. Princess Therese von Bayern (1850-1925) became early interested in natural science and at the age of 21 she started to travel around Europe. This narrative describes her journey to the Arctic regions of Norway, Finland and Lapland. One chapter is devoted to the flora and fauna of the arctic parts of Norway. In 1892 Therese von Bayern was appointed a honorary member of the Geographical Society and of the Academy of Sciences. Dinse 346. Schiötz 1058.

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Book number: 99152

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, arctic, arctica, norway, finland, lapland, nordic, scandinavia, travel, exploration, norwegian, polar, fauna, flora, natural history

BRENNER, MAGNUS:

Anteckningar från Svenska Jenisej-expeditionen 1876. [Annotations from the Swedish expedition to the Yenisei 1876]. Meddelad den 24 november 1909 af V. Wittrock och A.G. Nathorst. Uppsala & Stockholm 1910.

. Pp. 108. Disbound. A report by Brenner, the botanist of the expedition. ("Arkiv för Botanik". Band 9. No. 9). Hulth 547.

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Book number: 100136

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, yenisei, yenisey, jenisej, siberia, sibirien, russia, russisan, polar, arctic, travel, exploration,

DUSÉN, PER KARL HJALMAR:

Om kartläggningen af Kejsar Frans Josefs fjord och Konung Oscars fjord. [On the mapping of Kaiser Frans Joseph Fjord and King Oscar Fjord]. Stockholm 1900.

. Pp. 229-236. Wrappers, Title in manuscript on front cover together with dedication to Prof. G. De Geer by the author. Offprint form Ymer (1900, H. 2). Hulth 228.

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Book number: 100155

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, grönland, greenland, nordic, norden, polar, arctic, travel, exploration,

EKHOLM, NILS, etc.:

Observations faites au Cap Thordsen, Spitzberg, par l'expédition suédoise publiées par l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède. Eight parts (I:1-4 and II:1-4) in five volumes. Stockholm 1886-91.

. 4to. Pp. (ii), 40 with two plates and one map; pp. (iv), 55 with two folding maps; pp. (vi), 278 with 13 plates; pp. (ii), 237, (1) with 47 plates; pp. (viii), 409 with 30 plates; pp. (ii), 53 with five plates; pp. (ii), 20; (ii), 27. Uncut and unopened copy in original printed wrappers, volume I:iv in plain wrappers. Occasionally some minor staining. First edition of the scientific results of the Swedish Svalbard expedition of 1882-83 headed by Nils Ekholm. It contains information about meteorology, geomagnetism, and auroral studies together with an historical report of the activities and events during the expedition. For the International Polar Year of 1882-3 the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, with government and private backing, sponsored an expedition to establish a scientific station in Mosselbukta on the North Coast of Spitsbergen. Due to heavy ice that season an alternative site at Cap Thordsen on the north shore of Isfjorden was used. The present set of reports was the only publication to appear following the return of the expedition. Arctic Bibliography 494, 2873-4, 4439-41, 6414 & 16443. Hulth A91, A205, A274, A276-7, A279-80, A724. De Geer, Swedish Spitzbergen Maps 35-37. Gösta H. Liljequist ÒHigh LatitudesÓ, pp. 173-85.

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Book number: 100192

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, polar, spitzberg, spetsbergen, svalbard, arctic, travel, exploration, nordic, norway, norwegian,

DE GEER, GERARD JACOB:

Om Spetsbergens natur i Sveagruvans omnejd. Ymer 1919. H.4. Stockholm 1920.

. Pp. 240-277. With one large folding coloured map loose in pocket at end. Original printed wrappers. Inscribed to Ragnar Sandegren by the author. A paper devoted to the Swedish Svea mine and its surroundings at Svalbard with information about the geography, geology, climate, glaciers, flora and fauna, etc. accompanied by a detailed map. Offprint from Ymer.

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Book number: 100133

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spitzbergen, spetsbergen, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, geografi, geography, map, svalbard, svea, scandianvia, nordic, coal mine, coal mining

[AMERICANA]. HEARNE, SAMUEL:

Resa til Norra Americas Ishaf. Stockholm, Johan Pfeiffer, 1798.

. Pp. (vi), 202. A Swedish version of "A journey from Prince of Wales's ... " London 1795. The translation is based on a German edition by Sprengel (Hamburg 1797). Samuel Hearne was the first white man to reach the Arctic Ocean overland. His manuscript was found by the French navigator La Perouse when he captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay, in 1782-82. Cf Sabin 31181. BOUND WITH: LE LONG (editor): En obekant engelsmans resor bland Canadas wildar. Pp. (ii), 158. A Swedish abridgement. Translated by Prof. G. Forster from a German edition (Berlin 1792). AND: UMFREVILLE, EDVARD: Beskrifning om Hudsons Baye och dess tilgränsande wildar. Pp. (ii), 159-208, (2). An abridgment of Umfreville's narrative of Hudson's Bay, translated into Swedish based on a German edition (Leipzig 1791). Cf Sabin 97702. Contemporary boards, stained and spine chipped. Binding shaken. Old ownership signature on title. A few leaves with water staining.

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Book number: 29012

Catalogue: Americas

Keywords: Americas, north america, polar, canada, hudson bay, americana, americas, travel, exploration, voyage,

[DRIFT-WOOD]. INGVARSON, FREDRIK:

Om drifveden i Norra Ishafvet. Stockholm 1903.

. Large 4to. pp. 84. With 7 figures. Original printed wrappers. A paper about drift-wood found in the Arctic Ocean mainly based on collection of drift-wood found during Nathorst's polarexpedtions and the Vega expedition. (Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademins Handlingar, Band 37, no. 1.)

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Book number: 100307

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, nordic, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, botany, botanical, nathorst, vega,

KJELLMAN, FRANS REINHOLD:

Svenska polar-expeditionen år 1872-1873 under ledning af A.E. Nordenskiöld. Stockholm 1875.

. Pp. (iv), 352 pp. With one large folding map (small tear), one coloured plate and two folding lithographed panoramas, and further more illustrations in the text. Last quire loosening. Some light waterstaining to the last part of the book. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed. With dedication by the author (to John och Maria Gullbrandsson) written on a piece of paper pasted in on front paste down. First edition. A narrative of the Swedish Spitsbergen expedition in 1872-73 by the expedition's botanist. It was headed by A.E. Nordenskiöld and was the first wintering in Svalbard by a scientific expedition. Hulth 34. Liljequist, High Latitudes, pp. 75-92.

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Book number: 99872

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, arctic, polar, travel, exploration, swedish spitsbergen,

KLINCKOWSTRÖM (KLINKOWSTROEM), AXEL:

Tre månaders dag, minnen från svenska spetsbergs expeditionen 1890. Stockholm 1891.

. 12mo. Pp. (xii), 176. With frontispiece, 7 fullpage plates and 7 illustrations in the text. Original pictorial boards, lightly stained. Presentation copy to Count "C.G. Bonde" (should be C.J. Bonde, Ericsberg) from his friend the author. Scarce first edition by the expedition's zoologist. Hulth 100.

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Book number: 100108

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spitzbergen, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, spetsbergen svalbard

[SWEDISH EXPEDITION TO SPITZBERGEN 1890.] KLINCKOWSTRÖM, AXEL:

Tre månaders dag, minnen från Svenska Spetsbergs-Expeditionen 1890. Stockholm 1891.

. 12mo. Pp. (xii), 176. With frontispiece, 7 full page plates and 7 illustrations in the text. Original pictorial boards, spine restored, some staining to covers. Bookplate and old ownership signature. Scarce first edition of this charming travelogue by the expedition's zoologist. The Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen during the summer of 1890 was headed by Gustaf Nordenskiöld. The aim of the mission was to investigate geological and zoological conditions at Spitzbergen. Hulth 100. Ragnar Thorén, Svenska Arktiska expeditioner under 1800-talet, pp. 187-206.

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Book number: 100134

Catalogue: Europe

Keywords: Europe, spitzbergen, polar, arctic, travel, exploration, spetsbergen, svalbard, europe, european,