Search Results: vagrant viking my life and adventures by peter freuchen

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Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, 2023. Hardcover. New. 332 pages. 5.50x0.75x8.50 inches.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1954 8vo. original red boards gilt (a little rubbed & marked, prev. owner's details to title page, slight offsetting to endpapers; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 432, with frontispeice and endpaper maps. A very good copy.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1954 8vo. original red boards gilt (a little rubbed & marked, very occ. spots, prev. owner's details to title page, slightly sunned; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 432, with frontispeice and endpaper maps. A very good copy.. First UK. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

New York.: Julian Messner Inc., 1953. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight spine tilt. Minor jacket edge wear.. Dunne, Liam (Detailed end paper maps, "The Author's Routes"), and Pedersen, Ray (Jacket design by).. 1 Gray cloth over spine; gray vinyl over boards. Black spine titles. Front graphic Viking bow of boat. 312 p. 22 cm. Epilogue. Index. Explorer Peter Freuchen modestly calls himself a vagrant. He is better-known as an indomitable Viking, an explorer, a wanderer into the unknown (from end paper publisher notes). In his autobiography he is propelled from his native Denmark by steamer, caravan, plane, and train. He amputated his own foot in the frozen North, set his broken arm in a "cast"of wet sealskin, was buried alive in a ice cave, helped refugees from Hitler get to safety, worked for the Danish underground, was captured and Germans confiscated his peg leg to keep him from escaping (but escape he did), then was rescued by the… Read More

New York:Julian Messner, Inc., (1953). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Julian Messner, Inc. (1953). 1st edition, stated. (x)+422pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Beige boards soiled and shelfworn, with light wear along edges and spine ends. Internally, mapped end-papers age toned but free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight with hinges intact. Overall a very good, clean copy.

J. Messner. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Rare : out-of-print. This book is in good condition; no remainder marks. Appears to have been gently used, but is missing the dustjacket. Two small blemishes to top edge. Inside pages have no writing. ; 312 pages .

Victor Gollancz, 1954 432 printed pages, photographic portrait frontispiece, map endpapers ('The Author's Routes'). 15 x 22.5 cm. Original red cloth, spine with gilt lettering (very slightly faded. Complete with photographic portrait dust jacket, in good condition. Old tape residue just showing through from inside of head & tail of spine. Very slight edgewear & a few very short closed tears. Presents well. This book of memoirs was translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro. Contents - each chapter headed by a quote, followed by list of subjects. For example: Chapter III - "No matter how I achieved it, the degree bolstered by morale." Copenhagen, Hippocrates, pigs' trotters - first steps toward the Arctic. Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (1886-1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist, notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

NY: J. Messner. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth stamped in black, map endpages. Stated first printing. Ex-private library copy with bookplate and small sticker to title page; no other library markings. The cloth is insect scarred; front hinge a bit loose; spine head slightly frayed, faintly askew else sound copy. The DJ in mylar has loss to crown affecting half of Vagrant, chip to point and bottom edge, flap folds rubbed through in spots. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Julian Messner, Inc., [1953]. First Edition, Second Printing of the English Translation. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [1], vii-x, [1], 422. 2 double-sided plates. maps on end-papers. index. cloth. A very good copy in tattered & dj. Signed by Freuchen. elala5869

J. Messner. Good. 1953. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by author: Greetings to an old friend from the Long Table at Explorers Club John P Holman. Second printing of December 1953. Cracked at title but holding. Round blind stamp of Daniel Joseph Brown on title. Map end papers with glue stains, partially cracked at front. Gray boards worn and frayed at extremities, incl. 1/4 inch loss bottom spine. Unclipped dj edge worn, small edge tears, small wedge loss bottom front dj just barely touching author's name. Scarce signed and a great association.; 8.0 X 5.4 X 1.6 inches; 422 pages .