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The Man Who Mapped the Arctic The Intrepid Life of George Back, Franklin's Lieutenant
by Steele, Peter
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- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781551926483
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€16.92
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Vancouver BC: Raincoast Books. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1551926482 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, foxing to top page edges, gift inscription written opposite half title page. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, map endpapers and B&W plates ; B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.3 X… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kota Mama Retracing the Lost Trade Routes of Ancient South American Peoples
by Blashford-Snell, John & Richard Snailham
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- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780747222811
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€23.56
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London UK: Headline Book Pub Ltd. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0747222819 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 287 pages; The authors conducted an expedition on the continent of South America trying to retrace the trade routes pre Incan peoples would have taken. . Item Price
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Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery
by McGoogan, Ken
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781771623681
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€21.21
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Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2023. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1771623683 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 345 pages; "Drawing on his own research and Inuit oral accounts, McGoogan teases out many intriguing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Antarctica Expeditionary Field Guide 1997
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1997
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- Coil Bound
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Seattle, WA: Society Expeditions. Very Good+. 1997. Coil Bound. Short tear to front cover 3rd coil down, appears to be only damage ; A few B&W illustrations ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; A field guide to the flora and fauna, climate, geology of Antarctica with some history of exploration in the area. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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First Invaders (Literary Origins of British Columbia)
by Twigg, Alan
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9781553800187
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€14.14
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Vancouver BC: Ronsdale Press. Very Good+. 2004. Paperback. 1553800184 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, B&W illustrations ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; "The names Cook and Quadra ring a bell for most of us, as do Bering and Vancouver, but how much do we know about the Greek-born navigator,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by Alexander, Caroline
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Seventh Printing
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780375404030
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€22.15
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New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 0375404031 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated with B&W photos ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 212 pages; "Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander… Read more about this item Item Price
€22.15
Pioneers of France in the New World France and England in North America
by Parkman, Francis
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- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Centenary Edition
- Published
- 1931
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- Hardcover
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€28.28
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Boston: Little Brown & Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. Centenary Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. ; Part One; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 493 pages . Item Price
€28.28
The Lewis & Clark Trail
by Satterfield, Archie
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780811709354
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€15.55
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Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0811709353 . Boards show light shelf wear, DJ has light chipping, tape-repaired tears. B&W illustrations; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 224 pages; "On orders of President Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.55
Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams
by Gough, Barry
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550175738
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€18.38
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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550175734 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 287 pages; "Gough provides meticulously researched insight, delving into diplomatic records, narratives of explorers and commercial aspirants,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ocean to Ocean Sanford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872
by Grant, George Monro
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781552671382
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€18.85
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Toronto: Prospero Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Facsimile. Hardcover. 1552671380 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages; This is the Canadian facsimile edition of Grant's classic of Canadian exploration which has been… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic
by Niven, Jennifer
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780786868636
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New York: Hyperion. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786868635 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, front free endpaper removed ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 431 pages; "In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a … Read more about this item Item Price
€15.55
Heart So Hungry; the Extraordinary Expedition of Mina Hubbard into the Labrador Wilderness
by Silvis, Randall
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780676975864
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Toronto, ON: Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0676975860 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages; "In 1903, following an ambitious expedition to map the interior of Labrador, Mina's husband, Leonidas, dies of… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.85
The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of her Survivors
by Niven, Jennifer
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780786865291
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New York: Hyperion. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786865296 . DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 402 pages; "In 1913 an expedition party sailed out of British Columbia in search of an undiscovered Arctic… Read more about this item Item Price
€15.55
The Farfarers ; Before the Norse
by Mowat, Farley
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- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550139891
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€17.44
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Toronto: Key Porter Books Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1550139894 . Gift notation on front free endpaper, otherwise near-fine. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 377 pages; "A veteran investigator of early European voyages to North America, Mowat… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.44
Way Out West: On the Trail of an Errant Ancestor
by Bond, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771011320
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€16.49
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Toronto ON: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771011326 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; A young man follows in in the footsteps of his great great grandfather, British lord, Viscount Milton who with his friend "set out to travel across what is now Western… Read more about this item Item Price
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Search For the Northwest Passage
by McDonald, Lucile
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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€23.56
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Portland, OR: Binford & Mort. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show only light shelf wear. Dustjacket shows general wear, short tears, chipping and creasing. Previous owner's name on front free end paper, price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Grey cloth covered board with decorative design and title on front, blue… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ice Ghosts The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition
by Watson, Paul
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2017
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771096525
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€18.38
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771096526 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Brodart, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; "Franklin's lost expedition was a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.38
Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia
by Hume, Stephen
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781550174342
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Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1550174347 . Light edgewear and 1" tear back bottom fore edge ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in clear protective cover. Colour and B&W illustrations throughout ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 336 pages; "Journalist and poet… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.85
Who Discovered America?: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
by Menzies, Gavin & Ian Hudson
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- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 2013
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780062236753
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€14.37
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New York: William Morrow. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. Second Printing. Hardcover. 006223675X . Remainder dot on bottom page edges, short tear top half-title page.; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 308 pages; "The iconoclastic historian’s… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.37
The Mapmaker's Wife A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon
by Whitaker, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780738208084
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€15.69
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Cambridge, MA: Basic Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0738208086 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 352 pages . Item Price
€15.69
