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Observations on Certain Antarctic Icebergs. RGS Monthly issue
by Royal Geographical Society. Wordie, J.M. & Kemp, S.
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1933. Paperback. May 1933. Wordie, J.M. & Kemp, S., Observations on Certain Antarctic Icebergs, pp 428-35; Mikkelsen-Blasseville, Coast of E. Greenland. Approx. 80 pp issue, orig. blue wrps, vgc. Item Price
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Antarctic Notes. 1935 RGS Monthly issue
by Royal Geographical Society. Scott, J.M.
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London: Royal Geographic Society, 1935. Paperback. March 1935. Scott, J.M. Antarctic Notes. pp 274-276. (+) Roberts, B. The Cambridge Expedition to Scoresby Sound, East Greenland, in 1933. pp 234-251. (+) Baker, J. Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. pp 209-233. Ills in text. Orig. blue wrps, sml. tear in early pp, o/w good. Item Price
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Plans of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910. RGS Monthly issue
by Royal Geographical Society. Scott, R.F.
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Paperback. July, 1910. Scott, R.F. Plans of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910, pp 11-20. (+) Markham, C.R. A Remarkable Arctic Voyage. pp 63-65. (+) Golder, R.A. Some Reasons for doubting Deshnev's Voyage. pp 81-83. w/ ill. Orig. blue wrps, loose o/w G. Item Price
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British Arctic Air Route Expedition. RGS Monthly issues, complete
by Royal Geographical Society. Watkins, H.G.
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- 1932
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1932. Paperback. May & June 1932. Watkins, H.G. British Arctic Air Route Expedition, pp 353-368 & folding map; and the continuation of Antarctic Reports of the Gauss, pp 466-502, 2 maps. Two issues of RGS, each approx. 80pp issue. Orig. blue wrps, vgc. Item Price
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. 20, 1902, July - Dec
by Royal Geographical Society, Markham, Andersson,
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- 1902
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London: Royal Geographic Society, 1902. Hardcover. Important Arctic and Antarctic material, including: Sir Clements Markham: The National Antarctic Expedition: the Departure of the Morning, pp 209 - 216. Also: The Winter Expedition of the Antarctic to South Georgia, by Dr. J. Gunnar Andersson, pp 405 - 408; Arctic Problems by Sir Clements Markham, pp 481 -485, with sketch map;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 32, 1908, July - Dec
by Royal Geographical Society. Gregory, J. W., Bell, J. Mackintosh, Seton, E. T., Dr. Stein
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1908. Hard Cover. 8vo, 699 pp, Index, b&w illus and maps throughout. Brown cloth covers with gilt title at spine. Spine is rubbed at top and at base; corners are gently bumped and rubbed and back cover is sunned in one small strip at top. Internally, end papers toned, internal pages lightly toned, and some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Antarctic Voyages of R.R.S. Discovery II and R.R.S. William Scoresby, 1935-37
by Deacon, G.
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London: Royal Geographical Society, 1939. Paperback. pp 185-209 (+) Wright, J. Methods of Survey in North East Land, pp 210-227 (+) Moss, R. and A.R. Glen. The Retreat of the Franklin Glacier, North East Land. pp 228-229. RGS Journal, London March 1939. Orig. blue wrps. Arctic and Antarctic content. Item Price
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 88, 1936, July - Dec. Half yearly issue
by Hayward, H. O'B, Mackintosh, N. A., Harrisson, T. H., Spender, M.
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London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1936. Hardcover. Important volume of the RGS journal including content on the Greenland Expedition, the Graham Land Expedition, New Hebrides, and Mount Everest, such as: The Oxford University Greenland Expedition, 1935, pp 148-162, by H. O'B. Hayward, with map; The British Graham Land Expedition, pp 165-168 (+), with map; The Third Commission of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Great Arctic Travellers. A Comprehensive Summary of Arctic and Antarctic Discovery and Adventure
by Craig, Hugh
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- 1898
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New York: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1898. Hardcover. Very good overall. A children's primer in Polar explorers. Arctic explorers Frobisher, Hudson, Barentz, Behring, Search for Franklin, Polaris, et al. For the Antarctic, Captain Wilkes, Sir James Ross. Spence 325. Roy 8vo, iv, 193pp, with portraits and other illustrations, double column text. Prior owner's stamp on pastedown; lacking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Carte des Nouvelles Decouvertes // Extrait d'une Carte Japonoise de l'Univers
by Vaugondy, Robert de Didier, 1723-1786; Philippe Bauche 1700-1773 & Engelbert Kaempfer 1651-1716
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- 1779
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Livourne, 1779. Maps. A map of Asia, Canada, Japan and the Arctic regions, with two maps on one sheet. The upper map shows the European view of the northern Pacific, showing western North America from New Orleans west with a clearly depicted Mer de l'Ouest, to Kamchatka and northern Japan. The lower map shows the Japanese perception of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Greenland. Its Nature, Inhabitants, and History
by Krabbe, Thomas N.
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Copenhagen & London: Levin & Munksgaard, OUP, 1930. Hardcover. Very good overall. Compelling images taken by the Danish physician and photographer Krabbe, focussing on the way of life and the inhabitants (Danish Greenlanders and indigenous Greenlandic Inuit people) of this isolated Arctic area. The original front wrapper loosely inserted. Text printed in 2 columns, in Danish and English.
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The Household Journal of Information, Amusement, and Domestic Economy Vol. 1 No. 1 - No. 25
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- 1860
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New York: A. Harthill & Co, 1860. Hardcover. Bound volume with the first number of this scarce publication, 26 issues in all, the first dated October 6, 1860, and the last dated March 30, 1861.
Contents include 'Young America, A lecture delivered by Henry Ward Beecher', at the Cooper Institute, November 19, 1860 (pp 174-175); 'Lecture on Electric… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picture Posters to Color - Wild Animals. (Set No. 539)
by Elms, F. Raymond
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- 1951
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Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Co., 1951. Scarce coloring pages set published by the Beckley-Cardy Co. Color printed envelope with two tigers on the front. Original envelope enclosing 12 sheets of cream paper with illustrations in black. Animals include a Kangaroo, Polar bear, Bison, Gorilla, Giraffe, Hippo, Elephant, Elk, Monkey, Zebra, Lion, Tigers. 10.5 x 8.5", envelope slt. rubbed at edges, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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North of the Arctic Circle: White Pass and Yukon Route
by [Arctic; Alaska]
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Chicago/Seattle/Vancouver: Yukon River Circle Tour, 1939. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Numerous photos and rather detailed text, this is a small 3 1/2" x 6" 39 page promotional booklet that was given to travelers on a tour of Northern Alaska--1358 miles by river steamer and 581 miles by railroad, much of it along the Yukon River through Tanana, Fort… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reminiscences of Adventure and Service. A Record of Sixty Five Years
by Greely, A. W.
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- 1927
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New York/London: Scribners, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Autobiography of the man who led the Arctic expedition of 1881 to 1884, known as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (officially the International Polar Expedition). Inscription at front end paper to "Jack Blackman", whose great uncle, Arctic explorer I. I. Hayes, is mentioned in the book. The author… Read more about this item Item Price
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True Tales Of Arctic Heroism In The New World
by Greely, A. W.
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- 1912
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Book plate of noted Arctic explorer and geologist William Herbert Hobbs (1864 - 1953), who led 4 expeditions to Greenland. He studied glacial anticyclones in the upper air with pilot balloons and how the land surrounding a continental glacier is affected during its liquidation.
8vo,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dutch Pamphlets: The Dutch at the North Pole and the Dutch in Maine
by De Peyster, J. Watts
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- 1857
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New York: New York Historical Society, 1857. Hardcover. Very good condition. Five pamphlets bound together, The Dutch at the North Pole and the Dutch in Maine, accompanied by The Dutch Battle of the Baltic ...; The Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Netherlanders ...; and Description of Medals Presented by H. R. M. Oscar, King of Sweden and Norway ...… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Deux Poles, Septentrional et Meridional, ou Description des Terres Arcticques et Antarctiques; et des Pays circomvoisins jusques aux 45 Degres de Latitude
by Sanson, Nicolas. [Antarctic & Arctic Map]
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Paris, 1657. Par N. Sanson d'Abbeville Geographe ordre du Roy... Spence 3017 lists a slightly different title but undoubtedly the same map. 53x38 cms. Period outline color, central fold, very good condition. A double hemisphere map to the North and South poles. The North pole is connected to Greenland and Spitzbergen but there is little other detailed coastline in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Signed photographic portrait, Robert E. Peary
by [Peary; Arctic; Photography]
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- 1912
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Washington DC: Harris & Ewing, 1912. Very good condition. A splendid formal portrait of Admiral Robert Edwin Peary, best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. In 1909 Peary wrote in his journal, "The Pole at last!!! The prize of 3 centuries, my dream and ambition for 23… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Explorers Club invitation card for an '...illustrated talk on Further Antarctic Exploration by Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins" on May 9, 1930
by Wilkins, Hubert
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1930. Very good condition. Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins was the Australian polar explorer known for his attempt to navigate a submarine under the Arctic in 1931 as part of the Nautilus expedition. This card was clearly part of his attempts to gain public support and possible financing for the expedition. Cream card, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4", black… Read more about this item Item Price
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