London. 1744. [4],716,[16]pp. Antique-style calf, spine gilt, leather label. A few minor ink notations, closed tear to one leaf. Very good. The 1744 annual volume for Samuel Johnson's famous periodical. Includes two items of Arctic interest: a publication notice for Arthur Dobbs' ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJOINING TO HUDSON'S BAY.....
Oxford. 1960. Twenty-two individually paginated works, some with photographic plates. Original tan cloth, spine gilt. An omnibus volume published by the Oxford University Press, collecting offprints or extracts of twenty-two pamphlets or articles related to an expedition undertaken by the Oxford University Exploration Club. The works were written by participants.....
Edinburgh. 1804-1859. Ten volumes. 20th-century buckram, spines gilt. Institutional bookplate on eight front pastedowns, some institutional ink and perforation stamps on titlepages. An interesting assortment of quarterly compilations of the EDINBURGH REVIEW, with much content relating to Arctic and Canadian exploration. Includes issues from Oct.-Jan. 1802-03; June-Sept. 1818; Dec.-March 1819;.....
London. 1838. viii,456pp. plus twelve lithographed plates and folding map. Original blue cloth, boards blind-stamped, spine gilt lettered. Slightly cocked, spine and edges sunned, corners bumped. 20th- century bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. About very good. A scarce account of Sir George Back's 1836 expedition to complete a survey.....
London. 1836. x,[2],663,[1]pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good. A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far.....
Philadelphia. 1836. [4, ads],456pp. plus folding map. Original half blue cloth and calf boards, original calf labelon spine. Noticeable edge wear, front hinge almost detached. Minor foxing. Good. Untrimmed. Back went in search of Sir John Ross, travelling through north central Canada to the Great Slave Lake, and up the.....
Philadelphia. 1865. 144pp. plus four hand-colored plates. 12mo. Publisher's brown embossed cloth, spine gilt. Some rubbing and edge wear. Minor foxing, a few leaves tanned, a couple corner tears. Good. The first American edition of this Ballantyne juvenile. The plates show Arctic explorers fighting a polar bear, a ship stuck.....
Edinburgh. 1848. [2],xii,[2],328pp. plus four engraved plates. Half title. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt. Moderate wear and some dampstaining. Internally clean. Good. The scarce second edition (published in the same year as the first) of this popular account of life in Hudson Bay and the Red River settlement, replete with.....
London. 1781. iv,viii,557,[1]pp. plus pp.*471-*477, plus two maps (one folding), five folding tables, and two plates. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Good. A strange ensemble, but the two articles in the collection of the greatest interest are "The Possibility of approaching the North Pole.....
London: John Murray, 1846. xiv,530pp. plus two maps (one folding) and sixteen pages of advertisements. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated blue cloth, spine gilt. Slightly cocked, cloth rubbed, corners bumped and worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, light offsetting from frontispiece to titlepage. Text block cracked, one signature sprung. Good. First edition.....
Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1881. 135pp. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt. Spine repaired, corners bumped. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Library stamp on several leaves, else very clean. Good. Begg provides a brief history of Canada, including information on the Prince Rupert Charter, fur trading, and relations with.....
London: Lovell Reeve, 1855. Two volumes. xx,383pp. plus three folding maps and thirteen plates; [iii]-vii,419pp. plus twenty-four plates (including frontispieces). Large octavo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. First volume rebacked with original spine laid down, front joint of second volume beginning to split. Institutional bookplate on each.....
Winnipeg. [ 1884]. 78,[1]pp. plus two folding maps. Modern red cloth, spine gilt. Tear at fold on color map, no loss; repair to corner on titlepage. Internally very clean. Good plus. First edition of Bell's report, solicited by Lieutenant-Governor Morris, regarding his experiences hunting and trading along the Hudson's Bay.....
Paris. 1854. lvi,414,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and folding map with facsimile letter. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled paper, expertly rebacked preserving original gilt spine, leather label. Later bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary gift inscription on half title. Scattered foxing. Very good. First edition of the journal of Joseph Bellot.....
St. Petersburg. 1823. [3],iv,126pp. plus folding table and map. Half title. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Small closed tear in map from lower gutter margin, neatly repaired. Light dust soiling and occasional faint foxing. A near fine copy. Untrimmed. The extremely rare and significant first.....
[Ottawa? 1911?]. [8],161pp. with numerous in-text photographic illustrations and three folding maps. Original green publisher's cloth, gilt, rebacked with original spine label laid over. Internally clean. About very good. "Contains a report of a whaling patrol and exploring cruise, 1910-11, compiled from the log, by J. E. Bernier; an account.....
Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1910. xxix,529pp. plus two plates and four folding maps, with numerous in-text photographic illustrations. Large octavo. Original brown cloth, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, minor shelf wear. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Internally clean. Very good. An account by Captain Bernier.....
[Nuuk, Greenland: Hinrich Rink, 1862-1946, lacking the years 1884-91, 1894- 95, 1901-03]. Eighty-five volumes. Replete with illustrations, many in color. Some issues loose. First volume in original limp patterned cloth. Second volume in cloth- backed printed boards, spine repaired. Third volume in cloth-backed boards, spine worn. Fourth volume with lower.....
[London. 1875]. 349-356pp. Modern blue wrappers, printed paper label. Fine. The report, extracted from a larger volume, was compiled by George Richards, Francis M'Clintock, and Sherard Osborn to provide guidance to the impending proposed British expedition to the North Pole, to be led by Sir George Strong Nares. In late.....
London: Ackermann & Co., 1850. 8pp., text in double columns, in English and French. Plus ten color lithographic views on seven sheets. Folio. Publishers' grey cloth with gilt title and royal standard on front cover, blindruling on both covers, a.e.g. Skillfully rebacked preserving portion of original spine. Wear and a......
[Ottawa. ca. 1927]. Mimeographed typescript, all pages printed rectos only. [3],142,[3],6pp. plus ninety-six photographs and nine photographically- reproduced maps and charts (four folding). Original printed wrappers, repaired. Modern bookplate inside front wrapper. Very good. In a modern cloth folding box, black spine titles. An early Department of the Interior typescript.....
London. 1843-1877. 136 leaves. Illus. A few leaves foxed. Overall very good. Laid into a cloth clamshell case, leather label, with an original cloth cover of the periodical pasted on the front cover. An interesting collection of individual leaves extracted from THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, all pertaining to Canada, Alaska.....
Newark: Printed and sold by Allin and Ridge, 1792. Three volumes. xvi,[2],[6, subscribers list],287[i.e. 295]; x,505; x,248,15pp., plus engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and two large folding maps (printed on three sheets). Large quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Some rubbing to boards, extremities worn, joints.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889. xi,[1],531,[1]pp. plus frontispiece, photogravure plate, and six folding maps. Publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt, gilt spine titles. Minor wear and soiling to boards, corners rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown, hinges tender, three small institutional ink stamps, one embossed blind.....
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE.
