Washington, D.C. 1904. Three volumes. Titlepage, two preliminary leaves and forty-eight maps (eight double-page, some colored lithograph); titlepage, contents leaf, plus thirty-seven colored lithograph maps (ten double-page); titlepage plus twenty-five colored lithograph maps (twenty-two double- page). Folio. Antique-style three-quarter leather and marbled boards, preserving original gilt leather cover labels, spines...

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1908. Two volumes. xiii,[1],335,[1]; ix,[1],397pp., plus frontispieces and two color folding maps. Original cloth, stamped in gilt. Light chipping at head of spine on first volume. Modern address label on front fly leaves. Light foxing to preliminaries, internally clean. Very good. First American edition.....

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...

[Various places, including Labrador, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, and Greenland. 1921-1925]. Eighty-three silver gelatin photographs, plus four photo postcards, most approximately 3 x 5 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black faux leather, cord-tied photo album. Edges and hinges worn. Photos in corner mounts on black paper supports. Manuscript captions on supports...

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...

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...

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: John Murray, 1818. [6],379,48pp. plus folding map. Later three-quarter calf and cloth boards, gilt ruled, edges marbled. Calf somewhat worn at corners and hinges, boards spotted, front hinge loosening. 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light offsetting from map, light tanning. About very good. Barrow's compilation of Arctic voyages. Barrow...

[Np. nd, ca. 1880s]. 23pp. Large octavo. Self-wrappers. Small nibble from top left corner not affecting text, else good. Traces one of the important Greenland Sagas and its literature.

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...

Winnipeg. [ 1884]. 78,[1]pp. plus 2 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...

St. Petersburg. 1823. [3],iv,126pp. plus folding table and map. Half title. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, bound in antique style, spine gilt, leather label. Small closed tear to map from lower gutter margin, neatly repaired. Light dust soiling and occasional faint foxing. A near fine copy. Untrimmed. The extremely...

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...