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ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL UNITED STATES ATLAS MAPS AND CHARTS ACCOMPANYING THE CASE AND COUNTER CASE OF THE UNITED STATES. [with:] ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL BRITISH ATLAS MAPS AND CHARTS ACCOMPANYING THE CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. [with:] ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL ATLAS OF AWARD TWENTY-FIVE SECTIONAL MAPS AND INDEX MAP SHOWING THE LINE FIXED BY THE TRIBUNAL.

[Alaskan Boundary Tribunal]:

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...

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LIST OF THE BIRDS OF ALASKA [Contained in:] TRANSACTIONS OF THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Volume I. Part II.

[Alaskan Ornithology]: Dall, William H., and H.M. Bannister:

Chicago. 1869. [2],[133]-337,viii,iv pp. plus portrait frontispiece and fourteen plates (some colored). Original printed wrappers, chipped, spine partially perished. Faint institutional stamp on front wrapper. Very good, with nice, clean plates. In a half morocco box. One of the rarest American color plate books, and among the earliest ornithological representations.....

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ROALD AMUNDSEN'S "THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE" BEING THE RECORD OF A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP "GJÖA" 1903 - 1907 BY ROALD AMUNDSEN WITH A SUPPLEMENT BY FIRST LIEUTENANT HANSEN VICE-COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION WITH ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND THREE MAPS.

Amundsen, Roald:

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.....

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. VOLUME XIV.

[Arctic Exploration]:

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...

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UNGAVA BAY PAPERS. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY HUDSON STRAIT EXPEDITION 1931.

[Arctic Exploration]:

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...

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[COLLECTION OF TEN VOLUMES OF The Edinburgh Review CONTAINING ARTICLES ON ARCTIC EXPLORATION].

[Arctic Exploration]: [Edinburgh Magazine]:

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;...

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[ALBUM OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THREE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS COMMANDED BY DONALD BAXTER MacMILLAN].

[Arctic Photographica]: [MacMillan, Donald Baxter]:

[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...

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[THREE LOG BOOKS FROM THE WHALING AND TRADING VOYAGES OF THE STEAMER Herman, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN HARTSON H. BODFISH, OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO THE ARCTIC SEAS].

[Arctic Whaling]:

San Francisco, Anchorage, and other ports, but mostly at sea, such as Point Barrow, Franklin Bay, and more. 1909-1911. Three volumes. [2],60; 34; 42pp. Quarto. Matching printed canvas, calf corners. Bindings shaken, some staining. Some hinges split but holding, mild dampstaining, commensurate with items used regularly on whaling ships. Good...

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NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION IN H.M.S. TERROR, UNDERTAKEN WITH A VIEW TO GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY ON THE ARCTIC SHORES, IN THE YEARS 1836-37.

Back, George:

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...

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NARRATIVE OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION TO THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT FISH RIVER, AND ALONG THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN, IN THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835.

Back, George:

London. 1836. x,[2],663pp. 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...

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NARRATIVE OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION TO THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER, AND ALONG THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835.

Back, George:

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...

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FAST IN THE ICE. OR ADVENTURES IN THE POLAR REGIONS.

Ballantyne, R.M.:

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...

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HUDSON'S BAY; OR EVERY-DAY LIFE IN THE WILDS OF NORTH AMERICA, DURING SIX YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE HONOURABLE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.

Ballantyne, Robert M.:

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...

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MISCELLANIES....

Barrington, Daines:

London. 1781. iv,viii,557,[1]pp., plus *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.....

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A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF VOYAGES INTO THE ARCTIC REGIONS; UNDERTAKEN CHIEFLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCOVERING A NORTH-EAST, NORTH- WEST, OR POLAR PASSAGE BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC....

Barrow, John:

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...

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VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH WITHIN THE ARCTIC REGIONS, FROM THE YEAR 1818 TO THE PRESENT TIME: UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE SEVERAL NAVAL OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY SEA AND LAND IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC; WITH TWO ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORTH POLE. ABRIDGED AND ARRANGED FROM THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVES, WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS.

Barrow, John:

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. Bookplate on front pastedown, light offsetting from frontispiece to titlepage, else internally clean, tight, and very good. First edition of this...

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THE VOYAGE OF THORGILS, AND HIS ADVENTURES ON THE EAST COAST OF GREENLAND ABOUT THE YEAR 1000 [wrapper title].

Beauvois, E.:

[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.

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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT, TO CO- OPERATE WITH THE POLAR EXPEDITIONS...IN THE YEARS 1825, 26, 27, 28....

[Beechey, Frederick W.]:

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley... 1831. Two volumes. [iii]-xxi,[3],392pp. plus fourteen plates and three maps (two folding); [iii]-vii,[1],[393]-742,[2]pp. plus nine plates. No half titles. Quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and amrbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Modern bookplate on front pastedowns, light foxing, some toning to plates, "Macclesfield Subscription Library".....

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THE GREAT CANADIAN NORTH WEST: ITS PAST HISTORY, PRESENT CONDITION, AND GLORIOUS PROSPECTS.

Begg, Alexander:

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...

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THE LAST OF THE ARCTIC VOYAGES; BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION IN H.M.S. ASSISTANCE...IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, DURING THE YEARS 1852-53-54. WITH NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY....

Belcher, Edward:

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.....

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OUR NORTHERN WATERS; A REPORT PRESENTED TO THE WINNIPEG BOARD OF TRADE REGARDING THE HUDSON'S BAY AND STRAITS. BEING A STATEMENT OF THEIR RESOURCES IN MINERALS, FISHERIES, TIMBER, FURS, GAME AND OTHER PRODUCTS....

Bell, Charles N.:

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...

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JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE AUX MERS POLAIRES EXÉCUTÉ A LA RECHERCHE DE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, EN 1851 ET 1852....

Bellot, Joseph Rene:

Paris. 1854. lvi,414,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and folding map with facsimile letter. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled paper, spine gilt, leather label. Expertly rebacked, preserving original spine. Later bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary gift inscription on half title. Scattered foxing. Very good. First edition of the journal of Joseph Bellot (1826-...

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PERVOE MORSKOE PUTESHESTVIE ROSSIIAN...[translation: FIRST RUSSIAN SEA VOYAGE...CARRIED OUT IN 1727, 28, AND 29 UNDER THE COMMAND OF VITUS BERING...].

Berkh, Vasilii Nikolaevich:

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...

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REPORT ON THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHERN WATERS AND ARCTIC ACHIPELAGO OF THE D.G.S. "ARCTIC" IN 1910.

Bernier, J.E.:

[Ottawa? 1911?]. [8],161pp., with numerous in-text photographic illustrations and three folding maps. 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 of...

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REPORT ON THE DOMINION OF CANADA GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC ISLANDS AND HUDSON STRAIT ON BOARD THE D.G.S. 'ARCTIC.'

Bernier, Joseph Elzéar:

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...

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