Our Polar Flight
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Item #13008
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Item #13008
Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska, 2005. Fine in Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Signed by Author on title page [9.25x6.25in]; xviii, 254 pp., numerous black and white images in text, several color images on plates, fold out color caricature illustration of expedition, list of publications and index; Dark blue cloth covers..... Item #13562
Portland: L. H. Nelson Company, 1909. Near Fine. First Edition. oblong [7.75x10in]; 32 pp. Unpaginated, 45 images and illustrations [22 relating to Cook and 23 relating to Peary] with long narrative captions, map on inside front cover detailing both routes to the North Pole; Cream stiff paper covers with black..... Item #13365
New York: The John Day Company, 1956. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. New York, NY: John Day Company. VG/G. (1956). First American. Cloth. The stories of four expeditions that set out to conquer the far north but disappeared. The EREBUS and TERROR of 1845; Swedish aeronaut Andree who..... Item #11663
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo [7.5x5in] x, [1], 102 pp., 2 plates of frontispiece portrait of Danenhower with tissue guard and illustration of Jeannette in the ice pack, foldout map of drift and crew retreat, several illustrations in text; Tan paper wrappers with..... Item #13587
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1884. Very Good. First Edition, 2nd Printing. 8vo [9.5x6.25in]; Vol. I - xii, 440 pp., frontispiece portrait of De Long, 7 illustrations on plates, 26 illustrations in text, 8 maps with one double page and one folding in rear pocket..... Item #13624
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11721
New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. Fine in Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11342
London: H. Whitridge, 1748. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo [8x5.5in]; xxviii, 1-96, 89-96 (repeated in [ ]), 97-336, 344 pp., frontispiece folding map of North West Passage and track of ships from England to Hudson's Bay [7x17.5in], nine plates of illustrations with five folding, chapter heading and ending designs; Contemporary..... Item #13580
London: Collins, 1946. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition, 2nd Printing. [9x6in]; 48 pp., eight color plates and 14 illustrations, Blue paper covers with white lettering on front and spine in borders; Same description for dust jacket, listing of other books on back inside panel and cover; Shelf..... Item #13749
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1828. Very Good. First Edition. [10.5x8.75in]; 20th Century Brown Half-calf with marbled boards, raised ribbed spine with gilt lettering on field of red and devices; [1], xxiv, [xxi]-xxiv, 320 pp., clvii [appendices], [1], [errata], 31 plates, including frontispiece, of illustrations by George Back and E, N...... Item #13012
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1976. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia; 1976; First Edition [9.75x10.25”]; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine; Cream dust jacket with light brown lettering on front and spine, illustration of Arctic surveyor on..... Item #11748
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. Very Good in None dust-jacket Third Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906; Third Edition [5.5x8”]; Original dark green cloth with black lettering and pictorial of a ship among ice and explorers, gilt lettering on spine with pictorial of walrus; 325 pp with 12..... Item #12937
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11347
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Near Fine. First Edition. [11.75x9.25in]; 102 pp., 42 plates with 67 illustrations [4 chromolithographs], two large folding maps of Koowak River [Neat line 22x32.5in, Sheet 23.75x39in] and Noatak River [Neat line 18x36.25, Sheet 19.75x37.25in]; Rebound black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all..... Item #13568
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. [9.5x6.5in]; xv, 502 pp., frontispiece portrait of Peary in polar wear, 27 maps, 13 images, 10 records and diagrams and 36 drawings from images, appendices and index; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and..... Item #13363
London: John Saunders, 1836. Very Good. First Edition, 2nd Printing. [6x9.25”]; ii, 716 pp., dictionary, appendix, 44 pp., supplement on the position of the North Magnetic Pole, frontispiece of Sir John Ross and vignette of sledge traveling from first printing title page, map Arctic and track of route, 6 plates..... Item #13070
Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1935. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Inscribed by David Irwin, [8.75x6.25in]; x, 254 pp., frontispiece image of David Irwin, 14 plates of 16 black and white images; Green cloth covers with black ink lettering and illustration of dog sled team on..... Item #13644
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, et al, 1857. Very Good. First Edition. Item #11742
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1825. First Edition. 8vo [8.5X5.25in]; xvi, map, 198 pp., [1] list of plates, 7 plates of illustrations by Lyon including frontispiece illustration of "Nee-a-kood-loo" native Inuit [listed as plate before p. 55] and six plates of illustrations and diagrams with tissue guards, fold out map of..... Item #13620
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1824. Very Good. First Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo [9x5.75in]; [7], viii-xiii, [1] plate directions, 468 pp., frontispiece illustration of Hecla in ice field at the last appearance of the sun, six plates of illustrations by Lyon, one folding map [Neat line 9.875x23.375in, Sheet 11.75x24in]; Rebacked three-quarter..... Item #13619
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Mt. Vernon, NY: A Colish/James A. Houston. Limited to 1950 copies, unnumbered and unsigned, [reprint of 1824 edition] [12x8.25in]; xvii [1] map 297 pp. [1] imprint, facsimile of 1824 map of voyage and discoveries, eight pen and ink..... Item #13463
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Mt. Vernon, NY: A Colish/James A. Houston. #1585 Limited to 1950 copies, Signed by Houston, [reprint of 1824 edition] [12x8.5in]; xvii [1] map 297 pp. [1] imprint, facsimile of 1824 map of voyage and discoveries, eight pen..... Item #13504
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Very Good in None Issued dust-jacket Authors Edition. Author's Edition with Map. Item #11207
London: Kegan Paul, 1881. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo [9x6.25in]; xvi, 361 pp., frontispiece of crew on ship, 9 illustrations on five plates and in text, two color folding maps at rear, appendices and index; Rebacked with original spine and covers of blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, black..... Item #13623