Our Polar Flight
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Item #13008
Arctic
Andrèe's Story; The Complete Record of His Polar Flight, 1897 [From the Diaries and Journals of S.A. Andrèe, Nils Stindberg, and K. Fraenkel, found on White Island in the Summer of 1930 and edited by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography]
New York: The Viking Press, 1930. Near Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. [9.5x6.75in]; xvi, 389 pp., frontispiece illustration of Eagle balloon in flight, 43 images of the expedition and diary pages,12 images of the expedition found and developed 33 years later in 1930, 8 maps and diagrams; Blue..... Item #13360
Innocents in the Arctic; The 1951 Spitsbergen Expedition
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
At the Pole with Cook and Peary; A Pictorial Record of the Most Important and Sensational Geographical Discovery of Recent Times | Showing scenes and incidents associated with the determined efforts of the famous American Explorers
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
Mysteries of the North Pole
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
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Lieutenant Danenhower's Narrative of the "Jeannette"; [From the Steve Fossett Collection]
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
The Polar Rosses; John and James Clark Ross and their Explorations
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. Near Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11721
This Cold Heaven Seven Seasons in Greenland
New York: Pantheon Books, 2001. Fine in Fine dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11342
A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with An accurate Survey of the Coast, and short Natural History of the Country. Together with a fair View of the Facts and Arguments from the future finding of such a Passage is rendered probable. To which is prefixed, An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made for the finding a Passage that Way to the East Indies. Illustrated with proper Cuts, and a new and correct Chart of Husdon's Bay, with the Countries adjacent.
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 four folding, chapter heading and ending designs; Contemporary..... Item #13580
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827; [Including and account of the progress of a detachment to the eastward by John Richardson]
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
The Arctic Diary of Russell Williams Porter
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
Handbook of Polar Discoveries
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
Three Years of Arctic Service; An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition and the Attainment of the Farthest North
New York: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Good. First Edition. [in two volumes] 8vo [9.5x7in]; Vol. I - xxv, 428 pp., Vol. II - xii, 444 pp., 43 plates, numerous illustrations, 9 maps, folding maps and in rear pocket, appendices; Dark blue cloth covers with silver lettering on front..... Item #11344
Stefansson Prophet of the North
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941. Fine in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Item #11347
The Path of the Pole
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1970. Very Good in Very Good dust-jacket First Edition. Signed by Author, [9.5x6.5in]; xxvi, 413 pp., numerous figures and tables throughout, Appendix, bibliography and indices; Lime green cloth covers with blue and dark green lettering on spine, map of North Pole shifts on both end papers..... Item #13699
Peary; [With 27 maps, 13 halftones, 10 records and diagrams and 36 drawings by the Author after photographs of Peary and others] [enclosed in Publisher's box]
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
The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, R.N. Knt., | to the Arctic Regions | for the Discovery of a North West Passage | Performed in the years 1829-30-31-32 and 33 | To which is prefixed; An Abridgement of the former Voyages of Captns. Ross, Parry & other celebrated navigators to the northern latitudes, compiled From Authentic Information and Original Documents transmitted by William Light, Purser’s steward to the expedition. Illustrated by engravings from drawings taken on the spot.
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
Alone Across the Top of the World; The Authorized Story of the Arctic Journey of David Irwin [Forward by Russell Owen] [from the Steve Fossett collection]
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
Arctic Explorations; The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin | 1853, '54, '55
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, et al, 1857. Very Good. First Edition. Item #11742
A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to reach Repulse Bay, through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome" in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the year MDCCCXXIV; [Botanical Appendix by Professor Hooker]
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
The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla; The Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry [1821-1823]. [From the Steve Fossett Collection]
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
The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla; During The Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry 1821-1823 [Introduction and Illustrations by James A. Houston]
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
The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon of H.M.S. Hecla; During The Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry 1821-1823 [Introduction and Illustrations by James A. Houston]
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
The Fate of Sir John Franklin Discovered; A Narrative of the Voyage of the Fox
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. Very Good in None Issued dust-jacket Authors Edition. Author's Edition with Map. Item #11207
A Polar Reconnaissance; Being the Voyage of the "Isbjorn" to Novaya Zemlya in 1879 [from the Steve Fossett collection]
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