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Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co.: Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 663 pages. Introduction by William C. Wonders. A narrative account of Captain George Back's adventures to the North. Large foxing to the top page edges, no other markings found in book. DJ in mylar protector. A Maps and Plates in book.; 5 1/2 x 7 1/2

Edmonton, Alberta: M.G. Hurtig Ltd. Booksellers and Publishers | Printed in Japan, 1970. First Hurtig Edition. Hardcover. pp. xxvii, 663. Thick Small 8vo. Lovely navy blue cloth boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Replete with many photographic reproductions of engravings by E. Finden, many illustrations and one large fold-out map entitled: "Map of the Discoveries and Route of Arctic Land Expedition in the Years 1834 and 1835 Surveyed and Drawn by Captain Black R.N.". Slight foxing to the top edge, stamp to the ffep else contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket.

Edmonton: Hurtig, 1970. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettered black title label to spine in pictorial dust jacket. Several plates and folding map in the rear of the book. Ink name to endpaper and ownership stamp to title page. Some edgewear to dj o/w a fine copy.

M.G. Hurtig, 1970. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Book is in very good condition. All pages are intact and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket.

M.G. Hurtig, 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.7979 in x 23.1824 in x 16.6873 in. Ex library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy.

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishing, 1970. Reprint Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 1st Hurtig Edition. 663pp. b/w Illustrations, appendices, folding map. A fine unmarked copy.

Charles Tuttle/ 1970.. Hardback.. Black and White illustrations and fold-out map. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ protected by removable clear cover.

Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig LTD. Booksellers & Publishers (1970), 1970. Later edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [7], viii-xxvii, [2], 2-663, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white plates and with a folding map in the rear of the volume. The first Hurtig edition. A reprint of the nineteenth-century work. Minor sunning to the spine panel and a small crease to the rear panel.

Paris. Baudry's European Library. 1836. 8vo. 21cm, viii,338p., with front folding map, bound in quarter green calf, gilt titles and decorations on the spine, marbled boards and endpapers, bookplate, some foxing, a very good copy in attractive binding. (Ar). Back, who had been on both Franklin expeditions, was sent out to locate Ross, who had been unreported through three winters. He travelled overland to Great Slave Lake, descended the Fish (now Back) River, then unexplored, to the Arctic Ocean. He was a talented artist and the engravings are most attractive.

London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Good. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. 8 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. [6], x, [1 - Directions to the printer for the placement of the plates], 663. 3/4 calf leather over marbled paper boards. With 16 plates and tissue guards, fold out map attached in back of book, appendix, and a list of subscribers to the Arctic Land Expedition. Rebacked with recent calf leather around spine. Title, author and date stamped in silver gilt on spine. Original leather on quarter panels and adjacent to spine is worn and rubbed with some cracking. Some wear, scuffing to marbled paper sides. Marbled page edges have some fading. 1836 written in pencil underneath Roman numerals on title page. Spotted foxing, toning to pages.Binding tight. Stamp for A. V. Emmott & Sons Bookbinders, Inc. affixed inside lower edge of back cover. One of the important works of Arctic exploration, being an account of Back's expedition in search of John Ross, who had been missing for… Read More

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First Edition. Very Good. American Edition. 8vo [10x6.5in]; [1], [4 advertisements], viii, 456, [1], pp., fold out map (Inset of London edition map), map and charts in text, appendices; Original Publisher's Light brown paper boards with dark blue half cloth spine with paper label, only top edge trimmed; Age wear to all surfaces, edges and corners, some stain spots on covers and spine, moderate foxing of text throughout, corners and edges worn and exposed, spine label worn with some loss of text, prior owner label with pencil notation "[M] S-VALENTINE Estate " and "Edward V Valentine, Richmond Va." in pencil on front end paper. [Wagner-Camp 58b:3, Arctic Biblio 853, Hill 43, Howgego II B3]. Sir George Back (1796 - 1878) was a British Naval Officer, Arctic Explorer and Artist. Back was part of John Franklin's first two overland expeditions (Coppermine 1819-22 and Mackenzie River 1824-26) to survey the North American Arctic. In 1932, John Ross's North-West… Read More

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 456 pages. Fold-out map present at title page. Foxing throughout. Binding open at title page. Bit of pencil writing to front endpaper. Back hinge open. Above-average wear and soiling..

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First Edition, First Printing. [American]. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 9.5 inches tall; 456 pp. Without the four page publisher's ads at the front. Illustrated with folding frontispiece map.  First U.S. Edition. Ex-library (Bowdoin College, withdrawn bookplate), and pencil marks on the rear paste-down are the only markings.  Moderate wear to cloth, spine sunned; foxing, repairs to map; Clean text with occasional margin spotting.. The First American edition of Back's overland expedition narrative from Montreal to the central Arctic, aimed at aiding the second Ross expedition members, received acclaim from Field as a crucial resource-equivalent to Franklin's work-for comprehending the indigenous peoples of the North. During its publication, "The Quarterly Review" lauded its literary style as surpassing any prior accounts on the subject. Notably, the edition's map is a smaller segment derived from the original map featured… Read More

BACK, Captain [George]. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in...1833, 1834 and 1835. Phila.: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. 1st American ed. Folding map. 456pp. plus advts. A very good untrimmed copy in orig. cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on spine.

London: John Murray, 1836. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with a large folding map, 16 engraved plates, some text illustrations. x, [2], 663pp., thick 8vo, 3/4 brown calf; (rubbed, corners bumped, light foxing on some pages and plate margins, full page inscription by previous owner on flyleaf). London: John Murray, 1836. Very good.<br/><br/> A fine source for both the early exploration of the far North as well as ethnology, includes details about Back's commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians, and information relating to Arctic flora and fauna. Streeter Sale 3704. Sabin 2613. Wagner-Camp 58b.<br/><br/>

London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo, pp. x,[2], 663, [1]; large folding map and 16 engraved plates; 20th-century gray morocco backed marbled boards, gilt ruled spine, marbled edges; plates foxed with some damp on upper edge, map with closed tears and neat repairs but one fold with split, text clean and sound, very good. "Expedition via Montreal overland to north central Canada to succor members of the Second Ross Expedition, and incidentally to make scientific observations and survey an unknown section of the Arctic coast..." (Arctic Bibliography). "Back's Narrative is crowded with details of his intercourse with the Crees, Chippewyans, Dog Rib and Coppermine Indians, upon whom he, as well as Captain Franklin, were obliged to depend in great measure for subsistence during the terrible privations of an Arctic winter" (Field). Arctic Bibliography 851; Field 64; Sabin 2631; Streeter 3705.

London. John Murray. 1836. 8vo, 21.5cm, The First Edition, x,[1], (Directions to the Binder), 663,[1]p., with engraved rear folding map, 7 lithographed plates and 9 engraved plates and 8 wood-engraved text illustrations, in contemporary full brown calf, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt center and corner decorations in the panels including gilt rule borders, crushed crimson morocco label, gilt ruled border on the boards, gilt roll decorations on the edges, blind decorated inner dentelles, matched marbled endpapers and edges, With the engraved armorial bookplate of "Henry Fowler Broadwood", a few plates have some slight foxing or transfer but overall less than the normal foxing or transfer one expects on the title, a relatively clean copy in attractive antqiue binding. (cgc). Hill 42. A.B. 851. T.P.L. 477. Lande 935. Sabin 2613. Wagner- Camp 58b:1. Streeter 3705. WCB 58b:2. Field 63. - Back, who had been on both Franklin expeditions, was sent out to locate Ross, who had been unreported through three… Read More

London. John Murray. 1836. 8vo. 21cm, The First Edition, x,[1], 663,p., with 16 engraved plates and a rear folding map, bound in the publishers original brown grain cloth with gilt spine titles, some foxing, some pages uncut, a very good copy. (cgc). Hill 42. A.B. 851. T.P.L. 477. Lande 935. Sabin 2613. Wagner- Camp 58b:1. Streeter 3705. Back, who had been on both Franklin expeditions, was sent out to locate Ross, who had been unreported through three winters. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic Sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as Thlueetessy' by the First Nations). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has… Read More

London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Back had previously gained considerable experience as an arctic explorer through his participation in the abortive Buchan expedition and Franklin's two overland expeditions. Back was "one of the first competent artists to penetrate into the Canadian Arctic"; the many watercolours and drawings which he produced and which enhance his narratives and those of Franklin "are now considered an invaluable record of early northern history" (DCB). Although Back was highly valued by the British Admiralty, he was not a popular personality and he developed a fairly controversial reputation as a dandy, womanizer and hopeless egocentric. The privately financed, government-assisted expedition described in this narrative was undertaken in 1833, for the purpose of aiding members of the Second Ross expedition, from whom no one had heard since 1828. They were also to conduct scientific investigations and a geographical survey of an unknown section of… Read More

London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. Illustrated with folding map at end and numerous plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, rebacked with fine period spine, morocco label. Contemporary bookplate of Anthony MacTier "of Durris". Fine copy, clean and bright. First edition. Illustrated with folding map at end and numerous plates. 1 vols. 8vo. "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill). Back volunteered to search for the lost Ross expedition. Here he describes his trip through north central Canada down the Slave to Great Slave Lake, then to the Great Fish River (which he discovered) and finally to the Arctic Coast. He makes important observations of the Aurora Borealis here, too. It was on this journey that Back named Montreal Island. 'As a literary composition this work may rank higher than any former volume produced by the Northern expeditions' (Lande). Streeter 3704; Wagner-Camp 58b; Field 64; Hill 42; Lande 935; Arctic Bib. 851; Sabin 2613; TPL 1873