Search Results: Greenland

Denmark: The Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Contents include: Greenland Mountain, Sea, and Ice; The Greenland Administration; The Greenlanders, Past and Present; Greenland Culture; Greenland Daily Life; From Kayak to Cutter: Greenland Industries and Occupations; East Greenland; The Scientific Exploration of Greenland. 167 pp. White cloth covers with green title on front and spine. DJ in Good- condition with chipping/creasing to edges and corners, significant tear to bottom spine along back joint, creasing and dirt smudges to jacket. Cover corners and edges are rubbed and are browning, dirt smudges to back cover face, spine ends rubbed. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG- condition.. Cloth. Very Good-/Good-. Illus. by Maps, Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Greenland.

Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, c1997. Paperback. Very good condition. 472pp. 22 cm.

Ringkjobing, Denmark A Rasmussens Bogtrykkeri, 1953. Hardcover Second Ed, Revised & Enlarged. Second Ed, Revised & Enlarged. Very Good+ in Good DJ: Book shows indications of light use; just a touch of wear to extremities; former owner's name at front free endpaper; slight spine lean; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows considerable wear to extremities, with a bit of loss due to rubbing and chipping; else shows only mild rubbing; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy copy in a worn but serviceable DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 169pp. Sewn Binding. Cream Paper over Boards with Forest Green titles and designs at the front panel and back strip. Translated by Reginald Spink and A. Anslev. Profusely illustrated in black & white photographs. Cover Designed by A. Sikker Hansen. Press Department of the Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Association with the Greenland Department of the Ministry of State and the Nation Travel Association of… Read More

New York: Scroll Press, 1973. Oblong octavo, illustrated cloth, approx. 22 pp. Illustrations. Very Good. Light edge wear. Two-inch area on front cover bubbled up.

DRIVING TO GREENLAND, Lyons & Burford, 1994, first edition., fine in like dw.

London: Gentry Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface and some slight fading near the edge of the front panel, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "the expedition's team of divers investigated the Viking seacape around Jarlshof, one of the most remarkable archaeological sites of the British Isles," illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams .

Nelson Canada, 1980. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 148. Translated by Jack Jensen and Val Chlery; foreword by Emil rosing, Caligraphy by Mel Poteck. Two maps. Bottom of spine little rubbed, o/w a nice copy. he author's drawings in color, with handwritten diary on right-hand pages, with calligraphy translation on facing pages. The diary centers around the author's hunting experiences, but also contains tribal stories and folklore.

US: International Polar Institute, 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean. Binding is square and tight. Faint wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. Text block is clean. No dust jacket. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper. Ex-library copy with expected markings and stampings. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

1942 first edition hardback as pictured. Binding is firm. Green cloth boards with black and sliver stamping on spine are rubbed and lightly soiled with wear at head and tail of spine and corners. Corners gently bumped. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Rough cut text block is tanned. Text is lightly tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes 8 pages of b&w photographs and several other illustrations. Lacks dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Kobenhavn 1949 Reitzel. Meddelelser om Gronland Bd. 133, Nr. 3. In English. Sm.4to., 291pp., 70 figures and 4 plates, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG. .

Copenhagen: Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs/rosenkilde & Bagger, 1952 Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition.. A collection of papers on different aspects ofl life in Greenland : Kjeld Rask Therkildsen: Greenland - mountain, sea, and ice ; From kayak to cutter. Eske Brun: The Greenland administration. Kale Rosing: The Greenlanders past and present. Frederik Nielsen: Greenland culture. V. Borum: Greenland daily life. Ejnar Mikkelsen: East Greenland. Gunnar Seidenfaden: The scientific exploration of Greenland."Issued by the Press DepArtment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in association with the Greenland Department of the Ministry of State and the National Travel Association of Denmark" Translation by Reginald Spink.The illustrations reflect the old traditional native culture and the modern changes introduced after WW II.Translated into English by Reginald Spink. Printed by A. Rasmussens Bogtrykkeir. 167p. illus maps Donor inscription on ffep some wear to paper along spine. . Read More

Akreative, 2012. 1st ed VG+ pb signed by Karen Darke. Yes. recounts crossing Greenland on ski-sled and climbing El Cap, after she was paralysed in a climbing accident. She later went on to win silver at London 2012 Paralympic hand-cycling but the Olympics isn't covered here. Signed by Karen Darke

Vertebrate Publishing, 2012. 1st ed VG+ pb. small format pb, just 58 pages, a collection of five short essays covering a few of his climbing and canoeing trips to Greenland, the Yukon and Norway

TBC, 1953? but un-dated. TBC ed G++ as red spine slightly faded by sun no dw. includes climbing and trekking experiences in Iceland, Greenland, Malaya and on Chomolhari [Neate C30]

Allen & Unwin, 1953. 1st Eng ed VG no dw. Everest, NE Greenland, Bolivia, Peru, Gosainkund Nepal

New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1925. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the (1) on the last page of text, describes this voyage undertaken by the Danish "East Greenland Company," includes a generous selection of illustrations, no major flaws to this clean, presentable copy but a few minor ones: mild tanning to the outer page-edge, several ownership stamps in blind so at least discreet throughout the book, dulling to the gold spine-title but still readable, a nautical bookplate and ink name on the front end-papers, the binding is tight and the text and illustrations are fine; 288 pages .

London: Collins. 1957. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped dustjacket. Book has a single small tape mark to each end of the free endpapers and the covers. Small number inked to top corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. 255 pages. The story of the 1943 encounter of a German expedition and the North East Greenland Sledge Patrol. A strange incident in the war in which one of the most important aspects in understanding it is to recognise the brotherhood which unites men in the Arctic. The story comprises views from the participants on both sides. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Penguin Books, 1939. 1st ed thus VG pb. account of the British Trans-Greenland expedition of 1934

The Vanguard Library, 1953. 1st ed thus VG no dw. small format, the tragic death of Gino Watkins in a kayak accident in East Greenland 1931 [Neate C32]