Travel - Polar from Horizon Books

Toronto, Betelgeuse Books, [1981], Limited First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very good jacket (rubbed at edges, slight wear at spine head, not price clipped), else a fine copy inscribed & signed by the author with his name on title page. . 8vo [23 x 17 cm]; xiii, 172 pp, color frontis, illustrations, portraits, color plates… Read more about this item

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1903, First edition in English. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, title printed in red and black, small faint erased stamp of owner's name on title margin, internal hinge bit cracked but firm, cover lightly rubbed, else a very good sound set. . 4to [25.5 x 20 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 346,… Read more about this item

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, First edition. . later half calf bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering on spines, a few margins with barely perceptible foxing, interior is clean and near fine in fine and handsome binding. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, viii, 413, 32 [ads]; vii, 426 pp,… Read more about this item

Copenhagen, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1949, First edition, Meddelelser om Gr°nland Vol. 147 No. 1. . original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light cover aging, else clean, unmarked fine copy. . 8vo [28 x 18 cm]; 28 pp, with all 14 illustrations including a map, others are photos, bibliog. . This published in English provides details on… Read more about this item

Washington, U. S. Naval Observatory, Government Printing Office, 1876, First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, spine faded but lettering clear, light spotting on lower cover, internally clean, fine, and unmarked in good cover. . 4to [26.5 x 21 cm]; 696 pp, 2 steel engraved frontis's, including portrait, 30 wood-engraved plates with tissue… Read more about this item

London, printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795, First edition. . original marbled boards with later leather spine, gilt spine title lettering and decorations in blind, a few margins with light foxing, a fine uncut copy with wide margins, copy of Simon McGillivary Junior with his signature dated 1822 on title page. . 4to [33 x 26 cm];… Read more about this item

London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1904, First edition in English, translated from Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. . orig navy blue cloth with silver picture on each front cover and silver spine title lettering, slightly foxed on few leaves, cover slightly marked, a fine set, clean throughout, nice bright covers, the picture on each cover shows huskies with the… Read more about this item

Portland, Binford & Mort, [1977], First edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, fine, clean and unmarked. . large 8vo [27 x 18 cm]; xvi, 270 pp, frontis portrait. . An annotated and encyclopedic bibliography covering thousands of books, papers, articles, pamphlets based on over 25 years of study, preceded by an introduction and guide.… Read more about this item

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1969, First edition. . original red blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked. . 4to [28.5 x 21.5 cm]; vii, 567 pp, frontis is title in Russian with illus, 161 plates are reproductions of title pages, indexes in English and Russian, bibliog. . The best… Read more about this item

Fairbanks/Cordova, Alaska, Alaska Agricultural College & School of Mines; Cordova Daily Times Pri, 1927, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xxvii, 635 pp, index. . A standard reference covering over 10,000 items and preceded by an extensive introduction providing a good historical perspective. A picture… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1821, First edition. . later half calf & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine labels, decorated in compartments, very light foxing to few leaves, old small repair to stub of map, a fine, clean & unmarked copy in handsome binding, wide margins. 4to [29 x 23.5 cm]; [viii], [i, errata], xxix,… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1824, First edition. . later half calf & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title lettering on red leather spine label, old signature on title page, small endpaper bookplate, a fine, clean copy in handsome binding, nice wide margins, plates with tissue guards. . 4to [30 x 23.5 cm]; [viii], xxx,571, [i, errata], [iv, ads dated 1824]… Read more about this item

London, Richard Bentley, 1843, First edition. . half red morocco and matching red boards, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, front joint cracked & repaired, bookplates of Francis Hagner and Andrew Taylor, polar archivist, interior clean and near fine. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xix, 419 pp 3 folding maps on two sheets, two maps hand colored… Read more about this item

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, First Edition. . original pictorial cloth with picture in red, white, black and gold on blue cloth, silver lettering, slightly rubbed at edges, a bright and very clean fine set. . large 8vo [24 x 18 cm]; 2 volumes, xxv, 428, xii, [1], 444 pp, illus, 43 plates including frontispieces (one is engraved… Read more about this item

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852, First edition. . contemporary full calf, gilt title lettering on leather spine label, gilt ruled, marbled boards and edges, endpaper inscription, endpaper bookplate of polar researcher Andrew Taylor, front joint partly cracked but firm, edge rubbed, clean & fine. . 12mo [19.5 x 12.5 cm]; ix, 320 pp, 4 colored lithographed plates… Read more about this item

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co., 1823, First edition. . later morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering, spine a little faded but lettering clear, some minor foxing on few leaves, near fine, tight and sound. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xlii, 472 pp, 8 plates and maps including the two folding engraved maps (one with old repair on… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan and Co., 1895, First edition. . original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt ruled and with gilt spine title lettering, edges a little rubbed, signature and bookplate on endpaper, light foxing, very good sound copy, with a 'presentation copy' blind-stamp on title from the publisher. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xviii, 297, [ii, ads] pp, frontis with… Read more about this item

London, Seeley, Service & Company, 1923, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, endpaper bookplate, endpaper a little toned, corner margin of a leaf chipped, light stain on part of rear cover, interior near fine and quite clean, in very good cover. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 316, [iv, ads] pp, frontis portrait of Bruce, 38… Read more about this item

New York, London, Dodd, Mead & Co., Hutchinson, 1903, First American edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, title printed in red and black, endpaper bookplate, a fine, bright and clean set, besides the photogravure plates there are 212 other illustrations, many of which are full-page plates from photos. . 4to [26 x 20 cm]; 2… Read more about this item

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1892, First edition. . original cloth with gilt picture on front cover in black border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends lightly frayed, spine slightly faded but lettering clear, endpaper inscription, very good clean and sound copy. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 357, [2, ads] pp frontis, 39 illus, mostly being full-page and… Read more about this item