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Greenland Books & Ephemera
Watkins' Last Expedition
by Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
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]
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SGD 17.16
Living Dangerously
by Spencer-Chapman, Frederick
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]
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SGD 13.73
Gino Watkins
by Scott, J.M
Hodder & Stoughton, 1951 8th ed. 8th ed VG in VG dw. biography of Watkins, a climber who became a driving force in Arctic exploration, he discovered the highest mountains in Greenland, which are now named after him, but died while still young in a kayak accident in the Arctic [Neate S37]
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SGD 25.74
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight fading to spine. Faint spotting to back boards ; Small Magazine clipping tipped in to front pastedown with Rockwell Kent quote. Nicely tipped-in on rear pastedown: Edition of Wings, Volume 4, December 1930, Number 12 of the Literary Guild of America - with N by E as the main topic - with illustrations by Kent ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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SGD 72.07
Boundless
by Darke, Karen
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
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SGD 12.87
Vikings, Scots & Scraelings
by Simpson, Myrtle
Gollancz, 1977. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a family trip by canoe along the coast of Greenland
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SGD 21.45
The Sledge Patrol
by Howarth, David
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...
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SGD 30.94
GREENLAND PAST AND PRESENT
by Hertling, Knud; Hesselbjerg, Erik; Klitgaard, Svend; Munck, Ebbe; Petersen, Olaf
Copenhagen: Edvard Henriksen. Very Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. 1/2 leather boards with minor rubbing ; B&W Photographs; 4to; 370 pages .
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SGD 65.52
Sledge
by Lindsay, Martin
Penguin Books, 1939. 1st ed thus VG pb. account of the British Trans-Greenland expedition of 1934
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SGD 17.16
The Wild Within
by Yates, Simon
Vertebrate Publishing, 2012. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw signed by Simon Yates. Yes. Yate's third book tells of exploration in Tierra del Fuego, Eastern Greenland and the Wrangell-St Elias ranges, and his uneasy role in the film version of 'Touching the Void' signed by Simon Yates
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SGD 51.48
Greenland
by Vilhajalmur Stefansson
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...
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SGD 34.48
The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by the United Brethern in That Country. From the German of David Crantz. With a Continuation to the Present Time; Illustrative Notes; and an Appendix, Containing a Sketch of the Mission of the Brethern in Labrador
by Crantz, David 1723-1777
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,& Brown, 1820. xi,359; vi,323 pp. 2 vols. Octavo. Bound in an attractive contemporary dark navy blue calf and marbled boards. Corners to match. Spine ruled in 6 compartments. Gilt decoration across the bands. Blind decoration in the panels. Title and author labels in brown calf. All edges trimmed. Grey matching endpapers. A bit of foxing more pronounced in the later stages of each volume. Very interesting binder's ticket in each volume. 7 plates, 2...
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SGD 801.52
Spirits of the Air
by Diemberger, Kurt
Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. 1st Eng ed VG+ in VG dw . second volume of his autobiography includes expeditions in the Himalaya, Greenland, Makalu, Hindu Kush
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SGD 25.74
Spitsbergen
by Nünlist, Hugo
Nicholas Kaye Ltd, 1966. 1st UK ed VG in VG dw. account of the Swiss 1962 Spitsbergen expedition, during which they made several first ascents [Neate N45]
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SGD 34.32
THE VEINS OF THE HEART TO THE PINNACLE OF THE MIND: TAQQAT UUMMAMMUT AQQUTAANNUT TAKORLUUKKAT APUUFFIANNUT
by Aqqaluk Lynge
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.
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SGD 34.48
Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the east coast of West Greenland made in the summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin of Liverpool
by Scoresby, William Junior
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd. 1823. Octavo Size. Good++ condition. Half leather, marbled boards, title patch to top of spine. Bookplate to front paste-down. Leather lightly rubbed at edges and corners. Rear board has a small chip to leading edge. Plate 1 - the general map, is a copy (sympathetically copied) tipped in as original plate torn out. All other maps/plates are present and original. Some foxing throughout. A very clean, tight copy of this important work. 472 pages. An...
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SGD 773.50
Mountain World: 1966 & 67
by Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Allen & Unwin, 1968. 1st Eng ed G only as ex library but very few stamps in VG dw . Eiger, Hindu Kush, Mt Kenya, Bhutan, Greenland, Aconcagua
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SGD 17.16
Livsrejsen ; barndom - ungdom - rejser : polarforskeren Knud Rasmussen, forfatteren Mylius Erichsen og maleren Harald Moltke's berømte Grønlandsekspedition 1902-04 (Journey of Life, childhood, youth, travel. Arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen, the author Mylius Erichsen and painter Harald Moltke's famous Greenland Expedition 1902-04.)
by Moltke, Harald
Copenhagen: Hernov, 1964. 269p, cloth-bound boards, spine has gilt lettering and decoration, illus, small handwitten note pasted opposite title page, on the expedition and Inuit life on Greenland.
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SGD 103.45
Mountain World: 1953
by Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research
Allen & Unwin, 1953. 1st Eng ed VG no dw. Everest, NE Greenland, Bolivia, Peru, Gosainkund Nepal
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SGD 13.73
Fallen Pieces of the Moon
by Lloyd-Jones, Robin
Whittles Publishing, 2006. 1st ed VG+ pb. well illustrated account of a sea-kayak expedition in West Greenland
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SGD 25.74
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers a bit browned. Small chips to DJ and a bit browned. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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SGD 137.59
From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu
by Rucksack Club
The Rucksack Club, 1987. 1st ed VG in VG dw. an anthology taken from the Rucksack Club journals from 1907-1986
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SGD 21.45
N BY E
by Kent, Rockwell
New York: New York Literary Guild. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover; Second Printing. Light wear to DJ. B&w woodcut illustration tipped-in to front free endpaper, which left a light shadow on front pastedown; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 281 pages .
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SGD 117.93
The "Teddy" Expedition Among the Ice Floes of Greenland
by Dahl, Kai R
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...
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SGD 46.90
