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| 26. | Clarke, John M. OBSERVATIONS ON THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. Albany. 1911. Color & b/w photo ills., folding map. 53 pp. History of these bleak islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; early exploration and commercial exploitation, with particular reference to geology and natural history. Sewing a little loose, else VG in original boards. $75 |
| 27. | Collinson, Sir Richard. JOURNAL OF H.M.S. ENTERPRISE, ON THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S SHIPS BY BEHRING STRAIT, 1850-55. WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS OTHER SERVICES EDITED BY HIS BROTHER, MAJOR-GENERAL T.B. COLLINSON Lon. 1889. Color frontispiece, color folding maps, b/w plates. xi, (1), 531 pp. The search expedition wintered in Prince of Wales Strait in 1851-52, then in Cambridge Bay and Victoria Island the next winter, and Camden Bay in Alaska before returning home. “In a prologue Collinson gives an abstract of the Franklin search to 1850, the state of arctic knowledge in the region of the search... the death of Lt. J.J. Bernard, killed by Indians during a visit to Nulato... Journal entries throughout record the course of the expedition.” - Arctic Bib. 3351. Scarce in the trade. A VG copy bound in original blue cloth. Maps and plates in excellent condition. $1500 See Illustration |
| 28. | Conway, William Martin. NO MAN’S LAND. Cambridge, England. 1906. b/w plates, maps, folding maps in back pocket.. x, (2), 377 pp. A history of Spitsbergen from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the scientific exploration of the country. This is the first edition of a classic work. “A well documented account of the discovery of Svalbard, its walrus hunting and whaling history, the international contest over whaling and its settlement; famous winterings on West Spitsbergen, the era of Russian trappers, and national expeditions to the archipelago.” - Arctic Bib. 3382. With a list of voyages, bibliography, and cartography with chronological list of maps. Very scarce in this first edition. VG in original cloth. $250 |
| 29. | Cook Frederick A. MY ATTAINMENT OF THE POLE. NY. 1911. b/w plates. xx, 604 pp. Being the record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909. “Narrative of Cook’s sledge journey with Eskimo companions from Etah, across Ellesmere Island to Axel Heiberg, thence, he claimed, northward to the Pole... descriptions of ice and snow in polar regions; a new sledge design; also discussion of the controversy over the validity of Cook’s claims.” - Arctic Bib. 3389. First edition. VG in original decorated cloth. $250 See Illustration |
| 30. | Cory, Charles B. A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. Bos. 1878. b/w plates. iv, 93 pp. “Giving a Description of the Islands & List of the Birds Taken There,with Other Ornithological Notes.” First edition. Very nice copy of a handsome book. $75 |
| 31. | Cozzens, Frederic S. ACADIA; OR, A MONTH WITH THE BLUE NOSES. NY. 1859. Toned litho plates. xi, 329 pp. History and culture of Nova Scotia, with plenty of maritime interest, and two Sarony lithographs by Cozzens, an accomplished maritime artist. Previous owner’s small blindstamp on upper corner of a few front pages, not affecting text or ills. The plates are clean and bright. VG $125 |
| 32. | De Costa, B.F. THE PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORTHMEN. Albany. 1890. 196 pp. Summary of voyages, narratives and letters, with translations from the Icelandic sagas. Second edition, by the famous publisher of historical material, Joel Munsell. A very nice copy, bound in cloth over boards. $100 |
| 33. | Diubaldo, Richard J. STEFANSSON IN THE ARCTIC. Montreal. (1978) b/w maps, plates. xii, 274 pp. This interesting work uses new material to explore Stefansson’s strange reversal of fortune in Canada and the politics of Canadian Arctic exploration. First ed. Fine in dj. $25 |
| 34. | (Donnett, Dr. James J.L., editor). ARCTIC MISCELLANIES. A SOUVENIR OF THE LATE POLAR SEARCH. BY THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE EXPEDITION. Lon. 1852. Color litho frontispiece, b/w plates. xviii, 347 pp. “A collection of articles extracted from a manuscript newspaper called ‘Aurora Borealis’ published monthly and edited by one of the officers of the Assistance during the expedition under H. T. Austin in search of Franklin, 1850-51... a variety of whimsical and informative articles.” - Arctic Bib. (citing 2nd ed.) 651. Donnett, the editor, was the expedition’s surgeon. First edition. Scarce. Bound in half green morocco over marbled boards. Front hinge weak, some chipping to spine. But text and plates are fresh and clean. $1500 See Illustration |
| 35. | Doolittle, Rev. Justus. SOCIAL LIFE OF THE CHINESE. NY. 1867. b/w plates, ills. 2 vols. xvi-459; xii-490 pp. “With Some Account of Their Religious, Governmental, Educational and Business Customs and Opinions.” A lively and well-illustrated look at life in China immediately after the Opium Wars had opened it to the west. Very nice copies in brilliant bindings - tan pebbled cloth with gold decorations. $200 See Illustration |
| 36. | Dudley, Dean (editor.) OFFICERS OF OUR UNION ARMY AND NAVY; THEIR LIVES, THEIR PORTRAITS. Bos. 1862. b/w plates. viii, 148 pp. plus 4 pages catalog of Prang publications. This is vol. I of a projected series, but it is the only one published. It features 30 officers, with biography and portrait. Charles Wilkes is the only naval officer among them, but he appears with a glowing writeup and a dour portrait by Prang, who did all the cuts in this book. Broadfoot p. 143. Bound in original cloth. VG. Scarce. $75 See Illustration |
| 37. | Dundonald, Thomas. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SEAMAN. Bentley. Lon. 1860. 2 vols. xxiii, 428; xiv, 488 pp. The brilliant but impetuous Cochrane had a successful career in the Napoleonic Wars. However he was jailed and disgraced following allegations of a stock swindle in 1814. The following year he escaped from prison and took a position as commander of the Chilean Navy in 1818. From 1823 to 1825 he held a similar post in the Brazilian Navy. He achieved success against Spain and vindicated his reputation. After aiding the Greek navy in a similar capacity, he was pardoned in 1832. His life and career were also a major source for Patrick O’Brian’s fictional naval officer, Jack Aubrey. If you liked Aubrey’s adventures in “Wine-Dark Sea” you'll love the real adventures recounted here. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Bound in half calf over boards with spine labels. Light foxing to prelims, else VG $450 |
| 38. | Ellsberg, Commander Edward. HELL ON ICE. NY. 1938. x, 421 pp. Saga of the Jeanette’s polar expedition. 1st. ed. VG, in lightly sunned dj. $25 |
| 39. | Ephemera. THE S’PEKIN TRUMPET. Madras. 1880 4to. 20 pp. Newspaper published aboard the P&O line’s S.S. Pekin, outward bound from Southampton toward India. The sheets, printed on the 3rd and 9th of November, were apparently later bound in their present calf binding as souvenirs for the passengers. With lists of passengers, letters, gossip, literary submission and general foolishness. Shipboard printing is always scarce. $250 |
| 40. | (Forbes, Robert B.) VOYAGE OF THE JAMESTOWN ON HER ERRAND OF MERCY. Bos. 1847. b/w plate. 27, cliv pp. In 1847 congress authorized two warships, the Jamestown and the Macedonian, to carry supplies to Ireland to help relieve the effects of the potato famine. The brilliant merchant, Robert Bennet Forbes, captained the Jamestown and wrote this report of the errand of mercy. Although interesting in its own right, it is noteworthy also because the frontispiece is a full page lithograph of the Jamestown sailing out of Boston, done by Fitz Hugh Lane. See Wilmerding, p. 187. A scarce publication whose value seems to be increasing astronomically, probably because of the Lane print. I saw a copy in New York a few years ago, bound in later boards, for $3000. This copy has been skillfully rebacked and is in original blindstamped covers with gold lettering. It is inscribed by Forbes on the front blank to a Captain Eldridge, and also signed in blue ink by a later owner. Bits of the ink signature are visible through the lithographed frontispiece by Lane. $1500 See Illustration |
| 41. | Foulerton, Robert. DESCRIPTION AND USES OF THE SHIP MANEUVER BY MEANS OF WHICH A SHIP’S HEAD MAY BE DIRECTED, AT ALL TIMES, TO ANY POINT REQUIRED. Lon. n.d. b/w title engraving, ills., fldg. plates. 31, 11, 24 pp. A manually powered propeller mounted in the bow was the means by which this maneuverability was to be accomplished. This is bound with a pamphlet describing a patent anchor and how it might be used to maneuver a ship and with another pamphlet describing a syphon which could be used for watering a ship. Interesting and unusual, with several plates, including a nice little cut by Huggins of a naval battle. Bound in half red morocco, 1/2 inch chip out of spine top, else VG $125 See Illustration |
| 42. | Franklin, John. NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA IN THE YEARS 1819,20,21, AND 22. Phila. 1824. b/w frontis, folding map. xi, 480, (1) pp. First American edition of one of the classic Polar journeys. “The author traveled by Hudson Bay... to Fort Chipewyan... descended the Coppermine and explored by canoe the coast of Coronation Gulf... The narrative includes detailed descriptions of travel conditions, the nature of the country... the various tribes of Indians and ...Eskimos” Arctic Bib. 5197. Pages untrimmed, as issued. Tanned and foxed. Attractively rebound in quarter morocco over marbled boards $300 |
| 43. | Freuchen, Peter ICE FLOES AND FLAMING WATER NY. 1954. 242 pp. “A true adventure in Melville Bay.” The jacket copy promises greed, cannibalism and lust, so dig in. Ex-lib in taped dj. $15 |
| 44. | Giddings, J. Louis. ANCIENT MEN OF THE ARCTIC. NY. 1967. b/w ills., plates. xxxi, 391, xv pp. “Prehistoric cultures from the Bering Straits to Greenland, by a distinguished American archaeologist whose wilderness excavations in the far north combined science and adventure on site of early man's most remote settlements.” 1st ed. VG, dj. $25 |
| 45. | Green, Lt. Fitzhugh. ARCTIC DUTY WITH THE CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION. n.p. n.d. b/w ills. Various paginations. Multipart article by Green about his participation in the Crocker Land expedition, 1913-1917, under the great Donald MacMillan. Original printed in US Naval Institute Proceedings. Removed from that periodical and bound together, presumably by Green, who has tipped in a note from himself to the volume’s recipient. Unusual. VG $100 |
| 46. | Grierson, John. CHALLENGE TO THE POLES: HIGHLIGHTS OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC AVIATION. Lon. (1964). b/w plates. 695 pp. Once an air spotter for a whaling factory ship, Grierson delivers an authoritative account. Foreword by Charles Lindbergh. VG, dj. $40 |
| 47. | Grosvenor, J. du V. MODEL YACHTS AND BOATS... Lon. n.d. b/w plates and ills. vi, 183 pp. Early and interesting, though not much interested in racing models. Design, construction and sailing. Illustrated ads and publisher’s catalog bound in at back. Potts & Croxon, 54. A bright copy in original binding. VG $125 |
| 48. | Halsted, Capt. Edward Pellew. THE SCREW-FLEET OF THE NAVY. Lon. 1850. viii, 150 pp. On the merits of screw vs. paddle propulsion; full vs. auxiliary power; recommendations for mail packet service, and the proper utilization of screw ships in naval context. This text lays out the ideas that were to govern the design of British men of war. Signed on the title page “Jno A Dahlgren, USN Aug 7, 1852.” Bound in original cloth, rebacked to match. A very nice copy, with an important association. $350 |
| 49. | Harrison, Alfred H. IN SEARCH OF A POLAR CONTINENT, 1905-1907. Toronto and London. 1908. b/w plates, folding color map. xx, 292 pp. “Account of the author’s exploration and mapping of part of the Mackenzie delta, his sledge trips in the region, ... and a boat trip to southern Banks Island. Includes descriptions of the Eskimos among whom he lived, of travel conditions; the plight of Beaufort Sea whalers.” - Arctic Bib. 6693. Folding map fresh. Small nicks on backstrip, outer edge, but VG in crimson cloth with gold decoration. Scarce. $200 |
| 50. | Hawkes, Ernest William. THE INVITING-IN FEAST OF THE ALASKAN ESKIMO. Ottawa. 1913. b/w plates. 20, iv pp. plus XIII plates. Anthropological study with photographic illustrations of masks and handlets used in the ceremony. Arctic Bib. 6776. VG in stiff wraps. Fresh copy. $20 |