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Nansen in the Frozen World: The "Fram" Expedition [also "...Journey Across Northern Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary" and "A Brief History of the Principal Earlier Arctic Explorers"]

By: Berens, S. L. (ed)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, National Publishing Company: 1897

Seller ID: 44224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Attractive decorated binding. Light rubbing at the corners and spine extremities. Spine a bit sun-darkened; gilt somewhat faded. A bit of light soil at the bottom edges of the boards. Else binding quite clean. Front hinge starting. Foxing to the page edges and a bit to the front endpapers. Inked gift inscription (dated 1897) on the first blank. Else pages clean. ; B&W Illustrations; 531 pages
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Thristland Treks

By: Birkby, Carel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber Limited: 1936

Seller ID: 45429

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library label on front board and on spine tail. Wear at spine extremities and corners. Surface rubbing, rubbed soil. Some spine twist. Hinges taped. Endpapers and page edges foxed/freckled. A few small foxed spots on pages here & there. Else pages clean, but for library markings. No dustjacket. Folding map at rear and all plates present. ; 339 pages; Ex-Library
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Notices and Voyages of the Famed Quebec Mission to the Pacific Northwest: Being the correspondence, notices, etc., of Fathers Blanchet and Demers... Bolduc and Langlois... while on their arduous mission to the Engages of the Hudson's Bay Company...

By: Blanchet; et al

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Oregon Historical Society: 1956

Seller ID: 44012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Limited to 1,000 copies. No dustjacket, as issued. Unopened. Just a bit of very light rubbing. Else binding very clean. Pages clean. Folding map and plates.
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The Men and the Mountain: Fremont's Fourth Expedition

By: Brandon, William

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Greenwood Press: 1974

Seller ID: 45519

ISBN: 0837158737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: with no dust jacket

Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library label on front board and on spine tail. Just a bit of bumping at the spine tail. Else binding quite clean. Pages clean, but for library markings. No dustjacket. ; 337 pages; Ex-Library
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The Voyage of the Chelyuskin (By Members of the Expedition)

By: Brown, Alec (translator)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The MacMillan Company: 1935

Seller ID: 44188

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

SD. NAP. Just a bit of light rubbing at the spine extremities and tips of corners. 1-1/4" x 1/4" stain on the rear board. Spine somewhat sun-darkened; lettering appears only slightly affected. Else binding clean. DJ blurb pasted on the front pastedown. Previous owners name and 1938 date inked on the front flyleaf. Small ding in page top edges. Else pages clean. ; B&W Photographs; 324 pages
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Early English and French Voyages, Chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534-1608

By: Burrage, Henry S. (ed)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1906

Seller ID: 44122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

451 pages, plus 4 pages ads. Blue cloth with gilt. Some wear at the spine extremities, and just a bit at the tips of the corners. Spine very faintly sunned. Else binding clean. Front hinge cracked prior to the frontis, and the rear endpapers have been replaced. Previous owners name inked on front pastedown. Small repaired tear at the top edge of the frontis. Page edges a bit age-darkened. Else pages clean.
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The Wild Northland: Being the story of a winter journey, with dogs, across Northern North America

By: Butler, William Francis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Allerton Book Co.: 1922

Seller ID: 44033

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

360 pages, plus 2 pages ads. Small bump at the spine head and a tiny nick at the top edge of the front board. Else binding clean. Page edges age-darkened. Previous owners name inked on front pastedown. There is a pocket pasted on the rear pastedown, but no indication that this was an Ex-Library copy. Folding map at front; couple short taped tears at folds.
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History of Brule's discoveries and explorations, 1610-1626;

By: Butterfield, Consul Willshire

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI, Black Letter Press: 1974

Seller ID: 43904

ISBN: 0912382139

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Facsimile reprint. Softcover. A bit of light bumping at tips of corners. Else covers clean. Pages clean. ; 184 pages
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Exploration of Lake Superior: The Voyages of Radisson and Groseilliers (Parkman Club Publication No. 2)

By: Campbell, Henry Colin

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, Parkman Club: 1896

Seller ID: 51209

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Softcover; stapled wraps. Approximately 19 page pamphlet; pages numbered 18 - 35. Covers quite edgeworn chipped. Covers sunned. Long tear on front cover. Some edgewear to pages, with age-darkening at edges. Else pages clean.
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Pioneer Laymen of North America (2 volume set)

By: Campbell, T. J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The America Press: 1915

Seller ID: 49195

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

NAP. Two volume set. Front hinge of V1 weak. Bit of bumping at spine extremities and corners. Couple light surface scratches on the boards of V1. Else binding clean; gilt bright. Pages clean.
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Pioneer Priests Of North America (3 Volume Set)

By: Campbell, T. J.

Price: $42.00

Publisher: New York, The America Press: 1914

Seller ID: 49196

Binding: Hardcover

Three volume set. Ex-Library copies; with typical markings. Black painted bar, with library numbers across the spine tail of each volume. V1: 1913. V2: 1914. V3: 1911. Some wear at tips of corners and spine extremities. Surface rubbing, some staining. Front hinge cracked in V1 and V3. Page edges age-darkened. Else pages clean, but for library markings. No dustjackets. ; Ex-Library
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Journal of a Voyage from Boston to the West Coast of Africa; with a Full Description of the Manner of Trading with the Natives on the Coast

By: Carnes, J. A.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Negro Universities Press: 1969

Seller ID: 41207

Binding: Hardcover

Facsimile reprint. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library label on front board and on spine tail. Trace of rubbing at tips of corners. Else binding clean. Pages clean, but for library markings. No DJ. ; 479 pages; Ex-Library
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Captain Cartwright and His Labrador Journal

By: Cartwright, George; edited by Charles Wendell Townsend; introduction by Wilfred T. Grenfell

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Dana Estes & Company: 1911

Seller ID: 44073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

SD. NAP. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Light rubbing, light bumping at spine extremities and tips of corners; with a tiny tear at the spine tail. Just a bit of sun-darkening to the spine and the top edges of the boards. A bit of very light surface rubbing to the rear board. Overall though, fairly clean, with bright gilt on the front board. Bookplate on the front pastedown, and an owners inkstamp on the front flyleaf. Some transparent staining along the hinges on the endpapers. A bit of speckling to the rear endpapers. Else pages clean. Partially unopened. Overall, a fairly n...
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Early Voyages Up and Down the Mississippi

By: Cavelier, St. Cosme, Le Sueur, Gravier, and Guignas; edited by John Gilmary Shea

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Albany, NY, Joseph McDonough: 1902

Seller ID: 44113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: with no dust jacket

Reprint. Limited Edition; #57 of 500 copies; initialed by McDonough. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Library rebinding in green buckram. Some light rubbed soil to the binding. Remains of library label on the rear pastedown, and glue residue on the rear pastedown. Page edges somewhat age-darkened. Else the text block is clean, and free of library markings. ; 191 pages; Ex-Library
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Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship Rosamond; Containing Some Account of the North-Eastern Coast of America and of the Tribes Inhabiting that Remote Region

By: Chappell, Edward

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Toronto, Coles Publishing Company: 1970

Seller ID: 43945

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Softcover. A bit of sunning to covers. Light bumping at corners. 1/4" closed tear the fore-edge of the front & rear cover, and a surface tear across the lower spine. Else covers clean. Previous owners name inked on the inside of the front cover. Pages age-toned, but clean. Fold-out map at front. ; 279 pages
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Siberian Journey, Down the Amur to the Pacific, 1856-1857 (A New Edition of "A Voyage Down the Amoor")

By: Collins, Perry McDonough; edited by Charles Vevier

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Madison, WI, The University of Wisconsin Press: 1962

Seller ID: 44070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Binding very clean. Foxing/freckling to page edges. Else pages clean. Couple tiny chips at DJ top edge. Just a bit of light rubbed soil to DJ. Else DJ clean. DJ price-clipped. ; 370 pages
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The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 (Three Volumes in Two)

By: Coues, Elliot

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, MN, Ross & Haines, Inc.: 1965

Seller ID: 43952

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

Fine in VG Slipcase. Three volumes in two. Limited to 2,000 copies. Bindings very clean. Pages clean. Some light rubbing to the slipcase.
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The Journal Of Jacob Fowler

By: Coues, Elliot (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Ross & Haines, Inc.: 1965

Seller ID: 22604

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Reprint limited to 2000 copies. Book very clean. DJ spine extremities lightly bumped. DJ panel corners very slightly rubbed. Rear DJ panel a bit rubbed. Else binding clean; 183 pages
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In Quest of the Western Ocean

By: Crouse, Nellis M.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1928

Seller ID: 43905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

NAP. Bottom front corner bumped. Else binding clean. Stain from bookplate removal on front pastedown. Endpapers and page edges age-toned. Some red pencil underlining on about 20 pages. ; 480 pages
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La Verendrye: Fur Trader and Explorer

By: Crouse, Nellis M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cornell University Press: 1956

Seller ID: 43976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

This copy is bound upside-down. The binding is quite clean, with just a bit of light rubbing. Previous owners name inked on pastedown. Else pages clean. No dustjacket. ; 247 pages
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Category: Exploration