HISTORY / Polar Regions Books

Hyperion. VG+/VG. 2001. Hard Cover. 0786868635 A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL IN THE ARCTIC. Rubs; shelfwear on dust jacket. 431 pages. ((60)) . ... more information

Offered by McDuffie Books (Georgia, United States) +/-

New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. Copy has lightly bumped endspines with the bright DUST JACKET showing the same. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. 8vo. ... more information

Offered by Spivey's Rare Books, Maps and Fine Art (Missouri, United States) +/-

UK: Thames and Hudson, 1977 Vol. 87 in the series 'Ancient Peoples and Places', profusely illustrated in black and white, blue cloth with minor rubbing, dust to edges, some browning to prelims, internally very good; inserted are three hand-coloured cut-out illustrations of Eskimo/Aleut dwellings, pasted onto painted card (copied from 'Stellers 1774', 'Cook 1784' and 'Roberts 1931'); d/w is price-clipped, with some rubbing to edges, spine slightly faded. . First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

Offered by Nigel Sustins Books (United Kingdom) +/-

Novato, California: Chandler & Sharp Publishers , 1979. 349 pages. Solid copy with slightly warped covers. Dust jacket has small edge tears, creases, a few tiny chunks missing and jacket shows light wear from rubbing. Author traces the discovery of Eskimos by explorers from about 1000 AD to the 1800s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by John Thompson (Manitoba, Canada) +/-

Chandler & Sharp Publishers, 1979. 349 pp., ex-library, ink mark on the front endpaper, dj in protective plastic cover - blue, white, black - U.S.history. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by The Hard-to-Find Book Store (Texas, United States) +/-

Near very good in very good dust jacket. B&W illustrations. Maps. Exploration Chandler & Sharp. Novato, CA. 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover. Some discoloration on blue cloth cover, as from moisture. Slight foxing on fore-edge. 349 pages, indexed. Bibliography. ... more information

Offered by Townsend Booksellers (Pennsylvania, United States) +/-

Berkley Trade. New. Trade paperback. NEW NEW NEW; never read. Nothing more to say. Fine book. In shrinkwrap. 2004. Trade paperback. ... more information

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Berkley Trade. Used - Like New. Great Buy!!!*** Never Used*** May Have a Publisher's Mark~We have over 2,500,000 Books Sold!!! ... more information

Offered by Smokymtnbooks (Tennessee, United States) +/-

Berkley Trade. Used - Like New. GREAT BUY!!! *** NEVER USED***MAY HAVE A PUBLISHER'S MARK!~ WE ARE A 5 STAR SELLER with OVER 2,500,000 BOOKS SOLD!!! OVER ~ 422,000 FEEDBACKS ~ POSTED!!! ~ ... more information

Offered by Smokymtnbooks (Tennessee, United States) +/-

Berkley Trade, 2004-06-01. Paperback. New. GREAT Bargain Book Deal - some may have small remainder mark - Ships out by NEXT Business Day - 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! ... more information

Offered by BookCloseouts.com (Ontario, Canada) +/-

CSIRO Publishing. Hardcover. 095774711X No Jacket; Jacket condition: No jacket. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Retired library book with usual library markings. The world's most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. In the space of a mere century, a remarkable vocabulary has evolved to deal with the extraordinary environment and living organisms of the Antarctic and subantarctic. Here, for the first time, is a complete guide ... more information

Offered by Wombat Book Company, LLC (Nevada, United States) +/-

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 2003. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 208 pp. Colour maps, map catalogue, bibliography, index. Jacket has very minor edgecreasing otherwise Fine/Fine.. As New/As New. ... more information

Offered by Ken Jackson (Alberta, Canada) +/-

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: University of Washington Press, 2003 . First American Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 13 x 10. ... more information

Offered by SeaOceanBooks.com (Washington, United States) +/-

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Goose Lane Editions, 2002. spine cocked a bit, light edge wear, shelf rubbing to jacket. previous owners name on first blank page, then covered with black felt pen mark. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

Offered by browns books (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1994. Usual library marks. 340 pages with b/w illustrations. A thoroughly researched history of the lands and seas lying north of the Arctic Circle from their earliest occupation around 12,000 years ago to the present day. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information

Offered by Terra Australis Books (Queensland, Australia) +/-

Australia.: Century Hutchinson., 1988. A NICE COPY. 126pp. Qto. Colour, b/w photographs. VG card covers, light crease to front panel, two corners just slightly chipped; top right corner of first page clipped, one page corner turned over else fine. [The first independent account of the 1987 Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica. It follows the difficulties, hopes and frustration of the crew, who negotiated potentially lethal pack ice, constructed a base to house four overwinterers in the harshest environment i... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

London.: Jonathan Cape., 1990. 254pp. Qto. Colour photographs, maps on endpapers. VG blue boards titled in silver, two corners bumped, small nick to bottom edge; contents fine. Dustjacket has light edgewear and scuffing otherwise VG. A NICE COPY. [Having walked Scott's route to the South Pole, in March 1989 Robert Swan set off with an international 8 man team to cross 500 miles of frozen Arctic Sea. Swan's gripping account of their astonishing journey draws on the diaries of the entire team.]. First... more information

Offered by Lost for Words: Books & Ephemera (New Zealand) +/-

New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. (12)222pp. References & index. Maps & illustrations.. First Edition. Cloth & Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Artis Books & Antiques (Michigan, United States) +/-

North Carolina: Oxford University Press, 2001. Book and jacket are clean and complete with no marks. 222 pgs.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

Offered by Wellfleet Books (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

Oxford University Press. as new multiple copies. 2001. Hardcover. multiple copies; NOVI003873 . ... more information

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