Arctic/antarctic from Great Expectations Rare Books

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Peter Freuchen's Adventures in the Arctic
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Peter Freuchen's Adventures in the Arctic

by Freuchen, Dagmar (Editor)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1960
Binding
Hardcover
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, light blue cloth lettered in black on spibe, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 383 pages. Illustrated with sketch portrait frontispiece, several black and white photographs and map end-papers. First edition with no additional printings listed and original… Read more about this item
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Farthest North: The Quest for the North Pole in Eye-witness Accounts
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Farthest North: The Quest for the North Pole in Eye-witness Accounts

by Holland, Clive [editor]

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780786701285
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$11.95

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New York: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth with spine lettered in gold, in non price-clipped publisher's dust-jacket. 305 pages. Sources. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks.… Read more about this item
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$11.95
South: The Endurance Expedition
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South: The Endurance Expedition

by Shackleton, Ernest

Condition
As New
Published
2008
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780760786628
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$6.85

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New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2008. Trade paperback. 174pp., Index, Suggested reading. Introduction by Gretchen Legler. Illustrated with photographs. First edition thus, first printing. Modern Barnes and Noble re-issue of a title originally published in 1919. No previous ownership marks. Appears unread, as new. . Softcover. As New. 8vo -… Read more about this item
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$6.85
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Icebound: The Jeannette Expedition's Quest for the North Pole

by Guttridge, Loenard F

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780913729991
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New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1988. Large trade paperback. 357pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated. First paperback edition, first printing thus. The true history of the Jeannette expedition, well supported by documentary evidence. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near… Read more about this item
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$7.00
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The Loneliest Continent: The Story of Antarctic Discovery

by Chapman, Walker

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1964. Hardcover, blue cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 279pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Stated first edttion. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
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$2.50
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Spring on an Arctic Island

by Scherman, Katharine

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Published
1956
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1956. Hardcover, blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 331pp., Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs and map end-papers. A story of a six week expedition to Bylot Island in 1954, located some 450 moles north of the Arctic Circle. No previous ownership marks. Mark to spine, else a clean, sound, square… Read more about this item
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$8.00
Journey from the Arctic

Journey from the Arctic

by Brown, D. C.

Condition
Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
First Edition
Published
1956
Binding
Hardcover
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$8.75

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, 1956. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold on spine, in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 232 pages, Illustrated with 32 photographs. Stated first edition, no additional printings listed. An account of the author's travels from Arctic Finland to the south of Norway on horseback. No previous ownership marks. Dust-jacket quite… Read more about this item
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$8.75