Collins, Perry McDonough. A Voyage Down the Amoor: with a Land Journey Through Siberia, and Incidental Notices of Manchooria, Kamschatka, and Japan. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. Small 8vo, embossed brown cloth, gilt spine, 390pp, plus 2pp ads. Hartwig, G. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. 8vo, brown cloth over beveled boards, gilt front and spine, 486pp, plus 10pp ads. Moderate wear to spine ends, slight scuffing of corners. Internally clean. Muir, John. Travels in Alaska. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. 8vo, light green cloth with tipped in illustration on front, 327pp. Sargent, Epes. The Wonders of the Arctic World: a History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North... Together with Cunnington, William H. The Polaris Expedition. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. Small 8vo, rust colored cloth, gilt front and spine, 651pp. Title page advertises: Perils and Escapes Among Icebergs! Moderate to heavy wear at spine ends. Lower corners bumped. Very scattered foxing. Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. 8vo, white cloth spine over navy paper-covered boards, 464pp. MInor shelf wear at foot of spine, otherwise excellent. Delgado, James P. Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999. 4to, navy cloth, w/dj, 228pp. Excellent condition. Kane, Elisha Kent. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt device front and gilt spine lettering, 552pp. Franklin was, of course, looking for the Northwest passage when they failed to return to England. Spine sunned, head and foot heavily worn. Front outer hinge going at top. Endpapers heavily foxed, but only light scattered foxing in text block. Kent, Rockwell. N by E. New York: Literary Guild, 1930. 8vo, white cloth with blue-green illustration, no dj, 281pp. With Kent's illustrations. Vail, Philip. The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. 8vo, orange cloth, 216pp. Mackenzie made the overland trip to the Pacific Ocean, crossing what is now Canada, a decade before Lewis and Clark. Ex lib. Light shelf wear and wear at spine ends. Generally clean. Lansing, Alfred. Endurance. Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. London: Granada, 1985. 8vo, softcover, 302pp. Bend to front cover.
Collins, Perry McDonough. A Voyage Down the Amoor: with a Land Journey Through Siberia, and Incidental Notices of Manchooria, Kamschatka, and Japan. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. Small 8vo, embossed brown cloth, gilt spine, 390pp, plus 2pp ads. Hartwig, G. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. 8vo, brown cloth over beveled boards, gilt front and spine, 486pp, plus 10pp ads. Moderate wear to spine ends, slight scuffing of corners. Internally clean. Muir, John. Travels in Alaska. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. 8vo, light green cloth with tipped in illustration on front, 327pp. Sargent, Epes. The Wonders of the Arctic World: a History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North... Together with Cunnington, William H. The Polaris Expedition. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. Small 8vo, rust colored cloth, gilt front and spine, 651pp. Title page advertises: Perils and Escapes Among Icebergs! Moderate to heavy wear at spine ends. Lower corners bumped. Very scattered foxing. Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. 8vo, white cloth spine over navy paper-covered boards, 464pp. MInor shelf wear at foot of spine, otherwise excellent. Delgado, James P. Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999. 4to, navy cloth, w/dj, 228pp. Excellent condition. Kane, Elisha Kent. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt device front and gilt spine lettering, 552pp. Franklin was, of course, looking for the Northwest passage when they failed to return to England. Spine sunned, head and foot heavily worn. Front outer hinge going at top. Endpapers heavily foxed, but only light scattered foxing in text block. Kent, Rockwell. N by E. New York: Literary Guild, 1930. 8vo, white cloth with blue-green illustration, no dj, 281pp. With Kent's illustrations. Vail, Philip. The Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. 8vo, orange cloth, 216pp. Mackenzie made the overland trip to the Pacific Ocean, crossing what is now Canada, a decade before Lewis and Clark. Ex lib. Light shelf wear and wear at spine ends. Generally clean. Lansing, Alfred. Endurance. Shackleton's Incredible Voyage. London: Granada, 1985. 8vo, softcover, 302pp. Bend to front cover.
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