Arctic Explorer (22 results)

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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 74 pages, illustrated, and with a folding map. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 17 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Stipple engraving,

No Binding. Condition: Very good. Woodbury Process photograph, mounted, from "Men of Mark", c.1880,

No Binding. Condition: Very good. Woodbury Process photograph, mounted, from "Men of Mark", c.1880,

On 5 x 13.5 cm piece of paper, cut from the end of a letter and laid down on one side of part of a leaf from an album, the mount carrying a cropped cartoon on the other side. In good condition, lightly aged, with the mount a little ruckled. Simply reads: 'Your sincerely / August Courtauld'. Captioned on mount: 'August Courtauld - explorer'. The cartoon is intriguing. In black ink with pencil guide lines, and cropped at the bottom, it shows a bearded figure in military costume, standing on his doorstep with two trees beside him, confronting a young girl with the face and lorgnette of an old man with a sign which says 'CAUTION / NO ENGLISH / NEED APPLY'. See Image.

One page (prob. from larger sheet divided since part of an address survives at bottom, 4to, poor condition but text clear and complete. See Image. "When Mr Parry returns the enclosed Proof (which he begs to have again soon) for press, he will be able to send copy enough to complete the next sheet. What he now transmits is all he has ready. / Saturday Evening - Febry 21st." Note: "Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry." was published in 1824 by John Murray, printed by McCreery, the recipient of this note. I'm assuming the note refers to this.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. The first edition of The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses by President Calvin Coolidge. This copy is inscribed by President Coolidge to Marie Peary Stafford, the daughter of Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [12], 420pp, [2]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt. The first printing, with "Published March, 1924" stated on copyright page. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover. A few unopened leaves, solid text block. Faint dust remnant along top edge of text block. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, crude tape repairs removed from spine, archival tissue repairs to verso, delicate hinges, a very good example. (Martin / Goehlert, 8035) One of three known examples of the dust jacket to appear on the public market. Bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To Marie Peary Stafford / With best wishes / Calvin Coolidge." Marie Peary Stafford (1893-1978) was the daughter of Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and Josephine Peary, born in Greenland during one of her father's expeditions. The native population of Greenland gave her the name of "Ahnighito," or "Snow Baby," being the first white child born in their community. She grew up immersed in the world of exploration and later married Washington attorney, Lt. Edward Stafford. Marie contributed to polar history by preserving her father's legacy and advocating for Arctic research. She was the author of several books on her father's life of Arctic exploration and an autobiography titled "The Snowbaby's Own Story.". Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. The first edition of Sledge: The British Trans-Greenland Expedition 1934 by Martin Lindsay, inscribed by polar explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson to a fellow arctic explorer, Major General Julius K. Lacey. (illustrator). First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, xi, [1], 342pp, [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, title stamped on spine. Stated "First published 1935" on copyright page. Boards rubbed and soiled, cloth spine sunned. Wear to rear paste down. Complete with 48 photographic plates, a frontispiece and a folding panorama by Andrew Croft. Light foxing throughout, occasional foxing to plates. Solid text block. Also complete with five maps, one a fold-out in fine condition. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, with "21s. net" on front flap, light soiling to spine, wear and shallow chipping along top edge, solid hinges, a very good example. (Arctic Bibliography, 10171)This copy is inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Captain Julius Kahn Lacey / with best wishes for his Greenland investigations from / Vilhjalmur Stefansson / July 23, 1940." The 1934 British Trans-Greenland Expedition, led by Sir Martin Lindsay (1905-1981), began in May 1934 and lasted for about three months. The team covered approximately 570 miles, mapping the previously unexplored Crown Prince Frederick Mountain Range, the highest peaks in Greenland. They utilized lightweight, specially designed sleds and Greenland huskies for transportation, navigating the harsh Arctic environment. Despite facing temperatures as low as -30°F (-34°C), the expedition collected important scientific data on the ice cap's thickness, weather conditions, and glaciology. This expedition was followed in 1940 by a survey led by United States Air Force Captain Julius K. Lacey, who detailed possible locations for port facilities and air bases in Greenland, prior to U.S. involvement in World War II. Lacey went on to command the 384th Bombing Group during WWII and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Air Medal, all with Oak Leaf Clusters. Signed.

Condition: fine. c.1880. 13 x 10cm, matted to 32x 24cm., in fine condition.

Stefansson was involved in two disasters: the loss of the Karluk during the Canadian Arctic Expedition 19131916 to explore the regions west of Parry Archipelago for the Government of Canada, which he led; and the Wrangel Island fiasco, 1921. 1p., 8vo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. He writes to Bax 'c/o Hill & Peters'. The letter begins: 'Just as I am starting on a lecture tour, a letter comes from Marjorie Humphreys saying you are about to arrive and asking that I do something for you. I would like that, both for her sake and to have the chance of meeting you and learning at first hand about conditions in Britain.' He will attempt to get in touch with Bax on his return the following week. In the meantime he is writing to the Harvard Club, 'asking them to make you a visiting member for their maximum period, which is two weeks from the day when you call for your card'. He ends with contact details. An autograph note at the foot of the letter reads: 'The card entitles you to get a room in the Club, should you prefer it to a hotel.' The letter is accompanied by a manuscript biography, written during Stefansson's lifetime in a calligraphic hand on a separate leaf.

In addition to his achievements, Young is remembered for holding a dinner party in 1877, at which the Prince of Wales arranged to sit next to Lillie Langtry while her husband was discreetly seated elsewhere, thus beginning their affair. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and ruckled, with two small pinholes at head of first leaf, and traced of mount on blank reverse of second leaf. The letter begins: 'I have just got note from Mrs Langtry saying that she will have to go out of Town tomorrow morning and asking me to write to you to tell you'. He ends in the hope that the news has not put Chepmell 'to any inconvenience about the appointment not being kept'.

1p., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with small tape stain at head. Reads: 'Dear Sir, | Will you be so good as to have my address registered in the Athenaeum books as above, which is my place of residence & not Whitby - from whence I have just recd. a circular about the payment of a subscription, which I had ordered to be made some days ago.'.

Oblong 8vo. 1 page. In English, to the Viennese lawyer Max Bettelheim (1912-71): "No pictures available. But here is the subscription of Vilhjalmur Stefansson". - Margins slightly browned.

See Nares' entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded three times. Clearly and boldly written, reading: 'Please give the bearer my delicate instrument for Alert or Discovery | G. S. Nares.' (Wikipedia) "Because of his previous experience in the Arctic, he was summoned from this assignment to take charge of another Arctic voyage in search of the North Pole in Discovery and Alert in 1875, the British Arctic Expedition.".

1p., 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed on blank reverse of second leaf to 'Captain Maconochie'. In good condition, lightly aged. Begins: 'My dear Maconochie | I have not yet done packing - Have they sent the Books &c from the Ad[miralt]y.?' He next refers to 'the Almanack for 34', and his plans for the following day's 'Journey' [to Arctic - see NOte below]. From 1830 Maconochie was the first secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1833 he became the first professor of Geography at the University College London. Note: "He left England in February 1833, reached the Great Slave Lake in August where George McLeod of the Hudson's Bay Company had built winter quarters at Fort Reliance at the eastern end of the lake. He located the river on 29 August and returned to the fort to winter." Alexander Maconochie was a Scottish naval officer, geographer and penal reformer. In 1840, Maconochie became the Governor of Norfolk Island, a prison island in which convicts were treated with severe brutality and were seen as lost causes.

Certificate, c.41,5 x 38cm, fold marks, slight foxing, mainly good condition. Text surrounded by border with simple celtic theme, headed by recumbent pipes with gaelic script. Text: "The War Memorial School of Pipers Certificate | This is to certify [.] receive a _______Certificate ; [Signatures in Manuscript (apparently pencil) including 'Examiner' W.G. Burn Murdoch whose litho signature also appears in the border at the bottom. No other copy has been traced, or related printed item, or any record of The War Memorial School of Pipers.

Two pages, 12mo, fold marks, good condition, saying, "Admiral Elliott [Royal Navy flag officer and politician] is the head man - Lord [Henry?] not being a cabinet minister. However - I have asked the Admiral & he has submitted the question to high authority - I will let you know the result as early as possible.".

8vo. 1 page on bifolium. 6 lines in an Eskimo-Aleut language, titled "An Esquimaux Song". A collector's note is loosely enclosed: "Captain Henry P. Hoppner, son of the Painter. He accompanied Capt. Parry in the Arctic Expedition, and wrote for me this Esquimaux Song which he had heard the natives sing". - With traces of former mounting verso.

1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with minor traces of mount to blank second leaf of bifolium. Good, firm signature, with flourish. The letter reads 'Dear Sir | I have recd your favour of April last & am glad so easily to oblige you. - | Truly yours | I. I. Hayes'. Gourtie contributed stock exchange reports to the New-York American.

E,ORIGINAL-DOKUMENT (Vordruck, kl. 8 to quer) in Bleistift eigenhändig ausgefüllt und mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert - mit Repro-Farbporträtfoto unter dunkelblaues Passepartout (4 to) gerahmt - SELTEN / RARE ! EMBARKATION CARD from OSTENDE, wohnhaft : Hyde Park Hotel, London.