Alaska And The Arctic from Old Saratoga Books

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed, jacket toned.. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photographs by E. A. Hegg. Gilt-stamped gray cloth. Map endpapers. Maps, photos.160 photographs, many taken from glass plates, from Eric A. Hegg's 1897-98 journey through Alaska during the heyday of its Gold Rush. ; Oblong 8vo… Read more about this item

Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookstore sticker on rear jacket panel.. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870493809 . Gray cloth binding, xix, 145pp. Index, notes, photos. Scholarly analysis of the Alaska Scandal and recurring American political corruption scandals in the late 19th century which hampered expansionist designs. ; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item

Fonthill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. 1781554404 . Appendices, endnotes, photos. The author is the daughter of Leonard H. Thomas, who was a sailor aboard the HMS Ulster Queen in 1942, sailing through the Russian arctic to bring supplies to the Soviets. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company. Very Good; Covers lightly rubbed.. 1990. Eighth Printing. Softcover. 0882401122 . Anecdotes and recipes from a retired Alaska State Trooper. Many illustrations by Val Paul Taylor. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 198 pages .

Northfield, MN: Carleton College. Very Good. 2005. Softcover. Softcover with black plastic comb binding. A guide to the geology of Antarctica prepared by geology students of Carleton College for other students taking a trip to the southernmost continent. Sources, photos, illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 54 pages .

NY: World Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and worn, edges foxed.. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. First volume in "The New Explorers" series published in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History. Numerous color photographs document this story of Dr. Walker's solitary seven months on the shores of Lake Eva in Alaska. xiv, 226pp, index.… Read more about this item

NY: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Erasure mark on front free endpaper, . jacket price-clipped and lightly worn.. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. 0819550183 . xi, 281 pp. Decorative white cloth with green compass design on front boards. 8 full-page and numerous other illustrations by the author. A record of his voyage to Greenland in 1929. Facsimile… Read more about this item

Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 2008. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0785227598 . Xix, 360pp, index, many photos. Exciting account of the true story of the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, and its mission under the Arctic ice cap during the Cold War. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: W. W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Page tops foxed.. 1999. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0393046842 . xxvi, 310pp. Black and white photos and illustrations, acknowledgments, and index. First published in 1931, Endurance tells the full story of that doomed 1914-16 expedition and its incredible rescue (from the front jacket flap). Preface by Patrick… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket lightly worn, page tops foxed.. 1976. Hardcover. 0297771647 . xiv, 170pp, photos. The author was one of the few survivors of the ship Karluk, which was crushed in ice during Stefansson's 1913-1918 Arctic expedition. McKinlay and the other surviving crew spent five years marooned before being rescued. ;… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front pastedown . endpaper, engraving of explorer John Franklin and handwritten biography . notes taped to half-title and facing page, yellowed tape outline on front . free endpaper, jacket toned and worn.. 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. Britain in Pictures number 53. Illustrations and photos in color and in black… Read more about this item

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn.. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding. Photo endpapers. xvi, 422pp, index. Many black and white photos. An account of Byrd's first Antarctic expedition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Julian Messner, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1955. Third Printing. Hardcover. Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro. Blue cloth binding. The Danish explorer-adventurer relates the story of his rescue of a group of whale hunters near Greenland's Melville Bay. Nice color jacket art. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages .

NY: Taplinger Publishing Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly tattered.. 1966. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0800864018 . Orange cloth. Black and white map and photos, index. A study of the variety of animals that live in North East Greenland written by a six-year member of the Scoresby Sound Expedition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read more about this item

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed, jacket scuffed.. 2005. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0195183681 . Acknowledgments, black and white and color photos, maps, references, reading list, and index. This is an important book by a prominent researcher and highly accomplished author who presents his global arctic view to readers here for the first… Read more about this item

Homer, AK: Anchor Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. 0945771002 . Blue cloth. Acknowledgments, black and white photos, and maps. The oddball characters, the fabulous fly fishing, the bears, and the challenge of the last frontier are all there. (rear jacket panel) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages .

Kirkland, WA: Wyndham Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. First Printing. Hardcover. 0971719268 . Blue paper quarter-bound in yellow paper. Color photos, foreword, black and white photos, indexes, bibliography, and credits. A solid copy of this photo travelogue and social history study. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages .

NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket foxed and worn.. 1957. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Xiv, 372pp. Map endpapers. Blue and black cloth binding. Many black and white photos. Tales of Antarctic exploration. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Pellegrini & Cudahy. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, spine dampstained, owner name on . front free endpaper.. 1951. First American Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding. Chronology, notes, bibliography. Edited and with introduction by Frederick J. Pohl. Cook's account of his 1908 expedition to reach the North Pole. Front and rear jacket flaps laid in. … Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good; Covers rubbed and lightly creased, book waved.. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. 0316338796 . Photos by Marcus Halevi. vii, 152pp. Pre-Exxon Valdez oil spill photo-essay about the Alaskan pipeline and oil drilling. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall .