Bain, Arthur.

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen. A New Edition Revised and Considerably Enlarged. With numerous Illustrations and a Map.

London, Walter Scott, Not dated (ca. 1899). 20 x 14 cm. xix, 449 pages plus 18 pages publishers list. With 15 plates and Illustrations in text (complete). Original red cloth with gilt titles and decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine worn and frayed with minor paper losses. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Cook, Captain James / Kearsley, G. (Editor).

An Abridgment of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere by Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Three Volumes.

The Seventh Edition. One Volume. London, Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, 1794. 17 x 10 cm. xxiv, 442 pages plus 14 pages Index and two pages of publishers list. With seven full page engraved plates. Full calf. Contemporary boards, later rebacked in a matching style with new leather spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Occassional mild foxing. lacks front free end paper, folded plate and map. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed on title page. A few nicks, dog ears and closed tears. Internally clean. A nice little book with some striking illustrations of Polar Bear (‘White Bear’), Shooting Sea Horses, Manner of Travelling in Kamchatka and others.

Strohmeyer, John.

Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.

First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

Stuck, Hudson.

A Winter Circuit of our Arctic Coast. A Narrative of a Journey with Dog-Sleds around the entire Arctic Coast of Alaska.

First Edition. New York, Charles Sribner’s Sons, 1920. 23 x 15 cm. x, (4), 347 pages. Illustrated. With two folding maps and 33 Images. One plate (page 302: ‘Cooking Dog-Feed’ missing). Original cloth binding. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding faded (see images). Binding a little shaky with some pages towards the back of the book lose). One plate missing. Overall a nice copy.