Arctic from Attic Books

Ottawa: Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1948. Hardcover. ex library-fair. xv, 300 p. 26 cm. 40 maps. 265 b&w illustrations. Grey cloth with silver print. Number at top front, repeated on spine. Some soiling to cloth. Corners bumped and spine ends a bit worn. Ink number and notation on front endpaper. A bit of thumbing and small stains. Dampstain… Read more about this item

Ridgetown, ON: G.C. & H.C. Enterprises Limited, nd. Signed by author 1987. Softcover. Very good. 131 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. A little soiling to white covers. Inscribed by author inside front cover.

Allen Lane, 2019. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 272 p. 24 cm. Colour photos in centre section. White hardcover in dustjacket. Small dents in lower edges. Some faint marks to white covers. Signed by author.

London: William Heinemann, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 415 p. 27 cm. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and numerous b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with black and gold impressing. Corners bumped, edges worn, tears in spine ends. Front hinge cracking internally. Ink signature on front pastedown. Roughened text block edges. Topics include Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, Eskimo and Skraeling, decline… Read more about this item

Toronto: George N. Morang & Company, nd. Hardcover. Good. The Commonwealth Library. cxxi, 193-355 p. 18 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Fold-out map. Grey cloth. Black and red print. Corners and spine ends worn, spine slightly darkened. Inscriptions on front endpapers. A few pages tore slightly when cut.

Baltimore: Dennis Rawlins, 2020. Booklet. Fine. 70 p. 22 cm. Stapled yellow card covers. The International Journal of Scientific History. Issue about the "Peary Conspiracy."

London, ca. 1928. Booklet. Good. The King's Business" Series No. 22. 16 p. 19 cm. Thread-bound booklet. Soiling to exterior. Tucked inside is another leaflet, The Fellowship of the Arctic, with map on rear.

Ottawa, 1988. Very good. 19 x 29 cm map unfolds to 57 x 88 cm map. Colour photos and text on other side.

Ottawa: Dept. of the Interior, 1934. Softcover. Very good. 166 p. 25 cm. B&w illustrations. Fold-out partial maps. Blue paper covers. Slight chipping to spine ends and a slight wrinkle in upper spine.

McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Volume III of The Top of the World trilogy. 415 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Navy cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Tears and light wear to jacket edges. Inscribed by Mowat on a front leaf. Selections from Samuel Hearne, Alexander Mackenzie, John Franklin, George Back, Fran Russell, Tyrrell brothers, Royal North… Read more about this item

London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1821. Fair. iv, 124 p. 23 cm. 3 engraved plates. Disbound. Plates, title and Preface detached. Foxing. Map missing.

1977. Softcover. Good. 31 p. per direction. 21 cm. 6 b&w illustrations each side. Stapled. Stain to bottom front corner and first pages.

Calgary: Archaeological Association, Dept. of Archaeology, 1974. First Printing. Softcover. Very good. iii, 262 p. 22 cm. B&w maps and figures. Blue card covers. Signature on front cover. Spine faded. Ink check marks in Contents. Errata labels inserted.

Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1971. Hardcover. Near fine. Argonaut Press #15. Originally published by The Argonaut Press, London, 1938. cxxx, 166, vi, 291 p. 26 cm. 10 maps and illustrations. Tan cloth. Small dents in bottom of spine and lower front hinge. "In search of a passage to Cathay and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8. From… Read more about this item

Ottawa: National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1985. Softcover. Fine. Publications in Natural Sciences 5. vi, 67 p. 26 cm. 6 tables and 25 b&w figures. Stapled card covers.

Iqaluit, NU, nd. Softcover. Fine. 44 p. 24 cm. Colour illustrations. Spiral binding. Includes Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Cape Dorset, Repulse Bay, Resolute Bay, etc.

Montreal: Mcgill-Queen's University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. xxxii, 473 p. 24 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with some colour. Blue paper under dustjacket. Wear and soiling to white jacket. Corners bumped. Signed by Bennett on title page. Foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk, Peter Irniq, Uriash Puqiqnak, and David Serkoak.

LCMSDS Press of Wilfrid Laurier University, 2010. Softcover. Near fine. x, 386 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback.

New York: William Sloane Associates, 1960. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. xi, [3], 304 p. 32 cm. B&w illustrations and maps. Quarter yellow cloth with black paper boards. Mylar-covered dustjacket. Moderate wear and soiling to jacket. Foreword by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. "the Incredible Story of the Dirigible Italia - an international Tragedy That Has shadowed a Man and a… Read more about this item

Montreal: Mcgill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Good/Very good. xxviii, 403 p. 28 cm. 49 b&w and colour figures. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Dampstain to jacket's lower rear edge. Some wrinkling and faint stains to lower edges of text block.