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[ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. TREMAINE, Marie, editor. Arctic Bibliography. Washington and Montreal: Dept. of Defense/McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1953-75.
16 volumes, thick 8vo. Fold-out maps at ends. Original uniform cloth (volume 15 bound in black cloth as issued), gilt-lettered spines (some hinges tender, few spines with very light wear). Provenance: Martin L. Greene (booklabels in vols. 1, 3, 8), a notable polar collector; Arctic Institute of North America Bibliography Project (stamp in vol. 4, bookplates in vols. 2, 6, 11, 12); Library of Congress (duplicate stamps in vols. 8-10 and 14).
FIRST EDITION of this exhaustive work of 100,000 titles making it the most comprehensive bibliography of Arctic books ever to be produced.