[ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. A group of 52 early titles related to the golden age of Arctic exploration, including:
HAYES, I. I. The Open Polar Sea. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. Illustrated. Original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. London: John Murray, 1875. Original blue cloth. -- DE LONG, George W. The Voyage of the Jeannette. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. 2 volumes. Folding map in rear pocket. Original pictorial brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- PEARSON, Henry J. “Beyond Petsora Eastward”. London: R.H. Porter, 1899. Illustrated. Original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- LOW, A.P. Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906. Illustrated. Original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- BURPEE, Lawrence J. The Search for the Western Sea. London: Alston Rivers, 1908. Original gilt-lettered green cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- WORSLEY, F.A. Under Sail in the Frozen North. Philadelphia: David McKay, [1927]. Illustrated. Original blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.
And many others. All 8vo and 4to, most in original bindings, most first editions, condition generally very good.