Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1987. 22p., archival photos interspersed in the largepoint text; staplebound 6.2x8.5 inch oblong wraps, a very good copy. The sizeable typeface suggests a young adult audience. Andrei Tupolev designed the special plane, which looked uncannily like the U2 three decades later, a U2 with a nose-prop..... More

Cat.No: 165534

London: Richmond Editions, 2004. ix, 326p., heavy coated paperstock throughout with numerous color and b&w site and exhibit photography, first edition stiffish laminated frenchfold wraps, 8.5x6.7 inches. A fine unblemished copy of a nicely designed and produced book; it is a posthumous study by a pioneer in the reconstruction of..... More

Cat.No: 177981

Palmer, Alaska: Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 1994. 235p., 10.5x7.5 inch glossy decorated wraps. Second printing. Black and white photos, period and contemporary, line maps and floorplans and elevations of dwellings and public buildings. Item is a handsome creation about an unusual people, but.. carelessly "perfectbound," meaning insubstantially glued-up, and its textblock has..... More

Cat.No: 207067

New York: American Geographical Society, 1936. Paperback. Offprint, pp.48-58, large folded map in color bound in following text, b&w photographic plates with text on coated paperstock; paperback item in plain printed grey 10x6.5 inch wraps. Mildest signs of any handling or age, map is unmolested, a very good copy. More

Cat.No: 180974

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963. iv, 229p., illustrated with numerous scattered diagrams and plates (these on inserted coated stock); wraps are edgeworn and irregularly faded, a small light bump affects all top corner-tips; binding is sound, no markings within, a good or good-only copy. Arctic Institute of North America..... More

Cat.No: 227580

State College PA: The Journal of the American Philatelic Society, 1970. Entire issue; professionally cased into titled buckram boards with utilitarian titling, marbled endsheets over cloth hinges, a nice job. Cover titling promotes an article by Malcolm MacGregor, "South Polar expoloration and explorers" rather than the featured story. Pp. 569-664..... More

Cat.No: 166941

Paris: A.R.E.O., 1984. Paperback. 48p., unfastened folio cardstock leaves (doubles; closed these measure 13.5x10 inches) enclosed in a decorated cardstock folder, which has a sturdy slipcase, everything in good order. The running text is in facsimile holograph, text dodges between or sometimes enfolds the color plates. Pagination is applied to..... More

Cat.No: 250985

Tokyo: Kokon Shoin 古今書院, 1961. Hardcover. 267p., hardcover, 10.5x7 inch red cloth boards titled in gilt characters, text in Japanese; corner bumped, minor edge foxing, in tattered remains of a dustjacket. Folded color map (Aleutian area emphasized) in rear pocket, very good in a poor dj. From the Meiji University..... More

Cat.No: 209358

Tokyo: Antarctic Environmental Research Expedition Organizing Committee, 1995. Unpaginated preliminaries, 258p., illustrated with line maps, with b&w photography (snow surfaces a favorite, plus team members using the special devices that allow one to take a sub-zero crap), tables and graphs, and many mysterious numbers. Hardbound in 10x7 inch green papered..... More

Cat.No: 230376