Larsen henry a (33 risultati)

Cloth, Gilt Titles. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good, or Better. First Edition. Vivid account of Larsen's life as an RCMP officer on Arctic patrol service, and of his successful mission to find the Northwest Passage. 223pp, photo illustrated, map to back panel of the dustjacket. Bright, clean interior. Gift…

Hard Cover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. First Edition. 223pp. with b/w illustrations. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, light tanning to paper and light soil to outer edges. DJ has edge/rub wear, small chips, light creasing, small tears and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 15.7 x 2…

paperback. 1948. !948 stapled paperback, 6 x 9 inches, with 47 pages and b&w photos. Master of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Schooner ST. Roch, 2nd to go through the Northwest Passage from Pacific To Atlantic. A Mason, this copy has a label pasted on the title page from the Mt. Newton Lodge, Saanichton, B.C. 47 Good. Light s…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine +. None -as Issued. Reprint. SUBTITLED : ` Reports and other papers realating to the Two Voyages of the R.C.M Police schooner St. Roch through the Northwest Passage from( 1) Vancouver B.C. to Sydney, Nova Scotia (1940 - 42 (2) Dartmouth N.S. to Vancouver, B.C. (1944) '. The St.Roch made two Arctic pas…

Couverture rigide. Condizione: bon. RO20269693: 1969. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 210 PAGES - Nombreuses planches photos en noir/blanc + 1 planche en couleur - jaquette découpée et collée sur le 1er plat - page de titre manquante - annotation en page de faux titre - usures s…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from the Harvard College Library (which received the bulletins from the U.S. government), which overbound the three bulletins in light brown buckram with black morocco leather gilt-stamped spine labels, which are a bit chipped; binding has soil and wear; corners bumped; tig…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First. 246pp., photos, map. Fine in lightly worn DJ. Hard-to-come-by semi-autobiography of Henry Larsen, with special emphasis on his navigation of the North-West Passage and time in the Canadian Arctic. Excellent addition to any Arctic library. Yes, this book is in N…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Ex library with the markings one would expect. Lots of stamps! The text is in wonderful condition. Boards are blue, covered in a dust jacket that has been glue down on the inside cover. Black at the top of the dust jacket with white lettering. The bottom has a jacket…

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. ROD0107277: 1963. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 264 pages. Frontispice en couleurs. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquette de bibliothèque collée sur le dos et les plats. Couverture contre-pliée. . . . Class…

Couverture souple. Condizione: bon. R320049400: 1960. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 216 pages augmentées e nombreuses photos en noir et blznc et en couleurs in et hors texte dont le frontispice et la jaquette. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 996-Autres régions du pacif…

First edition of one of the the earliest publications on the milestone voyages of the St. Roch, during which it became the first ship to successfully navigate the North West Passage from west to east and the first to traverse the passage in a single season. "During the eastward voyage 1940-42, the St. Roch wintered at Walker Bay…

First journal publication of this account discussing the first successful eastwards traversing of the North West Passage and the 86-day return voyage, during which the St. Roch became the first vessel to traverse the passage in less than a year. The ship remains "the most famous Canadian vessel in Arctic exploration" (Delgado, p…