Author: Rear Admiral C.H., edited by Davis

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Year: 1876

Description: The official U.S. Naval account of the Polaris Expedition from 1871-73. Frontispiece miniature steel engraved portrait of Captain Hall and a steel engraved illustration of the U.S.S. Polaris. Illustrated with 6 maps, woodcuts, tailpieces, and 2 photolithographs. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated dog sledding team on front cover.

Author: Captain Roald Amundsen

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.

Year: c 1925

Description: An account of the explorer's northern air expedition of 1925, with photographs throughout.

Author: Lincoln Ellsworth & Roald Amundsen

Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company

Year: 1925

Description: Dark blue cloth with blindstamped and gilt airplane design on cover. 59+ photographic illustrations, many full page. Great record of an historic event and expedition.

Author: R.E. Peary

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company

Year: 1907

Description: An account of Peary's second polar attempt from Ellesmere Island and the sighting of 'Croker Land'. With 95 half-tone photographs by Peary, and 2 large color folding maps in rear.

Author: Robert E. Peary

Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes

Year: 1910

Description: Blue boards with gilt lettering and color illustration on front cover. Illustrated with photos and folding map (in pieces) at back. Peary was considered a hero in his day, and he was awarded a gold medal by Congress.

Author: Samuel White Baker

Publisher: Macmillan and Co; J.B. Lippincott and Co.

Year: 1866

Description: Full title: The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources. First single volume edition of this classic tale of African exploration. Rebound. Two colored maps at rear, one of which is missing a significant portion. Engraved frontis and numerous illustrations throughout.

Author: Elisha Kent Kane

Publisher: Childs & Peterson

Year: 1856

Description: Full title: Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Brown embossed cloth, beautifully illustrated with steel plates. Binding is tight but pages are heavily foxed. Fold out map torn but intact. Volume 2 only.

Author: Emma DeLong

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin

Year: 1893

Description: Edited journals of Lieut. DeLong who unsuccessfully attempted to reach the North Pole through the Bering Strait. Illustrated with numerous plates and wood engravings. Folding map in pocket intact.

Author: J.T. Headley

Publisher: M.W. Jones

Year: 1891

Description: Full title: Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa. "A graphic account of the several expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the heart of the dark continent."

Author: S.O.; Smith, Ronald Beeton

Publisher: Adams, Victor & Co.

Year: 1872

Description: Full title: Livingstone and his African Explorations. Scarce title. Brown cloth with gilt title and cover decorations. Frontis of Livingstone. An account of various exploratory expeditions through equatorial Africa, focusing primarily on the exploits of Henry Stanley, who is arguably the most notable 19th century explorer of the Dark Continent.

Author: Captain McClintock

Publisher: John Murray

Year: 1859

Description: Full title: A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. The subject of the recent tv series "The Terror." This is the story of Franklin's lost expedition to explore the Arctic aboard the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. An important book with an extensive geological account. Worn copy with boards separated and missing frontis.