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ABDELOUAHAB, Farid. Ontdekkers van het eeuwige ijs. Vijf eeuwen poolreizen in reisjournalen. Met een voorwoord van Jean-Louis Étienne. Zutphen, Walburg, 2007. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many coloured illustrations. 224 pp. Discoverers of the eternal ice. Five centuries of polar journeys in travel journals. [Boeknr.: 29708 ]

€ 25,00

ALEXANDER, Caroline. De Endurance. Shackletons legendarische expeditie naar de Zuidpool. Vertaald door Inge Kok. Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Atlas,1998. 4to. Half cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic illustrations. (10),214 pp. Endurance. Shacketon legendary Antarctic expedition. [Boeknr.: 36248 ]

€ 25,00

AMUNDSEN, Roald & Lincoln ELLSWORTH. De eerste vlucht over de Noordpool. Vertaald door Louis Blok. Amsterdam, H.J.W. Becht, (1926). Original cloth, lettered in gilt (spine discoloured). With ca. 120 photographic illustrations. 282 pp. First Dutch edition, first published in Oslo in 1926: Den Første flukt over Polhavet. - Narrative of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile North Polar Flight, 1926, in the airship Norge. The first North Pole flight from King's Bay, West Spitsbergen, over the North Pole to Teller, Alaska.Arctic Bibliography 410. [Boeknr.: 3763 ]

€ 35,00

AMUNDSEN, Roald Engebregt Gravning. Mijn Noordpoolvlucht. Uit het Noorsch vertaald door Remko ter Laan. Utrecht, W. de Haan, (1925). Original clotht. With ca. 100 photographic plates. 276 pp. First Dutch edition; first published in Oslo in 1925 Amundsen-Ellsworth polflyvning. - Narrative of the Amundsen-Ellsworth North Polar Flight,1925, for purpose of exploring by air the unknown region between Svalbard and the North Pole. - A fine copy.Arctic Bibl. 408. [Boeknr.: 36285 ]

€ 45,00

ANDRÉE, Salomon August. Met 'De Adelaar' naar de Pool met S.A. Andrée, Nils Strindberg en Knut Fraenkel. Uitgegeven naar aanleiding van Andrée's pooltocht in het jaar 1897, naar aanteekeningen, gevonden op het Witte Eiland, in den zomer van 1930 .. door het Zweedsch Anthropologisch en Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. Vertaald door Louis Blok. Amsterdam, H.J.W. Becht, (1930).8vo. Original cloth (spine sl. discoloured). With many photographic plates. XII,285 pp. First Dutch edition. - Andrée's Second Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three Swedish expedition members died. 'For thirty-three years the balloon flight of Salomon August Andrée remained a mystery of the Arctic. The disclosure in 1930 of the expedition's fate revealed almost all of the secrets, and many in detail-but some linger on' (Liljequist, High lattitudes, p.243). Stam, Books on ice, p.115-116; Howgego III, p. 31-34. [Boeknr.: 27779 ]

€ 65,00

ARCTIC. Half hours in the Far North. Life amid snow and ice. London, James Nisbet & Co., (1875).Original decorated red gilt cloth (spine discoloured). With numerous illustrations. XI,340 pp. The half hour library of travel, nature and science for young readers. - On Iceland, Northern Russia, Greenland, Orkney, Shetland, Arctic Seas, Norway, & Sweden. [Boeknr.: 37302 ]

€ 65,00

ARCTIC. Nederland en het Noordpoolgebied. Rotterdam, Maritiem Museum, 1958. Wrappers. With illustrations. 62 pp. Dutch survey in the Arctic. [Boeknr.: 24590 ]

€ 15,00

BALEN, Johan Hendrik van. De scheepsjongen van Willem Barends. De Nederlanders aan de Noordpool, 1594-1597. Amsterdam, Jan Leendertz, (1882). Original pictorial gilt cloth (backcover sl. soiled). With map, facsimile and 4 chromolithographed plates by Braakensiek. 199,(1) pp. De Nederlanders in Oost en West, te water en te land. - Account of Barentsz three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. Written by Johan Hendrik van Balen (1851-1921), a prolific writer of children's books on Dutch national history. [Boeknr.: 36334 ]

€ 35,00

BALEN, Johan Hendrik van. De scheepsjongen van Willem Barends. De Nederlanders aan de Noordpool, 1594-1597. 2e druk. Amsterdam, Jan Leendertz en Zoon, (ca. 1887). Original illustrated gilt cloth. With map, facsimile and 4 plates. 190 pp. De Nederlanders in Oost en West, te water en te land. - Account of Barentsz three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. Written by Johan Hendrik van Balen (1851-1921), a prolific writer of children's books on Dutch national history. [Boeknr.: 36335 ]

€ 45,00

BALEN, Johan Hendrik van. Stuurman Tromp. 2e druk. Alkmaar, Gebr. Kluitman, (1920). Original pictorial cloth. With illustrations by Annie Homan van der Heide . 208 pp. First edition published in Rotterdam in 1879 Stuurman Tromp: Wonderlijke avonturen en omzwervingen door de Poolzee en Siberie�. [Boeknr.: 36294 ]

€ 35,00

BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael. Hudson Bay; or, everyday life in the wilds of North America during six years' residence in the territories of the hon. Hudson Bay Company. London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1912.Original pictorial cloth. With 50 illustrations and plates (several in colours). 367 pp. First published in 1848. - Ballantyne's adventures began in 1841 from York Factory. While he recapitulates much history of the Hudson's Bay Company, he also quotes extensively from the journal he kept during his travels (Graff p.27). A popular account of life in Hudson Bay and the Red River settlement, replete with trappers, Indians, intrepid explorers and travelers, and descriptions of hunting and fishing. Based on the author's experiences as a Hudson's Bay Co. clerk, 1841-47.Cf. Sabin 2952; Wagner-Camp 144a; Arctic Bibliography 1016; TPL 2886. [Boeknr.: 37170 ]

€ 40,00

BALSEM, N.C. Mannen van beteekenis in onze dagen. Levensschetsen en portretten. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1880.Original embossed cloth, spine gilt. With 9 tinted lithographed portraits. 381 pp. On Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld, Heinrich Schliemann, Ernst Haeckel, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Giuseppe Garibaldi, a.o. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 36202 ]

€ 45,00

BARR, William & Glyndwr Williams. (Ed.). Voyages to Hudson Bay in search of a Northwest passage 1741-1747. London, 1994-95. 2 volumes. Cloth, with dust-jackets. With 11 maps and 20 plates. XII,333; XV,393 pp. Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, 177-181. - Volume I: The voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742. Volume II: The voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747. [Boeknr.: 20217 ]

€ 45,00

BARTHELMESS, Klaus & Joachim MÜNZING. Monstrum horrendum. Wale und Walstrandungen in der Druckgraphik des 16. Jahrhunderts und ihr motivkundlicher Einfluss. (Hamburg, 1991). 3 volumes in box. 4to. With many plates (several in colours). 220 pp. [Boeknr.: 7559 ]

€ 65,00

BAUMGARTNER, Alexander. Durch Skandinavien nach St. Petersburg. 3. Auflage. Freiburg, Herder, 1901.Original decorated front board, spine half cloth. With coloured frontispiece, folding map and 161 illustrations. XXI,619 pp. First published in Freiburg in 1890. - Nordische Fahrten. Skizzen und Studien. II. - (Small stamp on title-page). [Boeknr.: 13045 ]

€ 45,00

BEALS, Herbert K. a.o. (Ed.). Four travel journals. The Americas, Antarctica and Africa, 1775-1874. Edited by Herbert K. Beals, R.J. Campbell, Ann Savours, Anita McConnell, Roy Bridges. London, 2007. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations and maps. X,404 pp. Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 18. - This volume offers annotated texts with biographical and historical introductions of four previously unpublished travel journals from the period 1775-1874. [Boeknr.: 34641 ]

€ 45,00

BECHT, Karl. The Karl Becht collection. Books on Africa including sections on the Middle East, the Far East, the Arctic and Antarctic and America. Stockholm, Bukowski, 1991. 4to. Wrappers. With illustrations. 71 pp. - Auction catalogue. [Boeknr.: 32802 ]

€ 18,00

BEECKMAN, Nathalie & Rita JALON. Belgica. De eerste overwintering in Antarctica 1897-1899. Antwerpen, Nationaal Scheepvaartmuseum, 1988. 4to. Wrappers. 77 pp. The Belgian Antarctic Expedition, led by Adrien de Gerlache on the ship Belgica, was the first expedition to overwinter in the Antarctic region. [Boeknr.: 36303 ]

€ 25,00

BEHOUNEK, Franz. Zeven weken op een ijsschots. De ondergang der expeditie van Nobile. Geautoriseerde Nederlandsche vertaling van R. de Ruyter-van der Feer. Baarn, Hollandia-Drukkerij, 1929. Illustrated cloth, with dust-jacket. With photographic plates. 269 pp. Dutch translation of Sieben Wochen auf Eisscholle. Leipzig, 1929. - With a new airship, the N2 'Italia', Umbert Nobile undertakes a second expedition to the Pole, now entirely Italian, in 1928. This expedition was very fatal, The Dutchman Sjef van Dongen was among others involved in his rescue.Arctic Bibl. 1238. [Boeknr.: 36310 ]

€ 35,00

BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas. Partie de la Mer Glaciale contenant la Nouvelle Zemble et le pais de Samoiedes suivant les découvertes des Hollandois et les cartes des Russes .. par M. Bellin. Paris, 1758.Engraved map of Nova Zembla and part of the Northeast passage, with a decorative title cartouche. Ca. 21,5 x 34,5 cm. From: L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. - Fine map produced by the French hydrographer and geographer, Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) detailing the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, the Samoyeds, and part of the Northeast passage. [Boeknr.: 34209 ]

€ 125,00

BENNET, Roelof Gabriël & Jacobus van WIJK ROELANDSZ. Nederlandsche zeereizen. In het laatst der zestiende, zeventiende en het begin der achttiende eeuw. Naar de oorspronkelijke journalen of gelijktijdige berigten, op nieuw uitgegeven en met eenige aanteekeningen en de noodige ophelderingen vermeerderd. Deel II. Dordrecht, J. de Vos en Comp., 1828.Sm. 8vo. Original printed boards (soiled), uncut. 173 pp. Volume II contains the story of the voyage of Willem Barendsz and Jacob Heemskerk and their wintering on Nova Zembla.- (Age-browned).Cat. NHSM I, p.122; Tiele 1237. [Boeknr.: 36322 ]

€ 65,00

BERGH, Samuel Johannes van den. Merkwaardige mannen. Schetsen voor jongens. Gedeeltelijk uit den vreemde. Tweede serie. Rotterdam, P.C. Hoog, (1860).Original embossed cloth, with central gilt decoration on frontcover, spine gilt (extremities sl. dam.). With 4 tinted lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trap. 241 pp. Remarkable men. Sketches for boys. Like Michiel de Ruiter, John Franklin, Karel Linnaeus, a.o. - Fine. [Boeknr.: 36201 ]

€ 45,00

BEYERMAN, H.C. Walvisvaart, wijnhandel & schilderkunst. De Rotterdamse reders Beyerman. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1995. Boards, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations (several in colours). 176 pp. Whale hunting, wine trading & painting. The Rotterdam ship-owners Beyerman. [Boeknr.: 9426 ]

€ 25,00

BEZEMER, K.W.L. De strijd om de Zuidpool. De lotgevallen der groote expedities op weg naar de Zuidpool. Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, (1942). Pictorial cloth. With many photographic plates. 324 pp. James Ross, Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen, etc. [Boeknr.: 3771 ]

€ 20,00

BEZEMER, K.W.L. De Zuidpool belegerd. De ontdekking van het laatste werelddeel. Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf, (1957). Pictorial cloth, with dust-jacket. With many photographic plates. 324 pp. The South Pole under siege. The discovery of the last continent. [Boeknr.: 36229 ]

€ 25,00

BIBLIA. Muhsa kunga un pestitaja Jesus Kristus jauna deriba. Londona, Bibles biedribu padome nujorka, (1954). Sm.8vo. Old boards (soiled). 550 pp. Lettish New Testament, text in Lettish, from Latvian, a Baltic region. - Rare.Bound with: Dahwida Dseesmu Grahmata. No Britanijas un Ahrsemes bibbeles beerdribasd isdota. Riga, 1921. 133 pp. [Boeknr.: 36464 ]

€ 60,00

BLANKESTEIJN, Herbert & Louwrens HACQUEBORD. Op zoek naar het Behouden Huys. Een expeditie naar Nova Zembla in het kielzog van Willem Barentsz. 's Gravenhage, BZZTÔH, 1993. Wrappers. With illustrations. 128 pp. [Boeknr.: 19913 ]

€ 15,00

BOISSEVAIN, Charles F.C.G. Leven en streven van L.R. Koolemans Beynen. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1880. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. With engraved portrait by P.J. Arendzen (sl. foxed). 258 pp. Laurens Rijnhard Koolemans-Beijnen (1852 - 1879) took part in the expedition against Aceh in 1874 and accompanied the Franklin search expedition under Allen William Young in the Pandora. - (Name cut from title-page). [Boeknr.: 3670 ]

€ 95,00

BRAAT, J., J.H.G. GAWRONSKI, J.B. KIST, e.a. Behouden uit het Behouden Huys. Catalogus van de voorwerpen van de Barentsexpeditie (1596), gevonden op Nova Zembla. De Rijksmuseumcollectie, aangevuld met Russische en Noorse vondsten. Amsterdam, De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1998. 4to. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With many illustrations (some in colours). 343 pp. Full description of all the found objects on land during the wintering on Novaya Zemblya in 1596 - 1597. [Boeknr.: 2819 ]

€ 95,00

BRAND, Hanno & Leos MÜLLER. (Red.). The dynamics of economic culture in the North Sea- and Baltic region in the late Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Hilversum, Verloren, 2007. Wrappers. 254 pp. Groninger Hanze Studies. - 14 papers pay attention to a wide range of topics related to the characteristics and effects of market integration, migration, fisheries, seafaring, war and diplomacy in ca. 1250-1700. [Boeknr.: 36379 ]

€ 30,00

BRANDER, Jan. Het eiland Jan Mayen en de overwintering aldaar van 1633-1634. (Hoorn), Historisch Genootschap 'Oud West-Friesland' (1934). Original pictorial wrappers. With folding map and plate. 103 pp. Including also: Journael ofte waerachtige beschrijvinge van al het gene datter voorghevallen is op het Eylandt Mauritius in Groenland. Leyden, 1634. [Boeknr.: 8890 ]

€ 75,00

BRANDER, Jan. Jan Mayen in verleden en heden. Middelburg, G.W. den Boer, 1955. Wrappers. With map and illustrations. 180 pp. 'Jan Mayen in past and present'. Jan Mayen is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. Including: Journael ofte waerachtige beschrijvinge van al het gene datter voorghevallen is op het Eylandt Mauritius in Groenland. Leyden, 1634. [Boeknr.: 37134 ]

€ 75,00

BRONTMAN, L(azar). Op de top van de wereld. De Russische Noordpoolexpeditie en de overwintering van Papanin en zijn mannen op de drijvende ijsschots 1937-1938. Met medewerking en een voorwoord van O.J. Schmidt. Geautoriseerde vertaling uit het Russisch van Is. van Crefeld en W. de Vries-Lucks. Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay, (1938). Original decorated cloth, with dust-jacket. With folding map and many photographic plates. 336 pp. Dutch translation of Na vershine mira. Moskva, 1938, English edition On top of the world. - Narrative of the U.S.S.R. expedition to the North Pole with a description of the planes' flights thither, and short day-to-day notes of the author's sojourn at the north Pole, in June 1937. - A fine copy.Arctic Bibl. 2239. [Boeknr.: 16453 ]

€ 45,00

BROUWER, W. Fridtjof Nansen. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1899).Sm.8vo. Original pictorial cloth. With portrait, folding map and 22 illustrations. 160 pp. Life of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer and oceanographer. - Nice binding. [Boeknr.: 36366 ]

€ 65,00

BROUWER, W. Fridtjof Nansen. Amsterdam, L.J. Veen, (1899).Sm.8vo. Original pictorial cloth. With portrait, folding map and 22 illustrations. 160 pp. Life of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian zoologist, oceanographer and statesman in Greenland and the Arctic Ocean. - Nice binding. [Boeknr.: 36365 ]

€ 65,00

BRUGGE, Jacob van der. 'Val ! val !'. De overwintering van zeven Nederlandse walvisjagers op Smeerenburg. (Naar het journael van Jacob van der Brugge aug. 1633 - mei 1634). Door Jac. Roelofs. Amsterdam, H. Meulenhoff, (1944). Original decorated cloth, with dust-jacket (design W.A. van der Walle). With illustrations. 201 pp. Juvenile after the 17th century journal of Jacob Segersz. van der Brugge. Illustrated by Willem Albertus van de Walle (1906-1995) [Boeknr.: 36292 ]

€ 35,00

BRYAN, C.D.B. The National Geographic Society. 100 years of adventure and discovery. New York, Harry N. Abrams, (1994). 4to. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 406 photographic illustrations (290 in colours). 484 pp. Brings to life the flamboyant explorers and innovative photographers, starting in 1888. - A fine copy. [Boeknr.: 9384 ]

€ 45,00

BURGER, C.P. De Poolzee-reizen van 1595-1596. 's Gravenhage, Martinus Nijhoff, 1921. Cloth. With 13 facsimiles. 73 pp. Offprint 'Het Boek'. - Analyses of accounts of Barents' 2nd and 3rd Dutch expeditions to the Pole. [Boeknr.: 24489 ]

€ 40,00

CAMPBELL, R.J. (Ed). The discovery of the South Shetland Islands. The voyages of the brig Williams 1819-1820 as recorded in contemporary documents and the journal of midshipman C.W. Poynter. London, 2000. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 31 maps and illustrations. XV,232 pp. Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 4. - This is the only first-hand account of a voyage, during which the Antarctic mainland was sighted for the first time. [Boeknr.: 34635 ]

€ 45,00

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