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MACKENZIE, SELKIRK, SIMPSON.

By: Bryce, George, Rev.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Morang: 1905

Seller ID: 28914

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

305 pp, 9 1/2" H. Beige cloth with paper title label on spine (a duplicate label laid in at the last page at time of publication could be used to 'freshen' the book's appearance), top edge gilt. A volume from the "Edition De Luxe" (limited to four hundred sets - this being from set 47, so numbered) of The Makers of Canada series - signed by the publisher, George Morang, on the limitation page. Three b&w tissue-covered portraits, including frontispiece. Contents: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Struggle of the Fur Companies / The Young Trader / Fort Chipewyan / A Dash to the Arctic Sea...
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THE GREAT MACKENZIE: IN WORD AND PHOTOGRAPH.

By: Davies, Raymond Arthur.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press: 1947

Seller ID: 28975

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

139 pp, 8 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. A pictorial work about the Mackenzie River basin, its people, industries, institutions, shortly after the end of World War II. Contents: Foreword; The Awakening; The Gateway; The Great River; Northern Wealth; Fuel for the World; Northern Farming; Make Way for People; The Churches of the North; A Plan to Build the North; Conclusion. Small area of light printing ink smudging of text on page 41 - still very legible, light printing ink mark in bottom margin of page 48, some light edge wear, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small...
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE: THE FIRST ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION, 1819-1822.

By: Davis, Richard C., editor. (Sir John Franklin.)

Price: $80.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Champlain Society: 1995

Seller ID: 28049

ISBN: 0969342543

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

cix, 463 pp, (xxiii), large 8vo (9 1/2" H), red cloth with gold lettering/banding/emblem on spine (no dust jacket - as issued). Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1250 copies, this copy unnumbered. B&w illustrations, 3 maps (2 double-page). "This volume contains nearly complete transcriptions of the extant journals kept by John Franklin during his expedition to the unknown northern coast of the North American continent in the years 1819 to 1822. Only a few abstracts and tables of observations from the extant journal books have been excluded, and they, for the most part, are availab...
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AYORAMA.

By: De Coccola, Raymond and King, Paul.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1956

Seller ID: 28090

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

316 pp, 9" H. Map endpapers, drawings in black on blue stock by James Houston. Signed on title page "R. de Coccola". There is a non-authorial inscription on the half title page from one couple to another, stating "Father De C. is a good friend of ours, we hope you enjoy his story". "This is (the story of 'The People Beyond'), occasionally poignant, often shocking, but always heroic, from the opening scene of birth in an isolated iglu lit only by a flickering blubber lamp to the final disaster wrought by an epidemic that rages through a whole encampment. Raymond de ...
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LAW OF THE YUKON: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE MOUNTED POLICE IN THE YUKON.

By: Dobrowolsky, Helene. Foreword by Dr. William Beahen.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Whitehorse, Yukon, Lost Moose: 1995

Seller ID: 28446

ISBN: 0969461267

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

192 pp, 12 1/4" H. B&w and colour photographs, maps, reproductions. Contents: Introduction; The First Post - Fort Constantine; The Klondike Gold Rush; Reinforcements Meet the Great Stampede; After the Rush; First Nations People and the Police; Crime, Conspiracy and Court; Women and the Force; Patrolling the Yukon; At Ease; Wartime and Alaska Highway Construction; Dog Stories; Policing Today; Honour Roll; Reference: Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Illustrations; Index. Minor bump at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, minor rubbing, very soft crease at top of rear pa...
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WHEN THE WHALERS WERE UP NORTH: INUIT MEMORIES FROM THE EASTERN ARCTIC.

By: Eber, Dorothy Harley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press: 1989

Seller ID: 22992

ISBN: 0773507027

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

187 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whaling vessels from Britain and America plied their trade in great numbers in the waters off the Eastern Arctic of North America. The heyday of whaling has, until now, been documented solely from the perspective of the whalers, never from the viewpoint of the Inuit, whose lives were touched - and sometimes destroyed - by their presence. Here, finally, is a rich view from the perspective of the Inuit, who welcomed the whalers and served on their cr...
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Image for NARRATIVE OF A SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA IN THE YEARS 1825, 1826, AND 1827. INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITI

NARRATIVE OF A SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA IN THE YEARS 1825, 1826, AND 1827. INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD BY JOHN RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITI

By: Franklin, John, Captain. With John Richardson, M.D. Introduction by Leslie H. Neatby.

Price: $135.00 USD

Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, Vermont, 1971, first Tuttle facsimile edition.:

Seller ID: 18629

xl, 320 pp, clvii (appendices), small 4to (10 1/2" H), hard cover (bright red cloth with black title blocks/gold lettering on spine), in dust jacket and original shipping carton. Six maps in pocket at rear and 31 plates throughout text - collated. ISBN 0804810087 "In two expeditions between 1819 and 1827, Franklin discovered and mapped nearly two thousand miles of arctic coastline; by far the greater part of this was accomplished on the second journey, the subject of the this present 'Narrative'. Franklin's plan for the second expedition was carefully devised to avoid the limited su...
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FORGOTTEN PLACES IN THE NORTH.

By: Gage, S.R.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Mosaic, (Oakville, Ontario, 2001).:

Seller ID: 9075

166 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w photos. "Across the broad expanse of Canada's North there are few physical reminders of the rich history of the land and its people. (This book) examines three rare cases where heritage structures have withstood the ravages of time and an unforgiving climate. York Factory was the key staging area of the Hudson's Bay Company for over two hundred years. From its construction in 1830, the 'Depot' warehouse held a wealth of trade goods that lured the trappers of the Northwest. Herschel Island, off the north coast of the Yukon, became the unlikely winter home ...
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THE LITTLE EMPEROR: GOVERNOR SIMPSON OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.

By: Galbraith, John S.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1976

Seller ID: 28074

ISBN: 0770513891

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

232 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, map. "For forty years the 'Little Emperor', Sir George Simpson, ruled a domain that stretched from Hudson Bay to the Pacific and the Arctic, wielding power a feudal king might have envied. An illegitimate child, raised by his father's family in Scotland, Simpson caught the eye of Andrew Colvile of the Hudson's Bay Company. Simpson was first sent to North America in 1820, that last year of uneasy rivalry before the North West and Hudson's Bay companies united. (He) rose rapidly in the Company's service; in an era of primitive communication he wa...
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DEAD SILENCE: THE GREATEST MYSTERY IN ARCTIC DISCOVERY.

By: Geiger, John and Beattie, Owen.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Viking: 1993

Seller ID: 28815

ISBN: 0670843180

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

219 pp, 9 1/2" H. Color photographs, b&w drawings, reproductions. "In 1719 the Englishman James Knight, then in his seventies and vastly experienced in Arctic travel, set out with two ships and forty men to find the northwest passage. His ships entered Hudson Bay and were not seen again until almost three centuries later when Owen Beattie and John Geiger discovered them submerged and well-preserved near the remote Marble Island, known to the Inuit as 'Dead Man's Island'. (This) is an archaeological detective story (as the authors use) every available technique - historical clues, a...
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MEMOIRS OF A MINER.

By: Hellens, Alexander Daniel.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lifestories: 1989

Seller ID: 20836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

156 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H), medium brown cloth with silver lettering on spine and front board, silver border and motif on front board. B&w photographs. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE TO A FRIEND WHO IS MENTIONED AND PICTURED IN THE BOOK. Reminiscences of growing up in Northern Ontario and a career in mining. Contents: The Early Years; School Days; Becoming a Working Stiff; My Years at Michigan Tech; A Mining Engineer - At Last!; In the Service of King George VI; The Post-war Years; Discovery of the Cobalt Lode Mine; Birth of a Mining Company; Setting Up Shop in ...
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Image for AN ARCTIC SKETCHBOOK. A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NOVEMBER 4, 1999. THE HELEN E. STUBBS MEMORIAL LECTURES. NUMBER TWELVE.

AN ARCTIC SKETCHBOOK. A LECTURE GIVEN AT THE OSBORNE COLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, NOVEMBER 4, 1999. THE HELEN E. STUBBS MEMORIAL LECTURES. NUMBER TWELVE.

By: Houston, James.

Price: $19.95 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Toronto Public Library: 1999

Seller ID: 16493

ISBN: 0920601456

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

31 pp, 8 1/2" H. Limited to an edition of 500 copies. B&w illustrations from 'Tika'liktak' and 'The White Archer' by the author. The text of a lecture by James Houston - "Mr. Houston's distinguished career as an author, illustrator and artist began fifty years ago, and like the Arctic community whose creations he brought to the attention of the world, it has flourished ever since. The books Mr. Houston has written and illustrated have contributed to the international knowledge and appreciation of the rich culture and traditions of Canada's aboriginal peoples, and have achieved that...
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THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN THOMAS JAMES.

By: James, Thomas.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: (Coles, Toronto, 1973), facsimilie edition.:

Seller ID: 721

142 pp + map, 8vo, HC. A facsimilie of the second edition published in 1740 (first printed 1633). In 1631, Captain James sailed from Bristol to discover the north-west passage. This volume, written at the request of King Charles I, is his account of that expedition. It is a day-to-day record of an incredible journey marked by human suffering and human courage. Ice and fog were constant enemies, until at last the ship was halted in southern James Bay. For eight months, the crew clung to life on Danby's Island, a crude shelter protecting them feebly from the full fury of an arctic winter. ...
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THE BREADALBANE ADVENTURE.

By: MacInnis, Joe. Introduction by Walter Cronkite.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Optimum: 1982

Seller ID: 28313

ISBN: 0888901593

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

171 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, map. "In 1975, Joe MacInnis, pioneer in the great frontier of the Arctic Ocean, discovered a new challenge. Through an old Arctic loner and a reclusive English scholar, he learned of a sailing vessel locked for 127 years beneath the polar ice. The 'Breadalbane' was one of many ships dispatched by the British Admiralty to find Sir John Franklin the explorer, and the 129 crewmen aboard the 'Erebus' and the 'Terror'. Like many before them, the ships had sought the fabled Northwest Passage to the riches of the Orient. Neither ship nor cre...
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VAGABOND OF VERSE: ROBERT SERVICE, A BIOGRAPHY.

By: Mackay, James. (Robert Service.)

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Edinburgh, Mainstream: 1995

Seller ID: 28421

ISBN: 1851587047

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

416 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). B&w photographs. "(W)hat little is generally known of (Robert Service's) life is vague and full of contradictions. Now, after years of research and retracing Service's lifetime of wandering, James Mackay has unravelled this web of half-truths and enigmas to produce a fascinating, definitive biography. (I)llustrated with many superb rare photographs, (this book) is a welcome insight and necessary read for all Service admirers." Tiny stain on half-title page, minor bump to top and bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has light wrinkling at top/bottom ...
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HARPOON OF THE HUNTER.

By: Markoosie. Foreword by James H. McNeill.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill - Queen's University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 28692

ISBN: 0773501029

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

81 pp, 8 3/8" H. B&w illustrations. "The hero of this story, young Kamik, achieves manhood during the hunt for a wounded polar bear and his long journey home alone, after his companions have been killed. The first piece of (Inuit) fiction to be published in English describes life in the Canadian Arctic before the coming of the white man. It is an astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment. (The author) lives deep inside the Arctic Circle at Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories. He was the first Canadian (Inuit) to hold a commercial flying licence ...
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ONTARIO AND THE CANADIAN NORTH. CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORIES TO 1950: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

By: Morley, William F.E.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1978

Seller ID: 28824

ISBN: 0802022812

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

322 pp, 10" H. Pale green cloth with black lettering on spine and front board, black illustration on front board. B&w illustrations. Contents: Introduction; Illustrations; Key to Bibliographies Cited and Selected Sources; Abbreviations; Library Symbols Used; The Bibliography: Part 1: Ontario (Ontario and Regions / Counties and Districts / Cities, Towns and Townships); Part 2: The Canadian North (Canadian North / Hudson Bay / Northwest Territories - Regions - Settlements / Yukon Territory - Regions - Settlements); Indexes (Geographical / General). Book is Near Fine
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Image for THE TREATIES OF CANADA WITH THE INDIANS OF MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHICH THEY WERE BASED, AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATING THERETO.

THE TREATIES OF CANADA WITH THE INDIANS OF MANITOBA AND THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES, INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHICH THEY WERE BASED, AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATING THERETO.

By: Morris, Alexander.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Prospero: 2000

Seller ID: 27232

ISBN: 1552671410

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

375 pp, 8vo (8 7/8" H). Reprint of the 1880 Belfords, Clarke & Co. edition. "In 1869, with the purchase of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada assumed responsibility for any claims made by native groups in the new territory. Conscious of the escalating violence and costs in the American Indian Wars to the south, the government of the new Dominion embarked on a series of negotiations. By 1877, the Crown had signed a total of seven treaties - the first of what have become known as the numbered treaties - covering the westernmost part of Ontario, and much of the presen...
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ORDEAL BY ICE.

By: Mowat, Farley

Price: $85.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1960

Seller ID: 26096

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

364 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). Map endpapers. INSCRIBED ON HALF TITLE PAGE: "POUR LE MADAME! FARLEY MOWAT 1960". "Read of the voyages of the intrepid Martin Frobisher, who found a fortune in fool's gold; of Henry Hudson's tragic end in a bay which bears his name; of Jens Munk's living nightmare which lasted a full winter and which ended with the death of 61 of his 63-man crew; of Captain Thomas James, trapped in the ice and forced to sink his ship to survive; of James Knight's unsuccessful attempt to find that elusive chimera, the North West Passage; of Captain William Score...
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THE SNOW WALKER.

By: Mowat, Farley

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1975

Seller ID: 29353

ISBN: 0771066309

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

222 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). Inscribed by author on title page: "to Luba / with love / Farley Mowat / 75.". "(P)resents a memorable portrait of a land and its people, capturing the essence of the Arctic and of Eskimo lore. The reader meets Koonar, the first intruder from the world of the whites, who bore a strange and powerful gift to the Innuit (the People). And Angutna, who was Brother to Kipmik, the white fox - and who paid a terible price for that. Arnuk, the lost Husky, and the lone wolf. Kala, who survived by means of an act of desperation. Nakusiak, who was washed asho...
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