Four Years in the White North by MacMillan Donald B - 1925

The Medici Society, Boston and New York, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Vg condition. NOT ex-library. Covers lightly rubbed, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 428 pp., illus.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Date Code (K-S). Top edge gilded. Spine ends and corners show light wear. Inked name on blank front free end page. Rear hinge (internal) is slightly cracked, though volume remains tight. Otherwise a bright, clean, and intact copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426 pages .

The Medici Society, 1925. 1925 New and Revised Edition. hardcover. xx, 428pp, 67 illusts, original red cloth, map endpapers, leading edge of front and rear boards affected by fading from water damage, wear to extremities, clean internally, Fair.. Narrative of the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913-17.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. 8vo. Illustrated. Inscribed by Author. INSCRIBED, FIRST EDITION, 1918. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: "To / Paul / from / "Mac" / With the hope that you / may enjoy my story of our / four years in North Greenland. / Donald B. MacMillan". Worn navy cloth. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Deckled foredge and foot. Illustrated with plates in blue and black and white from author's photos of spending four years in North Greenland. Frontispiece is a plate in a dark blue hue depicting "King of the North", a polar bear on the snow-covered ice overlooking the water and the black hills. Spine concaved and cocked. Back inner hinge is split, yet binding is sound. Also contains a conclusion, seven appendices and is indexed. 426pp. Full refund if not satisfied.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. very good. Octavo. *8 1/2" x 6") Red cloth. Sunning to spine. 426pp. Sixty-six illustrations and three maps - one doublepage.Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. From the library of Robert Lloyd Lillestrand with his bookplate. Lillestrand was an authority on celestial navigation, a process crucial to determining one's position on the drifting polar ice pack. He had published numerous papers on the technical points of navigation and on polar exploration, has co-led expeditions to the pole twice and has assisted in polar expeditions.

Boston: The Medici Society of America. Very Good-. 1925. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Board with moderate rubbing to extremities. Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. ; INSCRIBED by the author on first blank page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 428 pages .

New York & London. Harper & Brothers. 1918. 8vo. 22cm, [14],426p., with 66 plates and illustrations from photographs by the author, 3 maps (1 double-page), appendices, index, original dark blue cloth, gilt titles, with Macmillan's signature taped to the front fly, a fine copy. (Ar). K-S, Oct, 1918. The First Edition. - A.B. 10673. Narrative of the Crocker land expedition 1913-1917, under D.B. MacMillan, for exploration and mapping of Crocker Land and other unexplored islands between Axel Heiberg and Parry Islands.

Boston: The Medici Society of America, 1925. New and Revised Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. Good. xv, [7], 428 pages. Some cover wear and soiling. Illustrated map endpapers (with some discoloration). Rear endpaper map has some color. Foreword by Major-General Adolphus W. Greely. Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. Frontis illustration. Maps. Sixteen chapters, Seven Appendices. Index. Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 - September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career. He pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, and electricity in the Arctic, brought back films and thousands of photographs of Arctic scenes, and put together a dictionary of the Inuktitut language. MacMillan caught the attention of explorer and fellow Bowdoin graduate Robert E. Peary when he saved the lives of nine shipwrecked people in two nights. Peary subsequently invited MacMillan to join his 1908… Read More