Recent Arrivals from Come By Chance Books (IOBA)

Cambridge, England: Polar Publications/Scott Polar Research Institute, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 140 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light smudging and surface wear to covers. Internally clean and unmarked. A series of written contributions by esteemed colleagues of British polar historian and diplomat Brian Birley Roberts (1912-1978). Contributors include Sir Vivian Fuchs, Phillip Law,… Read more about this item

Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada: New Society Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 170 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the editor/renowned environmental activist Vandana Shiva on the title page. Superb condition with only a hint of surface wear. Vandana Shiva (1952-) is an Indian-born scholar, food security advocate and writer. A classic… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Harper/Collins, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 479 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American edition. Signed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the title page. In protective jacket. Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was born to British parents in Iran and wrote extensively and movingly about her years in Zimbabwe. An excellent… Read more about this item

Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 267 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Five maps. Colour photographs. Light surface wear only. A rivetting account of the 1958-59 scientific expedition to the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica launched by Victoria University faculty and students. An excellent copy.

Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 302 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In Norwegian. Black and white photographs and fold-out map at rear. Covers and spine are stained with split along side of spine. Internally clean with an occasional mark. An important account of iconic Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen's last… Read more about this item

Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007. Second printing. Softcover. Near Fine. 141 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the Essays on Biography series. The lightest of surface wear- otherwise bright, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy by one of the most respected contemporary writers and the biographer of Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf,… Read more about this item

Lanham, Maryland, USA: United Press of America, Inc. , 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 613 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black and white photographs throughout. An ex-library copy with the usual marks. Otherwise, appears new and unread.

Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Casiopea, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. New. 367 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In Spanish. Maps, black and white illustrations, appendix. Signed by the author. Pristine condition. The extraordinary life of a rugged and audacious American female explorer whose seven Arctic expeditions have largely been forgotten today. "Vividly written, exhaustively researched… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Ganis and Harris, 1948. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fair. 117 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photograph of Kenneth Patchen by Robin Carson. Green covers are clean and bright. Minor bump to spine extremities. Light tanning internally. Edgewear, rubbing and tanning to front cover. Rubbing, loss at dust jacket spine.… Read more about this item

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 185 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With printed Kroch's & Brentano's sheet, signed by pioneering bookseller Carl A. Kroch bound in. Maroon covers with gilt inlay. Bumping to spine extremities. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Edgewear and small nicks to dust… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California, USA: Sun and Moon Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 241 pp. Includes 100 black and white drawings. Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) is best known as a radical American writer and poet. In protective mylar cover.

Whitby, Ontario, Canada: McGraw- Hill Ryerson, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 181 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the renowned wine connossieur and author Tony Aspler and inscribed to Greg Gatenby- founder of the International Festival of Authors in Toronto. Foreword by Hugh Johnson. The lightest of surface wear only. A very nice signed… Read more about this item

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 131 pp. Translated and with an introduction and notes by Aaron H. Esman in collaboration with Elka Spoerri. Illustrations, figures and full colour plates. Edgewear and nicking with small tear to top edge of dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Internally bright, clean and unmarked. Small remainder… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Harper and Row, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. 200 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.S. Edition. Cover design by Leonard Baskin. Spotting on and near spine. Slight split in spine edge. Minor remainder mark on bottom edge. Internally clean and bright. Tanning and edgewear to cover with slight tear… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 343 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Foreword by Charles Mac Arthur. Of this edition of 'Letters to Mary' 350 numbered copies have been printed and signed by the author, the subject and the recipient of the letters. This is copy 236 signed… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Grove Press, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair+. 287 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light toning to page edges otherwise clean and unmarked. Light surface wear to covers. Edgewear, chipping with some loss at edges of dust jacket. Jules Laforgue (1860-1887) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet often associated with the… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dundurn Press, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. New. 367 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maps, black and white illustrations, appendix. Signed by the author. Pristine condition. The extraordinary life of a rugged and audacious American female explorer whose seven Arctic expeditions have largely been forgotten today. "Vividly written, exhaustively researched and… Read more about this item

London and New York: Zed Books, 2014. Softcover. Near Fine. 328 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Foreword by Ariel Salleh. Signed by co-author Vandana Shiva on the title page. Minor bump to spine extremities- otherwise in unread condition. A classic environmental text signed by a leading twentieth century environmental scholar and activist. Please see our… Read more about this item

London, England: Zed Books Ltd., 2002. Eighth impression. Softcover. Near Fine. 234 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Vandana Shiva on the front free endpaper. Small nick to spine. Otherwise, in near-pristine condition. Bright, clean and unmarked. Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental activist and thinker. A classic environmental… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 376 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author Maureen Jennings on the title page. Bright and unmarked. A pristine signed copy by the Canadian author of 'Under the Dragon's Tail', 'Let Loose the Dogs' and 'Except the Dying'