George Borup (62 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The cover shows light edgewear with w little rubbing. The binding is sound.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near fine. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with image for a man running from a polar bear. xvi, 317 pages [6] pages of plates : portraits, maps ; 21 cm. "With forty-six illustrations form photographs and a map". Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. An "account of the Peary Expedition, 1908-1909, by its youngest American member" - Arctic Bibliography 2022.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo, xiii, 317 pgs, frontis with tissue, photo illustrations. Publisher's decorative red cloth with title on spine and title with figure on front panel. Small stain to lower right corner of front cover, else near fine. Interior is very clean and tight; previous owner's inked name and city on front free endpaper. Good story of the Peary Expedition to Greenland. With material on hunting and shooting.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: VG+, NO dj. 1st. 12mo. 317pp. Spine a little cocked. Map present at end. Lettering and decorations. nice and bright.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (c1911). 3rd Edition. Cloth(Hrdcvr). 12mo., 317 pp., Cover rubbed, corners frayed, spine faded, hinges weak, , yellowing . Photographs, Map (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 1911 print date stated, no further dates used hardcover copy, in blue boards, lacking a dust jacket. front board features illustration surrounded with gilt details. front hinge cracked; remains intact. light shelfwear, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight, and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket.…

Good plus or better, light general wear, soiled. Cloth Pages browned. prev owner's bookplate on front fly.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardbound. First edition, published March 1911. 317 pages, illustrated with 46 photos plus a foldout map at the rear. Generally about very good, a rather unworn copy, but with "42" written in ink on the spine, plus one very small bump mark below that number. Owner's ink stamp inside front board. See my scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. September 1911 EARLY PRINTING (reprint) of First USA Edition. Original blue cloth, brown and white illustration front cover, gilt and black lettering front cover & spine. Bright, clean covers, rubbing to spine corners and cover corners (= loss of color), old owner bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, cracking to EP hinges but hinges very strong and nowhere close to breaking, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 209mm tall x 135mm, and has 317 pages, 42 b/w photos, folding map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.…

Very good condition. Name erased from front fly leaf. Two small holes in back hinge. Two light but fairly large stains on back cover. Spine is slightly dull. Front cover color paste down. 317 pages plus nine illustrations.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Semi-rigid Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good small book in semi-rigid red cloth covers; small repaired splits to spine edge. Internally very good and free of inscriptions; binding tight; no foxing; fold-out map with repaired tear to rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Preface by Melville. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt and illustrated yellow, gray and black. Illustrated with black and white photographs, and large fold-out map. Book is fine except for detached frontispiece and half-title page, partial hairline split to rear endpaper, and minor rubbing to cloth at corners. 5 1/4 x 8 inches. 317 pages plus preface.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. souvenir edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. xvi, 317 pgs. Ivory cloth spine with blue paper-covered boards, ivory printed label on cover, gilt lettering on spine. A souvenir edition (2nd) printed for the 1911 Annual Bookseller's Assoc Dinner. Numerous B&W photo illus and fold-out map. Condition is GOOD+ ; edges and corners worn, upper spine frayed with small tears at sides. Covers somewhat stained and soiled. Binding solid, fold-out map very good, some very mild darkening to text. Printed bookplate on front pastedown. Nautical. RGR.…

8vo. xvi, 317, [1] pp. Frntsp. photo, 45 photo illusts., 1 large folding map. Illust. blue cloth, with illust. in gray & white of boy being chased by polar bear, gilt & black lettering on front cover & spine, snowshoe in white on spine (minor soiling), still VG- copy, from library of Paul Gurley Merrow (1884-1934), w/ engraved bookplate on front pastedown. First edition, early printing, of this memoir by the youngest member of the support party during Peary's 1908-1909 North Pole expedition, including an account of the sledge journey with MacMillan along the northern coast of Greenland.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in stiff card with red cloth ove. Still in VG condition with some corner bumping but the cloth is still in VG clean condition. Inside the fron cover are some light pencil notes but no inscription or ownership markings. The text pages are clean. No torn, loose or missing pages but a few pages have creased corners. There are two coloured folded maps tipped in.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has one bumped corner modest wear to corners, head and heel of spine. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pocket Borup edition on red cloth.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A Tenderfoot With Peary recounts George Borup's experiences as a young member of Robert Peary's 1908-1909 expedition to the North Pole. Borup, fresh out of Yale, provides a lively and engaging account of the challenges and triumphs of Arctic exploration in the early 20th century. Readers will discover the daily life of the explorers, the crucial role of the Inuit people, and the harsh realities of navigating the frozen landscape. Borup's narrative captures the spirit of adventure and scientific discovery that drove these expeditions, making it a valuable historical document and a thrilling read for anyone interested in polar exploration and the quest for the North Pole.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…