Peter Freuchen with David Loth (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library discard with markings. Small upper edge of spine. Edge wear all around. Binding is tight and the pages are clean. Illustrated drawings and B&W photos. Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Corner bumping. Previous owners information on the title page. Missing the dust jacket. Otherwise a clean text. Due to the weight of the back, may require extra postage.

Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket Cloth 1/4" tear top, 1/2" tear bottom back jacket; 3/8" tear bottom front jacket.

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Scuffs, soils, edge wear, etc. A readable copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; 4th printing of a 1957 copyright; endpapers illustrated with maps; fading and shelf wear to exterior; corners bumped; cloth wearing at ends of spine; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. ASIN ? : ? B000L9ZHN0.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Peter Freuchen. Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas. With David Loth. New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. 506 pp. Illustrated with photographs, maps, engravings, and plates; endpaper world maps in brown tone from the 1690 Skelton atlas. A substantial mid-century sea-history classic by Arctic explorer, anthropologist, author, and raconteur Peter Freuchen (1886-1957). Drawing on his lifetime of polar expeditions, ethnographic fieldwork, and marine experience, Freuchen surveys the world's oceans through natural history, exploration, navigation, ship design, marine biology, and the human cultures shaped by the sea. Organized in four major sections: The Shape of the Sea, Life in the Seven Seas, The Sea in Action, and The Ships of the Seven Seas, the book ranges from ancient galley warfare to Polynesian canoes, from deep-sea currents to whaling, piracy, arctic survival, and early oceanographic science. Includes many historical illustrations: 17th-18th century engravings, maps, photographs by Philippe Halsman, and plates such as Paul Gauguin's 'I Raro te Oviri.' Condition (Book): Good. Sturdy and fully legible copy. Green cloth boards with gilt ship device and spine titling. Heavy mottling, moisture ghosting, and discoloration to front and back boards; light rubbing to edges; slight lean; endpapers toned at joints but binding remains secure. Textblock clean with occasional age-spots toward edges; no markings except one small penned name on front endpaper map. Plates intact and bright. Peter Freuchen (1886-1957) was a Danish Arctic explorer, anthropologist, journalist, and novelist known for his expeditions with Knud Rasmussen and his writings on Inuit life and polar survival. A larger-than-life adventurer, famous for escaping an ice-locked hut using a frozen feces 'chisel' he became a public intellectual on exploration, geography, and environmental issues. His work combines firsthand survival experience with humanistic insight into the cultures of the North.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First Edition - first printing. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket in protective cover. Slight nicks/tears along dust jacket edges. LCCN 57-11723. 512 pages with index. Previous owner inscription on reverse side of frontispiece. 9 1/2 inches high by 6 1/2 inches wide.

Good condition. Damp stain at bottom page margin. Name on title page and on back fly leaf. 512 pages with index and 141 illustrations.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Frontispiece portrait by Halsman, and many other black-and-white illustrations throughout. 512 pages, thick 8vo, green cloth. New York: Julian Messner, (1958). Fourth printing. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fourth edition. Very good hardcover. Light smudge on bottom corners of pages. Spine faded. Nice solid book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Fourth printing. Small quarto. 512pp. Owner name on half-title, near fine lacking the dust jacket. Extensive look at the world's oceans by the famed explorer.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing bearing only the copyright date. Clean, solid hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket is price-clipped with a few tape mends to the rear panel and mild edge wear; presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket. Illustrated and indexed. 512pp.

Hardcover, lacking dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Book club edition. Stain to top corner front board, still near fine, lacking dust jacket.

Cloth, Gold Foil Imbossed. Condition: Near Fine +. Presumed First Edition. 512 pages, more than 100 illustrations, index. Fasinating information & exciting tales of all the world's oceans written by some who had sailed them all in the last days of the great sail and steam driven ships. Dust jacket is protected in a removable clear plastic protective cover.; a few small closed tears. Book is in fine condition; former owner's name on inside of front cover board; mostly under dust jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Later. Very good. Book shows rubbing of spine ends and corners and edges, cover soiled, spine faded, foredges soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the front panel and spine; endpaper maps. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: The Shape of the Sea; Life in the Seven Seas; The Sea in Action; The Ships of the Seven Seas; The Great Voyages; Battles at Sea; Treasures of the Seven Seas; The Islands of the Seven Seas; The Law of the Seven Seas; and Strange Tales from the Seven Seas; followed by an index. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Green boards with gilt lettering. Dust jacket is in very good condition, some small chips along the top edge. From the dj ".a wonderful book filled with story, lore, and legend.with history and fact.with myths and strange tales.with magnificent illustrations.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 512pp. Spine and edges lightly toned, corners lightly rubbed, else very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with short tears on spine ends and corners. Extensive look at the world's oceans by the famed explorer.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine/VG 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.512 with index. The 'Vagrant Viking' as millions of readers of his previous books and articles know him has drawn on his vast knowledge of nautical fact and legend and on his fantastic personal experiences to write this book. clean tight copy slight rubbing, creases and small tears and wear to all edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. No jacket.Illustrated. A near fine book. Little wearing. Clean fresh unmarked internally.512pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edition not stated, presumed 1st. Ex-library (church) copy with normal markings and attachments (sticker removed). Text is clean, pages are white and crisp. Binding is tight and solid. Frontispiece b/w of author; copy includes nearly 400 illustrations (many full page b/w) and maps including 4 that are double gated. Copy is in pristine condition - no issues. Green cover with gold gilt title plus sailing ship in gold gilt - beautiful. Spine and front cover very legible. Rare/scarce rm #175. 512 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Geography & Maps. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560804854.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Julian Messner, Inc., New York, First Edition, 1957. 512 pages. About 140 B/W Illustrations and Map Endpapers. NearFine to Fine Hardcover (Green cloth, Gilt lettering and stamping), no dj. Edges of text block have minimal soiling. One inch pale tea stain on page 214 otherwise the book is clean. The book has no wear and Strong Tight binding and hinges. 9.5"x6.6"x1.75". be48.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. FREUCHEN, Peter with LOTH, David [512] pp. Julian Messner, Inc. Fourth Edition 1958 9 5/8" x 7" Custom leather bound by James Rigg of Rhode Island As stated, "Here is the sea as only Freuchen can write about it .a wonderful volume filled with story, lore and legend. with history and fact.with myths and strange tales. with magnificent illustations.".