First edition. 8vo. pp. xv, 336; illusts.; near fine in original cloth, in d.-.w., slightly bumped. A presentation, with long inscription on title-page from Brigham to Richard Vaughan, a TLS from Brigham to Vaughan presenting the book, and an offprint of Brigham’s article ‘The Russians Open the Arctic for Business’ (Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute, 1993).