Lot 11
Arctic Exploration
Collection of works
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Franklin, John and John Richardson. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of The Polar Sea… Including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828. First American edition, 8vo, rebound in card, part of fold-out map absent, facsimile map supplied, dampstaining; Dufferin, Earl of. Letters from High Latitudes, Being some account of a voyage in the schooner yacht ‘Foam’, 85 O.M. London: John Murray, 1857. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth, boards heavily rubbed, split, some damp staining, 3 plates and fold-out plate, chart and colour map;
Franklin, John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22. London: John Murray, [n.d]. 2 vols, 8vo, third edition, original half calf, fold-out maps, damp staining, edges of boards worn and some damp staining to vol. I front board;
Nansen, Fridtjof. The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896. Farthest North. London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1898. 2 vols., 8vo, original illustrative cloth boards, corners bumped, gilt edges, colour plates, black and white plates from photographs, owner's plate to paste-down endpaper, some foxing;
Nansen, Fridtjof and Arthur G. Chater (translator). Through Siberia The Land of the Future. London: William Heinemann, 1914. 2 vols., 8vo, original black cloth, corners bumped, some foxing, fold-out Map of the Kara Sea and Adjoining Territories (p.17) and Map of Siberia: Showing Dr Nansen's Routes, Outward and Homeward;
Nansen, Fridtjof. In Northern Mists. London: William Heinemann, 1911. 2 vols., 8vo, first edition, some foxing, particulary to free endpapers front and back, free endpapers of vol. II nibbled;
Johansen, Hjalmar and H. L. Braekstad. With Nansen in the North, A Record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-1879. London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. First edition, 8vo, original cloth boards, edges of pages worn, pencil and ink inscriptions to free endpapers, boards worn, some damp-staining and areas of foxing;
Mikkelsen, Ejnar. Conquering the Arctic Ice. London: William Heinemann, 1909. 8vo, original illustrated cloth boards, photographic illustrations within text, fold-out map to rear, edges of boards worn;
Trevor-Battye, Aubyn and J.T. Nettleship, Charles Whymper (illustrators). Ice Bound on Kolguev. A Chapter in the Exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a Record of the Natural History of the Island. London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. 8vo, rebound in blue cloth with gilt title to spine, ex-library stamp to half title, ink inscription to free endpaper, damp staining, repairs to pp. 384-385, 3 fold-out colour maps, ragged edge and tear to top of Sketch Map of Kolvuev Island, ex-library stamp to final page of text (p.458);
Nourse U.S.N., Prof. J.E. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition made by Charles F. Hall: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and Residence Among the Eskimos During the Years 1864-69. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. 8vo, original gilt-illustrated green cloth, boards worn, front board detaching, owner's stamp to paste-down endpaper, ink inscription and hole in free endpapers, damp-staining, photographic portrait plates and maps, facsimile document bound in, fold-out map Boat Journeys in 1865, colour Map of the North Polar Region contained in sleeve to rear, back joint split;
Davis U.S.N., Rear-Admiral C.H. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. 8vo, original gilt-illustrated brown cloth, edges worn, boards scuffed, 2 plates by title page foxed, foxing to tissue guards, plates generally clean;
Bartlett, Robert A. and Ralph T. Hale. The Last Voyage of the Karluk. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company [n.d.], original blue cloth, edges worn, text block detached from boards, pencil inscription to free endpaper, edges rough and worn;
Nourse U.S.N., Prof. J.E. American Explorations in The Ice Zones. The Expeditions of DeHaven, Kane, Rogers, Hayes, Hall, Schwatka and Delong. The Relief Voyages for the Jeanette by the U.S. Steamers Corwin, Rodgers, and Alliance. The Cruises of Captains and Raynor of the Merchant Service. Boston: D. Lothrop and Company [n.d.]. 8vo, original illustrated blue cloth, boards worn, dust staining, edges soiled and worn;
M'Clintock, F. L. The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo, original gilt-illustrated blue cloth, spine worn with loss of cloth to head, edges worn, fold-out sketch maps of the ‘Fox’ Down Baffin's Bay (fig. 1) and Arctic Regions at the Time of Franklin's Last Expedition (fig. 2), fold-out facsimile document by p. 283;
Anderson, Rasmus B. (editor and translator) and J.W. Buel (editor). The Norroena Norse Discovery of America. London: Norroena Society, 1906. Imperial Edition, 8vo, vol. 15 (of 15 volumes), no. 16 of 350 sets, original gilt-illustrated calf, edges of boards worn;
Sverdrup, Otto and Ethel Harriet Hearn (translator). New Land, Four Years in the Arctic Regions. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. 2 vols, 8vo, original illustrated blue cloth, edges and corners of boards worn, owner's plate to paste-down endpaper, occasional foxing;
Arctic Bibliography. Prepared for and in Cooperation with the Department of Defense Under the Direction of The Arctic Institute of North America. Colorado: Bibliography Center for Research, 1953-1957. 7 vols, 8vo, original blue cloth, some wear to boards, vol. 4 text block detaching;
Sverdrup, Otto. Neues Land. Vier Jahre in arktischen Gebieten (Cloth). Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1903. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo, original illustrated boards, edges rubbed, fold-out colour map to rear;
Cook, Dr. Frederick A. My Attainment of the Pole. New York: The Polar Publishing Company, 1911. 8vo, original illustrated brown cloth, some foxing to half-title, facing plate, tissue guards and title page, pages otherwise clean, edges of boards rubbed;
Gilder, William H. Schwatkas's Search. Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of The Franklin Records. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. 8vo, pencil inscription on free endpaper, dampstaining to first 20 pages, boards scuffed and edges rubbed;
Conway, Sir William Martin. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1897. 8vo, original cloth, corners of boards worn, owner's plate to paste-down endpaper, intermittent foxing;
Kane, Elisha Kent M.D. U.S. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Personal Narrative. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8vo, original cloth boards worn and faded, head and tail of spine split;
together with a quantity of similar Arctic books. Sold not subject to return (approx. 90 in total)
Footnote
John Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition… is the first American edition and is scarce. It was produced without the plates supplied in the first British edition, published the same year.