Lot 12
Arctic Exploration
Group of 22 books
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In the Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 4to, original blue cloth, spine rebound and original cloth strip with title re-attached, corners rubbed and boards worn, paste-downs and endpapers replaced with blue leaves, original free endpaper, title and facing plate very worn with nibbled edges, dampstaining, fold-out Chart of the Discoveries Made in the Arctic Regions detached and foxed, text block detaching from boards, ink inscription to rear endpaper; Ibid. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In the Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833. Philadelphia: E.L Carey & A. Hart, 1835. First American edition, 8vo, rebound in brown cloth, title page nibbled on edges and foxed, facing fold-out map with tear from top and creased and foxed, ink stamp date to dedication page and pencil annotation and loss to corner, text block detaching from boards, dampstaining; Lyon, George Francis. A Brief Narrative Of An Unsuccessful Attempt To Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's ‘Welcome’, In His Majesty's Ship Griper, In The Year MDCCCXXIV. London: John Murray, 1825. 8vo, rebound in blue card, boards worn, inscription and drawing dated 1834 on free endpaper, title page with ink inscription and fold-out Chart of Hudson's Strait facing, dampstaining, binding thread broken pp. 69-77 and signature detached, fore edge worn and uneven, appendix foxed; M'Clintock, Francis Leopold. 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, text block largely detached from boards, damp-staining, fold-out map contained in sleeve to rear paste-down endpaper; Back, Captain George. Narrative of An Expedition in H.M.S. Terror, Undertaken with a view to Geographical Discovery on The Arctic Shores, in the Year 1836-7. London: John Murray, 1838. 8vo, rebound in brown cloth, library label to paste-down and ink library stamps to title page, some damp staining, front hinge split, original fold-out map absent - photocopy provided; Conway, Sir William Martin. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1897. 8vo, later turquoise cloth, pencil annotation to free endpaper, ink library stamp to reverse of plates, numerical ink stamp to free endpaper at rear; Hall, Charles F. Life with the Esquimaux: the narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque ‘George Henry’. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1864. 2 vols., 8vo, original gilt-illustrated green cloth, boards worn, some dust-staining, fold-out map to rear of vol. 1; Peary, Robert E. Northward Over the ‘Great Ice’, A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898. First American Edition, 2 vols., 8vo, original blue cloth illustrated boards worn, vol. 1 text block detaching and spine split with loss to head and free endpaper detached, dampstaining; Ibid. Northward Over the ‘Great Ice’, A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897. London: Methuen & Co., 1898. 2 vols., 8vo, original illustrated with bumped corners, book plate to vol. 1 paste-down and ink inscription to free endpaper, some dampstaining; De Long, Emma (editor). The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long. London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, 1883. 2 vols., 8vo, original illustrated red cloth boards worn, vol. 1 text block detaching and spine head split, vol. 2 spilt to front hinge, book plates to paste-downs, vol. 1 plate facing title page detached, foxing to both volumes, vol. 2 edges very worn; [Ross, Sir John &c.]. Arctic Miscellanies. A Souvenir of the Late Polar Search. London: Colburn and Co., Publishers, 1852. Second edition, 8vo, rebound in quarter calf, title page and facing plate foxed, further intermittent damp staining; Kane M.D., Elisha Kent. Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, ‘54, ’55. Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856. 2 vols., 8vo, original blind stamped brown cloth boards worn, heads and tails of spines very worn, dampstaining, bookseller's stamp to free endpaper, fold-out map slightly detached; Keely, Robert N. and G.G. Davis. In Arctic Seas, The Voyage of the ‘Kite’ with the Peary Expedition together with a transcript of the Log of the ‘Kite’. Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1893. 8vo, original red illustrated cloth boards worn, inscription and owner's plate to paste-down, repair to paste-down, tissue-guard for plate facing title page detaching, pencil inscription to free endpaper; Peary, Robert E. The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. Second edition, 8vo, original illustrated blue cloth, edges of boards very rubbed, pencil annotation and some transference to free endpapers; Ibid. The North Pole. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 8vo, original gilt illustrated green cloth, edges rubbed and boards worn, pencil inscriptions and presentation copy blind-stamp to title page (detaching), dampstaining; Ibid. Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. 8vo, rebound in brown cloth, inscription to half-title, edge of plate and tissue guard facing title page dampstained and edges ragged, further damp-staining, 2 fold-out colour charts clean other than some dampstaining to extreme edges; Ibid. Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. 8vo, original green cloth worn, corners bumped, owner's plate to paste-down, free endpaper dampstained, short tear to lower edge of plate facing title page, front joint split (22)