Lot 13
Antarctic Exploration
47 books
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Scott, Captain R.F. Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1929. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole. London: John Murray, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, red cloth gilt is a facsimile binding of the original;
Ibid. Sydpolen, den Norske Sydpolsfaerd 1910-1912. Copenhagen: Jacob Dybwads Forlag, 1912. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Charcot, Jean, Dr. The Voyage of the ‘Why Not?’ in the Antarctic. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d. 8vo, blue cloth gilt is a facsimile binding of the original, library stamps and perforations of Bromley Public Library;
Shackleton, Sir Ernest. London: William Heinemann, 1920. Third edition, 2 volumes, original cloth with silver ship motifs, ownership markings, some soiling and staining to bindings;
Wild, Frank and Dr. A. H. Macklin. Shackleton's Last Voyage. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1923. Third edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Mill, Hugh R. The Siege of the South Pole. The story of Arctic Exploration. London: Alston Rivers, Limited, 1905. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, folding map torn;
Byrd, Richard E. Little America… New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Ibid. Skyward. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; and 32 others (47)