Lot 376
Polar Exploration, including
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A narrative of the discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin..., 1859. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Kane, Elisha Kent Arctic explorations... in search of Sir John Franklin, 1864. 8vo, modern cloth; Mill, Hugh Robert The siege of the South Pole..., 1905. 8vo, original green cloth; Peel, Helen Polar gleams, 1894. 8vo, original cloth; Lindsay, David Moore A voyage to the Arctic in the whaler Aurora, 1911. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Chapman, F. Spencer Northern lights, 1932. 8vo, blue cloth; Stables, Gordon The cruise in the "Arctic Fox", [n.d.] 8vo, red cloth gilt; Hayes, Isaac I. An Arctic boat journey, 1860. 12mo, purple cloth gilt; Pease, Francis K. To the ends of the Earth, [1935]. 8vo, blue cloth; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur Hunters of the great north, 1923. 8vo, original blue cloth; Ommanney, F.D. South latitude, 1938. Second impression, 8vo, green cloth; and 33 others, all with Cruising Association stamps and bookplates, sold not subject to return (44)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the Cruising Association