Lot 55
Polar exploration, including Fisher, Alexander
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Third edition, 8vo, map; Laing, John A Voyage to Spitzbergen... Edinburgh, 1822. Fourth edition, 12mo, modern calf; Scoresby, William Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery… Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1823. 8vo, folding maps (repaired) and plates, contemporary half calf, bookplates, foxed; McClintock, Captain The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. London: John Murray, 1859. 8vo, modern blue morocco gilt; Fergusson, R. Menzies Our Trip North. London: Digby, Long & Co., 1892. 8vo, original cloth; Nansen, Fridtjof "Farthest North"... London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; and 4 others, sold not subject to return (11)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA