Polar exploration
Collection of travel narratives
£580
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Shackleton, Ernest H. The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann, 1909. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, numerous photographic plates, spines defective, variable sunning to cloth;
Scott, Robert Falcon. Scott's Last Expedition, 3 copies, each in 2 volumes, with numerous plates: second edition, 1913, original cloth; third edition, 1913, later cloth; fourth edition, 1914, original cloth;
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913. One Volume Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (torn), plates and maps;
Hedin, Sven. Trans-Himalaya. Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. First edition, second impression, 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, plates;
McClintock, Francis. The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, external wear, inner hinges cracked, damp-staining to front;
McClure, Robert. The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. "Investigator". London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, front inner hinge cracked, head of title-page excised;
Lamont, James. Yachting in the Arctic Seas, or Notes of Five Voyages of Sport and Discovery in the Neighbourhood of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
and approximately 34 others, including:
Hartwig, The Polar World, 1892, new edition, original cloth; Milton and Cheadle, The North-West Passage by Land, 2 copies, no dates, fourth and seventh editions, original cloth; Harrison, In Search of a Polar Continent 1905-1907, 1908, original cloth; Shackleton, The Heart of the Antarctic, 1932, popular edition, original cloth; Kane, Arctic Explorations, 1864, original cloth, front inner hinge gone; Chapman, Lhasa, 1938, original cloth, spine torn;
and similar, variable condition, the lot sold as seen, not subject to return