Lot 38
Polar Exploration
Including Kane, Nansen and Scott
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic Explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin… Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 2 volumes, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt;
Osborn, Sherard. The Discovery of a North-West Passage. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1865. Fourth edition, 8vo, modern calf;
Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth gilt;
Bryce, George. The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole. London: Gibbings & Company, 1910. 8vo, green cloth gilt;
Scott, R.F. Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Son, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;
Hayes, J. Gordon. Antarctica. A treatise on the Southern Continent. London: The Richards Press Limited, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, maps including four folding maps in pocket at rear
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Dimensions
MBE 13.2.24