Lot 393
Exploration
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Nordenskiöld, A.E. The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe... New York: Macmillan and Co., 1882. 8vo, 4 portraits, 11 lithographed maps, original green cloth, spine and covers rubbed and dust-soiled, spine a little bumped and fraying at top, some foxing to margins and maps, some closed tears to maps; Bullen, Frank T. The cruise of the "Cachalot"... London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Second edition, 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt sperm whale, frontispiece, 7 plates, folding map, cover and edges slightly dust-soiled, spine a little bumped, joints rubbed; Brontman, L. On the top of the world... London: Victor Gollancz, 1938. First edition, 8vo, 2 maps (one folding), 24 plates, black cloth, cloth a little faded and rubbed, spines and corners slightly bumped; Burton, Sir Richard Selected papers on anthropology, travel & exploration. London: A.M. Philpot Ltd., 1924. 8vo, later brown cloth, some foxing; Sykes, Ella Through deserts and oases of central Asia. London: MacMillan and Co., 1920. 8vo, frontispiece, 45 plates, 2 maps (one folding in rear pocket), original black cloth gilt with red panel showing Chinese characters, covers and spine rubbed, soiled and bumped, some leaning to text block, a few closed tears to folding map; Peary, Robert E. Northward over the great ice. London: Methuen & Co., 1898. 8vo, 2 volumes, portraits, folding map, original blue cloth, very occasional marginal closed tears, covers slightly rubbed, very minor soiling, spines a little faded, hinges weakening slightly; and 11 other titles (19)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh