Lot 424
Polar and Himalayan Expeditions
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Murray, George The Antarctic manual for the use of the expedition of 1901. London: Royal Geographic Society, 1901. First edition, 8vo, 3 folding maps in rear pocket, blue cloth with Royal Geographic Society arms to spine, spine faded, hinges a little weak; Mill, Hugh Robert The life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: W. Heinemann, 1923. 8vo, frontispiece, 19 plates, 4 maps in text, blue cloth gilt, spine and boards slightly rubbed and soiled, occasional spotting; Chapman, F. Spencer Hevellyn to Himalaya... London: Chatto & Windus, 1940. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author, dust jacket, frontispiece, 47 plates, folding map, original green cloth, spine faded, dust jacket a little torn in places; Gowans and Gray Life in the Antarctic, photographs of the Scottish Antarctic expedition. London: Gowans & Gray, 1907. 12mo, original coloured pictorial wrappers showing pengins, wrappers a little darkened and soiled; Fricker, Dr. Karl Bibliothek der Länderfunde: Antarktis. Berlin: Schall & Grund, 1898. 8vo, original card binding with gilt lettering and image of globe and eagle, some rubbing and chipping to covers, especially corners, marginal darkening; Herzog, Maurice Annapurna...London: Jonathan Cape, n.d. [1952?] 8vo, signed by the translator, folding map, plates, dust-jacket, original blue cloth, some small tears to dust-jacket; Murray, W.H. The Scottish Himalayan expedition. London: J.M. Dent, 1951. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket, plates, original blue cloth, some tears and rubbing to dust-jacket; Löwenberg, J., Ave-Lallemant, Robert and Dove, Alfred Life of Alexander von Humboldt. London: Longman, Greens and Co., 1873. 8vo, 2 volumes, portraits, blue cloth gilt, spines faded; (Quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh