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PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED '1933; and ...

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PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South, or with Scott in the Antarctic, tenth impression, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Miss Jean ?Burness with all best wishes from H.G. Ponting, March 1933' on the front free endpaper, spine faded with small tear [cf. Taurus 82; Spence 925], Duckworth, [July 1932]--SEAVER (GEORGE) Edward Wilson of the Antarctic... with an Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, second impression, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WILSON'S WIDOW ORIANA WILSON (the dedicatee), enclosing the book with thanks and dated 11 December 1933 loosely inserted, John Murrary, [October 1933]--PRIESTLEY (RAYMOND E.) Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE WITH A LIST OF HIS EXPEDITIONS pasted onto title-page, with a loosely inserted ALS from Priestley (dated 8 December 1972) explaining the signature and noting the book is rare 'because 1000 copies were destroyed by a Zeppelin bomb in 1917!', spine faded [Spence 939; Taurus 80], T. Fisher Unwin, [1914]--LEVICK (G. MURRAY) Antarctic Penguins. A Study of their Social Habits, FIRST EDITION, William Heinemann, [1914]----HURLEY (FRANK) Argonauts of the South, FIRST EDITION, upper hinge strengthened [Taurus 144; Spence 615], New York, G.P. Putnam's, 1925--SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, spines and lower covers worn, one joint cracked [Taurus 58; Spence 1097], William Heinemann, 1909--BERNACCHI (LOUIS) Saga of 'Discovery', FIRST EDITION, DUST-JACKET (price-clipped, small marginal tears) [Taurus 129; Spence 129], Blackie, [1938]--SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., 'New Edition', publisher's notice inserted, light spotting, Smith, Elder, 1907, plates and maps, publisher's cloth, some rubbing, 8vo; and 4 others, exploration, including Carl Skottsberg's Wilds of Patagonia (14) Footnotes: Includes books inscribed by H.G. Ponting and Raymond Priestley, a letter from Edward Wilson's widow Oriana, and a copy of Markham's classic The Land of Silence in a very rare dust-jacket. Provenance: Dr. Ronald Lewis-Smith. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South, or with Scott in the Antarctic, tenth impression, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Miss Jean ?Burness with all best wishes from H.G. Ponting, March 1933' on the front free endpaper, spine faded with small tear [cf. Taurus 82; Spence 925], Duckworth, [July 1932]--SEAVER (GEORGE) Edward Wilson of the Antarctic... with an Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, second impression, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WILSON'S WIDOW ORIANA WILSON (the dedicatee), enclosing the book with thanks and dated 11 December 1933 loosely inserted, John Murrary, [October 1933]--PRIESTLEY (RAYMOND E.) Antarctic Adventure. Scott's Northern Party, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE WITH A LIST OF HIS EXPEDITIONS pasted onto title-page, with a loosely inserted ALS from Priestley (dated 8 December 1972) explaining the signature and noting the book is rare 'because 1000 copies were destroyed by a Zeppelin bomb in 1917!', spine faded [Spence 939; Taurus 80], T. Fisher Unwin, [1914]--LEVICK (G. MURRAY) Antarctic Penguins. A Study of their Social Habits, FIRST EDITION, William Heinemann, [1914]----HURLEY (FRANK) Argonauts of the South, FIRST EDITION, upper hinge strengthened [Taurus 144; Spence 615], New York, G.P. Putnam's, 1925--SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, spines and lower covers worn, one joint cracked [Taurus 58; Spence 1097], William Heinemann, 1909--BERNACCHI (LOUIS) Saga of 'Discovery', FIRST EDITION, DUST-JACKET (price-clipped, small marginal tears) [Taurus 129; Spence 129], Blackie, [1938]--SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., 'New Edition', publisher's notice inserted, light spotting, Smith, Elder, 1907, plates and maps, publisher's cloth, some rubbing, 8vo; and 4 others, exploration, including Carl Skottsberg's Wilds of Patagonia (14) Footnotes: Includes books inscribed by H.G. Ponting and Raymond Priestley, a letter from Edward Wilson's widow Oriana, and a copy of Markham's classic The Land of Silence in a very rare dust-jacket. Provenance: Dr. Ronald Lewis-Smith. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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