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Aristophanes. Comoediae Undecim, Graece et Latine, ex codd. mss. Emendatae: cum Scholiis Antiquis... Omnia Collegit et Recensuit, Notasque in Novem Comoedias, et Quatuor Indices in Fine Adjecit Ludolphus Kusterus, Amsterdam, 1710, title in red and black with eng. vign., parallel Greek and Latin text, some slight browning & spotting, contemp. blindstamp to vellum with central arabesque, some soiling, folio The first Kusteri edition. 'This excellent edition, emphatically called 'Editio optima', contains, for the first time, some new Scholia on the 'Lysistrata', some notes of Isaac Casaubon on the 'Equites', and of Spanheim and Bentley on a few of the earlier plays... it is upon the whole a noble production and has long been esteemed by the first literary characters abroad and at home...' (Dibdin). (1)
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Bindings. [Surtees, R.S.], "Plain or Ringlets?"/Handley Cross, both printed for Subscribers, from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co., c.1890, twenty-one hand col. steel engs. in all, hand-col. vigns. to title-pages, b & w plts. and illusts., half-titles foxed, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed (foxed), contemp. polished red half morocco by Bayntun, gilt dec. spines, extrems. sl. rubbed, upper cover to second vol. with partial light fading to cloth, 8vo, together with Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel), The Complete Works, including his Suppressed Poems, with Several Pieces in Prose and Verse now First Published, 4 vols., pub. Baudry's European Library, Paris, 1833, steel eng. plts., one with short tear in top of gutter margin, scattered foxing, and occn. marginal staining, moiré endpapers, a.e.g., late 19th c. straight-grained plum morocco gilt, spines faded, some sl, rubbing, gilt dec. turn-ins, 8vo, plus Tennyson (Alfred), Poems, pub. Edward Moxon, 1859, eng. port. frontis., numerous letterpress engs., half-title present, scattered light foxing, a.e.g., contemp. tan morocco, elaborately gilt dec. spine (sl. faded) and wide border to covers, gilt dec. turn-ins, sm. 4to, plus nine other 19th and early 20th c. bindings (16)
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Eusebius. The Ancient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares After Christ. Written in the Greek Tongue by three learned Historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius... faithfully translated... by Meredith Hanmer. The fourth edition corrected and revised, Hereunto is added Eusebius his Life of Constantine..., Printed by George Miller... 1636, title-page dust-soiled, and with ring stain, woodcut head and tail-pieces and initial letters, intermittent water-staining, later half calf, rubbed and stained, with lower joint split, and upper cover detached, 4to Earliest edition in Wing is the fifth edition of 1650 (E3421). (1)
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Philosophical Transactions. Numbers 50 & 53, August 16th & November 15th 1669, 24 pp. & 16 pp. respectively (numbered 1001-1024 & 1059-1074), the second issue with a folding engraved plate, disbound without covers, small slim 4to In the first issue is an account of Robert Boyle's Invention for Estimating the Weight of Water in Water with Ordinary Ballances and Weights, plus Joshua Childrey's Account of Richard Smithson's Voyage to the East Indies. The second issue contains a description of 'Dr. Christopher Wren's Engin, designed for grinding Hyderbolical Glasses', an article titled 'Some Enquiries Concerning the Salt-Springs and the Way of Salt-making at Nantwich in Cheshire' by William Jackson, plus a short note of the second edition of Boyle's Certain Philosophical Essayes. (2)
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Richardson (Samuel). The Works..., with a Prefatory Chapter of Biographical Criticism by Leslie Stephen, 12 vols., pub. Sotheran, 1883, half-titles, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., occn. minor foxing, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbing and fraying to spine ends, 8voLimited edition, 183/750 copies. (12)
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Ferguson (James). An Introduction to Electricity, 3rd ed., Strahan, 1778, three folding copper plts., recent half calf, 8vo, together with Meyer (Moritz), Electricity in its Relations to Practical Medicine, trans. William Hammond, 1st ed. in English, NY, Appleton, 1869, ads. at rear, new endpapers, orig. cloth, recased with portion of orig. spine laid-down, rubbed, 8vo, plus Hedley (W.S.), Therapeutic Electricity and Practical Muscle Testing, Churchill, 1899, illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, and two others on the medical application of electricity First item includes a chapter on medical electricity. A reissue of the first edition of 1770. Wheeler Gift Cat. 429 - "one of the best early treatises on electricity". (5)
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King (E.S.J.). Surgery of the Heart, 1st ed., Arnold, 1941, ex-lib. copy with stamps to title and verso, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Sauerbruch (Ferdinand) and Laurence O'Shaughnessy, Thoracic Surgery, a revised and abridged edition of Sauerbruch's Die Chirurgie der Brustorgane, Edward Arnold, 1937, col. and b&w illusts., hinges strengthened, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus two others related First volume Garrison Morton 3042. Second item first English edition of Garrison Morton 3195, which is a classic in thoracic surgery. (4)
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Newton (Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 'Third Edition', William and John Innys, 1726, half title, privilage leaf, eng. port. frontis. after Vanderbank (heavy spotting), title in red and black, woodcut diags. to text, eng. illust. on p.506, ad. leaf after six page index, closed marginal tear to leaf 2Q1 not affecting text, occn. minor spotting and soiling, contemp. calf, old morocco gilt reback, heavily rubbed, some edge wear, 4to (285 x 220 mm) This edition contains a new preface by Newton together with extensive alterations and additions including a new section on the motion of the moon's modes, and is the first to contain the engraved portrait by Vertue after Vanderbank. Babson 13. The third edition comprised some 1250 copies: 1000 standard 'small paper' copies, 200 ordinary 'large paper' copies and fifty 'largest paper' copies. This copy is one of the ordinary 'large paper' copies. (1)
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Spach (Israel). Gurnaeciorum sive de Mulierum tum communibus tum, Gravidarum parientium, et puerperarum affectibus & morbis... , Strasburg: Lazarus Zeitner, 1597, illusts. to text, heavy embrowning throughout, expert restoration to inner margin of title not affecting text, later half vellum over marbled boards, rubbed, folio Garrison Morton 6013; Norman 1997. First edition of this Collected Works edition on Gynaecology. (1)
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Symons (A.J.A., Flower, Desmond and Meynell, Francis). The Nonesuch Century. An Appraisal, a Personal Note and a Bibliography of the First Hundred Books Issued by the Press, 1923-1934, pub. Nonesuch Press, 1936, num. printed samples and title-pages tipped-in at rear, orig. cloth, minor damp marks to lower left-hand corner of rear cover, folio (limited edition 9/750), together with Taubert (Sigfred), Bibliopola. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade, 2 vols., 1966, text in English, French and German, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. canvas with red morocco lettering piece to spines, with card slipcase, folio, and other various bibliography (24)
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Baedeker (Karl). Egypt and the Sudan. Handbook for Travellers, 7th ed. (remodelled), 1914, together with Espagne et Portugal. Manuel du Voyeur, 3rd ed. (mis a jour en 1915), 1920, plus Great Britain, 7th ed., revised and augmented, 1912, and Le Nord-Ouest de la France de la Forntiere Belge a la Loire (Excepte Paris), Neuviene Edition, 1913, Le Nord-Est de la France, de Paris aux Ardennes, aux Vosges et au Rhone, 1914, Le Sude-Est de la France, du Jura a la Mediterranee y Compris la Corse, Neuviene Edition, 1910, Le Sud-Ouest de la France, de la Loire a la Forntiere d'Espagne, Neuviene Edition, 1912, num. folding maps and plans, some minor water stains to upper margins of title and first few leaves of several vols., all orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spines, plus two Guide Bleu (Turquie & Paris a Contantinople), all 8vo (9)
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bURTON, William. A Commentary on Antoninus his Itinerary, or Journies of the Romane Empire, so far as it concerneth Britain, first edition, London: Henry & T. Twyford 1658, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece of Burton, and folding map by W. Hollar, engravings of coins in text, title a little browned, contemporary calf, corners and edges rubbed, rebacked
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tHACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis, in 2 volumes 1849, 8vo, half title, added vignette titles and plates, some spotting particularly to first and last leaves, polished calf, rubbed edges, by Bedford; STERN, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, in 2 volumes 1883, number 21 of 150 copies, 8vo, with proof etchings on Japanese paper, somewhat soiled cloth; LEE, Laurie. I Cant Stay Long, 1975 first edition signed on the title by the author, in rather crumpled dust jacket (4)
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bAUDELAIRE, Charles. Oeuvres posthumes et correspondances inŽdites. Paris: Maison Quentin, 1887, first edition, 8vo, photographic frontispiece, folding facsimile, French brown half morocco gilt by Charles Septier, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in the first appearance of Baudelaires FusŽes and Mon coeur mis a nu; with BARBEY DAUREVILLY, J. Les oeuvres et les hommes. MŽmoires historiques. Paris, 1893, first edition, 8vo, French red half morocco, spine gilt; A cotŽ de la grande histoire, Paris, 1906, French maroon half morocco; Femmes et moralistses, Paris, 1906, French red half morocco, spine gilt; Les prophetes du passŽ. Paris, 1860, second edition, morocco-backed boards; Memoranda, Paris, 1883, frontispiece, morocco-backed boards; Victor Hugo, Paris, 1922, number 49 of 50 copies printed on velin pur fil; and another volume by the same, 12mo (8)
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jAMES, M.R. The Five Jars, London: Edward Arnold 1922, first edition, illustrations by Gilbert James, some spotting in dusty cloth with tear to head of spine; BYRON, Lord, Manfred A Tragedy, Fanfrolico Press 1929, illustrated by Frederick Carter, number 175 of 550, vellum backed silk boards (2)
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dODSLEY, R & J. (Publishers) Select Fables, of Aesop, illustrated, worn sheep, small 8vo, London 1761; The Economy of Human Life, illustrated, red morocco gilt, 12mo, London 1798; [DRAKE, JAMES] The History of the Last Parliament, began at WestminsterÉ 1700, 2nd edition, rebacked panel calf 1702; WILKINS, John. A Discourse Concerning the Gift of PrayerÉ the Gift of Preaching, in one volume, 5th impression, defective, first part lacks all before A2, with A2 and A4 Preface torn with loss, final leaf of table torn, worn calf 8vo 1669
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mANNING, Rev. Owen. The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, London: for John White 1804-1814, first edition, 3 volumes, thick folio, folding map, 85 engraved plates (84 called for), illustrations in text, 13 folding printed tables, half pigskin, rebacked, volume 3 lacking title and preliminaries (p.i-viii) and map to face title, one plate at end of volume 3 cropped with loss
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fALCONBRIDGE, A.M. Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone 1791-2-3, 2nd edition 1802, 8vo, boards, untrimmed; New GeographicalÉ Grammar, 4th edition, volume I only, 1802, 8vo, with folding coloured maps, rather creased, lacks covers; Home, Francisco. Principia Medicinae, 2nd edition, Edinburgh 1762, 8vo, lacks covers, staining and corner losses to first 5 leaves including title; Hillary, William. An Inquiry into the Means of Improving Medical Knowledge, London 1761, 8vo, covers detached; another (5)
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wILLIAMS, William (Speaker of the House of Commons). Votes of the House of Commons, London; Assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills 1680, small folio, modern cloth with a few pages in facsimile; CARRUTHERS, S.W. Three Centuries of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, 1957, inscribed by the author to first leaf, edges slightly discoloured; Pollard & Redgrave. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Prints. 1475-1640, London 1926 (worn); PLOMER, H.R. et al. Dictionary of the Printers and BooksellersÉ 1557-1775, one vol. edition 1977; 2 others (6)
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hIRST, Damien. I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. First edition: Booth-Clibborn Editions 1997, signed by the author to half title, with cut away, folding and pop up illustrations (one or two with perished sticky tape), poster loosely inserted, in dust jacket with a few minor marks
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legal. The Book of the Bench, first edition, 39 tipped in colour plates by Spy and other cartoonists, 4to vellum gilt (covers rather soiled and worn), occasional spotting, the plates good, London: James Mackenzie Ltd 1909; Hutchinson, J. Notable Middle Templars, 1902; Hopwood, C.H. Middle Temple Records, 1903; 2 others (5)
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cambridge. BLOMEFIELD, Francis. Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, small 4to 1750, 268pp old inscriptions to front paste down with bookplate of Scrope Berdmore, joints cracked, worn calf; ALDENHAM, Lord. A Colloquy on Currency, new edition 1900, autograph part typed letter signed pasted to first free end paper from the author to my dear Marlborough dated 1902, green cloth gilt; EDDINGTON, A.S. Space, Time and Gravitation, C.U.P., 1920, blue cloth gilt spine; BUDGE, E.A. Wallis. The Mummy, second edition 1894, cloth; LANGWILL and BOSTON. Church and Chamber Barrel-Organs, inscribed by Canon Boston, second edition 1970, in stained dust jacket (5)
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sEAGO, Edward. A Canvas to Cover, first edition 1947 in dust jacket with autograph letter signed by Seago to Alban Dobson; HUDSON, Derek. Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, 1960, mounted plates; HIND, Arthur. Great Engravers-William Hogarth, 1913 with autograph letter signed to Alban Dobson tipped in; EARLAND, Ada, John Opie and His Circle, 1911, with autograph letter signed to Mrs Austin Dobson and two copy letters of Opie to Archdeacon Owen (4)
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rOUNDELL, Mrs Charles. Ham House its History and Art Treasures, 2 volumes, London 1904 folio, illustrated, some staining, half vellum gilt; BEAN, W.J. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 1908, 4to, plates, spotting, some wear to covers; STROUD, Dorothy, Capability Brown, first edition 1950, spotting in damaged dust jacket; NASH, J. The Mansions of England, 1906, worn
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rOSS, Captain Sir James. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, During the Years 1839-43, first edition in two volumes, 8vo, London: John Murray 1847, inscribed to first fly-leaf by the author to the Reverend Professor [Adam] Sedgwick, with plates and maps as called for though Vol.I Ch.II title page printed without the vignette Entrance to Christmas Harbour, and Vol.II p.329 map differs from that stated in the list of plates and maps, folding map at end of Vol.II with small tear, 16pp adverts at end of Vol. II, general marginal browning, frequent pencil underlining and marginal marks very probably by Sedgwick whose signature appears twice in Vol.II, and with his notes to the final endpaper, with Raymond Priestleys British Antarctic Expedition Terra Nova R.Y.S. printed bookplates , and Thomas McKenny Hughess name and initials in ink to first free end papers, both titles with old ink shelf numbers, both volumes in age-worn publishers cloth with gilt ship motifs, some damages with loss to head and foot of spines particularly to Vol.I, hinges split, spines somewhat faded, otherwise a rare and important set associated with the famous geologists Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) in whose honour the geological museum at Cambridge was later renamed, Thomas McKenny Hughes (1832-1917) Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge University, and Sir Raymond Priestley who served as geologist with the Shackleton Expedition 1907-1909 and with the Scott Expedition 1910-12
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wILD, Frank, C.B.E. Shackletons Last Voyage, the Story of the Quest, first edition 1923, stamped presentation copy, coloured frontispiece, maps and illustrations from photographs, with aphotograph of Frank Wild with Raymond Priestley, another, Dennis Lillie and Apsley Cherry-Garrard pasted to half title*, and another photograph of Ernest Mills Joyce with his dog Oscar with Richards and Ernest Wild pasted to final leaf (for this photograph see p.202 Joyce, Ernest The South Polar Trail 1929), newspaper cuttings pasted to first and last leaves (one to final index page), bright blue cloth gilt, spotting to edges, top edge dusty, occasional spotting, with inserted enlarged photograph of Shackleton with Colonel Brainard, inscribed by Leonard Tripp (a friend and supporter of Shackleton) in ink to verso ...Colonel Brainard the man who held the Greeley Expedition together at Port Stanley, the day after Sir Ernest first arrived (and the world knew he was alive).. the first day of June 1916. The photo is an enlargement of a snapshot given to L.O.H Tripp. Sir Ernest arrived in New Zealand in December 1916 to assist in the relief of the Ross Sea party and when in Wellington sloped with me, [signed] Leonard Tripp Wellington NZ thanks are due to Lucy Martin of the SPRI Picture Library for assisting with identifying four of the figures in the first photograph. She points out that except for Frank Wild, the others were not on the Quest Expedition, but on Scotts British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13
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sCOTT, Robert Falcon. The Voyage of the Discovery, in 2 volumes, first edition 1905, illustrations after E.A.Wilson et al, photogravure frontispieces, coloured plates and maps, occasional spotting throughout, top edges gilt, blue cloth gilt, first free end paper with stamp of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52 Maudheim and the three national flags, inscribed to Alan Reece and signed below by various expedition members dated 1951; HUNTER CHRISTIE, E.W. The Antarctic Problem, 1951, with bookplate and signature of Alan Reece
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bORCHGREVINK, C.E. First on the Antarctic Continent, being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, first edition 1901, portrait frontispiece, many illustrations, 3 folding maps and 32pp publishers adverts at end, red cloth gilt, spine sunned and slightly marked, otherwise a good tight copy, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown and ink signature dated 18.3.12
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aMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole, An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912, first edition in 2 volumes, 1912, with frontispieces, half titles, plates and maps as listed, newspapers cutting tipped in to first leaf of vol.I, occasional foxing/staining mainly to endpapers and half titles, publishers cloth with Norwegian flags to upper covers and spines (the latter faded), top edges gilt, provenance: R.N.Rudmose-Brown with his Ex Libris stamps and ink signature (2)
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dAVIS, John King. With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914, London: Andrew Melrose [no date], half title, portrait frontispiece (loose), illustrations and maps (one folding, tear to fold), somewhat worn cloth gilt, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown and ink signature of Raymond Adie, with Guardian newspaper review by Rudmose-Brown and Table Talk article on Davis loosely inserted; MAWSON, Sir Douglas. The Home of the Blizzard, first edition in 2 volumes 1915, plates, 3 maps in pocket, blue cloth, faded spines, Provenance: library stamps of R.N.Rudmose-Brown and autograph ink inscription to him from J.K.Davis dated April 1915 (3)
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bURN MURDOCH, W.G. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic, An Artists Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93, first edition, first issue, half title, 2 maps and many illustrations, some yellowing and spotting throughout otherwise quite good, 24pp publishers catalogue at end dated 1894, with Exhibition Catalogue of Burn Murdochs Antarctic Pictures at the Albert Institute Dundee inserted to final end papers, dark green cloth somewhat age worn with silver and brown lettering and blocking, cracks to extremities of lower joints, nicked head, Provenance: Hugh Robert Mills Antarctic Collection printed bookplate to front red endpaper
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aRMITAGE, Lieutenant A.B., R.N.R., Two Years in the Antarctic, first edition 1905, half title and frontispiece, illustrations and map, 16pp publishers catalogue, spotting throughout, booksellers catalogue cutting tipped in to final endpaper, splitting to endpapers at hinges, green cloth with white lettering, spine with gilt lettering slightly faded, Provenance: Hugh Roberts Mills Antarctic Collection printed bookplate
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hURLEY, Frank. Argonauts of the South, first edition 1925, frontispiece, illustrations and maps, top edges gilt, pictorial endpapers, the first free ditto with newspaper cutting book review by Rudmose-Brown tipped in, rather darkened cloth with gilt lettering, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown
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mcCORMICK, R, RN, FRCS. Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World, first edition in two volumes 1884, frontispiece, lithographic and folding plates, and maps, some leaves rather spotted, blue cloth gilt with darkened and chipped spines, spotted edges, top edges dirty
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rUDMOSE-BROWN, R.N, MOSSMAN, R.C and HARVEY PIRIE, J.H. The Voyage of the Scotia being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas, first edition 1906, frontispiece and folding maps, fore-edges lightly spotted, top edge gilt, pictorial grey cloth with slightly darkened spine with some rubbing to blocking
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cOOK, Frederick A. Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899, first edition London 1900, coloured and black and white plates, some marginal discolouration, top edge rather dusty, occasional edge nicks and creases, pictorial cloth gilt with slightly darkened spine, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N Rudmose-Brown and signature dated August 1st 1905
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hAYES, J. Gordon. Antarctica A Treatise on the Southern Continent, first edition London 1928, half title and frontispiece rather loose, illustrations and charts, wallet at end, newspaper review pasted to first free end paper, rather scuffed cloth gilt with sunned spine, rather dusty, Provenance: Ex Libris stamps of R.N Rudmose-Brown (one to foot of title), and signature of Raymond Adie; together with Rudmose-Browns corrected typed review, two autograph letters signed from the author to Rudmose-Brown dated February and March 1929, and three publishers adverts with order forms for the book ; The Conquest of the South Pole Antarctic Exploration 1906-1931, first published 1932, illustrated, somewhat faded and worn with a few plates loose and edge creased
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sHACKLETON, Sir Ernest H. The Heart of the Antarctic, in two volumes first edition London 1909, frontispieces, illustrated with coloured and black and white plates, pictorial cloth with darkened and nicked spine, some staining to covers, Provenance: Breitfuss Polar Archive Berlin with their library stamps to half titles and title pages (SPRI cancelled marks), signature of Raymond Adie to first free end papers
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mILL, Hugh Robert. The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition London 1923, illustrated, rather dusty in damaged dust jacket, some spotting. Provenance: printed bookplate of Raymond Priestley and inserted leaf to front free end paper R.E Priestley with thanks for much valued help [signed] Hugh Robert Mill, Emily Shackleton, April 1923, with 1937 printed Christmas poem by Mill pasted in, signed by Priestley; together with The Siege of the South Pole The Story of Antarctic Exploration, first edition 1905, illustrated, folding map
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cHRISTENSEN, Lars. Such is the Antarctic, first edition 1935, illustrated, cloth in rather worn and marked dust jacket, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N. Rudmose-Brown; STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur. The Friendly Antarctic The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions, 1921 stamped presentation copy, somewhat worn and dusty; AMUNDSEN, Roald. My Life as an Explorer, 1927, title loose, newspaper cuttings pasted to front end papers, Anglo-Norse Society London flyer advertising a lecture on Amundsen by Professor Rudmose-Brown, 1928, loosely inserted, in rather wrinkled cloth. Provenance: All with Ex Libris stamp of R.N Rudmose-Brown (3)
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joyce, Ernest E. Mills. The South Polar Trail, the Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, first edition 1929, blue cloth, slightly worn spine with small tear at head, Provenance: Dr R.N.Rudmose-Brown with loosely inserted Manchester Guardian request for review, actual review newspaper cutting, and a small publishers review copy slip
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sHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. South the Story of Shackletons Last Expedition 1914-1917, first edition 1919, folding map and plates, blue cloth with silver blocking, some wear, general browning throughout, noticeably to top margins, small marginal tear to contents leaf without loss, neatly repaired tear to map, bookplate of Arnold Smith, signature of Raymond Adie dated 7th March 1953 to first free end paper
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fUCHS, SIR Vivian. A Time to Speak, 1990, two copies inscribed to Ray Adie and Ethel Adie, signed Bunny, Fuchs writes in Rays copy For Ray who may even learn some things he did not hear about in a tent! Thank you for all you have done through the years - Bunny both in somewhat faded dust jackets; with The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition 1958, some spotting, discoloured dust jacket, signed to half title (3)
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pRIESTLEY, Raymond E. Antarctic Adventure Scotts Northern Party, first edition 1914, half title, frontis, title printed in red and black, many illustrations, 2 folding maps (small tear and some creases), some marginal spotting, silver blocked cloth with faded and rather frayed spine strip, hinges rather weak and first end paper cracked, school prize paste down to inside front cover, signature of Raymond Adie to first free end paper
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american Antarctic Exploration. BYRD, Richard E. Discovery, first edition New York 1935, worn and faded dust jacket, Provenance: Raymond E Priestleys bookplate; Antarctic Discovery, London 1936, in similar dust jacket, Provenance: R.N. Rudmose-Brown with signature, and newspaper review pasted in; Little America, first English edition 1931, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp R.N. Rudmose-Brown; Exploring with Byrd New York 1937, faded spine, Provenance: printed bookplate Hugh Robert Mills Antarctic Collection to first fly-leaf; HOBBS, William Herbert. Explorers of the Antarctic New York 1941, inscribed by the author to first leaf to R.N. Rudmose Brown, in dust jacket with faded spine; FOX, Lorene K. Antarctic Ice Breakers New York 1937, inscribed to Dr H.R. Mill from the author and with Mills bookplate; ELLSWORTH, Lincoln. Beyond Horizons, first edition 1938, in damaged dust jacket (7)
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fILCHNER, Wilhelm. Zum Sechsten Erdteil Die Zweite Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition, Berlin 1923, large 8vo, folding coloured map and another, illustrations, later cloth bound preserving part of the original pictorial front cover at end, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N. Rudmose-Brown *The first edition was published the previous year; Die Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1938-1939, two volumes, Leipzig 1942, illustrated in tatty dust jackets (3)
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