Koldewey (Robert Johann). The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Hansa' in the Ice, 1st English edition, Sampson Low, 1874, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 chromolithographed plates, 2 coloured maps at rear, including one large folding (closed tear repaired), numerous wood engraved illustrations, inner hinges cracked, original green cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and some fraying and wear to extremities, thick 8vo, together with Payer (Julius), New Lands Within the Arctic Circle. Narrative of the Discoveries of the Austrian Ship 'Tegetthoff' in the years 1872-1874, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Macmillan, 1876, chromolithographed frontispiece (with oval library inkstamp to upper outer corner), wood engraved illustrations, double-page map at front of second volume, occasional library inkstamp, some scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed, fraying and wear to spines, with some loss (cloth partly detached), 8vo, plus Nares (George S.), Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in HM Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, 1878, 6 mounted woodburytype photographs, one (of 2) maps, wood engraved illustrations, etc., some waterstains to first few leaves and to top margins, and occasional marks elsewhere, later green cloth gilt retaining original spines, soiled and marked, with a little fraying, 8vo (with small inkstamp to head of each title Ellesmere Land Expedition), and other arctic travel and exploration, including Nansen, In Northern Mists, 2 volumes, 1911, Greely, Three Years of Arctic Service, 2 volumes, 1886, Conway, The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, 1897, D. Murray Smith, Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores, from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76, Southampton, Charles H. Calvert, 1877, Nansen, The First Crossing of Greenland, 2 volumes, 1890, & Mawson, The Home of the Blizzard, 2 volumes, [1915], mostly original cloth, generally with some wear, mainly large 8vo (16)
