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Lot 882
WW1 STEREOCARDS - REALISTIC VIEWS a large collection of approx 300 Stereocards by Realistic Travels, numbered from 1-300. All relating to WW1, (Seaforths, The Sniper finds his mark, Gunners, Royal Field Artillery, HRH The Prince of Wales, London Territorials and many more). Also with a Stereo viewer and a General War Map of Europe.
Lot 816
*WWII Maps. A WWII map of Southern England, 1939, annotated with land and water aerodromes, landing grounds, seaplane mooring areas and anchorages, together with 26 WWII 1" scale military maps 1940 issued to the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, Navigators logbook and photograph relating to Pilot Officer Jordan, RAF and other items (a carton)
Lot 838
Napoleon Bonaparte. Copies of Original Letters from the Army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, Intercepted by the Fleet under the Command of Admiral Lord Nelson. With an English Translation, 2 volumes, volume I 4th edition, 1798; volume II (in 2 parts) 2nd edition, 1799, half title and folding map (laid down) to volume I, folding facsimile Bonaparte letter frontispiece to volume II, small marginal repair and annotation to two volume I Appendix leaves, some light soiling and spotting, modern half calf, blue labels to spines, 8vo, together with Memoir of the Campaigns of General Bonaparte in Egypt and Syria; and the Operations of General Desaix, in Upper Egypt, by Berthier, translated from the French by Thomas Evanson White, 1st edition, 1805 (title with marginal repair) (3)
Lot 846
Eyre (Lieutenant Vincent). The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842. With a Journal of Imprisonment in Affghanistan, 2nd edition, 1843, folding linen-backed map, light offsetting and light soiling, modern half calf, 8vo, together with The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C.B. (Governor-General's Agent N.W. Frontier, 1844-5) in Afghanistan and the Punjab. Compiled from his papers and those of Lords Ellenborough and Hardinge, by Major W. Broadfoot, R.E., 1st edition, 1888, portrait frontispiece, two maps, advertisements at end, one or two minor spots, bookplate, original burgundy cloth gilt, slight fading to spine, 8vo, with four others related including a 4th and 5th edition of Vincent Eyre's Military Operations in Cabul (5th edition lacking map), Sir James Willcocks' From Kabul to Kumassi. Twenty-Four Years of Soldiering and Sport, 1904, Maud Diver's The Judgement of the Sword, 1913 and S.H. Shadbolt's The Afghan Campaign of 1878-1880, facsimile reprint, J.B. Hayward, [1972] (7)
Lot 850
Goldsmid (Sir Frederic John). James Outram. A Biography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1880, frontispiece to each, folding map and facsimile letter, scattered light spotting, contemporary half morocco, upper joint of volume II cracked, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Lives of Indian Officers, Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Services of India, by John William Kaye, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1867, half titles, occasional light toning, bookplates, original red cloth gilt, spines a little rubbed and faded, a few stains, 8vo, plus Chitral. The Story of a Minor Siege, by Sir George S. Robertson, 1st edition, 1898, maps and illustrations, advertisements at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original red cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with other India related etc. including Lt.-General McLeod Innes' The Sepoy Revolt. A Critical Revolt, 1897, inscribed by the author, Lionel James's The Indian Frontier War. Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions 1897, 1898 and The Armies of India, A & C Black, 1911 (26)
![Gorges (Brig. Gen. E. Howard). The Great War in West Africa, 1st edition, Hutchinson, [1918], numerous monochrome illustrati](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/188d4dbb-40ff-4268-be71-a75c00cc2df7/274bef88-5503-4ae2-fadc-750252f3644e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 851
Gorges (Brig. Gen. E. Howard). The Great War in West Africa, 1st edition, Hutchinson, [1918], numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original red cloth, spine lettered in black, rubbed, together with Cartmell (H.), For Remembrance. An account of some faithful years, Preston, [1919], monochrome illustrations after photographs, original red cloth gilt, plus Lavery (Felix), Irish Heroes in the War, The Irish in Great Britain by T.P. O'Connor, The Tyneside Irish Brigade by Joseph Keating, Everett & Co., 1917, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original green cloth gilt, a few minor marks, and Carrington (C.E.), The War Record of the 1/5th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st edition, Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1922, 4 single-page map illustrations, with original group portrait photograph, taken at Valdagno in Italy, on 18th November 1918, possibly taken by Major H.S. Bloomer, M.C., loosely inserted, original blue cloth gilt, some marks and minor stains, all 8vo, plus other first world war history and memoirs, including Captain G.K. Rose, The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Oxford, 1920, Swindon's War Record, by W.D. Bavin, 1922, Sir Arnold T. Wilson, Loyalties, Mesopotamia, 1914-1917, 1st edition, 1930, J. Devereux & G. Sacker, Leaving All That Was Dear, Cheltenham and the Great War, 1st edition, 1997, Bruce Bairnsfather, Fragments from France, General Sir Hubert Gough, The Fifth Army, 1st edition, 1931, signed to front endpaper by Colonel J.C. Barrett (bright copy), etc. (70)
Lot 853
Hozier (Captain H.M.). The Invasions of England. A History of the Past, with Lessons for the Future, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1876, one or two light spots, contemporary owner inscription, bookplates, contemporary half calf, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters Recently Written by a General Officer to his Son, on his entering the Army, [by Baron d'Anglesi], 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1804, a little light toning, presentation inscription 1939 at front, contemporary diced calf, a little faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus Scenes from the Life of a Soldier in Active Service [by Friedrich Wilhelm Hacklander], 1st English edition, 1850, folding map, contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others leatherbound including The Royal Military Chronicle, 2 volumes 1811-1812 (not collated), Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution in England in 1688, 2 volumes, Paris, 1834, H.M. Hozier's The Franco-Prussian War, 2 volumes, circa 1872 and Walter Richards' Her Majesty's Army, 3 volumes, circa 1890 (with 46 of 47 colour plates only), 4to and 8vo (26)
Lot 862
Norris-Newman (Charles L.). With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1, 2nd edition with new map of the South African Republic and text of the Convention of 1884, circa 1885, folding maps and plans, occasional pencil scoring, some toning to half title and endpapers, previous owner inscription, original cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, together with War with the Boers. An Account of the Past and Present Troubles with the South African Republics, by Harold Brown, 5 volumes in 2, circa 1902, numerous photogravure portraits, maps an illustrations, some offsetting and a few spots, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt, edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus Two Years on Trek. Being some account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa, by the Late Lt.-Colonel du Moulin, edited by H.F. Bidder, 1907, half title, original upper wrapper bound-in at front, all edges pink, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others related including Charles Goldmann's With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa, 1902, Mildred Dooner's The "Last Post": Being a Roll of all Officers (Naval, Military or Colonial) who gave their lives for their Queen, King and Country, in the South African War, 1899-1902, circa 1903, and Walter Richards' His Majesty's Territorial Army, 4 volumes, circa 1910 (27)
Lot 863
Orme (Robert). A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV to which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan, 3 volumes, including atlas, 4th edition, revised by the author, re-printed by Pharoah and Co., Madras, 1861, 35 folding lithographed maps, plates and plans (first map re-guarded, a few archival tissue repairs and some marginal insect damage), previous owner signatures and stamps to titles, a few annotations, some light spotting and soiling, modern half calf, spines with red and green labels, 8vo (3)
Lot 864
Philippart (John). Campaign in Germany and France, from the Expiration of the Armistice, signed and ratified June 4, 1813, to the Period of the Abdication of the Throne of France by Napoleon Buonaparte; with an Appendix..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1814, portrait frontispiece of Blucher to volume I (offset to title), some spotting and light soiling, recent half calf, 8vo, together with A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Saxony in the Year 1813. Written originally in German by Baron von Odeleben... to which are subjoined the notes of M. Aubert de Vitry... the whole translated by Alfred John Kempe, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1820, folding engraved map (reinforced to verso, light offsetting to title), scattered light spotting, uniformly bound as above, plus Copies of the Original Letters and Despatches of the Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers of State, &c. at Paris to the Emperor Napoleon, at Dresden; Intercepted by the Advanced Troops of the Allies in the North of Germany, 1st edition, 1814, half title, folding table, light spotting, recent half calf, 8vo, with 11 others related including Memoirs of the Life of Prince Potemkin... translated from the German, 1812, P.F.F.J. Giraud's The Campaigns of Paris in 1814 & 1815, 2nd English edition, enlarged, 1816, M. de Rocca's Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain, 1st English edition, 1815 (2 copies), Lord Mahon's History of the War of the Succession in Spain, 2nd edition, 1836 and History of the War in the Peninsula under Napoleon... by General Foy, 2 parts in 3 volumes, 1st English edition, 1827 (18)
Lot 869
Snodgrass (Major J.J.). Narrative of the Burmese War, Detailing the Operations of Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell's Army, from its Landing at Rangoon in May 1824, to the Conclusion of a Treaty of Peace at Yandaboo, in February 1826, 1st edition, 1827, half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and plate, folding linen-backed map, a little light toning and soiling, modern half calf, red label to spine, 8vo (1)
Lot 874
Wilmot (A.). History of the Zulu War, 1st edition, 1880, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, folding map, advertisements, a few leaves loosening at front, bookplate and library stamp, small wormtrack to rear endpaper, scattered spotting, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, a few marks, 8vo, together with A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906 and of Dinzulu's Arrest, Trial and Expatriation, by J. Stuart, 1st edition, 1913, portrait frontispiece, folding maps, illustrations, scattered light spotting, previous owner signature to title, top edge gilt, original burgundy cloth, joints a trifle rubbed, 8vo, with two others: J.A. Farrer's Zululand and the Zulus, 3rd edition, 1879 and Robert Baden-Powell's The Matabele Campaign, 4th edition, 1901 (4)
Lot 875
Yeats-Brown (Major F.C.C.). The Star and Crescent. Being the Story of the 17th Cavalry from 1858 to 1922, printed for private circulation, Pioneer Press, Allahabad, [1927], folding map, half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting, original pigskin-backed boards, spine a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo Limited edition 14/100(?). (1)
Lot 122
Pierce-Arrow. A circa 1907 promotional booklet, 'Defending the Trophy', by T. John Sullivan, effectively describing the success of the Pierce-Arrow winning the Glidden Trophy (400 ounces of sterling silver) for the second year running. A saddle-stitched 46pp book with good photographs of the competing cars, map of the 1906 event, detailed text, predicaments and troubles and a picture of the trophy. Sound condition, the cover with edge bumps, a company rubber stamp on the front free end paper (1)
Lot 221
Three Catalogues. An M & A Motor Carriage Trim and Fittings for 1924, 71pp and a hard cover. Pierre Robin of Lyon, car parts, spares and fittings for 1932, French text, and a general Aviation and Automobiles loose-leaf folder illustrating instrumentation, steering, dynamos, brakes, etc., French, date unknown. Also, a 1969 reprint of a 1904 Handbook of Gasoline Automobiles, excellent illustrations. 83pp, hardbound with DJ, and a 1924 Motor Guide to the Bombay area of India, with folded coloured map and other maps, giving a guide to the road types, unmetalled roads, stations, bridges, etc. 168pp in a green binding. All in used, but sound condition (5)
Lot 234
Early French, Italian, and German Motoring. An interesting selection of 8vo hardbacks, in good condition except where otherwise noted, and comprising: Les Recettes du Chauffeur, by L. Baudry de Suanier, Paris, 1902, with numerous text engravings; Voiturettes et Voitures legeres, by Ch. Laville & A. Gatoux, Paris, 1910, 110 text figures, many period advertisements, period rebinding in red cloth and quarter-leather with original paper covers bound in, and marbled end-papers; Mamuel Pratique d'Automobilisme, Voitures a Essence, Voitures a vapeur-Pannes et leurs remedes, by M. Zerolo, 7th Edition, Paris, c1912, 322 text figures, rebound as in the previous item, but with marbled boards and plain end-papers; J'achete une utomobile, by Ch.E Faroux & F. Carles, Paris, 1913, 74 text figures; Manuel Pratique du Conducteur d'Automobiles, by P. & Y. Guedon, Paris, 1897, 152 text engravings and many period advertisements; Memento de l'Automobile: Petit Dictionnaire de Route, by E. Meignen & G. Leroux, Paris, 1907, front and rear hinges weak/breaking, front free end-paper and index pages 333/4 torn with loss, damp-stained at hinges, pages browned through age; Guida Pratica di Automobilismo, Manuele per Chauffeurs e Meccanici, 1907, numerous text figures, hinges broken, preliminary pages loose; Annuario dell'Automobilismo del Ciclismo e dei Transporti Ferroviari 1912, Touring Club Italiano, Milan, 1912, thick small 8vo, folding map in rear pocket; and Grundbegriffe des Automobilismus, Dampf-Wagen, Elektrische Wagen, Benzin-Wagen, by L. Baudry de Saunier, Leipzig, 1902, with 30 text engravings, board covers rubbed (9)
Lot 1040
Postcards, a mixed age collection of approx 300 cards inc modern map cards, many comic inc Cynicus, Comicus, Tempest, McGill, Tom Browne, 'The Captain' series, Attwell, Barribal also a few UK topographical inc RP's of Wedmore Hall and Wedmore from Granville Road etc (mixed condition, fair/gd)
Lot 1102
Railwayana, small selection of notices and timetables inc Windsor & Eton Royal Albert Institute Advert for a lecture by Rev. A Cunningham Burley entitled 'Romance of the Iron Horse' (a study in Railway Development) 21 Nov 1905, together with 1963 BR Midlands Area Station Timetable plus 1961 BR Station Timetable for trains from London to Sussex, & a modern London Underground Station Journey Planner Map, (all folded, gd)
Lot 1150
Royalty, selection of ephemera early 1900's onwards inc. special supplements, event programmes, booklets & souvenirs, noted Illustrated London News special Supplement for death of Queen Victoria 1901, The Graphic special supplement for funeral of King Edward 7th 1910, Illustrated London News special supplement for the Coronation Procession 1902, hardbacked Form & Order of Service book for Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 2, 1953, fold-out map of the Coronation Procession 1953 & many other items (mixed condition, fair/vg) (30+ items)
Lot 1228
Ephemera, a mixed selection of items, Victorian period onwards inc. a book 'The Human Body' by Owen Lankester, M.R.C.S. (inside title page missing, worn condition), 'Map of the World with the Distribution of Animals' published by William Spooner with superb fold-out colour linen map, a 1940's scrapbook with Royalty & Military content, a folder of various maps inc. Nigeria 1949, Malay Peninsula 1956, later issue WW2 related etc & other items (mixed condition, fair/vg) (1 large box)
Lot 100
Scott (Captain Robert F.). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes (volume I 1st edition, volume II 2nd impression), 1905, photogravure frontispieces, folding map contained in rear pockets (a little toned), numerous half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spines a little faded and rubbed at ends, thick 8vo, together with Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1913, portrait frontispieces, folding map at end of each volume, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to volume I endpaper, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, joints slightly rubbed, thick 8vo (4)
Lot 102
Snow (W. Parker). Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin. A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas, 1st edition, 1851, additional colour lithographed title, folding map, three colour lithographed plates, scattered light spots, contemporary owner inscription, rear hinge a little tender, original blue cloth gilt, one or two small bumps and marks, 8vo Abbey Travel 638; Sabin 85560. (1)
Lot 105
Amedeo (Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Hutchinson, 1903, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations, plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, original blue-green cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, large 8vo, toghether with Nansen (Fridtjof), The First Crossing of Greenland, translated by Hubert Majendie Gepp, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Longmans, Green, 1890, folding maps, numerous monochrome plates, some light scattered spotting, original blue cloth blocked in silver, rubbed and with one or two puncture marks to upper cover of first volume, some fading to spines and edges of covers, 8vo, plus Barrow (Sir John), Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions, from the year 1818 to the present time, 1st edition, John Murray, 1846, engraved portrait frontispiece, single page map and large folding map (the latter with closed tear repaired) at end, 16-page publisher's list at rear, dated January 1846, original blindstamped cloth, rubbed and some soiling and discolouration to edges, modern reback, 8vo, and other polar travel and exploration, all North Pole interest, including Nansen, Through Siberia, 1914, Steen, Terrestrial Magnetism (Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902, No. 6), Kristiania, 1907, Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, 2 volumes, 1898, Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross, 1835, Nansen, Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1898, etc., mostly original cloth, generally rubbed and marked, mostly 8vo (22)
Lot 116
Byrd (Richard Evelyn). Little America. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole, Author's Autograph Edition, G.P. Putnam, New York & London, 1930, portrait frontispiece, folding map, half-tone illustrations, untrimmed in original half vellum, spine slightly discoloured, 8vo Limited edition 522/1000 signed by author and publisher. (1)
Lot 117
Charcot (J.B.). Le "Francais" au Pole Sud, Journal de l'Expedition Antarctique Francaise 1903-1905, 1st edition, Paris, Flammarion, 1906, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations after phtographs, folding map at rear, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated olive green morocco-backed boards, with original pictorial upper wrapper bound-in, very slightly rubbed to extremities, and sunned to spine, with a silver gelatin photographic print of Charcot's arctic exploration vessel the 'Pourquoi Pas' loosely inserted at front, large 8vo, together with 2 others related (Dans la Mer du Groenland, Montreal, 1937 & Jean-Baptiste Charcot 1867-1936, Yacht Club de France, 1937), plus Gerlache (Adriene), Voyage de la 'Belgica', Quinze Mois dans l'Antarctique, 2nd edition, Paris & Brussels, 1902, numerous monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter green morocco, rubbed and spine sunned, and two others related including Shackleton, Mon Expedition au Sud Polaire 1914-1917, Tours circa 1918 (6)
Lot 123
De Long (George W.). The Voyage of the Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, edited by his wife, Emma De Long, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, 1884, numerous wood engraved illustrations, etc., original pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks (generally a good copy), thick 8vo, together with Kane (Elisha Kent), The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, a personal narrative, 1st edition, New York, 1854, monochrome mezzotint plates, wood engraved illustrations to text, folding map, single library inkstamp to title verso, original cloth gilt, rubbed and minor fraying to extremities, and a few other marks, 8vo, plus Hall (Charles Francis), Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862, 1st edition, New York, 1865, wood engraved illustrations, light waterstain to front endpapers and frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed and frayed to extremities, with minor loss to head and foot of spine, some fading to spine and edges, 8vo, and other 19th century American polar exploration, all published in the United States, including Proceedings of the Proteus Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883, Washington, 1884, William E. Chandler, Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the loss of the steamer Jeannette, 1883, Giles B. Harber, Report... of his search for the missing people of the Jeannette Expedition, 1884, Robert Peary, Northward over the Great Ice, 2 volumes, New York, 1898, Josephine Diebitsch-Peary, My Arctic Journal, 1893, etc., all original cloth or similar, rubbed and one volume, Arctic Experiences re-cased (generally good condition), 8vo (15)
Lot 125
Drygalski (Erich von). Zum Kontinent des Eisigen Sudens, Deutsche Sudpolarexpedition fahrten und forschungen des "Gauss" 1901-1903, Berlin, Georg Reimer, 1904, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, numerous plans, charts and monochrome illustrations after photos, folding map at rear, near-contemporary black cloth, 4to, together with Amundsen (Roald), Die Eroberung des Sudpols, Die norwegische Sudpolfahrt mit dem Fram 1910-1912, 2 volumes, Bern, Georg Sommerfeld, 1912, plus Mawson (Douglas), Leben und Tod am Sudpol, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1922, monochrome plates and illustrations to each work, original cloth, generally in clean condition, 8vo (5)
Lot 128
Franklin (John). Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in 1819-20-21-22: With a Brief Account of the Second Journey in 1825-26-27, 4 volumes, 1829, half titles for volumes II-IV, folding map, 23 engraved plates and portraits, one or two light spots, armorial bookplates, contemporary half calf gilt, slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Parry (W.E.), Three Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole, 5 volumes, 1831, folding map, 12 engraved plates, some light spotting and toning, contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, rebacked, original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 12mo (9)
Lot 13
Conolly (Lt. Arthur). Journey to the North of India, Overland from England, through Russia, Persia and Affghaunistaun, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1834, engraved frontispiece to each, folding map (with closed tears and reinforcements to verso), bound without advertisement leaf, occasional light toning, manuscript shelf numbers to titles, front hinges tender, booklabels, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, tear at head of volume I spine and one corner chipped, 8vo Yakushi C331. Conolly coined the phrase 'The Great Game' to describe Britain's imperial rivalry with Russia. (2)
Lot 130
Golden Cockerel Press. A Voyage Round the World with Captain Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, by Anders Sparrman, Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, folding map, slight toning to colophon, top edges gilt, original green buckram gilt, folio Limited edition 331/350. Cockalorum 162. (1)
Lot 131
Graah (Captain W.A.). Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in search of the Lost Colonies, translated from the Danish, by G. Gordon Macdougall, 1st English edition, John W. Parker, 1837, folding engraved frontispiece map of Greenland (some spotting), 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end, original blue/green cloth gilt, rubbed and a little fraying and minor wear to joints and head and foot of spine, some fading, together with M'Clintock (Captain), The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions, 1st edition, John Murray 1859, wood engraved illustrations, folding map, etc., original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to head of spine, plus M'Dougall (George F.), The Eventful Voyage of HM Discovery Ship 'Resolute' to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin, 1857, folding engraved frontispiece chart, with hand-colouring, some spotting to preliminary leaves, title with some staining, colour lithographed plates and wood engraved illustrations, some marginal spotting throughout, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling and faded to spine (restrengthened), and other 19th century polar exploration, including Isaac Hayes, An Arctic Boat Journey in the Autumn of 1854, Boston, 1860, & The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole in the Schooner United States, New York, 1867, E. Vale Blake, Arctic Experiences, New York, 1874, Sir John Leslie and others, Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions, 3rd edition, revised, Edinburgh, 1832, Narrative of the Recent Voyage of Captain Ross to the Arctic Regions in the years 1829-33, and a Notice of Captain Back's Expedition, 1st Amercian edition, New York, 1835, etc., all bound in original cloth, mostly gilt lettered or decorated, generally rubbed, mainly 8vo (15)
Lot 135
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)
Lot 14
Cook (James). Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery..., a new edition, compared with, and corrected from, the voyage published by authority, E. Newbery, 1785, half-title, engraved folding frontispiece and folding map (several closed tears), 9 plates, occasional heavy spotting or light browning, long closed tear to leaf S1 without loss of text and leaves S4/5 near detached, ownership inscription of John Rocke Junr., Eton, July 1796, to front pastedown, contemporary calf, some wear, joints cracked and vertical split to spine, 8vo Based on John Rickman's 'Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage' (1781), but edited and extensively revised by David Henry and intended to form the sixth volume of his 'An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators' (1773-75). Uncommon. (1)
Lot 151
Parry (William Edward). Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, in Boats Fitted for the Purpose, and Attached to His Majesty's Ship Hecla, in the Year MDCCCXXVII, 1st edition, John Murray, 1828, 3 engraved maps, including one large folding map at rear (repaired to folds), 4 engraved plates, some spotting, marginal waterstains towards rear of volume, library inkstamp to title verso, modern green library cloth, 4to, together with other 18th and 19th century related travel, including Daines Barrington, The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted, new edition, with an appendix, 1818 (ex-library copy), Tancred Robinson, An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, 1711, defective copy, lacking 3 charts, wormtrack to some leaves affecting letters, Samuel Hearne, A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, the Northern Ocean, Dublin, 1796, with 8 (of 9) plates only, lacking plate 1 (NW view of Prince of Wales's Fort), Arctic Miscellanies, 1852 (ex-library copy), Loss of the Lady Hobart Packet; of the Hon. East India Company's Ship Cabalva; and of the Centaur and Litchfield Men-of-War, 1824, Sir John Barrow, Voyages of Discovery and Research witin the Arctic Regions, 1846, James Weddell, Voyage Towards the South Pole, 1825, etc., mostly with some defectives, several bindings worn, mainly 8vo Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (11)
Lot 157
Rasmussen (Knud). The People of the Polar North. A Record, Compiled from the Danish Originals and Edited by G. Herring, 1st edition in English, 1908, folding colour map, illustrations by Count Harald Moltke, one or two text leaves roughly opened, some toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, small indentation to lower cover, spine ends a trifle rubbed, large 8vo (1)
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