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112 Borchgrevink (C.E.). First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, 1st edition, 1901, photogravure portrait frontispiece detached, light offset to title), three folding colour maps at end, numerous half-tone illustrations, 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue at end, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt and silver, 8vo Spence 152. A bright copy. (1)
Lot 115
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)
£300-500
113 British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. Meteorology, by G.C. Simpson, volumes 1-3, Calcutta & London, 1919-23, numerous folding charts, King’s College Library ink stamps, original cloth, volume 3 upper joint splitting at head, some fading, 4to, together with three other reports from the expedition: Terrestrial Magnetism, by Charles Chree, 1921, Glaciology, by C.S. Wright & R.E. Priestley, 1922 and F. Debenham’s Report on the Maps and Surveys, 1923 (all ex-libris) (6)
£100-150
114 [Brown, Robert Neil Rudmose, et al.] The Voyage of the “Scotia”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas by Three of the Staff, 1st edition, 1906, two folding colour maps, numerous half-tone illustrations, closed tear to List of Illustrations leaf, scattered light spotting, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, original grey pictorial cloth, spine lettering faded, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
£200-300
115 Bull (Henrik Johan). The Cruise of the ‘Antarctic’ to the South Polar Regions, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1896, 12 monochrome plates, including frontispiece (complete), 32-page publisher’s catalogue at rear, front free endpaper removed, ownership signature to half-title of Will Colbeck, dated 1901, edges roughtrimmed, front hinge slightly cracked, original blue cloth with title and illustration to upper cover blocked in silver, slightly rubbed (generally a good copy), 8vo Spence 210. Taurus 14. Bull’s two year whaling expedition took in Tristan da Cunha, the Prince Edward Islands, Kerguelen, Campbell and Possession Islands. His landing at Cape Adare was the first confirmed landing on the Antarctic Continental mainland. (1) £300-400
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£100-150