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1 Polar Exploration Books From dust wrapper item 210 Catalogue: SIMPSON KINGSBRIDGE BOOKS Winter 2018/19 Horswell Coach House South Milton Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 3JU Tel: Overseas Tel: paul@kingsbridgebooks.co.uk

2 Polar Exploration Books Winter 2018/19 Ordering We welcome orders by post, or phone (between the hours of 8 am and 9pm UK time, please) Terms Buying New customers may be asked to send payment in advance Prices exclude postage/shipping Payment may be made by sterling, Euro or US $ cheque A charge will need to be made to cover the costs of currency conversion Please make cheques payable to Kingsbridge Books Payment can be transferred direct into my bank via the internet or into my PayPal account. Please ask for details. Sorry, but in order to keep costs low, we do not accept debit or credit cards Overseas parcels will normally be sent Parcel Force International Standard Please pay promptly on receipt of books It is important to me that you are pleased with the books you receive. Any book can be returned in the same condition within 7 days of receipt, if found to be unsatisfactory We are always interested in buying books and ephemera on polar exploration and happy to pay you a visit Paul and Andrea Davies KINGSBRIDGE BOOKS Horswell Coach House South Milton Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 3JU Tel: Overseas Tel: paul@kingsbridgebooks.co.uk * We are members of the PBFA association of booksellers and regularly exhibit at fairs around the country. Please see inside the back cover for a list of forthcoming fairs we shall be attending. * I am a member of various polar groups, including the Friends of SPRI, BAS Club the Devon and Cornwall Polar Society and the James Caird Society. 2

3 Polar Exploration Books Catalogue: SIMPSON Welcome to our latest polar catalogue. As we are working our way through the alphabet and now up to the letter S, this one is named after George Simpson; meteorologist on Terra Nova expedition. I hope you enjoy looking at the variety of polar material we have to offer. I think items 2,102,180, 184 and 225 will be of special interest to collectors. I have separated Arctic from Antarctic books and have three different sections in this catalogue as follows: Pages 4 to 21 Antarctic Books (with p 9 on Falklands and South Atlantic) Pages 22 to 34 Arctic Books Pages 35 to 38 Polar Ephemera Some of the special books on offer are highlighted and there are plenty of unusual Christmas gifts for the polar collector, such as a limited Scott print (item 228) and a small Shackleton bust (item 231). Clearer, colour pictures of items in this catalogue can be seen in the online version available to view on our website If the book you are looking for is not in this catalogue, then please get in touch as we do have many other books (and items of ephemera) not listed here. Please let us know if you would like more details about the content or condition of any of the books. Images can be ed if required. Paul Davies * Many books sell very quickly therefore so it is best to ring or straight away, then Andrea or I can reserve them for you. * Because of the costs involved, we regret that if you do not place an order after receiving three issues of our catalogue we will no longer be able to send it to you, unless you specifically ask for it. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) This is the first catalogue we have distributed since this EU Regulation came into force. The Regulation requires that all personal data held is with the consent of that person and managed responsibly. We wish to make you aware that as an existing or past customer, your contact information is held securely and this data is never shared, and you have the right to ask us about the ways we use your data. We never hold any credit card or financial information, and never pass on any details to third party companies. Unless you tell us otherwise you will continue to receive our catalogues and occasional invitations to book fairs. If you do NOT consent to Kingsbridge Books holding your contact details please let us know and we will remove them from our records. 3

4 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 1 Airey, On Antarctica Luna 2001 Illustrated by J Elliot 260pp softback Fine 12 Len Life on the remote FID/BAS bases in the 1970s and 80s 2 Roald Amundsen, My Life as an Explorer Doubleday 1927 First 2 82pp Near fine in VG + dust wrapper Inscribed by Amundsen to John Myers O Hara on ffep, and dated 23 ix Roald Amundsen, The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram translated by AG Chater John Murray November1912 FIRST EDITION Two vols 392pp + 449pp All maps and plates as called for. VG- - Professionally rebacked with existing spines. Boards little scuffed and corners bumped. Gilt bright. Flags on front boards good; on spines worn away Generally clean internally. From the library of Robert Selbie Clark, marine biologist on Endurance, and signed R S Clark in both vols. Portrait picture top left. See also items 33 and 91 Provenance: Christie s Polar Sale Amundsen,R The South Pole Hurst pp illus maps Fine/Fine 50 5 Armitage, Two Years in the Antarctic: Being the Narrative of the British Antarctic Lieut A B Expedition 1905 Edward Arnold 315pp plates and illus in text folding map Some foxing and marks. Original binding with bright front board, spine faded with repaired two cms tear at top V G copy of scarce book 695 It is said that Armitage annoyed Scott by publishing his account of the Discovery expedition before Smith Elder published his book. Illustrated in text with charming pencil sketches Rosove 17.A1 one of the scarcest books on the BAE 4

5 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 6 Auction Bonhams Catalogue The Polar Sale March 2012 Fine softback 10 7 Auction Christies Catalogue Exploration &Travel Sept 2010 Fine softback 10 8 Bagshawe, Two Men in the Antarctic: Expedition to Graham Land Thomas W 1939 First Edition CUP Foreword by Frank Debenham 292pp 33 plates two panoramas maps on eps. VG Clean and tight Dust wrapper is missing 4cms from bottom of front and head of spine chipped Rosove 23 Very good copy of scarce book 500 This book is about two young men who possessed that quality which was so annoying to the great Napoleon, of not having the sense to know when they were defeated Frank Debenham 9 Bailey, Antarctica: A Traveller s Tale 1980 Angus & Robertson 182pp Illus Jean with charcoal sketches by Lorraine Hannay Fine/VG Begbie, Shackleton: A Memory 1922 First Edition Mills and Boon 89pp + Harold 16pp catalogue of new books VG couple small marks on boards in a facsimile d/w 225 The first (unofficial) biography of the explorer published in the year of his death Rosove 30.A1 Scarce 11 Bennett, Whaling in the Antarctic 1931 Blackwood FIRST 222ppillus AG VG+ copy some slight foxing on prelims Borchgrevink, Carsten F First on the Antarctic Continent : an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition Newnes First Edition 333pp + 32pp adverts 186 illustrations and three folding maps. Period half leather rebind with five raised bands Gilt VG Clean and tight From the library of Charles Swinthinbank 300 Carsten Borchgrevink s event filled, pioneering and controversial expedition to Cape Adare 13 Bruce, Reminiscences of the Terra Nova Expedition pp William M illus booklet produced for Southpole-sium 1 Mint 12 Scott s brother in law account first published in Blue Peter Magazine 5

6 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 14 Bryan, Ordeal by Ice: Ships of the Antarctic 2011 Seaforth 536pp Rorke Very well illustrated Mint copy Authoritative work Borkan, When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme decision making lessons B& Hirzel,D from the Antarctic 2017 Terra Nova Press New softback Signed 14 This book reveals useful decision techniques for improving personal & business decisions based on the life and death decisions made on the heroic era Antarctic expeditions. 16 [Ed Bull, Silas: The Antarctic Dairies and Memoir of Charles S Wright Colin & 1993 Ohio State University First mint 50 P Wright] Attractively produced book of the diaries of Scott's physicist and glaciologist on BAE illustrated with superb drawings by his daughter. 17 Byrd, Antarctic Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Richard E Expedition 1935 Putnam First Limited Edition 500 copies Signed by RE Byrd Number 102 printed on Strathmore rag paper VG- spine faded The story of Little America II 150 CLASSIC FIRST EDITION ACCOUNT 18 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley The Worst Journey in the World 1922 FIRST EDITION Two volumes Constable the only edition with 10 panoramas Plates (some colour) and maps as called for. VG original pale blue cloth, slight fading to spines, bright gilt, binding sound though Vol one very slightly shaky 1,750 Rosove 71.A2 significantly scarcer than previous (71.A1) 18 Chester, Going to Extremes: Project Blizzard and Australia s Antarctic Jonathan Heritage 1986 Doubleday First 308pp illus VG+/VG Church, Last Port to Antarctica: Dunedin and Port Chambers : Ian N 100 Years of Polar Service 1997 Otago Heritage Books Softback 136pp illus Fine 25 6

7 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 20[Charcot, J] Charcot by Auguste Dupont 1938 Librarie Plon 94pp softback VG in French Charcot, J Voyage of the Pourquoi Pas 1978 Hurst 315pp illus Fine Charcot, J The Voyage of the Why Not? : Diary of the Second French Antarctic Expedition Hodder & Stoughton 1911 First edition in English. 316pp folding photographic frontis & 41 plates (48 b & w photographs, 3 sketches, one map). Original blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt and with a penguin in white, title and gold-blocked ship illustration on the upper board. Professionally rebacked with original spine Good + Cloth puckered, corners bumped, some foxing binding tight Coleman, Discovery II in the Antarctic Story of British Research in the -Cooke J Southern Seas 1963 First Odhams 255 pp lllus VG/VG- 18 CAPTAIN COOK 24 Cook, The Journals of Captain James Cook Three volumes (one in two Capt James parts) and The Life of Captain James Cook by J C Beaglehole plus portfolio of Charts and Views edited by R V Skelton and pamphlet Cook and the Russians ed by Beaglehole Published by Hakluyt Society between 1955 and FIRST EDITIONS in d/ws. Books clean, if a little dusty, seemingly unread; d/ws complete with small chips and spines browned. Now protected in archival covers The definitive work JC Beaglehole Biography of Joseph Banks 1963 Second Two vols in d/ws VG+/VG Crane, Scott of the Antarctic 2005 Harper Collins FIRST 637pp illus David VG/VG pp edges browned Signed Authoritative biography Crawford, That First Antarctic Winter The Story of the Southern Cross Janet Expedition of as told in the diaries of Louis Bernacchi 1998 First South Lat Research 270pp Illus Folding map Mint 45 Very interesting account of Borchgrevink s expedition to Cape Adare 7

8 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 28 Debenham, BAE Scientific Report Report: Maps & Surveys Frank 1923 Nine large folding maps in rear pocket (out of required 15) contains detailed description of instruments used, sketches of landmarks some by E Wilson and of various surveys including latitude measurements around South Pole Scarce book VG with faded spine Rosove A Daly, The Shackleton Letters: Behind the Scenes on the Nimrod Regina W Expedition 2009 Erskine Press 360 pp Limited to 450 copies Mint Illus with folding map signed by author on book plate 30 30[de Gerlache Quinze Mois Dans A Antarctique 1943Librairie Generale Bruxelles Commandant] 257pp illus card covers Paper browned inscribed Josee de Greel Doorly, The Voyages of the Morning 1916 FIRST EDITION Capt Gerald Smith Elder 224pp folding map Illus (one plate facing p 126 in facsimile) Rebacked with new period eps, some spotting, some pages creased over, lettering and penguin on boards clear Few old Masonic library stamps Rosove 96.A1 Scarce 450 Despite its faults this is a complete first edition original of one of the rarest polar books; account of the relief ship sent to assist Discovery 32 Dowdeswell The Antarctic Paintings of Edward Seago SPRI pp illus & Lane Signed by authors Fine Evans, South with Scott Collins 1921 FIRST EDITION 284pp +adverts 3 maps Edward Blue boards with red lettering on spine G+ boards & spine little scuffed Rough cut pages Internally clean From the library of Robert Selbie Clark, marine biologist on Endurance, and signed R S Clark Stamped review copy and with some pencil marginalia Provenance: Christie s Polar Sale Rosove 117.A1 Very scarce See also items 3 and Evans, The Autobiography of Evans of the Broke : Adventurous Life 1952 Edward Hutchinson 259pp illus with signature tipped in on title page Happy New Year 1949 Mountevans VG in VG- d/w 45 8

9 FALKLANDS/ SOUTHERN OCEAN INTEREST 35 Castell, St. Helena island fortress 1977 Byron group FIRST colour plates Robin inscribed by author Foreword by Duke Edinburgh VG/VG Cobb, The Making of War Artist : The Falkland Paintings David 1986 Conway VG+/VG Colonial Sec Report of Census pp card covers VG Cumpston, Macquarie Island 1968 Dept External Affairs 380pp illus maps J S Fine / Fine Definitive work on history of the island Lucas Bridges, The Uttermost Part of the World 2007 Reprint Overlook/ Rookery E 558pp illus Intro and Epilogue by Natalie Goodall Fine/fine 35 Fascinating book about establishing settlement in Tierra del Fuego 40 Lord Franks Privy Cllr Report Falkland Islands Review 1983 HMSO 106pp VG Naval Review The Action off the Falkland Islands in May 1915 Journal 40pp with maps in complete issue Rendell, Unspoilt Beauty of the Falkland Islands: Watercolours of Algernon Phyllis Asprey 1988 A Nelson 48pp illus Fine/VG Strange, The Falkland Islands nd David and Charles 256pp illus Ian signed by author VG+/VG+ 18 Also see item 119 Webster about his Voyage to South Atlantic Many other books on the subject available ANTARCTIC BOOKS 44 Farr, Emperors of the Ice: The True Story of Disaster and Survival Richard 2008 First Farrar, Straus and Giroux 217 pp illus Fine/Fine Fisher, Shackleton Barrie 1957 Reprint F/F 30 M and J Readable biography which had the benefit of the authors being able to interview the survivors of Shackleton's expeditions 46 Ford, Facsimile of rare Discovery diary of Reginald Ford Erskine Press Reginald pp illus In box with facsimile of lecture flyer & notes 30 9

10 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 47 Furse, Antarctic Year: Brabant Island Expedition 1986C room Helm FIRST Chris 223ppillus some col Fine/VG+ inscribed with cartoon by author Grierson, Sir Hubert Wilkins: Enigma of Exploration 1960 Hale FIRST 224 illus John VG- one small library stamp Gwyn, Captain Scott 1929 Reprint Bodley Head Golden in Series 240pp + ads Stephen Illus VG+ in slightly chipped d/w Rosove 158. A EdHaddelsey, Two Years Below the Horn: Andrew Taylor s Personal Memoir Stephen of Operation Tabarin 2017 Erskine Press 351pp illus some colour New book Harrowfield, Icy Heritage: Historic Sites of the Ross Sea Region 1995 AHT David 88pp illus some colour softback VG Hanssen, Voyages of a Modern Viking 1936 First Routledge 216pp Illus VG Helmer some light foxing on eps Colour photocopy d/w Rosove 159 A1 195 Scarce book written by the man who was with Amundsen in the Gjoa, at the South Pole in 1911 and who captained the Maud. 53 Hauge, The Impossible Journey: Unarmed to the South Pole Harald 1995 Pax Forlag 191pp illus Trans Andersen F/F 20 Inspiring trek by disabled Norwegian explorer 54EdHatherton, Antarctica 1965 Methuen FIRST 511pp illus very large folding map Trevor VG+/VG- small piece of d/w missing 30 Scientific articles Heap, King, Law, Stonehouse, Swithinbank et al 55 Hayes, The Conquest of the South Pole 1932 Thornton Butterworth Gordon J 318pp illus Clean, bright and tight Headland, Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions 1993 reprint CUP RK 730pp Signed by the author Mint Helm, AS Antarctica: The Story of the NZ Party of the Trans-Antarctic & JH Miller Expedition 1964 Government Printer 435pp illus VG 45 10

11 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 58 Herbert, A World of Men: Exploration in Antarctica Eyre & Spottiswoode Wally 232pp illus folding map illus signed by Sebastian Snow Snow was a Gentleman explorer of Latin America (died 2001) Hunt, Everland 2014 Fig Tree First295pp Fine hardback 15 Rebecca an exuberantly imagined novel set in Antarctic 60 Hussey, South with Shackleton Sampson Low 1949 FIRST in torn d/w Dr LDA (with loss) 182pp Illus. by Bertoglio Intro by Lord Mountevans Map on eps VG+/G 160 Scarce first edition in d/w First hand description of the time on Elephant Island from the banjo-playing doctor 61 Joyce, The South Polar Trail 1929 Duckworth First 220pp Illus Ernest Erratum slip. VG- Boards and spine scuffed and corners bumped Clean internally Facsimile d/w Rosove 188.A1 300 The sometimes disgruntled Joyce's account of the Ross Sea Party; an interesting, if not always accurate, telling of this harrowing story. Item 68 Item 52 facsimile d/w Item Jones, Antarctica Observed: Who discovered the Antarctic Continent? AGE 1982 Caedmon Illus Six maps 118pp Fine/Fine with flyer 20 11

12 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 63 Lagerbom, The Fifth Man: Henry R Bowers 1999 Caedmon 239pp Fine 75 CH An uncommon biography of the fifth man Scott took to the Pole with interesting speculation about the party s final days 64 [Lashly,W] Under Scott s Command: Lashly s Antarctic Diaries ed AR Ellis 1969 Gollancz Second imp. 160pp illus Fine/VG Levick, Antarctic Penguins Heinemann Jan 1915 ( third imp) 140pp illus G Murray VG Clean and tight 55 Standard work for many years on the subject by Dr on Northern Party 66 Mainwaring, From the Falklands to Patagonia 1983 Allison Michael & Busby 288pp Illus FIRST VG/VG 20 Story of the Halliday a pioneer family in Patagonia in the late 1900s 67 Markham, The Lands of Silence: A History of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration Sir Clements 1921 First Cambridge 539pp Illus two folding maps Rebacked with new eps VG- 120 Markham died in 1916 and this book was produced from his manuscript. Not common. Rosove Marr, Into the Frozen South 1924 Cassell 246pp illus VG++ clean and tight Scout in scarce d/w 95 Scout Marr s account of his adventure on the Quest expedition which, according to the publisher, was much influenced by Sir Ernest 69 McGregor, Shackleton s Boat: The Story of the James Caird 1996 First Harding D 150pp illus Fine/Fine Now uncommon Mills, Leif Men of Ice 2008 Caedmon First 195pp Illus New hardboards 30 The lives of Forbes Mackay and Cecil Meares 71 Mills, Leif Frank Wild 1999 Caedmon First 343pp Illus mint in d/w 95 This biography is now quite scarce, hence the price! 72 Mill, The Siege of the South Pole 1905 FIRST Alston Rivers 450pp illus Hugh R VG+ Unmarked bright boards & bright gilt. Few brown spots on prelims. Very large folding map one closed tear

13 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 73 Mawson, Douglas The Home of the Blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition First Edition 1915 Heinemann Two volumes All plates, panoramas and folding maps as called for. Original dark blue cloth. Rebacked with original spines. Bright gilt on front boards Spines faded and little wrinkled. A little light foxing Readable and attractive set Rosove 217. A1 550 Official account of the AAE, during which on a trek to the magnetic pole. Mawson s two companions died and he heroically had to struggle back alone to the base. 74 [Mawson, Mawson's Antarctic Diaries Ed Fred & Eleanor Jacka 1988 First Douglas] Allen Unwin 414pp illus (some colour) Fine/Fine 50 Comprehensive study of all Mawson's four Antarctic expeditions. 75 [Mawson, Mawson s Forgotten Men: Antarctic Diary of Charles Douglas] Harrisson Ed H Rossiter Pier pp illus softback 25 Attractive production in form of diary. Harrison was geologist on AAE and member of Western Party led by Frank Wild JUST PUBLISHED 76 The Antarctic Diaries of Andrew Watson and Alexander Kennedy together with the paintings of Charles Turnbull Harrisson. Limited edition package which includes: THE ANTARCTIC DIARY OFANDREW DOUGALD WATSON - Hardback, cloth bound, blocked on cover and spine,260pp,illus THE ANTARCTIC DIARY OF ALEXANDER LORIMER KENNEDY - Hardback, cloth bound, blocked on cover and spine;192pp,illus PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF CHARLES TURNBULL HARRISSON - 36pp + cover, soft back on art paper, illus CHARLES TURNBULL HARRISSON - A LIFE - 16pp + cover, booklet, illus FULL COLOUR MAP OF QUEEN MARY LAND Limited numbered edition of 300 copies. Published by Erskine Press

14 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 77 McGregor, Mawson s Huts 1998 Hale and Iremonger Softback 194pp illus Alasdair VG+ Restoring the Cape Denison huts in Nugent, Seek the Frozen Lands: Irish Polar Explorers Frank 2003 First Collins 292pp Illus Fine/Fine 35 Covers Bransfield, McClintock, Crosier, M Clure, Gore- Booth, Crean and Shackleton and others. Well produced book 79 Nordenskjöld, Antarctica or Two Years amongst the Ice of the South Pole Otto 1977 Reprint of 1905 original Hurst 608pp Four maps Intro by Sir Vivian Fuchs and biographical note F/F 55 This book describes the Swedish expedition which saw the explorers divided into three isolated groups and their ship sinking. All were saved by an Argentinian naval ship and much scientific work was achieved. A gruelling tale of survival and coincidence in the best traditions of the heroic age. Uncommon 80 Parer, D Mawson: The Survivor Alella 1983 FIRST VG Ponting, The Great White South Jan 1922 Duckworth Second 306pp HG 164 b&w photos plus 11 by Scott and others Map VG Rebacked with new eps and original ( faded) spine Clean and tight. Some spotting to prelims, Gilt bright and tight binding 60 Rosove 251.A2 Uncommon 82 Priestley, Antarctic Adventure: Scott s Northern Party 1974 Hurst Raymond Raymond 382pp illus maps Forward by Sir Vivien Fuchs Fine/VG Rankin, Antarctic Isle Wild Life in South Georgia 1951 First Collins Niall 83pp illus Near fine book and d/w Richards, The Ross Sea Shore Party SPRI 1962 First VG+/VG 44pp 80 RW Scarce book in its original edition with d/w. For a long time the only authoritative first-hand account of the disastrous but heroic Ross Sea Party. A short but well written and well balanced book published by SPRI as one of its special publications (Number 2). 14

15 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 85 Ross, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and James C Antarctic Regions David and Charles Reprint Two volumes 366pp+ 447pp folding maps, charts, woodcuts Fine in near fine d/ws Foreword by Raymond Priestley 125 Item 83 Item 86 Item Rudmose A Naturalist at the Poles: The Life Work and Voyages of Dr WS Bruce Brown,RN 1923 Seeley First edition 316 pp+ads illus and maps VG Clean boards, some slight page edge foxing bright lettering Rudmose The Voyage of the Scotia : Being the Record of the Voyage of Brown, J Pirie Exploration in Antarctic Seas 1978 Reprint Hurst Folding R C Mossman map and illus New foreword by Sir George deacon Fine/ Fine Ryan, Death on the Ice 2009 Headline First F/F signed by author 25 Robert Novel focusing on Scott and Oates during Terra Nova expedition 89 Rymill, Southern Lights: The Official Account of the British Graham John Land Expedition First Chatto and Windus with chapters by Alfred Stephenson and introduction by Hugh Mill 296pp folding map and illus VG++ in uncommon d/w Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Vol I Journals of Captain Scott Vol II Robert F Reports of Journeys and Scientific Work undertaken by Dr Wilson and other(s) Smith, Elder 1913 FIRST EDITION All plates maps and panoramas present Original blue cloth VG+ Spines just very slightly faded Clean, bright & tight Rosove 290.A1 475 Really good copies of the first edition are hard to find 15

16 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 91 Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Vol I Journals of Captain Scott Vol II Robert F Reports of Journeys and Scientific Work undertaken by Dr Wilson and other(s) Smith, Elder 1914 FIFTH EDITION All plates maps and panoramas present Original blue cloth VG- some slight wear to spines and boards Clean and bright Rosove 290.A5 350 From the library of Robert Selbie Clark, marine biologist on Endurance, and signed R S Clark Dec 1919 in both vols. See also items 3 and 33 Provenance: Christie s Polar Sale [ Scott, Robert F] Le Pole Meurtrier; Journal de Route du Capitaine Scott au Pole Sud Adaption by Ch. Rabot 1914Hachette Paris 371 pp Plates and folding map Decorated front board Teg VG- binding little shaky Stain on front board Clean internally and bright gilt 145 Scott s Last Expedition in French 93 [Scott, Ostatnia Wyprawa Scotta Wydawnictwo Warsaw pp illus Robert F] and map VG/VG 40 Scott s Last Expedition in Polish for the completist collector! 94 [Scott, The Diaries of Captain Robert Scott: A Record of the Second Robert F] Antarctic Expedition University Microfilms 1968 First Six volumes original blue cloth VG Uncommon 550 Reading the original manuscript shows that 200 major changes were made to the diary entries used in Scott s Last Expedition 95 [Scott, Miscellaneous Data Compiled by Col HG Lyons British Antarctic Robert F] Expedition Harrsion pp with large folding plan of Terra Nova in rear pocket Card covers VG+ 110 Scarce and fascinating details about the expedition including sections about equipment and stores and animal transport 16

17 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 96 Scott, Captain Scott s Message to England 1913 St Robert F Catherine s Press 31pp illus with Wilson supplement in facsimile VG copy 125 Scarce ephemeral item which commemorates the deaths. Includes sections on Scott, Bowers and Oates and reprints Scott s Last Message. Wilson added later, but no section on Edgar Evans! 97 Scott, The Voyages of the Discovery 1905 Smith & Elder Two volumes Robert F FIRST EDITION 260 illus 12 colour plates 2 folding maps Generally clean internally Boards clean with few marks Gilt a little worn Hinges beginning to go VG A quite presentable first edition set Rosove 286.A1 a 98 [Scott, National Antarctic Expedition Scientific Reports Robert F] British Museum 98.1 Vol III Zoology and Botany (Invertebrata; Marine Algae, Musci) Vol IV Zoology (Various Invertebrata) Vol V Zoology and Botany (Animals and Lichens) Vol IV Zoology & Botany (Echinoderma, Polychaeta, Freshwater Algae) 1912 VG with faded spines 80 each, all four Shackleton, Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British EH Antarctic Expedition Heinemann New and revised one vol Popular edition 368pp Illus Folding map VG Bright lettering ; vignette little worn Shackleton, Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British EH Antarctic Expedition Heinemann Popular edition 368pp Illus Folding map VG in chipped d/w (with some slight loss) featuring image of The Boss on front Shackleton, Farthest South and The Dash for the South Pole Two articles EH in McClure s Magazine for Sept & Oct pp+17pp illus bound in Vol XXXIII of the magazine VG+ 80 First publication of the Nimrod Expedition in the US (2 of 3 articles) 17

18 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 102 Shackleton, EH & W McClean O.H.M.S. : An illustrated record of the voyage of SS Tintagel Castle conveying 1200 soldiers from Southampton to Cape Town 1900 First Simpkin, Marshall 59pp Decorated stiff card covers VG- tape marks on eps 550 With telegram taped onto ep dated from London Brighton & South Coast Railway giving time of departure of troop train from Chichester to Southampton Shackleton called this his first book about his time as Third Officer aboard this troop ship his first fruits advance copies were sold and he had a copy specially bound for Queen Victoria. Rare 103 Shackleton, Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British EH Antarctic Expedition Heinemann London 1909 FIRST EDITION Two volumes All plates, maps and panoramas Original blue boards and spines with silver decoration. Lettering clear. Spines somewhat faded. Corners bumped. VG- - Internally clean and binding quite firm Rosove 305 B1 380 An original set of this classic book describing the Nimrod Expedition 104 Shackleton, The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Prospectus Facsimile EH Numbered limited edition (1000 copies) RAREnterprises Brown card covers Map and line drawing of Endurance 32pp New 65 Very well produced and faithful reproduction 105 Shackleton, EH SOUTH: The Story of the Expedition Heinemann 1921 Cheap Edition All plates and folding map complete Decorated front board VG Firm and clean copy Shackleton, EH SOUTH: The Story of the Expedition Heinemann Nov 1919 FIRST EDITION All plates and map complete Professionally rebacked with original spine New eps Front board vignette and spine lettering bright Paper less browned than usual Corner of frontis tissue guard missing 850 Classic story of Endurance expedition. Attractive copy 18

19 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 105a[Shackleton, Report on the Geological Collections made during the Voyage of EH] the Quest British Museum pp illus VG bright gilt bShackleton, Shackleton: An Irishman in Antarctica 2003 Lilliput, Dublin Jonathan & New Signed by Jonathan Shackleton 30 J MacKenna Biography of Shackleton with special reference to his Irish roots 107 [Shackleton, Shackleton: the Antarctic and the Endurance 2000 First EH] Ed Jan Piggott Dulwich Soft back Mint Very well illustrated 25 Fascinating catalogue of the Dulwich College exhibition Item 116 Item 65 Item Shackleton, Mon Expedition au Sud Polaire ND about 1910 Maison EH Alfred Mame 367pp illus folding map Highly decorated front Board VG French edition of South Skinner, The Life and Adventures of William Lashly 2017 revised 60pp illus G&V soft covers New signed by the authors Smith, M Tom Crean: An Illustrated Life Collins 2006 First 193pp F/F Swithinbank, An Alien in Antarctica 1997 McDonald and Woodward Charles 214pp Signed by the author New 20 Reflections on 40 years exploration and research 19

20 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 112Taylor, With Scott: The Silver Lining 1916 Smith, Elder 464 pp plates and 2 Griffith folding maps Folding panoramic plate Original green cloth with penguin on front cover. FIRST EDITION first state: without author s preface. VG copy A little page edge browning. Lettering & vignette of penguin clear. Sound boards & spine. Rosove 324. A1 625 Very scarce. Account of the Australian geologist time on Scott s last expedition, containing substantial information on geology. The book was less popular than other primary accounts it is also the scarcest of the expedition s first hand narratives Rosove 113 Tarver, Antarctic Explorer and War Hero: Surgeon Capt Edward L Atkinson Michael ( ) PMP pp illus New signed by the author 20 Fresh research into the man who discovered Captain Scott s body 114 Tilman Mischief Among the Penguins 1961 Hart Davis FIRST 192pp illus H W VG/VG Sailing to the remote Crozet and Kerguelan Islands Turley, The Voyages of Captain Scott 1914 J Murray 440pp illus Intro Charles by JM Barrie VG copy page edge foxing Rosove 330.A3 30 FIRST EDITION JULES VERNE 116 Verne, An Antarctic Mystery 1898 Sampson Low First UK Edition 336pp illus Jules original binding with decorated front board and spine Binding little shaky and some light foxing on prelims Gilt page edges 325 Uncommon first edition of this classic in which part of the action takes place on Kerguelen Island. Verne wrote it as a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym 117 Wild, Shackleton s Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest May 1923 FIRST Frank Cassell 372pp illus Decorated eps 2cm tear to bottom spine Small scuff on front board Bright gilt on spine and vignette of the ship on front board. Firm binding and clean internally 550 A substantial and most attractive book written by the Commander of the Expedition after Shackleton s death at Grytviken 118 Wild, Shackleton s Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest June 1923 Second Frank Cassell 372pp illus Professionally rebacked with original spine VG

21 ANTARCTIC BOOKS 119 Webster Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean in years W.H.B under command of Capt Henry Foster 1834 Two vols Richard Bentley FIRST 339pp+398pp Five plates and two maps Contemporary half leather with marbled boards. Ex library with few small stamps and label to pastedowns Generally VG Uncommon book 260 Exploration of South Atlantic inc Cape Horn Ascension, Staten and South Shetland Is. From the diary of surgeon on the sloop Chanticleer 120 Wilkins, Sir Hubert Wilkins: His World of Adventure Autobiography Hubert recounted to Lowell Thomas 1962 Barker First VG d/w some loss to bottom spine Wilson, Diary of the Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Edward Antarctic Blandford Press Fine/VG Wilson, Diary of the Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Edward Antarctic Blandford Press Fine/VG Worsley, First Voyage in Square-Rigged Ship 1938 G Bles First Edition 287 pp Frank illus VG in lightly chipped d/w Uncommon first in d/w Worsley, Endurance: Epic of Polar Adventure 1939 reprint G Bles 316pp Frank illus Foreword by Earl Jellicoe VG- Spine faded Facsimile d/w 30 Rosove 361.A4 Covers Endurance and Quest expeditions, and WWI service 125 Worsley, Shackleton s Boat Journey 1940 First, thus Hodder and Stoughton Frank Black Jacket pocket series VG- Spine and page edges spotted 35 Rosove 361.B2 Uncommon book. Classic account by the skipper of the James Caird 126 Yelverton, Antarctica Unveiled 2000 First University of Colorado Mint 30 David A meticulously researched book on Scott s Discovery expedition ARCTIC BOOKS follow. 21

22 ARCTIC BOOKS 127 Amundsen, Roald The North West Passage: The Voyage and Exploration of the Gjoa FIRST Archibald Constable Two volumes 335pp + 397pp 139 illustrations and three maps (two folding) Gilt top edge Original bindings with bright gilt lettering Bottoms of spines little bumped and scuffed Binding tight Minimal foxing Very nice original condition Uncommon Amundsen, My Polar Flight 1925 Hutchinson First 292pp Illus Roald VG+ nice clean firm copy faint mark on front board Amundsen, R & L Ellsworth First Crossing of the Polar Sea 1927 First Hutchinson 274pp illus maps VG crossing of Arctic in airship the Norge 129 Anon Report of the Cruise of the US Revenue Cutter Bear and the Overland Expedition for the Relief of Whalers in the Arctic Ocean Washington Govt Printing Office 1899 First 144pp Illus and large folding colour map Original blue cloth binding gilt on spine VG tight and clean Anon Recent Polar Voyages from search after Franklin to British Polar Expedition Nelson 1877? 663 pp illus folding map Decorated brown cloth Clean and tight boards little rubbed Anon Among the Polar Bears Adventures of Capt Hemskerk and his crew 1870 James Knapp 64pp illus decorated front board Uncommon Back Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the mouth of the Great Captain Fish River and along shores of Arctic Ocean Baudry European Library 1836 FIRST EUROPEAN EDITION 329pp folding map, appendix and list of subscribers Contemporary cloth binding Clean and tight

23 ARCTIC BOOKS 133 Balchen, Come North With Me: An Autobiography 1959 Bernt H&S FIRST 318pp illus VG/VG 18 Item 133 Item 140 Item Baring Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas 1863 Smith Elder FIRST 447pp - Gould, Sabine Numerous illus Some colour with tissue guards and folding map Page edges gilt Firm & clean VG copy 450 Inscribed to Bernard Coleridge QC MP (2 nd Baron Coleridge) Barrow, A Chronological History of the Voyages into the Arctic John Regions (1818) 1971 David and Charles reprint with intro by Christopher Lloyd 379pp+ appendix folding map VG+/VG Black, Nansen and the Frozen North 1899 Routledge 159pp illus John Decorated boards Clean and bright copy Broke, With Sack and Stock in Alaska 1891 FIRST Longmans 158pp+ads George two folding colour maps Near fine Pages uncut Cameron, From Pole to Pole: Roald Amundsen s Journey in Flight 2013 Garth James Pen and Sword 191pp illus Mint Chapman, Across Lapland with Sledge and Reindeer 1932 John Lane FIRST Olive Murray 212pp+ads 8 colour and 62 b&w illus and map Inscribed by author 1936 VG- boards slightly worn 30 23

24 ARCTIC BOOKS 140 Cook, Return From the Pole 1953 Burke FIRST 254pp illus map on eps Frederick A. VG+/VG 18 Sensational vindication of the author s controversial Polar claim 141 Counter, North Pole Legacy: Black, White and Eskimo 1991 First Univ S Allen Mass. 222pp Illus F/F 35 Intriguing search for eskimo children of Henson and Peary in Davis, Narrative of the North Polar Expedition US Ship Polaris Rear Adml CH Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding 1876 First Edition US Govt Printing Office 696pp Illus and maps as called for Photolithographs of Polaris Very clean & tight Professional reback with spine laid on few stamps Philadelphia Drug Exchange 200 The story of the scientific expedition when Captain Hall had a stroke and died. The expedition split into two; one wintered in the Arctic and the other drifted 1300mls on the ice before being rescued 143 de Bray, A Frenchman in the Service of Franklin De Bray s Arctic Emile F Journal Trans and edited by William Barr 1992 First Univ of Toronto 339pp Fine/Fine Dennett, The Voyages and Travels of Captains Ross, Parry, Franklin and Capt JF Mr Belzoni forming an interesting history of manners, customs and characters of various nations 1838 W Wright 992pp illus half leather Firm and clean repaired split to top spine 80 SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 145 Franklin, Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in Captain John Second Edition John Murray Two vols 370pp + 399pp four folding maps Half leather binding Rebacked with new brown leather spines and gilt Nice set 375 Franklin s second voyage, which was tasked with mapping the areas from the Atlantic to the Copper-Mine River. The sufferings on this expedition (which famously involved survival by eating shoe leather) was the precursor to his ill-fated final voyage. 146 Franklin, Sir John Franklin s Journals and Correspondence: The Second Captain John Arctic Land Expedition edited by Richard Davis 1998 Champlain Soc. Limited 1250 copies 421pp folding maps Fine 60 24

25 ARCTIC BOOKS 147 Georgi, Mid-Ice: The Wegener Expedition to Greenland 1934 Kegan Paul Johannes 234pp illus Trans by FH Lyon VG- in facsimile d/w 50 Uncommon book about the tragic story of the expedition which involved wintering on the high plateau in an ice cave. Georgi was first to develop the theory of drifting continents. 148 Gilder, Schwatka s Search 1966reprint Abercrombie Fitch of 1881 edition William H. 316pp plates and coloured map decorated boards Near fine 35 Faithfully produced reprint 149 Giudici, The Tragedy of the Italia with the Rescuers to the Red Tent 1928 Davide First E Benn 216pp illus folding map VG- damp stain on rear ep 18 The exciting story of the loss of Nobile s airship in 1928 returning from the North Pole and the rescue attempt 150 Glen, Young Men in the Arctic The Oxford Uni Expedition to Spitzbergen A R 1933 Faber & Faber 1935 First 329pp illus Good only lacks map Greely, Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Adophus Expedition of First Us Scribner s Two vols pp approx 100 illus. 2 folding colour maps Decorated boards Clean & tight Hinges professionally strengthened Attractive set 295 This American expedition was well equipped and carried out important survey work in the northern area around Ellesmere Island. Disaster struck when the relief ship went down and Greeley had to trek and sail south for 500 miles. By the time relief came only six men survived and there followed a full and bitter enquiry into the reasons for the disaster. 152 Grenfell, Adrift on an Ice-Pan 1910 Houghton Mifflin 69pp illus Frontis Wilfred T Decorated front board VG Grierson, Challenge to the Poles: Highlights of Arctic and Antarctic John Aviation 1964 First Foulis 695pp illus Fine/VG Hadow Solo North Pole: Alone and Unsupported 2004 M Joseph First Pen 370pp Illus signed by author 15 25

26 ARCTIC BOOKS 156 Hawes, In the Uttermost East 1903 Harpers FIRST 478pp C H illus VG- Rear board marked Clean internally and gilt bright 100 Living with the natives and convicts of Sakhalin and travel in Far East 157 Hayes, The Open Polar Sea: Narrative of Voyage to North Pole in the I.I Dr Schooner United States 1867 New Edition Sampson Low 407pp Illus Clean Strengthened hinges Original red cloth Herbert, Across the Top of the Earth: British Trans-Arctic Expedition 1969 Wally Longmans FIRST Signed by author 209pp illus VG/VG th anniversary in 2019 and of the moon landing! 159 Huish, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross to the Arctic regions for Robert Discovery of NW Passage performed in years prefixed by abridgement of former voyages of Captains Ross, Parry and others 1835 FIRST EDITION John Saunders 696pp appendix, supplement and dictionary of Esquimaux language Map, plates and folding table as called for original cloth binding with label on spine Some light foxing plates clean and bright 300 Item 160 Item Jackson, A Thousand Days in the Arctic 1899 Harpers FIRST US 940pp +ads Frederick G Preface by Adm F L McClintock Plates, panorama and folding maps as called for Rough cut pages teg Bright gilt and clean VG copy 325 Three year expedition to Franz Joseph Land which included the extraordinary meeting with Nansen returning from Fram expedition See postcard item Ed Jenness, Arctic Odyssey: Diary of Diamond Jenness CMC 1991 First Stuart E 859pp illus F/F Canadian Arctic Expedition to North Alaska 30 26

27 ARCTIC BOOKS 162 Kennan, Tent Life in Siberia 14 th edition about 1880 Putnam 425pp map George VG+ bright and clean Adventures in Kamtchatka and North Asia Lachambre, Andree s Balloon Expedition in Search of North Pole 1898 F Stokes H& Machuron FIRST US Decorated front board 306pp over 50 illus VG- Covers little faded Rear hinge weak Loomis, Weird and Tragic Shores: The Story of Charles F Hall, Explorer Chauncey 1971 Macmillan First 367pp illus VG/VG- signed by author 40 Hall, at the age of 38and with no previous experience, began Artic exploration. Includes speculation about his poisoning 165 Lyon, The Private Journal of Captain Lyon of HMS Hecla during Capt GF the recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry John Murray FIRST EDITION 468pp folding map 7 plates Full leather binding with marbled eps. Firm and clean Martinsen, Black Sand and Gold 1956 Vantage 419pp VG/VG- 25 Ella Lung Signed by author Growing up in Dominion Creek, Yukon 167 Mikkelsen, Lost in the Arctic: Being the Story of the Alabama Expedition Ejnar Heinemann 1913 FIRST EDITION Numerous illus Large folding map 400pp VG with front of d/w only Mikkelsen, Conquering the Arctic Ice1909 Heinemann FIRST 470pp three maps Ejnar (one folding) numerous illus Pictorial front board Clean & tight Mittelholzer, By Airplane towards the North Pole: Account of Expedition to Walter Spitzbergen 1923 George Allen 1925 FIRST 176pp 48 illus and four maps VG Mirsky, To The Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from the earliest Jeanette Times to the Present 1970 Chicago First 334pp illus Fine/VG Millais, Newfoundland and its Untrodden Ways 1907 First Longmans JG 340pp Illus some colour two maps Clean and firm 75 Handsome book with many fine illustrations 27

28 ARCTIC BOOKS 172 Nansen, The First Crossing of Greenland 1890 Longmans Two vols 510pp + Fridtjof 509pp Maps and illus as called for Period half leather binding with marbled boards Firm and clean Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North Newnes 1898 Set of the original 20 part set issued fortnightly, with advertisements in each part Some rusting to staples and paper edge fraying otherwise, very good. Over 200 illustrations, folding colour map, with separate colour picture of Evening Among the Drift Ice Complete sets are scarce Nansen, Fridtjof Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic 1925 Duffield First 462pp Illus from drawings by the author VG- faded spine Bright gilt on front board Firm & clean Negri, NC The Valley of Shadows 1956Muller FIRST 196pp illus VG/VG British expedition to North West Lapland 176 Nobile, With the Italia to the North Pole 1930 First Allen and Unwin Umberto 358pp Illus Trans by F Fleetwood VG+ no d/w Nobile, My Polar Flights 1961Frederick Muller First 288pp illus Fine/VG+ Umberto Uncommon in d/w Noice, With Stefansson in the Arctic 1925 Harrap 270pp Illus folding Harold map VG- board edges little worn 25 Interesting account by the Cmdr of the relief expedition to Wrangel Is 179 Peary, Northward Over the Great Ice: A Narrative of Life and Work RE along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and Methuen 1898 First UK edition Two volumes pp Maps, diagrams and about 800 illus VG+ Clean, tight and bright set

29 SCARCE PARRY WITH NORTH GEORGIA GAZETTE (1821) 180 Parry, Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of the NW Passage from William the Atlantic to the Pacific performed in the years in his Majesty s ships Hecla and Griper with appendix, containing scientific and other observations FIRST EDITION John Murray Errata slip. 310pp + nine appendices. 20 plates and folding maps as called for. Bound with copy of North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle. 132pp Full brown leather binding. New leather spine with five raised bands Old marbled eps. Negligible foxing and browning. Binding firm. Very sound and attractive copy. 1, POLAR RECORD JOURNALS..Many Issues available, including short runs Old and modern Let me know your needs 182 Powell, The Long Rescue 1961 Allen First 303pp illus VG/VG 18 Theodore Gripping account of the harrowing tale of the Greely Expedn in 1880s 183 Potter, Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of the 165 Year Search Russell 2016 Mc Gill Queens 262pp illus New signed by the author 25 Excellent very readable study by recognized authority on Franklin 29

30 Important rare first edition account with aquatints and charts 184 Ross, A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Capt. John Majesty s Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin s Bay, and Enquiring into the Probability of a NW Passage. John Murry 1819 FIRST EDITION 252pp + appendix Errata slip All plates, maps,charts and tables as called for Half leather with marbled boards and eps.skillfully rebacked with old leather spine laid on. Four raised bands. Firm binding Generally very clean with only a little browning and offsetting Folding colour plates bright and clean. Handsome, original copy 3,250 Only the first edition of this book has all the aquatint plates and charts. Account of expedition which sailed along Greenland s west coast into Baffin s Bay encountering Arctic Highlanders (Eskimos) for the first time. Assuming that Lancaster Sound was surrounded by land Ross turned south. A decision criticised by Parry, captain of the ship Alexander, who suspected Lancaster Sound was the route to the NW Passage and who led a highly successful expedition deep into the Sound in

31 ARCTIC BOOKS 185 Ray, Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska PH 1885 Washington Govt Printing Office 694 pp Chromolithograph frontis 10 photogravure plates three lithograph plates and 10 woodcuts Plan and folding map Some pp chipped Lacks final page of index. Rebound in half leather Handsome book Arctic Bib Item 185 frontis Item Read, Nansen in the Frozen World Holman 1897 First Edition 560pp illus John E Highly decorated spine and front board Firm and clean VG 95 Review of Arctic expeditions concentrating on Nansen and Peary 187 Savours, The Search for the NW Passage 1999 First Chatham 342pp Illus Ann Mint in d/w Smith, From the Deep of the Sea: An Epic of the Arctic 1922 A & C Black Charles E FIRST pictorial front board VG- few marks to boards 25 Horrifying account of the whaleship Diana from Hull 189 Sater, The Arctic Basin 1963 Arctic Inst N America 319 pp maps & tables John E. inscribed to Roger by Wally Herbert Point Barrow Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions (with a history and description William of the Northern Whale-fishery) 1969 David and Charles Reprint Two vols Folding map Intro by Alister Hardy Fine/VG Scoresby, The Life of William Scoresby 1859 First Nelson 406pp -Jackson RE folding map Frontispiece is a facsimile. Col plates Original brown embossed cloth. Spine a little worn Clean and firm 150 Scarce biography written by his nephew 31

32 ARCTIC BOOKS 192 Scott, Gino Watkins Hodder and Stoughton1935 Reprint 317pp illus J M colour frontis VG Scott Northwest Passage Solo 1993 Seafarer 212pp illus VG/VG 18 Cowper, David A first by this unassuming yachtsman 194 Simon, North to the Night 1999 McGraw Hill FIRST 330pp illus VG/VG 18 Alvah Sailing to Bylot Is Baffin Bay and enduring the polar winter alone 195 Simpson, North Ice: The British Greenland Expedition H&S FIRST Cmdr CJW VG-/VG- 384pp illus some colour Soper, The Northeast Passage:Guide to seas & wildlife islands Arctic Siberia Tony 2016 Venture 119pp illus softback New signed by author Soper, The Northwest Passage: Atlantic to Pacific: A Portrait and Guide Tony 2012 Bradt 154pp illus softback New signed by author Sorensen, The Saga of Fridtjof Nansen Allen and Unwin 1932 First 372 pp Jon illus Trans by J Watkins From library of Charles Swithinbank with name stamp and with signature of Rudmose Brown VG- corners bumped Firm & clean Spencer, Northern Lights: The Official Account of the British Air Route Chapman F Expedition Chatto & Windus Dec 1932 First Folding map 32 plates 264pp VG in slightly chipped d/w Stackpole, Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport 1966 Marine Hist Assn 53pp illus Eduoard A Card covers Mark on front cover Stefansson, The Adventure of Wrangel Island Cape 1926 FIRST 416pp illus Vilhjalmur Folding colour map VG- boards and spine faded 45 Unsuccessful experiment to settle on this island which had tragic consequences 202 Stefansson, Within the Arctic Circle 1945 Scribner 160pp illus Evelyn VG/G+ Inscribed by author (twice 1947 and 1960) 20 An uncommon book from the wife of the prolific Arctic writer 32

33 ARCTIC BOOKS 203 Sverdrup, New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Regions 1904 Longmans Otto FIRST Two volumes Trans by Ethel Harriet Hearn 504 pp Illus and two maps in rear pocket and folding map VG++ Bright and clean silver vignettes on upper boards and spine. Very slight scuffing to top spines. Sound binding and clean 450 From the library of Dr AH Macklin, doctor on Endurance and Quest, and signed A H Macklin boldly in pencil on half title of both vols. Portrait shown to left Provenance: Christie s Polar Sale A sound set of an uncommon book. Otto Svedrup was the second in command on the Fram during Nansen s famous journey to the farthest north. Heavy ice prevented the expedition making a serious attempt on the Pole but they were able to sledge up the coast of Ellesmere Island and they explored four undiscovered islands (Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes Land, Amund Ringnes Land, and King Christian Is) and studied Jones Sound, making important scientific observations. 204 Thompson The Arctic Prairies 1912 Constable FIRST 415pp illus near fine few Seton,E marks on rear board Hunting caribou Aylmer Lake, N Canada Tilman, Triumph and Tribulation 1977 Nautical FIRST 153pp illus H W VG/VG Sailing to Spitzbergen and Greenland Todd, Abandoned: Story of the Greely Arctic Expedition A L McGraw Hill 1961 FIRST 323pp illus VG/VG Intro by V Stefansson Signed by author Very good account of tragic expedition Tomlinson, Winter in the Arctic Regions and Summer in the Antarctic Regions Charles SPCK about pp +ads two folding maps many engravings Boards clean binding shaky page edges browned Traill, Life of Sir John Franklin 1896 First Murray 454 pp illus folding map H.D. Ex library with damaged spine repaired Good reading copy Trevor- Ice-bound on Kolguev 1895 Constable 458pp illus three folding col Battye, A maps VG Clean and tight 80 Exploration of Arctic Europe and natural history of island of Kolguev 33

34 ARCTIC BOOKS 210 Turley, Nansen of Norway 1934 Third Methuen four illus and two maps Charles 210pp VG/VG Vaughan, The Arctic: A History 1994 Alan Sutton FIRST 340pp illus F/F Richard Comprehensive account with full research notes 18 Item 214 Image from Item 209 Item Whitney, Hunting with Eskimos 1910 Fisher Unwin FIRST 435pp Illus Red Harry pictorial boards VG clean and bright Worsley, Under Sail in the Frozen North 1927 FIRST US EDITION David Cmdr FA MacKay 295pp illus folding map VG+ tight and very clean expedition to Spitzbergen aboard the Island with Algarsson Includes scientific reports by Worsley, Marr and Bisset 214 Woodman, Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony David C 1992 Mc Gill 390pp Mint softback Widely respected research Woodward, Portrait of Jane: A Life of Lady Franklin 1951 First H&S 382pp Illus FJ (VG/VG-4cm section top of d/w spine missing) Hard to find book 70 ********************************************************************** Unusual Worsley ephemera item 216 [Worsley, Original Promotional Flyer for the Treasure Recovery Expedition to Frank] Cocos Island in 1934 Members of the Expedition inc Frank Worsley and JR Stenhouse. Each is listed on the flyer with details of their polar expedition experience. 25x32cms Mounted ready for framing 95 Shown on p 166 of Thomson s biography of Worsley. This adventure aimed to find buried pirate treasure off the coast of Costa Rica 34

35 POLAR EPHEMERA 217 Roald Amundsen, Commemorative spoon marked TROMSO nd with image of Roald Amundsen. 13cms long Silver VG Roald Amundsen, Commemorative spoon marked SYDPOLEN 1911NORDPOLEN 1926 with image of Amundsen. 12cms long Silver VG Amundsen, Decorative metal name badge with image of Amundsen with polar Roald bears and penguins Engraved with name B.STETTEBAKKEN across middle 6.5x5.5cms VG- unusual item See above picture [Evans, Signed Postcard: Portrait image of Teddy Evans signed in dark blue ERGR] ink on dark part of image, so not very distinctive dated 1939 VG Lincoln Ellsworth Trans Antarctic Expedition stationary on display inc envelope postmarked Dunedin signed by pilot Bernt Balchen and sheet of expedition headed paper and envelope VG Model of Polar Explorers by Brittains 1970s? plastic (as shown below). Men 5cms high VG some sledge ropes detached Uncommon Scoresby, Three page handwritten letter to Sir John Maxwell VG+ 95 William (Jnr) Comments on the development of iron ships 224 [Scott, Photogravure three quarter length portrait of Scott in full dress Captain RF] uniform by Maull and Foxwith printed facsimile signature from an image taken about x 24 cms Recently mounted. VG

36 POLAR EPHEMERA 225 [Scott, Jigsaw Captain Scott s Last Journey made by Waddingtons 1930s Captain RF] Giant Jigsaw Series No 80 in box Rare 120 Complete we have made it! 226 [Scott, THE SPHERE Special Capt Scott Number 22 Feb pp in complete Captain RF] issue Folio size Contains the sought-after Sphere diagrams of the route and incidents along it VG- cover grubby [Scott, THE SPHERE Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition Captain RF] 24 May pp in complete issue, apart from cover Folio size Contains the sought double page photographs of the expedition and an article entitled Cui Bono? Clean copy 80 36

37 POLAR EPHEMERA 228 Print of Scott Memorial, Plymouth High quality colour print of painting by Richard Allman Recently produced limited edition Signed and numbered 58 x 41cms [Shackleton, EH] Spode plate in Great Explorers Series showing James Caird off South Georgia. Produced with approval of RGS Limited & numbered 283/2000 Fine [Shackleton, EH] Trade Card for Stamina Trousers showing James Caird off South Georgia 8x6cms VG 7 Shown here below the plate 231 Small plaster bust of Sir Ernest Shackleton 13 cms high BY ENDURANCE WE CONQUER inscribed along base, with illus of James Caird Flat back and felt base Supplied in gift box Very well detailed [Trans- Antarctic Expedition] Playing Cards Two packs in plastic box by Worshipful Co of Makers of Playing Cards Complete with jokers Excellent condition Apparently unused 75 37

38 SELECTION OF POLAR POSTCARDS.details of many others available References for Antarctic postcards are from Margery Wharton s Catalogue of Antarctic Expeditions All cards VG and B&W unless stated Arctic 233 Begegnung mit Jackson Meissner Series 1016 colour Nansen portrait BKW Nordenskiold Das Gross Jahrhundert collection E Andree s Polar Exped Just about to Ascend Ad for Van Houten s Cocoa First Man at the North Pole Comic PNLC co colour Sir John Franklin Statue Spilsby Lincs 1920s B&W Comdr Peary Portrait Rotary Jose M Sobral Portarit Argentina Postal Assn 1961with cachets signed 20 Items 236, 237 & 233 Antarctic 241 The Terra Nova Fine Art Series KA A Meal on the March Fine Art Series KA Capt Scott Statue Christchurch N1 W dated 1930 Real photo SS Nimrod GI 7 Postmarked Winter Quarters GA 8 ( Nimrod Expedition) with Plasmon advert Admiral Byrd Sledging PA Fram? in Ice JA series Eneret JF not in Wharton colour 35 Items 244, 241 &