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FABIAN GOTTLIEB VON BELLINGSHAUSEN (1778-1852)
The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821 Translated from the Russian Edited by Frank Debenham. London: printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1945. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm.) Portrait frontispieces, 26 plates printed recto and verso of 18 leaves, 20 maps, 2 folding in pockets at back, 8 others folding but bound in. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, dust-jackets. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Conrad p.21; Rosove 33.A1 ('Scarce. Dust-wrappers uncommon'); Spence 117; Taurus 3.
Herbert George PONTING (1870-1935). The Great White South being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic... with... an introduction by Lady Scott, London: Duckworth & Co., 1921. 8° (230 x 153mm.) Portrait frontispiece and numerous plates after Ponting. Original blue cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt (spine faded and bumped, small repaired tear to head of spine). FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.183; Rosove 251.A1 ('Uncommon'); Spence 926; Taurus 82.
Robert John Francis WILD (Frank) (1874-1939). Shackleton's Last Voyage. The story of the Quest. By ... Wild ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. London, New York [etc.]: Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1923. 8° (230 x 160mm.). Coloured frontispiece, numerous plates, illustrations. Original blue cloth, upper cover blocked in black, gilt and white, spine blocked in gilt (spine somewhat faded and slightly bumped at head and foot). FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.232; Rosove 349.A1 ('Uncommon'); Spence 1259; Taurus 112.
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The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821 Translated from the Russian Edited by Frank Debenham. London: printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1945. 2 volumes, 8° (220 x 140mm.) Portrait frontispieces, 26 plates printed recto and verso of 18 leaves, 20 maps, 2 folding in pockets at back, 8 others folding but bound in. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, dust-jackets. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Conrad p.21; Rosove 33.A1 ('Scarce. Dust-wrappers uncommon'); Spence 117; Taurus 3.
Herbert George PONTING (1870-1935). The Great White South being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic... with... an introduction by Lady Scott, London: Duckworth & Co., 1921. 8° (230 x 153mm.) Portrait frontispiece and numerous plates after Ponting. Original blue cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt (spine faded and bumped, small repaired tear to head of spine). FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.183; Rosove 251.A1 ('Uncommon'); Spence 926; Taurus 82.
Robert John Francis WILD (Frank) (1874-1939). Shackleton's Last Voyage. The story of the Quest. By ... Wild ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. London, New York [etc.]: Cassell & Co., Ltd, 1923. 8° (230 x 160mm.). Coloured frontispiece, numerous plates, illustrations. Original blue cloth, upper cover blocked in black, gilt and white, spine blocked in gilt (spine somewhat faded and slightly bumped at head and foot). FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.232; Rosove 349.A1 ('Uncommon'); Spence 1259; Taurus 112.
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