Nov 25, 2014 - Sale 2368

Sale 2368 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 1,500
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(ARCTIC.) A pair of volumes relating to the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, including Air Pioneering in the Arctic. 2 volumes. Folio, publisher's matched gilt cloth, minimal wear; minor offsetting and foxing to plates, otherwise minimal wear. In matching contemporary cloth slipcases, minor wear. New York: National Americana Society, 1929 and 1931
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Lincoln Ellsworth (1880-1951) is best remembered for accompanying Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile in 1926 on the first undisputed trip to the North Pole. He also made several other polar voyages, and discovered the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. This lot includes a matched set of books produced in tribute to Ellsworth's exploits: Air Pioneering in the Arctic: The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. 69 plates. [9], 126, [16] pages. New York, 1929 Howard Eldred Kerschner; editor. The Ellsworth Family. 36 plates plus 4 loose plates laid in. [11], 119 pages. Volume II of a two-volume set, this one entirely devoted to Lincoln Ellsworth and his adventures. New York, 1931.