Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(ARCTIC EXPLORATION.) Group of 8 volumes. Various sizes, original cloth, varying wear; contents clean except as noted. London, 1874-1903
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Koldewey. The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the "Hansa" in the Ice. 35 plates, including 4 chromolithographs; 2 maps. Contemporary school prize bookplate on front pastedown. 1874.

Markham. The Great Frozen Sea: A Personal Narrative of the "Alert" during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6. 8 plates, including 2 double-page in color; 2 maps. Spine darkened, ends worn, gilt lettering dulled; minor foxing on title, stain on fore edges toward end showing internally. 1878.

Tromholt. Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: in the Land of the Lapps and Kvaens. Numerous illustrations, including chromolithographed frontispieces; folding map. Shelf label removed from spines, bookplate removed from pastedowns, bar code on front free endpapers. 2 volumes. 1885.

Conway. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. 8 plates; 2 folding maps. Slight discoloration on spine, gilt lettering dulled; scattered foxing, endpapers browned. Bookplate of Vernon Howard. 1897.

Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. Farther North Than Nansen; being, The Voyage of the Polar Star. 2 plates. 1901.

Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. 16 plates; 2 panoramas; numerous text illustrations; 5 maps, including 2 folding in Volume 2 rear cover pocket. 2 volumes. Spine ends chipped, discoloration on covers, hinges cracked. 1903.