Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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POLAR & EXPLORATION. COLLECTION OF EIGHT VICTORIAN & LATER WORKS
Polar and exploration interest. A collection of eight Victorian & later works on Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Sir Edmund Hillary, John Hunt & Sir Vivian Fuchs. The lot comprising Under the Sea to the North Pole by Pierre Mael, new & cheaper ed in pictorial cloth binding; 1958 South with Scott by Admiral Lord Mountevans in dust wrapper; 1938 South Latitude by F. D. Ommanney lacking dw; 1950 The Desolate Antarctic by Admiral Lord Mountevans, 2nd imp lacking dw; 1929 Scott's Last Expedition, the Personal Journals of Captain R. F. Scott introd. J. M. Barrie with preface by Sir Clements R. Markham; 1954 The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, 4th imp. in dw; 1958 The Crossing of Antarctica by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary in unclipped dw; and 1957 Shackleton by Margery and James Fisher. 8vo.
Sold for £35
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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