Arctic
Recent Expeditions to Eastern Polar Seas.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1882. Quarto, with 12 engravings and 2 charts; original gilt decorated cloth. Early anthology including voyages of Hansa, Germania & Tegethoff.
Price (AUD):
$140.00
Ref: #3005277
The voyage of the "Scotia"…
Offprint: Transactions of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, Vol. IV, Part II, 1905.
Presentation copy of a rare offprint
Octavo, pp. 63-70, with four photographic plates (numbered 7 to 10); modern quarter calf. Rare: not recorded by Rosove or Renard, this is an offprint of an account of the...
Price (AUD):
$365.00
Ref: #4504329
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22.
London: John Murray, 1824.
Rumours of cannibalism and murder in the frozen North.
Two volumes, octavo, with four splendid folding maps; in contemporary navy half calf, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Second edition, publishing the results of the 1819-1822 expedition to the polar north under the command of Sir John...
Price (AUD):
$1,550.00
Ref: #4106593
Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America…
London: Printed for T. Jefferys, 1764.
Bering, and Russian discoveries on the Northwest coast
Quarto, with four folding maps on three folding sheets; a very nice copy in old half maroon morocco gilt. The second and best edition of Jefferys's English translation, published the same year as the significantly shorter...
Price (AUD):
$13,250.00
Ref: #4505109
The Voyage of the 'Fox'… Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions…
London: John Murray, 1859. Octavo, with four maps (three folding), folding facsimile of record found of Franklin's Expedition, larger folding map in rear pocket of the binding; 14 wood engraved illustrations; original gilt decorated blue cloth. First edition: the discovery of the fate of John Franklin's final expedition. Jane Franklin...
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #4106594
Captn. W. E. Parry. R.N. Commander of the Polar Expedition 1819-20.
London: Published by the executors of the late James Asperne, 1821. Stipple engraving, 145 x 220 mm., gently creased at one corner, very good. Contemporary engraved portrait of the great Arctic explorer and Australian settler. Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855) was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer who also served...
Price (AUD):
$685.00
Ref: #4003696