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The Discovery expedition was a landmark in British Antarctic
exploration history after its return it was celebrated as a success
despite having needed an extensive relief mission to free the
Discovery & its crew from the ice.
$800 – $1200
8. Seaver george. Birdie Bowers’ of the Antarctic.
Octavo, illustrated, browning on front and back pages, dark blue
cloth binding white title label. London John Murray 1938;
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic. Naturalist and Friend. Octavo
illustrated, blue cloth white title label, in torn dust jacket. London
John Murray 1934 reprint; Edward Wilson Nature Lover.
Octavo, illus, blue cloth with white title label, dust jacket with
creases and chips. London John Murray 1938 reprint; The Faith of
Edward Wilson. Octavo, dust jacket and vg. London John Murray
1949 reprint. Loosely enclosed two photographs, one inscribed
on verso ‘Edward Wilson’s two sisters with A.T. Pycroft at
home in Cheltenham, July 1939’. Also an original pen and ink
drawing of a wren inscribed on verso ‘Given to me by his sisters
at Cheltenham in July 1939 A.T. Pycroft’ ‘Work of my brother
Edward A. Wilson about 1880, Ida Wilson’. (4)
$200 – $400
9. Shackleton E.H. Signed photograph of the
‘Discovery’. An original photograph of the ‘Discovery’ mounted
on board and in its original frame, signed on the mount in ink
by E.H. Shackleton, Third Officer R.N.R.; Reginald W.S.
Skelton, Chief Engineer; T.V. Hodgson, Biologist; M. Barne,
Second Lieutenant R.N.; Reginald Koettlitz, Botanist Surgeon.
Photograph measures 11 x 14.5cms it has a few small spots of
fading, image is clean and clear.
$800 – $1200
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10. Shackleton E.H. The Heart of the Antarctic. Being
the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.
With an introduction by Hugh Robert Mill D.Sc, an Account
of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by Professor
T.W. Edgeworth David, F.R.S. London. Two volumes, thick
octavo, complete with plates, illustrations and folding maps in back
pockets, end papers, browned with a sprinkle of foxing mostly on
prelims and fore edges. Book plate of Harry Grindell Grindell on
front end paper, original blue cloth with silver vignette and titles,
outer back hinge of volume one cracked and spine strip has been glued
down, both spines faded, with wear at extremities London, William
Heinemann 1909.
$800 – $1200
Cooks Voyages
11. (Cook James). HAWKESWORTH, John. [editor].
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His
Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern
Hemisphere and successfully performed by Commodore
Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook
… drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several
commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
London, 1773. Three volumes quarto, 52 charts and plates,
contemporary calf, some scrapes on sides, spines fully gilt with ship
and anchor decoration (with some neat repairs), red labels. Sealed
tear in one chart, spotting on plate 23. First edition, Mitchell 648
With
Cook James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round
the world, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution