AB Catalogue 2021-TWO 28SEP

Explorers Hub Bookshop and Gallery
WHAT TRAVELS IN TIME
Catalogue Two 2021
Framed Photograph - 1916
Ernest Shackleton and
David Brainard with Signatures
Skis from Shackleton’s Nimrod
Expedition 1907-1909
History of the Birds of New Zealand,
Walter Buller - 1888
Winter Glow Te Anau - Blair Greig
Christchurch Arts Centre

Explorers Hub
Christchurch Art Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
Boys High Building
28 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
Bill Nye, Adventure Books
Phone: (64) 3 365 1940
Email: info@adventurebooks.co.nz
October 2021 marks one year for Adventure Books
and Explorer’s Hub in the old Boys High Building,
Christchurch Arts Centre. Certainly the year has been
eventful, exciting at times with fine books going out
the door. We invite visitors to view a unique array of Rare Books, Artefacts
and Artworks here. Quality items for sale, some are for display-only, but we
enjoy having a yarn with visitors about books and the worlds of adventure.
Working together with Joshua, his amazing and growing collection of
Artefacts, with Lucy and her wonderful Gallery of Artwork is inspiring, everchanging.
We collaborate on displays and on producing fine Catalogues of
exceptional items, exemplified here in Arts Centre Catalogue Two.
Lucy Gardner, Home Gallery Fine Arts
Oamaru and Christchurch
Phone: 021 168 9922
Email: homegalleryfinearts@gmail.com
Home Gallery Fine Arts established to help create places
to deliver art for local community to engage with and
provide audiences for investing in artists work. We
invite you for a unique shopping and memorable experience of fine art, with
complimenting fine shopping and gourmet delights conveniently located
for you nearby. Offering a collection of the finest leading artisanal talents
and products in the world to enjoy. The galleries reside within architectural
character stone buildings. Overlooking the South Pacific Ocean, in Oamaru
and in the magnificent Christchurch Arts Centre with Explorers Hub.
Joshua Moot, JKM Collection
Phone: 027 345 2414
Email: langepootjoshua@yahoo.co.nz
The JKM COLLECTION of Antarctic relics is a privately
curated collection by polar enthusiast Joshua Moot. The collection spans
from the early expeditions to the more modern with a strong focus on the
Heroic Era of Antarctic exploration. Through revolving displays and original
archives, Joshua strives to bring the stories of the early explorers and their
exploits alive. Partnering with Bill, Lucy and the team at the Explorers Hub,
the collection is available for viewing via revolving exhibition or request. For
further information, research requests or to discuss any items you may have,
please get in-touch.
On The Cover:
Blair Greig’s
‘Winter Glow Te Anau’
page 10
A History of the Birds of
New Zealand 1888
page 6
Skis from Shackleton’s
Nimrod Expedition
page 4
Framed Photo,
Shackleton and Brainard
and Signatures
page 17
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Antarctic Geology Collection
Rock specimens curated and
labelled by Antarctic Geologists,
Polar Medalists Drs. Margaret and
John Bradshaw.
Selection of Rocks from Antarctica
courtesy Dr. David Harrowfield
and Zena Keen.
Display only, not for sale
Mount Erebus Crystals: Rhombic
shaped phenocrysts of anorthoclase
(feldspar) up to 20 mm in length are
found lying on the outer slopes of the
Mount Erebus crater, where they form
a lag gravel.
Ventifacts: From the Latin ‘make by
wind’. These sculpted rock examples
are often found in Polar deserts such as
the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, including
Basalt specimens in this display.
These rocks have been carved, shaped
and polished by long-term exposure
to wind-driven sand and ice particles,
aeolian erosion.
Home Gallery Fine Arts
Anne Wilson
Artwork title: Floating Over Antarctica
Medium: Paper on foam board with cord
Size: 41 x 61cm
Artist info: Wilson’s (b 1955) works are crafted with intricate
folds and layers to reveal a fashion fiesta. Her works often
include vintage depictions of maps and flags from around the
world. She has an extensive background in fashion and interior
design. Her ‘Travelling Wardrobe’ collection of work is held in
private collections throughout the world. Wilson comment’s “I
see my work as something that would bring a smile to your face.
I love developing new ideas for trim and shape. Creating a dream
or a fantasy journey. I am influenced by paper designs, fashion
(shapes and details) and everything.” She explains her work is
“…all about creating a pleasing restful object that may bring
back memories as usually it is made from maps.” Describing her
work Floating Over Antarctica Wilson comment’s “I felt it was a
very restful feeling as it is so silent.”
$395
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On Display
Skis on display for public appreciation, not for sale.
‘Sailing Yacht Nimrod’
Skis from Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition
British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909
Exceptionally Rare. Includes scarce chain bindings and associated
labels. Skis were Expedition Kit and carry Impeccable Provenance
from the U.K. Inset photo is from Nimrod Illustrated book, showing
Expedition Skis being carried up Mount Erebus on the First Ascent.
Skis from Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition 1907 - 1909
Photo of Mount Erebus and Shackleton’s Hut at Cape Royds courtesy of Anthony Powell
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Nimrod Illustrated
David M. Wilson
Pictures From Lt. Shackleton’s
British Antarctic Expedition. Reardon
Publishing, London, 2009, First U.K.
Edition. Quarto in Dustjacket, 168
pages, profusely illustrated, many
photographs, quotations from diaries,
paintings and ephemera, many never
before seen. Published to celebrate
centenary of one of the most exciting
of all Heroic Age expeditions, the S.V.
‘Nimrod’, 1907-1909. They achieved
many firsts, including ‘farthest south
record’ by Shackleton, first ascent of
Mount Erebus, attainment of the South
Magnetic Pole, and production of
first book ever printed in Antarctica,
‘Aurora Australis’. This expedition made
Shackleton’s name, and he was awarded
a knighthood. Dustjacket, Fine.
$150
Aurora Australis
Ernest Shackleton
The British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909.
Bluntisham Books and Paradigm Press,
Norfolk, 1986, first U.K. Facsimile Edition,
first thus. Originally published 1908 at
winter quarters, Cape Royds Antarctica,
illustrated with Lithographs and Etchings
by George Marston, ‘printed at the Sign
of The Penguin’ by Ernest Mills Joyce and
Frank Wild. Royal Octavo, buff-coloured
publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and
red penguin cartouche stamped to front
board, unpaginated (200+ pages), B&W
Plates and images throughout, attractive
blue Dustjacket with tinted drawing of
men, white lettering. Facsimile of one of
the rarest of all Antarctic books, first book
composed and printed in Antarctica. An
excellent copy, Dustjacket clean and bright,
Near Fine.
$200

The National Geographic Magazine
November 1909
Contents feature:
• Advert for ‘The Heart of the Antarctic’ two-volume set for sale
(with photo).
• Feature Article ‘The Heart of the Antarctic’, pagination 972 to 1007,
with a map and 27 B&W photographs, including historic first ascent
Erebus view into the smoking volcano crater (below right).
• Advert for ‘Farthest South’ American Lecture Tour 1910, by Lieutenant
Ernest H. Shackleton (with photo).
• Advert for Waltham Watches ‘An Interesting Letter’, the Shackleton
Relief Expedition.
• Photo-Essay on ‘The Temples of India’ with historic B&W photographs.
• Report to Board of Managers regarding Admiral Peary’s scientific
papers on attainment of North Pole, plus Program of meetings
including examination of Peary and Cook’s North Pole measurements,
and a three-page Advert for Peary’s ‘Discovery of the North Pole’
Brown thick paper covers, worn, brown lettering, glossy pages stapled,
with old brown reinforcing tape on spine cover, fraying to spine top
and bottom, some ink spotting to covers and outside edge, else very
good, quite rare. $150
The Heart of the Antarctic
Ernest Shackleton
Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907 – 1909.
William Heinemann, London, 1909, First U.K. Edition. Thick
Quarto, two-volume set. Volume I, 373 pages, complete with sepia
coloured Frontispiece and six colour Plates with captioned tissue
guards, 125 B&W photographs and 11 diagrams. Volume II, 419
pages, complete with sepia coloured Frontispiece and six colour
Plates with captioned tissue guards, 138 B&W photographs and 38
other illustrations. Folding panorama and three folding maps in
rear end-pocket.
One of the all-time classic narratives of the ‘Heroic Age’ of
Antarctic exploration. Shackleton’s ‘Nimrod’ expedition is a
favourite noted for four great achievements: Farthest South at
the time, a sledging journey to within 97 miles of South Pole; first
to reach South Magnetic Pole; First Ascent of Mount Erebus; and
First Book created and printed in Antarctica, ‘Aurora Australis’.
Professionally repaired. Volume I original blue cloth with front
Silver Title and Vignette, plus Recased original cloth spine.
Volume II Rebound in blue cloth, preserving original front Silver
Title and Vignette, plus Recased original cloth Spine, both with
new endpapers and top edge Gilt. Internally Very Good, some
page-warping and fading to boards; overall Very Good condition.
$1,600 5

A History of the Birds of New Zealand
Sir Walter Lawry Buller
Bibliographic Sequence:
London, 1888, (Published for the Subscribers by the
Author). Second U.K. Edition, two Volume Set. Folio,
Imperial Quarto, Gilt-stamped Decorative Boards and
Spines, both Front Boards with lovely Gilt Takahe,
trees and plants, all edges Gilt. Volume 1, (lxxxiv),
250 pages, plus six pages ‘Extracts from Reviews’, 24
Chromolithograph Plates, many text illustrations.
Volume 2, (xv), 359 pages, 24 Chromolithograph Plates
and two Plates with B&W Lithographs after J. Smit by
E. Wilson. Total of 48 Colour Plates, all paintings by and
after J.G. Keulemans, numerous additional Woodcut
illustrations in the text. Spots of Foxing mostly front
and back pages and some margins. Bound in original
green cloth and leather with Gilt hawk to spine. Volume
2 top of Spine recased, Silver lettering to top, original
Gilt hawk retained at bottom. Several tissue-guards for
the Plates are torn and one is loose. Various bumps,
spots, and the common marks of age.
Description:
Buller was born in New Zealand and showed a keen
interest in Ornithology from an early age. He wrote
his first history of New Zealand birds in 1872-73,
and while in London discovered J.G. Keulemans
from Holland, recognized as best bird illustrator
in the world, and hired him to paint the Plates.
However, this First Edition was not well-received
as it lacked detail – one critic described it as
‘shoddy’. In 1887 Buller travelled back to England
hoping to attract interest in a newly rewritten
edition, This 1888 Edition was comprehensively
revised and enlarged from the First, now with 48
Colour Plates, ranking amongst Keulemans’ finest.
It became a classic in the literature of Ornithology
and is considered the leading authority on
New Zealand Birds. “The text gives a complete
(taxonomy) for each species, describes both sexes
and every condition of plumage, and tells the lifehistory
of each bird from personal observations
made by the author during a period of twenty
years.” (reference Anker). Considered superior to
the First, the Second Edition includes complete
and extensive details on the species, and contains
more Plates.
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A History of the Birds of New Zealand
Provenance:
Limited to 1,000 sets, the 1888 Second Edition was published
in 13 parts, by Subscription-only. Provenance of this Set
derives from the first owner, and one of the very first
Subscribers in New Zealand, Mr. Henning from Akaroa. In
1920 a Mr. Tom Masefield of Goughs Bay, Bank’s Peninsula
purchased it from Henning, and subsequently passed it on
to his son Mr. Bob Masefield of Children’s Bay Akaroa. Bob
then gave this original set to his daughter Mrs. Margaret
Ann Steel of Christchurch in 1960. Margaret passed away
in 1999 and her husband Mr. Jeffrey Steel became the fifth
Canterbury owner, and the set has never left the region.
Quite Rare, spectacular set, condition Very Good.
$15,000
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Home Gallery Fine Arts
The Home Gallery at Adventure Books
Grant Whibley
Artwork title: Kea
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 95 x 120cm
Artist info: Whibley was awarded a Master
of Fine Arts, with first class honours, from
Elam School of Art in Auckland. He has
exhibited widely and been the recipient of
several awards for his art. One regularly
painted subject image of Whibley is of
a single bird head, painted in oils from
Department of Conservation taxidermy
birds, which he prefers. His focus is on
their gaze. Whibley explains he “likes to
create a liquid sense of form using subtle
lighting effect and painterly mark making,
which further enhances their new sense
of life”. ... I know it (the bird portrait) will
influence the outcome of my landscape and
figurative painting. It seems to do so in
some mysterious way.” Whibley adds “They
are interrelated image narratives with their
own autonomous hierarchy and existing as
independent works with connected meanings”.
$4,200
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Home Gallery Fine Arts
Leigh Wright
Artwork title: Rainbow Falls Walkway Keri Keri
Medium: Ink on Archival Paper
Size: 50 x 85cm
Limited edition prints
50 x 85cm $667.50 + $300 for framed option
40 x 68cm $495.00 + $250 for framed option
Artist info: A focus for Wright (b 1954) is achieving historical
and visual records of wilderness with great attention to
detail. Wright comments “As New Zealanders who love and
appreciate our native vegetation” Wright hopes that his works
will bring the viewer “a sense of familiarity and appreciation
of our special environment.” Describing his work process
Wright comment’s “Dream it, observe it, and draw it.” After
attending Hamilton Teachers Training College, and majoring
in art, Wright taught in various schools in the Eastern North
Island. A love in his youth was time in the bush of the Urewera
National Park where he was introduced to deer hunting and
shot his first deer at eleven years of age. These visits into the
bush and wilderness areas of New Zealand are how he came to
love being at one with and observing nature so closely. For the work Rainbow Falls Walkway Kerikeri Wright
explains. “A renowned walkway in Kerikeri which takes the walker along the banks of the Kerikeri River past
a significant waterfall to the historical landmark of the Stone Store, the oldest surviving stone building in New
Zealand. The walker will view several large Puriri trees, this one being especially noted for its fungal ‘nobbly’
features. This illustration was also inspired by a Bruce Springsteen song ‘If I should fall behind.’ There are times
in out lives when we may be challenged to show commitment, loyalty and compassion in relationships to help
us move through difficult times. Take the time to google the lyrics of ‘If I should fall behind’ – a meaningful and
beautiful song.” $POA
Louise Craig
Artwork title: Serene Voyage
Medium: Acrylic on card
Size: 49.5 x 33cm
Artist info: Sharing a commentary on human existence and human journeys with her work, Craig
(b 1967) describes her style as contemporary with an “ethereal own sense of colour”. Craig
trained as a professional colour therapy consultant and completed a Diploma of Fine Arts with
Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Inspiration is drawn from landscapes and life drawing figure.
Describing an important personal value she comments “...that my work is open for interpretation
by the viewer. They will see what is important to them.”
$400
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Home Gallery Fine Arts
Blair Greig
Artwork title: Winter Glow Te Anau
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 76 x 61cm x3 (triptych)
Artist Info: For Blair Greig (b 1970) his paintings are all about light and mood. “What I feel is as important as what
I see and my paintings are more than a recreation of a particular view. I try to imbue them with the emotions I
feel outdoors.” Greig has exhibited in London, the United States of America and New Zealand. “I suppose I would be
considered a realist painter but what I am trying to capture is the effects of light and mood. I prefer to paint the South
Island as I feel I have an affinity with the place.” For the painting Winter Glow, Te Anau Greig comment’s “The warm
glow of sunlight illuminates the snow covered peaks as mist rises into a brooding sky. This work aims to capture the
mood of Fiordland, New Zealand on a winter’s day.
$50,000
Postage delivery included worldwide
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New Zealand
Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History
Dr. Ferdinand Von Hochstetter
With Special Reference To the Results of Government Expeditions
in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson.
J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 1867, First German Edition (in English). Original
green cloth, large thick Quarto, Decorative Blindstamped bevelled
boards with Gilt Vignette of nature scene with trees, ferns, bush
and waterfall to front Board, (xvi), 515 pages, two folding Maps
at end, Colour Frontispiece, and six other Colour Plates, ten large
page-sized woodcuts, and 93 wood engravings in the text. Sprinkle
of Foxing and browning to Colour Plates as usually found, corners
slightly frayed.
Hochstetter was the first to describe and interpret many features of
New Zealand Geology. He also established a tradition of systematic
Geological mapping. His writing was not exclusively scientific, and
contains vivid descriptions of his New Zealand travels, including
Geological observations and accounts of his encounters with Māori
and Pakeha people and communities. A scarce book, historically
important. Condition Very Good.
$1,500
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The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
G.V. Hudson
Ferguson & Osborn Limited, Wellington, 1928, First New
Zealand Edition. Half-Calf maroon Morocco and dark green
pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering on front and spine.
Condition Very Good Plus. Thick Quarto, (xi), 386 pages text
and Census, Appendix, General Index, Special Index, List of
Subscribers, Colour Frontispiece, 62 Plates, most of them in
colour. An excellent, solid copy of Hudson’s lifetime work,
a monumental classic still considered the best reference on
this subject today. A hard to find book, quite scarce in such
beautiful condition, clean, no foxing, Near Fine.
An Equisite Legacy
George Gibbs
Along With:
The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson.
Potton & Burton, Nelson, 2020, First New Zealand Edition.
New, Red cloth boards and colourful Dustjacket, 160 pages,
many colour illustrations, some full-page, plus several
B&W vintage photographs. Definitive Biography of Hudson,
finally receiving due credit for an amazing lifetime work in
entomology. Thoroughly researched and well-written study.
Dustjacket, Fine.
$1,800 for the Two Books
An Exquisite Legacy
Author Text $X,000
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The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
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South
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Heinemann, London, 1920, First U.K.
Edition (Fourth Impression), March
1920, four months following the faulty
poor-quality First Edition. Royal Octavo,
(xxii), new endpapers, 376 pages, large
colour folding map at rear, titled ‘The
Voyage of the Endurance’, 6 sketch maps
and diagrams (one full-page), colour
Frontispiece with a captioned tissue-guard,
one double-page panorama and 86 full-page
plates. Inscribed (twice!) by expedition member
Ernest Mills Joyce to his mother. Handsomely rebound in dark
blue Morocco leather, with original pictorial front board cloth
image retained, silver lettering to front and spine. Front board
decorated by Frank Hurley’s iconic silver-printed striking image
of Endurance trapped in ice. Folding map has one repaired tear
near attached stub. Overall an excellent copy, quite attractive
in quality Morocco binding, making it distinctively collectable,
especially with the Ernest Mills Joyce inscriptions. Rare and Unique.
One of the greatest all-time polar survival stories, the famous
Endurance story culminated in an epic voyage of escape by 6
men in the 22-foot lifeboat ‘James Caird’ sailing from Elephant
Island to South Georgia. Shackleton “returned to England
in 1917 and dictated the text of this popular account of the
expedition to Edward Saunders, largely from recollection.
Final editing was carried out by Leonard Hussey, with personal
accounts by Mackintosh, Stenhouse and others, and the book
was finally published in 1919-20” (Howgego, Volume 3).
“This exploit, which has captured the modern imagination,
certainly struck the world differently in 1919-20. In the
aftermath of the First World War when feats of extraordinary
heroism were common, Shackleton’s truly remarkable tale of
survival at the extremes of human endurance largely fell flat. Those
factors are reflected in the book’s first production.
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“The First Edition used cheap paper prone to severe browning,
a poorly crafted binding likely to split at the joints with
normal usage, and silver printing on the binding subject to
oxidizing” (‘The Taurus Collection’, 2001). Later Impressions
had to be printed within one month of the First Edition, due
to those problem faults. At the close of WWI publishers did
not have quality print production available. But as soon
as higher quality became accessible, fresh impressions no
longer had discoloured pages. This copy is superior to the
First Edition. Inscribed by Ernest Mills Joyce to his Mother.
Rebound blue Morocco leather, Very Good Plus.
Along With:
The South Polar Trail
Ernest Mills Joyce
The Log Of Ernest Mills Joyce On The Imperial Trans-
Antarctic Expedition. London, 1929, Duckworth, First U.K.
Edition. 220 pp, frontispiece and 60 other B&W photographs.
This book is based on Joyce’s diary and is the primary, firsthand
account of the Ross Sea Party. Joyce was closely tied to
the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, having been with
Scott on the Discovery Expedition (1901-04), and then with
Shackleton on the Nimrod Expedition (1907-09). Shackleton
chose Joyce for the Ross Sea Party support team, part of the
British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-17). They were the
‘Forgotten Men’ after the Endurance story became public.
However the ‘Forgotten Men’ had a story to tell, how Joyce
and his companions sledged over 1,600 miles to lay depots
which were never used – due to the sinking of the Endurance.
“The Ross Sea Party consisted of ten men, including Joyce,
Aeneas Mackintosh (leader), Ernest Wild (brother of
Frank Wild), Joseph Stenhouse, and Dick Richards. For the
Antarctic crossing, Shackleton placed Joyce in charge of
dogs, provisions and laying out of depots. When their ship
‘Aurora’ ripped from its moorings in a storm, carrying
most of their supplies, the ten men scavenged equipment
and food and eventually set out to lay the depots needed
for Shackleton and his men. Of the ten, three men died
including Mackintosh.” On the front Dustjacket cover there
is a photograph of the Ross Sea Party disembarking ‘Aurora’
with their dogs; below that is the quote to Joyce from Sir
Ernest Shackleton. (Reference Spence 642). Overall a sound
copy, clean, not foxed internally. Rare book, this copy with
Facsimile Dustjacket, Very Good.
For the two books: $8,500
Joyce and companion
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Endurance
Frank Worsley
An Epic of Polar Adventure.
Philip Alan & Co. Ltd, London, 1931, First U.K.
Edition. Octavo, original blue-grey cloth boards,
map, Frontispiece a B&W early portrait of Sir Ernest
Shackleton in uniform, and 31 other photographs,
in blue-tint. This is one of the hardest to find of
all ‘Heroic Age’ books, and is written by the great
navigator, Shackleton’s Captain Frank Worsley
from Akaroa New Zealand. He had a central role
in the entire Endurance saga, so his impressions of
events add greatly to our appreciation of the team’s
conditions and their struggle for survival. By the
time he wrote his book, Shackleton had died on
the Quest Expedition, so Worsley’s reflections on
leadership and inspiration grow more poignant.
Worsley had polished his narrative on Endurance
through many presentations and lectures in
England, so the tale is very well-told. Extremely
Rare, and no doubt there was a small print run,
so quite challenging for collectors to find even a
single Internet or auction copy! No Dustjacket,
light foxing on outside edge, several spots on sunfaded
spine, clean internally, graded Very Good.
$2,000
Preparing the James Caird for voyage
Sextant, Francis Barker and Son, London, 1938.
Same model, nearly identical to sextant used by
Worsley on the ‘James Caird’ lifeboat voyage.
Display courtesy Captain Bob Graham, Hokitika.
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Framed Photograph & Signatures
Ernest Shackleton & David Brainard
Wood frame, Museum glass, blue matting, with four insets,
photograph; Shackleton’s Signature; Brainard’s U.S. Embassy card;
titled label. After rescue of Shackleton’s Endurance crew and
return with the Chilean ship Yelcho, he travelled from Chile
to Buenos Aires Argentina and had a chance meeting with
Arctic explorer Brainard. At some point this Rare photograph
was taken of the two Polar explorers on board a ship in the
harbour. Photograph is Signed at top ‘D Brainard’. A calling
card is included, with printed script ‘Coronel (Colonel)
David L. Brainard’, ‘Agregado, Militaria la Embajada de los
Estados Unidos de America’ (Military Attaché, Embassy of
the United States of America). Signature ‘E.H. Shackleton’
was written on the back of Brainard’s calling card with
notation at bottom ‘Buenos Aires, October 1916’. Timing of
Shackleton’s visit was between the Endurance rescue and
subsequent rescue of the Ross Sea Party, who were then still
in Antarctica. David Brainard was one of only six survivors of
the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in the Arctic. Exceedingly
Rare photograph and accompanying Signatures.
Dimensions: W = 28.5cm; H = 32.5cm $5,000
Carved Wooden Box, Terra Nova
Work of William McDonald – Able Seaman on Terra Nova
On the top of this light brown wooden Box is a carved penguin standing
on a globe. Carved Inscription reads ‘British Antarctic Expedition’ Terra
Nova, with carved decorative flourishes around the top and on three
sides of the box. Obviously sculpted with care.
Inside this unique cigar-sized box is a modern printed list: Robert Falcon
Scott – Crew of Terra Nova, British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. Listed
alphabetically, Shore Party; Scientific Staff; and Ship’s Party - which lists
William McDonald. Also included is a hand-written note in blue pen by
‘Paisbitt nee Geary’ and it reads thus: “This box was given to my mother
(Mrs. P. Geary) by a Mr. W. McDonald who went on one of Robert Falcon
Scott’s expeditions. It was made by one of the explorers on the expedition”.
Dimensions: Square Box 15cm X 15cm. H = 6cm. Fine. $5,500
Along with:
Diary of the ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912
Edward Wilson
Humanities Press, New York, 1972, First American Edition. Original beige cloth with
Gilt Lettering and decoration to spine and front board, pictorial purple Dustjacket
(in facsimile). Octavo, (xxiii), 279 pages. Illustrated with Wilson’s own watercolour
paintings and sketches, along with maps, original photos and other materials drawn
from the Scott Polar Research Institute collection, Cambridge, U.K. Derived from
Wilson’s original diary manuscript, an account of Scott’s last expedition by the
great Artist and Scientist, profusely illustrated. Lovely First Edition, colour facsimile
Dustjacket, Near Fine.
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Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc in 1834
Martin Barry
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1836, Revised Second U.K. Edition.
Professionally Rebound, new dark brown boards, gilt lettering to spine, new
endpapers. This book was found with badly damaged boards and spine, although
interior was clean and fully intact, so decision was made to have it completely
rebound. Octavo, (iv), 119 pages, Index, superb long folding panorama map ‘Chain
of Mont Blanc’ at rear, two colourful Frontispieces, chromolithographs of Alpine
Guides ascending an ice wall in two stages. A delightful early vintage Alpine book.
Barry’s account of his 1834 Mont Blanc ascent was republished in this 1836 edition,
as a series of two lectures, which expanded the text of the first edition threefold.
This Second Edition is particularly notable for the spectacular folding panorama
of Mont Blanc at rear, as well as the two charming colour lithographs, a double
Frontispiece. Presentation inscription on second endpaper, in faded ink, “from the
author”. Very Scarce. Very Good Plus for age, with interior near-perfect.
$1,400
The High Alps Without Guides
A.G. Girdlestone
A Narrative of Adventures in Switzerland
Together With Chapters on the Practicability of
Such Mode of Mountaineering, and Suggestions
for its Accomplishment. Longmans, Green, and
Co, London, 1870, First U.K. Edition. Recased
spine and blue original blind-stamped decorative
boards, with spine gilt lettering cut and glued
from the original spine. Octavo, 181 pages, 2
folding maps, Central Alps (a bit creased), and
Western Alps, route marked in red, Frontispiece,
2 pages adverts. (Neate: G30) Very scarce indeed,
Neate suggests probably less than 100 copies
were made.
The Rev. Girdlestone was an enthusiastic but
fairly inept climber who had a number of lucky
escapes, consequently his book was poorly
received at the time by his contemporaries.
Light wear, spine recased, now quite a Rare book
and most collectable, yet very hard to find in any
condition. Very Good.
$1,250
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The Annals of Mont Blanc
C.E. Matthews
A Monograph. L.C. Page & Company, Boston,
1900, First American Edition. With a
Chapter on the Geology of the Mountain
by Professor T.G. Bonney.
Original grey-blue cloth, Gilt lettering to
spine, with a finely etched Gilt vignette
of Mont Blanc on front board. Condition
VG+, only slight scuffing, two marks on
spine, top edge Gilt, a light sprinkling
of foxing on first endpapers, interior is
fine, fore-edge and bottom edge of textblock
untrimmed (rough-cut) as described by
publisher, and several pages remain unopened (instruction
note for careful opening is loosely inserted).
Thick Octavo, (xxiv), 368 pages, finely-engraved coloured
fold-out map, bright and clean, titled ‘Routes Up Mont Blanc’
(at the back), also a publisher’s facsimile of a vintage folding
map – name of Mont Blanc appears here for the first time.
Frontispiece B&W photograph of Mont Blanc from a
drawing by E.T. Compton, engraved by Swan Electric
Engraving Company, small Title-Page black & white
vignette of mountain hut on Mont Blanc: ‘The Old Refuge at
Montanvert and Blair’s Cabin’ from a drawing by Edmund
New. Illustrated with 30 additional plates, drawings and
photographs, including five by the renown Vittorio Sella.
Contents include the Geology of Mont Blanc by T.G. Bonney;
an extensive bibliography of Mont Blanc by Louis Kurz;
Appendix: Table of the various ascents of Mont Blanc from
Paccard and Balmat to Albert Smith and others, 1786 to 1851;
Appendix: Table of fatalities which have occurred on Mont
Blanc (1820-1898); Translation of two letters, 1826 & 1846,
from the French. Also includes publisher’s facsimile reprint
of “An account of the Glacieres or Ice Alps in Savoy”, in two
other letters, illustrated with a map, originally printed in
London 1744. Followed by a facsimile of the certificate given
by Bureau des Guides as evidence of a successful ascent of
Mont Blanc. Index at rear.
This important and quite rare collectable work on Mont
Blanc is uncommon to find in such excellent condition.
Written by a founding member of The Alpine Club, Charles
Edward Mathews, President 1878-80. Mathews produced
this detailed, well-illustrated ‘monograph’ which includes
the beautiful original colour folding map. His definitive
book is considered the essential foundation source on early
history of climbing Mont Blanc; it includes a comprehensive
reference bibliography. Quite Rare. Very Good Plus.
$1,200
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Scrambles Amongst the Alps 1860 - 69
Edward Whymper
John Murray, London, 1871, First U.K. Edition.
Hardcover large Octavo in publisher’s original pebbled
green cloth boards, bevelled and lined, with decorative
gilt spine and lettering, professionally recased
preserving original spine cloth, with new endpapers.
Condition Very Good Plus, corners slightly worn, no
foxing and quite clean internally. Beautiful illustrations
throughout, (xx), 432 pages, five folding maps at rear
(one small tear at attachment), Frontispiece, and 20
other full-page illustrations, 90 in-text vignettes,
Whymper’s wood engravings. Elusive First printing of
the First Edition, a very scarce classic, now over 150
years old.
‘This landmark of mountaineering literature is
considered by many to be the most famous mountain
travel book of the period, by the most famous
mountaineer. Whymper’s unforgettable 1865 first
ascent of the Matterhorn (“that awful mountain”), on
his eighth attempt, is described here and remains the
classic mountain story of all time, a tale of triumph
and tragedy. His story of the climb includes all seven
previous attempts from 1861. It forever fixed the
Matterhorn as ‘the mountain which most deeply
stirred the imagination of mountaineers” (reference
Neate, and Farquahar UCLA Collection). Note –
although there are many later editions of this classic,
this is the only True First Edition. Very Good Plus.
$2,800
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Summer Months Among The Alps
Thomas Hinchliff
With the Ascent of Monte Rosa. Longman, Brown,
Green, Longmans & Roberts, London, 1857, First
U.K. Edition. Original red cloth boards, with gilt and
embossed ornamentation, spine has been recased,
preserving central section of original spine cloth
and gilt lettering, with new endpapers. Decorative
boards intact, a few marks of time, publisher’s
original rounded corners. Octavo, (xvi), (List of
Illustrations), 312 pages including Appendix, three
engraved monochrome fold-out maps, (Oberland
Mountains; Monte Rosa & Zermatt; Mont Blanc &
surrounds), with a chromolithograph Frontispiece
and three other tissue-guarded chromolithograph
Plates including the Matterhorn. An attractive
and colourful production, this very Rare copy
complete and fully intact if a bit fragile. No
foxing, some outside page edges slightly torn
(deckle-edge uncut pages). Tipped-in newspaper
cutting 1913 about Alpine fatalities, on first free
endpaper. Thomas Hinchliff (1825-1882), a wellknown
English mountaineer, traveller and author,
became seventh President of the Alpine Club. A
popular account, Mark Twain references this book
in ‘A Tramp Abroad’. Rare book, and a relic of the
age, condition is Very Good.
$2,000
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The Congo
Henry Morton Stanley
The Founding of its Free State. A Story of
Work and Exploration. Harper and Brothers,
New York, 1885, First American Edition, twovolume
set with decorative boards and spines,
lightly worn at spine tops and extremities,
yet graded VG+ condition. Original light green
cloth with Gilt titles and extravagant pictorial
and crest design in Gilt, Silver, Red and Black
on front boards. Octavo, Vol. I (xxvii), 528 pages,
engraved Frontispiece; Vol. II (x), 483 pages,
photogravure Frontispiece, plus 12 pages publisher’s
adverts.
Volumes are lavishly illustrated with over 100 full-page woodengraved
Plates and smaller text illustrations, two large-format
folding colour maps in rear pockets. Stanley’s famous work
of exploration, history, and socio-politics resulting from his
1879-1884 expedition up the Congo River and his attempts to
re-open the interior for King Leopold II of Belgium. Exploring
the possibilities for enterprise and civilization in the Congo, he
set up trading posts and established treaties with local rulers,
paving the way for the cruel Belgian King Leopold’s exploitative
administrative rule of what was to become the ‘Congo Free State’
in Equatorial Africa (there is much recent scholarship on Stanley’s
views and approach to his work versus those of Leopold; see Jeal,
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer for
many new and interesting discoveries). Through his exploration
books, Stanley became one of the most popular figures of the 19th
century, capturing the public imagination. Adventurer, explorer
and rescuer of Livingstone (“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”) and
Emin Pasha. Binding, text, covers and maps all near fine, interior
clean and tight. Attractive set of this essential work in the history
of European colonization of Central Africa and the Congo Basin.
Rare First Edition in excellent condition, uncommon as such.
$3,000
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Felice Benuzzi
William Kimber, London, 1952, First U.K. Edition.
Octavo in original red cloth boards, Very Good
condition in VG but slightly chipped Dustjacket,
scattered foxing and overall wear, obviously
reread a few times. Endpaper maps, darkened
with shadows from apparent old bookmarks on
them, but not defaced, 231 pages, one colour
illustration. Hard to find First Edition, with rare
Dustjacket, an all-time mountaineering classic.
In 1943 three Italian prisoners of war escaped their compound,
within eyesight of Mount Kenya. In ‘No Picnic’, Benuzzi
tells this enchanting tale of a daring, if bizarre adventure,
attempting to climb Mount Kenya (5,199 meters; 17,057 feet).
They had surreptitiously made some climbing gear in the prison
workshop, steamed a label off a Kenlon bully beef tin to use as
their map, and slipped out of camp one night with provisions
they had saved. Their climb is punctuated with humour and
becomes an enthralling story which many mountaineers refer
to as a masterpiece. A film adaptation was made in 1994, The
Ascent. Now exceedingly scarce, this First Edition includes a
colour image of the famous Kenlon label they used for their
map. Scarce in any condition, this copy with slight wear, Scarce
Dustjacket, Very Good.
$600
Snow on the Equator
H.W. Tilman
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1938, First American
Edition. Octavo, original red boards, with rare Dustjacket,
not price-clipped, 265 pages, 4 maps, 24 B&W photographs.
Tilman, the great storyteller, strings together a fascinating
memoir of his life in Kenya after World War I, meeting
up with fellow writer and mountaineer Eric Shipton,
climbing Mt. Kenya, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Ruwenzori in
the Mountains of the Moon. One photograph in the book
shows a desiccated body of a leopard on the crater rim of
Kilimanjaro. Leaving Kenya on the way back to England,
Tilman unrolls an amazing tale of his extraordinary solo
bicycle journey, over 3,000 miles across Africa. His dry
sense of humour seems essential to help him through any
troubles. Engrossing and a great read. Tilman was one
of the greatest adventurers of his time, and for him, the
goal was always to explore, to see new places, to discover
rather than to conquer. Tilman is ranked by some as
one of the greatest of all travel writers, part of the fine
British tradition of laconic humorous writing and there is
nobody else quite like him. His books are keenly observed,
concerned with places and people as much as summits and
achievements. Scarce in Near-Fine condition, fully intact
Rare Dust Jacket, only very slight wear, clean, unmarked
internally, Near-Fine, and Fine DJ.
$1,100 23

Home Gallery Fine Arts
Yvonne Gillespie
Artwork Title: Dawn on the Glacier
Medium: Acrylic on board
Size: 60 x 84cm
Artist info: Embodying a unique style with a
message, creative and full of imaginings. Gillespie (b
1946) explains “I wish to present colourful images,
invoke the past and look at cultures...my work
references many sources, Western and the Far East
as well as prehistory, mythology and mystery.”
Experience and education includes years of nursing,
a law degree and graduating with a Diploma in Fine
Arts from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design in
Auckland. The artist’s hope from the viewer is that
they may reflect on what they see and read, that they
experience pleasure and interest.
$1,200
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Grahame Sydney
Signed Print Title: Flagged Route
Medium: Matted Photo Print $350
Bamboo poles with ‘Tatty Flags’
from Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station
(display only)

Home Gallery Fine Arts
Robert Westaway
Artist info: “The most beautiful experience we
can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental
emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and
science.” (Einstein, 1949)
Dr Westaway’s painting construction is through
many chemical experiments and combinations
of organic additives instead of the use of
traditional mediums. Explaining he comments
“The beginning of my process is with an unusual
painting tool that of a microscope, wherein I mix
my paints in test tubes and beakers ensuring
cellular composition and stability of molecules...
processes of corrosion and rust are combined
with a use of vibrant colours, to push boundaries
of luminosity and darkness, very much reflecting
the emotions experienced while creating them.”
Following from having completed a Masters of
Visual Arts with distinction, he has completed
a Doctor of Visual Arts with Griffith University.
Artwork title: Environmental Warmth
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 456 x 72cm
Price: $POA
Artwork title: Shadows of Tomorrow
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 72 x 56cm
Price: $POA
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The Voyages of the ‘Morning’
Captain Gerald Doorly
John Murray, London, 1916, First
U.K. Edition. Original (xx), 224
pages, folding map at rear
(facsimile), Frontispiece, 6 pages
of music scores, and 21 B&W
photographs and illustrations.
This is one of the rarest of all the
primary accounts from the ‘Heroic Age’
of Antarctic exploration. Doorly was Third Officer
on R.F. Scott’s relief ship the ‘Morning’ in 1902-3 and
in 1903-4, serving under Capt. William Colbeck, who
had sailed with Borchgrevink, and under Second
Officer Edward (Teddy) Evans. Colbeck was going
to write an account of the voyages but when this
didn’t happen Doorly undertook the effort around
10 years later. He produced not only an interesting,
pleasant and readable first-hand account but also
one of the scarcest books of Antarctic exploration.
Among other accounts, Doorly records the
discovery of Scott Island, the first landing on
Beaufort Island, and personal impressions of the
Southern party upon their return. Not in Spence.
Very scarce title to be sure, difficult to find in any
condition whatsoever. Boards lightly marked and
somewhat bowed, slightly worn, spine sunned. A
few spots and marks of age internally. Recased,
with new endpapers. Signed by Freed family
descendants, Doorly’s Granddaughter and Great-
Granddaughter. Condition Very Good.
In the Wake
Captain Gerald Doorly
Along With:
Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1936, First
Australian Edition. Original blue cloth boards with
Dustjacket, with two small chips at top, one chip
at bottom, 311 pages, lightly browned, Frontispiece
and five Black and White illustrations.
Adventures of a lifetime mariner and one of the
great Antarctic sailors, windjamming round the
Horn, sailing with Teddy Evans to the Antarctic,
his work on R.F. Scott’s Discovery Expedition,
Shackleton, Wilson and more. Signed by three
Freed family descendants, Gerald Doorly’s
Granddaughter, Great-Granddaughter and Great-
Grandson. Condition Very Good.
For the two books: $2,500
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Around the Bookshop
Nansen Sledges
Top: from Scott Base, Antarctica
Bottom: sledge model made by Bob
McKerrow, while wintering-over
at Lake Vanda, Antarctica.
Bill Nye, ‘The Book Guy’
George the Penguin
Model Ships (all for sale)
Antarctic Geology Display
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Home Gallery Fine Arts
Brian Strong
Artwork title: Guardian of the Sea
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 76 x 76cm
Artist info: Strong (b 1945) often infuses subtle historic referencing
of New Zealand, including the Treaty of Waitangi in his work. His
work is held in private and public collections. Brian studied Fine
Arts at the University of Canterbury gaining honours. He went on to
teach art then became devoted to his own art full time. His work has
been exhibited in Singapore and London including the prestigious
New Zealand Embassy in London. For “Guardian of the Sea” Strong
mentions “...the influence of the moon and the coastal waters; the
movement of tides and the harshness of the coastal shores of New
Zealand. A country surrounded by dramatic oceans and weather
patterns made more so by the nature of our unique light.
$4,050
News & Views - Spectacular new Artworks from Lucy’s Home Gallery are on show, and very special newly
arrived Exploration Relics from Joshua’s JKM Collection, definitely worth a look! All book sales include free
shipping worldwide. If you visit Adventure Books expect to find quality Rare Books, Artefacts and Artworks on
offer and on display. We are specialists in our fields, and happily offer valuations and advice. We’ve also become
a repository for books and memorabilia if you are downsizing. Ask Bill about the upcoming Legacy Library. Feel
welcome to have a chat, view items here in all price ranges, and enjoy the ambiance of the Arts Centre.
EXPLORERS HUB
Joshua Moot, JKM Collection
Phone: (64) 27 345 2414
Email: langepootjoshua@yahoo.co.nz
Consulting contact for research or information
on your exploration relics.
Bill Nye, Adventure Books
Phone: (64) 3 365 1940
Mobile: (64) 27 434 7756
Email: info@adventurebooks.co.nz
P.O. Box 1176
Christchurch 8013
Aotearoa New Zealand
Lucy Gardner, Home Gallery Fine Arts
Phone: (64) 21 168 9922
Email: homegalleryfinearts@gmail.com
Contact for artwork information and shipping
details, domestic or international.
Gallery locations in Christchurch and Oamaru,
New Zealand.
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