Polar Exploration

JONKERS RARE BOOKS 1 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION Polar Exploration EARLY EXPLORATION & THE SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN

We are pleased to offer an exceptional collection of books on Polar Exploration, dating from the eighteenth century to the achievements In his history of the human urge to venture northward into unknown territory, Fridtjof of both Poles. The collection is particularly strong on the Heroic Nansen begins with antiquity. While the ancient world had “little more than a vague Age, including two pieces of incunabula from Shackleton’s premonition of the north”, there was still comparatively little known when Constan- printing press, an original employment contract from the ex- tine John Phipps set sail for the in 1773 (item 1). pedition and a fine copy of Shackleton’s account of that expedition, in the beautiful limited edition vellum binding. Each book has been selected for its exceptional condition, presence of a rare inscription By this time, however, voyages north were not out of necessity or chance like those or dustwrapper, and importance to the history of exploration. early journeys Nansen describes. Instead their aim was to discover and record at the behest of governments and kings. The first four books in the catalogue concern such The catalogue has been split into Arctic and Antarctic exploration, voyages in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the Arctic reaches of Northern and arranged chronologically by expedition in order to present each Europe, North America and Siberia. book in its context in the history of polar .

Orders will be taken at: In 1843, following a successful Antarctic voyage, HMS Erebus and Terror were pre- Jonkers Rare Books pared for an expedition in search of the - a sea route from the 27 Hart Street Atlantic to the Orient. They left for Baffin’s Bay in 1845 led by Commander John Henley on Thames Franklin. After three years’ absence and following pleas from Franklin’s wife, search RG9 2AR expeditions, such as those documented in the following two items, were commis- 01491 576427 (within the UK) sioned. +44 1491 576427 (from overseas) Between 1848 and 1857 no fewer than forty-seven ships were sent to the Arctic to aid email: [email protected] the search. Though they failed to find Franklin, these expeditions mapped most of the website: www.jonkers.co.uk remaining Arctic shoreline, and finally discovered the Northwest Passage. Payment is accepted by cheque or bank transfer in either sterling or US dollars and all major credit cards. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and as described. Any unsatisfactory item may be returned within ten days of receipt. All items in this catalogue may be ordered via our secure website. The website also lists over 3,000 books, manuscripts and pieces of artwork from our stock, as well as a host of other information.

Cover Illustration: Frontispiece to Aurora Australis (1908), Item #20)

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1. A Voyage Towards The North Pole “ONE OF THE FINEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY” Undertaken At His Majesty’s Command 1773 2. Narrative Of The Arctic Land Expedition PHIPPS, Constantine John To The Mouth Of The Great Fish River And Along The Shores Of The , In The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 Printed By W. Bowyer And J. Nichols, 1774. BACK, George First edition. 4to. Bound to style in recent quarter calf, lettered gilt, over green cloth boards. With the directions to the bookbinder leaf John Murray, 1836. present. Folding frontispiece and thirteen further folding plates, printed on thick paper in good impressions, including maps, panoramic First edition. Limited edition, being one of 250 copies printed on large paper. 4to. In a fine contemporary binding of half morocco over views, tables, diagrams and studies of flora and fauna. A very good copy, clean and fresh. Frontispiece trimmed to the edges of the map. marbled boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece and fifteen further mounted plates on india paper after sketches by Back. [39278] £2,750 A fine copy, tall and clean with just the occasional spot or two to a couple of mounts. [39294] £3,750 The account of Phipps’s 1773 attempt “to test the theory that in the open sea the Arctic Ocean might be largely free of ice, and offer a route to the Pacific” A fine copy of what Howgego describes as “one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century” and Hill as “one of the fundamental books on Arctic (ODNB). Though naturally unsuccessful in this aim, Phipps’s voyage had a wide scientific program, with detailed appendices recording the flora and fauna exploration”. Back was a great explorer-artist and the book combines a notable and extensive expedition of arctic regions with finely engraved drawings of Spitsbergen, as well as geological, meteorological and astronomical observations. illustrating its discoveries. Having reached the northern shore of Spitsbergen and attempting to proceed farther north, the expedition encountered “one complete impenetrable body” It records what began as a relief expedition for John Ross’s 1829 search for the Northwest Passage, and resulted in 7,500 miles of travel, including 1,200 of ice, putting to pasture the theory of the open polar sea. In spite of further attempts to nudge northward being thwarted by encounters with pack-ice, of discovery, finding the Great Fish River, and making important observations of the Aurora Borealis. He returned to a hero of , Phipps recorded a record of 80°48’N. “was awarded the Royal Geographical Society’s , and was promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of captain on 30 September 1835, by order The voyage is also memorable for being the maiden voyage of Horatio Nelson. Then a fourteen-year-old midshipman, he “famously and dangerously in council—an honour that no other officer in the navy had received except William IV” (ODNB). attacked a polar bear in hopes of getting its skin for his father” (Books On Ice). Howgego II B3. Books On Ice 1.10. PROVENANCE: Walter Reid (original subscriber to the expedition); thence by descent to William Reid MD (his bookplate); Franklin Brooke-Hitching (his sale, 2014).

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3. Narrative Of An Expedition To The Polar Sea 4. A Polar Reconnaissance In The Years 1820, 1821, 1822, & 1823. Being The Voyage Of The Isbjorn To Novaya Zemlya In 1879 VON WRANGELL, Ferdinand; SABINE, Elizabeth MARKHAM, Albert Hastings James Madden, 1840. C. Kegan Paul, 1881. First edition in English. 8vo. Publisher’s blind stamped original First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered and dec- cloth, lettered gilt to the spine. Large folding map of Siberia in front orated in gilt and black. Publisher’s advertisement catalogue date pastedown pocket. A very good copy indeed, sometime neatly re- coded January 1881 bound to rear. Six engraved plates, four illus- backed and front hinge just starting, but a clean, fresh and hand- trations in the text and two folding maps to rear. A very good copy some copy. [39299] £600 indeed, with a shade of darkening to the spine and slight rolling to Translated from the German by Elizabeth Sabine. Ferdinand Von Wrangell’s the spine ends. [39301] £1,500 account of the Russian expedition that charted for the first time the North- Part-history of previous expeditions to the north-eastern archipelago of No- east coast of Siberia. The expedition then headed 250 kilometres north vaya Zemlya, and part-narrative of the 1879 expedition there joined by across pack ice in search of a rumoured tract of land off the Siberian coast, Markham, copies of the book in nice condition and in the original cloth reaching 77 degrees north. are uncommon. Howgego II W45. We have noted two states of the cloth binding. The present example and PROVENANCE: Blind stamps of the Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland another state, which has “Reconnaissance” on the spine lettered sans serif, intermittently throughout the book. with a black roundel and a double ruled border to the upper cover. No precedence between the two can be established.

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5. Additional Papers Relative To The Arctic Expedition Under The Orders Of Captain Austin And Mr William Penny AUSTIN, Horatio T.; PENNY, William Printed By George Edward Eyre And William Spottiswoode, 1852. First edition. Folio. In the original blue printed paper wrappers. Twenty-eight maps and charts, six of which are folding. An exceptionally well-preserved copy in the original wrappers. Minor fraying to the paper at the spine ends, and the front hinge neatly strengthened, but 6. Ten Months Among The Tents Of The Tuski With Incidents Of An Arctic Boat Expedition In Search Of Sir , As Far As The Mackenzie River, And Cape Bathurst. nevertheless a remarkably fresh example of a rare report most often encountered rebound. Housed in a custom clamshell box. HOOPER, William H. [39298] £5,000 An important Arctic Blue Book, presented to parliament on the 1850-1 Franklin Search expeditions led by Horatio Austin (on the Resolute) and William John Murray, 1853. Penny (on the Lady Franklin and Sophia). They comprise full reports by sledgers from both expeditions, correspondence between leaders of other coor- First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s original blue cloth, blind stamped, with gilt vignette and lettering. A single leaf of publisher’s advertisements dinated Franklin search missions, translations of reports of the Franklin expedition by natives as well as extensive observations on meteorology, geology, bound to read dated June 1853. Tinted lithograph frontispiece, three further tinted lithographs, six black and white sketches, one sketch flora and fauna. map, and one folding map of the route in colour to the rear. A near fine copy in uncommonly nice condition. A touch of wear to the spine This Blue Book is rare, exceedingly so in its original state as here. The only other copy to appear at auction in the last forty years is the Brooke-Hitching ends and minor toning to the spine but otherwise clean and bright. [39297] £2,500 copy which was sold in 1983 and 1989 before appearing in his own sale in 2014, and was in a modern binding. A beautiful copy of Hooper’s account of three successive winters in the Arctic, having initially been part of an early Franklin search mission on the Plover. Between October 1848 and July 1849 the expedition wintered in Emma Bay during which he “led a party along the coast as far as Cape Atcheen, and through the winter mixed with the local people, whom he called Tuski, and whose language he learned” (ODNB). Unrepaired copies in the original cloth, especially in as nice condition as this, are uncommon. PROVENANCE: Franklin Brooke-Hitching, his pencil initials to half title.

8 9 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION THE RACE FOR THE NORTH POLE

Expeditions intent on reaching the Pole had long been attempted, but their frequency greatly increased in the last years of the nineteenth century with landmark attempts by Nansen’s and Amedeo’s Stel- la Polare, before a succession of competitive assaults on the Pole by Peary and his compatriot .

Although it is unlikely that any man reached the Pole by 1909, the expeditions were conducted very much in the public eye. Accounts of foreign expeditions were swiftly translated for British and American editions, while Peary’s and Cook’s accounts had immediate mass au- diences.

7. “Farthest North” 8. My Arctic Journal Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893- A Year among Ice-Fields and Eskimos. With an Account of the Great 96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. White Journey across by Robert E. Peary. Johansen with an Appendix by Captain of the Fram DIEBITSCH-PEARY, Josephine; PEARY, Robert E. NANSEN, Fridtjof The Contemporary Publishing Company, 1893. George Newnes Ltd., 1898. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered and decorated in Second edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Pictorial petrol blue cloth, gilt and red. Frontispiece and sixteen further photographic plates, elaborately lettered and decorated in silver and gilt. One colour four half tone plates and a sketch map. A near fine copy, extreme- plate from Nansen’s own sketch, portrait frontispiece of Nansen, ly bright and fresh, a tiny short closed tear to the margin of the “around 120 full page black and white illustrations”, plus many title page being virtually the only blemish. Most uncommon thus. illustrations in the text. Fold out map in colour to the rear. A near [39313] £350 fine set, bright and attractive with just a little browning to the end- Josephine Diebitsch-Peary accompanied her husband on five Greenland papers. [39083] £300 expeditions, becoming the first woman to take part in Arctic exploration. In Nansen’s own account of “a remarkable achievement in Polar exploration” his preface remarks that his wife had to be cajoled into writing (PMM). He designed a ship, the Fram, to “slip like an eel out of the embrac- this account of her time “in the realm of the Frost King,” believing as she did es of the ice” and which he hoped would drift along the ice to the North that her experiences would be of interest only to close friends. “Her Arctic Pole. His account of the difficult journey by sledge and the return of the journal is a remarkable document for its blending of forthright prose with Fram to Tromso became a worldwide bestseller. oleaginous passages” (Books On Ice). PMM 384, Books on Ice 5.2. Books On Ice 5.9. 10 11 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION

PEARY’S ARCTIC TRILOGY

8. Northward Over The Great Ice A Narrative Of Life And Work Along The Shores And Upon The Interior Ice-Cap Of Northern Greenland In The Years 1886 and 1891-1897 PEARY, Robert E. Methuen, 1898. First English edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Upper cover lettered gilt, with silver vignette. Top edge gilt, other uncut. In all, over eight hundred illustrations across the two volumes. Including portrait frontispieces to each volume, numerous charts, maps, and photographic reproductions, one folding panorama, and one folding map. A bright set in near fine condition. Early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume. [38969] £700 “These volumes cover the first three of Peary’s eight expeditions to Greenland and towards the North Pole... each expedition and each of Peary’s books represented unique contributions to Arctic exploration... The proof of the insularity of Greenland, the geographical frontiers covered, the successive re- cords of Northern latitude... were estimable feats” (Books On Ice). Books On Ice 5.7.

9. Nearest The Pole A Narrative Of The Polar Expedition Of The Peary Arctic Club In The S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. PEARY, Robert E. Doubleday, Page and Company, 1907. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered gilt. Gilt device to upper cover. Colour frontispiece, ninety-five photographs and two folding maps bound at rear. A very good copy indeed. Bright and clean with slight rubbing to the spine ends. Gift inscriptions to front end- paper. [39317] £300 The second book in Peary’s trilogy narrating his northern explorations of Greenland and assaults on the North Pole. Though bolstered by the finances of the Peary Arctic Club, the enthusiasm of President Roosevelt and the provision of a specially designed ship based on the Fram, Peary was unsuccessful in reaching the pole. He did make it at least as far as 84°30’N, though whether he achieved a new farthest north is disputed. Books On Ice 5.10

10. The North Pole With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt PEARY, Robert E. Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. First English edition. 4to. Grey green cloth, lettered in gilt, with gilt vignette of Peary on the upper cover and polar bears in white on the spine and rear board. Bordered in white on the spine and upper cover. One hundred and sixteen black and white photographic illus- trations, including 4 photogravures. Colour folding map to the rear. A near fine copy, clean and bright, with just a little browning to the endpapers and fore-edge. [39316] £400 The personal account of Peary’s final attempt to reach the North Pole in 1908-09. He details the planning and preparation; the voyage of the ‘Roosevelt’ through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel to winter quarters at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan on Ellesmere Island; hunting, sledging and the final march towards the Pole.

12 13 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION EARLY ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION

With Cook’s first crossing of the Antarctic Circle in the 1770s, penetrating as far as 70 °10’S, the discovery of the Southern con- tinent became a new focus of exploration. Cook was followed by Weddell, Bellingshausen and Ross, with expeditions lat- er in the century managing to set foot on .

The books included here begin with Cook’s first crossing, before two exceptional copies of the earliest Antarctic poetry, as well as accounts of two later expeditions that paved the way for the race to the .

11. Robert Edwin Peary 12. The Great North Pole Fraud A Record Of His Explorations 1886-1909 With A Monograph By Capt. Thos. F. Hall On The Murder Of Pro- HAYES, J. Gordon fessor Ross G. Marvin. Grant Richards & Humphrey Toulmin, 1929. LEWIN, W. Henry First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth, lettered gilt, in the printed The C. W. Daniel Company, 1935. dustwrapper. Photographic frontispiece and seven further photo- First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s orange cloth, lettered black, in like graphic plates. Four folding maps in rear pocket. A near fine copy printed dustwrapper. A bright, fine copy, in a near fine, very crisp, in the rare original dustwrapper, which is in very good condition, dustwrapper that is a little faded on the spine. [39300] £1,200 tanned to the spine and with some light chipping to spine ends. A rare account of Lewin’s case for Peary never having reached the North [39318] £250 Pole, as he had claimed to in 1909, with an appendix investigating the A critique of Peary’s discoveries and scientific work in the Arctic, of par- death on the expedition of Professor Ross G. Marvin. Described on the ticular interest is his analysis of Peary’s claimed achievement of the North jacket as, “An Impressive Detective Story of Real Life.” Pole: “The fact that his claim to have reached the North Pole was accepted, Most uncommon in the dustwrapper. apparently without examination, by many learned institutions, makes it es- sential for our work to be done as thoroughly as possible.” PROVENANCE: From the travel library of Beekman Pool, author of “Polar Extremes: The World of ,” his bookplate to pastedown.

14 15 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION TWO COPIES OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED ANTARCTIC POETRY & SOLE RECORD OF THE USS FLYING FISH A most uncommon account - in the form of two epic poems - of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-42. It is the only surviving account of the USS Flying Fish from the expedition, and also constitutes the earliest published Antarctic poetry. Palmer explains in his preface that “the following Poem is a true story of the incidents more minutely detailed in the Appendix.. It unfortunately happened that all journals, which had been collected on board the U. S. Ship Peacock, were lost with that vessel... so that the account which I wrote only for the gratification of a few friends, has become the sole remaining history of a highly interesting adventure.”

13. A Complete Set Of Cook’s Voyages [COMPRISING:] HAWKESWORTH, John AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, [WITH:] COOK, James A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD Performed in His Majesties Ships the RES- OLUTION and ADVENTURE, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. [WITH:] COOK, James; KING, James A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the Comand of His Majesty, for Making Dis- coveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains COOK, CLERKE, and GORE, In His Majesty’s Ships the 14. Thulia 15. Thulia Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. A Tale Of The Antarctic A Tale Of The Antarctic COOK, Captain James; HAWKESWORTH, John; KING, James PALMER, J. C. PALMER, J. C. W.Strathan; and T.Cadell, 1773, 1779, 1785. Published by Samuel Colman, 1843. Published by Samuel Colman, 1843. Eight volumes, 4to, with the contents of the Atlas volume bound in his polar explorations “were essential components of his second and third First edition. 8vo. Bound in the publisher’s deluxe presentation First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s navy blue cloth, with gilt stamped to the third voyage (vols. VI-VIII) as directed by the printers in the voyages” (Books On Ice). Indeed, during his second voyage Cook circum- binding of green morocco with extra gilt. All edges gilt. Inscribed decoration and lettering to the upper cover and spine, with further list of plates. The first voyage is a first edition, the second voyage is navigated Antarctica, and sailed two hundred miles south of the Antarctic by Victorine Putnam (wife of the publisher G.P. Putnam) to Mrs decoration and rules in blind. An author’s presentation copy, in- circle to 70 °10’S. Had Cook penetrated this far south, but further east, he a third edition and the third voyage is a second edition. All bound Newton on the first blank: “Mrs Newton from her friend Victorine scribed by Palmer “To Dr Wm. W. Baynes, Surgeon R.N., with the would have discovered the Antarctic Continent. During Cook’s third voyage in contemporary full calf, recently rebacked to style with morocco H. Putnam.” Woodcut frontispiece, two full-page woodcuts and compliments of his friend J C Palmer. U.S. Ship St. Mary’s. Decem- the focus moved to the Northwest Passage: “even with deficient maps [he] title labels. In total 204 engraved plates, maps, views and charts was able to chart 4,000 miles of coast from present-day Oregon to Northern nine further woodcuts as head- and tailpieces and vignettes. A very ber 18 1845.” Woodcut frontispiece, two full-page woodcuts and (52, 64 and 88 in the three voyages respectively) A very good set Alaska. He explored each inlet in search of the passage before arriving at good copy indeed, with a little rubbing to the binding and a little nine further woodcuts as head- and tailpieces and vignettes. A very with foxing or offsetting to some leaves and occasional minor re- what would come to be know as the Bering Strait” (Books On Ice). foxing to the page margins. [39133] £2,750 good copy indeed, with a couple of small splashes to the boards. pairs to folding plates, but generally very clean and well preserved. PROVENANCE: The First Voyage: Charles Townsend, 1st Baron Bayning The book is now rare, and copies in the presentation binding are especially [39134] £2,750 Some wear to boards with old repairs to corners. [30505] £15,000 (Bayning bookplate to front pastedowns). The Second and Third Voyages: so, with just two other examples appearing at auction in the last 25 years. Inscribed copies are most uncommon in commerce, as are copies so well The primary account of Cook’s remarkable voyages of exploration. Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (Beaufort bookplate to front past- Spence 246.A1. preserved. Although Cook is better known for his discoveries in the South Sea Islands, edowns). Spence 246.A2.

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16. The Cruise Of The ‘Antarctic’ 17. First On The Antarctic Continent To The South Polar Regions Being An Account Of The British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 BULL, Henryk J. BORCHGREVINK, C. E. Edward Arnold, 1896. George Newnes, 1901. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s blue pictorial cloth, decorated in silver and black. Black coated endpapers. All edges uncut. Frontispiece First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s navy pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in silver and gilt. Publisher’s catalogue dated January 1901 after a painting by W. L. Willie, eleven further plates after paintings by W. G. Burn Murdoch. A fine copy, in uncommonly nice condition. bound to rear. Frontispiece portrait of Borchgrevink, three folding maps to rear and reproductions of 196 black and white photographs Faint traces of wear to the spine ends, but otherwise clean and bright, with sound hinges and internally fresh. [39306] £1,750 from the expedition and one chart in the text. A very near fine copy, the cloth being exceptionally bright, with just very minor rubbing to A beautiful copy of Bull’s account of his 1894-5 Antarctic Expedition. While the expedition failed to recoup the cost of the venture with whaling en route the spine ends, and a barely perceptible splash to the upper cover. [39079] £1,850 as planned, it remains a notable expedition for its scientific achievements and setting a recent precedent for approaching and landing on the Antarctic Borchgrevink’s expedition was funded by the publisher George Newnes, who contributed £40,000 to its preparation and later published this account of mainland. it. was one of a number who opposed Borchgrevink’s venture, declaring the Norwegian explorer “incompetent, his ship rotten, and On the 24th January 1895 Bull and three of his crew landed at Cape Adare and claimed the accolade on being the first on the Antarctic continent. While that no self-respecting member of the scientific community should have anything to do with him” (Howgego). research some fifty years later produced evidence for the sealer making a landing in 1821, Bull’s achievement accelerated the cause for a Nevertheless, Borchgrevink spent almost a year within the Antarctic Circle and can claim “a number of ‘firsts’: the first time dogs were used on the Ant- landing party “wintering at Cape Adare before launching an assault on the magnetic pole” (Howgego). Among the scientific discoveries made was Borch- arctic continent, a furthest south record, the first sledge journey on the . Perhaps today he would be best remembered as having discovered grevink’s observation of “lichen growing on sheltered rocks - the first vegetation ever seen on the Antarctic continent” (Howgego). the northward movement of the Ross Ice Shelf and the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier” (Taurus). Rosove 55. A beautiful copy of a book Rosove ranks as “one of the most important in the Antarctic bibliography”. Rosove 45.

18 19 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION ROBERT SCOTT - The 1901-4

The first expedition of the Heroic Age was organised by the Royal Geo- graphic Society and the Royal Society and was the first British Antarc- tic expedition since Ross’s discoveries some sixty years earlier. Scott’s purpose was to carry out scientific and geographical research and to gain a better understanding of the hitherto largely untouched conti- nent. In this respect it was very successful. The expedition stands as a landmark from which later ventures could benefit, launching the ex- ploring careers of Shackleton, Edward Wilson and as well as Scott himself, and heralding a golden age of Antarctic exploration.

18. The Voyage Of The ‘Discovery’ SCOTT, Robert Falcon Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Original blue cloth titled in gilt to the spine, with gilt medallion vignettes to the upper covers. Top edges gilt, others uncut. Copiously illustrated, with photogravure frontispiece to each volume, twelve colour plates and 180 pages of black and white plates containing 260 photographic reproductions (including five double page), three maps (one double page) and two loose fold out charts housed in pouches at the rear of each volume. A near fine, bright set. A little fading to the spine and top edge of one upper cover, and a slight scratch to the lower cover of volume one. Nevertheless, a clean and attractive set of a book quite difficult to find in nice condition. [39304] £2,250 Scott’s official account of the “Discovery Expedition”, which he led. Uncommon in such nice condition.

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19. Two Years In The Antarctic Being A Narrative Of The British National Antarctic Expedition - The 1907-9 ARMITAGE, Albert A. Edward Arnold, 1905. The first expedition led by one of the best known of all explorers reached First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered gilt to spine and white to upper cover, with black vignette to upper cover. Photographic frontispiece and twenty-seven further photographs across fifteen plates. Fifty-four drawings in the text by Edward Wilson, folding colour within ninety-seven miles of the South Pole. They were also the first to climb map to rear. A very good copy indeed, the spine a little toned with wear at ends, but in all a clean and attractive copy of an uncommon and the first to achieve the South Magentic Pole. It was one of Heroic Age account. [39314] £1,750 the great expeditions of the Heroic Age; Shackleton returned a hero and was The account of the 1901-04 Discovery expedition by Scott’s second in command. A lighter, more anecdotal and accessible account of the expedition knighted in December 1909. than Scott’s. In his prefatory note, hopes that it “may inspire many a young man to noble deeds, whether the battle be fought in the bustle of great cities or in the silence of those icy regions where men toil on at the drag-ropes of a heavy sledge for the advancement of human knowledge.” The expedition also holds an indelible place in book history as, on a letter- Rosove 17. press printer provided by Joseph Causton & Sons, the first book printed in Ant- arctica - Aurora Australis - was produced. This primary Antarctic incunabulum, along with a menu for the Midwinter feast of 1908 printed on the same press, are both offered here, and provide a rare opportunity to acquire both products of the Antarctic’s first printing press. 22 23 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION PRINTED IN ANTARCTICA - “THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF THE ANTARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY”

20. Aurora Australis Published At The Winter Quarters Of The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, During The Winter Months Of April, May, June, July, 1908. [SHACKLETON, Ernest H.] (Editor) Printed At The Sign Of ‘The Penguins’; By Joyce And Wild, 1908. First edition of the first book printed in Antarctica, in the very rare first state with uncorrected text. 4to. Bound in original venesta packing crate boards by the expeditions motor expert Bernard Day, the inside upper cover stamped: “[A]NTARC- TIC [EXPEDITI]ON 1907”. Spine renewed to style, with the original horse-harness spine laid in. All edges uncut. Signed by Shackleton on the first leaf, “Ernest Shackleton, editor”. Ten lithographs and etchings by George Marston. A fine copy, remarkably clean and fresh. [39182] £150,000 An exceptional copy of the first book to be printed and bound in Antarctica and “the most renowned title in the Antarctic canon” (Taurus). One of just five known copies with the first state of the text in private hands (a further four copies being institutionally held) and one of only two known first states to be signed by Shackleton. Having produced The South Polar Times on the Discovery expedition, Shackleton “resolved to produce a similar work on his own expe- dition, but took the labor a step further”. Instead of producing a single typewritten copy, to later be reproduced in facsimile, he decided to produce a properly printed book with the “entire effort including the writing, printing, illustrating and binding” completed in situ in Antarctica. The result is a strikingly beautiful production in spite of the adverse conditions and inexperience in printing and binding. “Aurora Australis has rightfully achieved legendary status as the ne plus ultra of the Antarctic bibliography for its manner of production, rarity, charisma, and association with one of the greatest of all Antarctic expeditions” (Rosove). This copy is the exceptionally rare first state of the text with ten plates by Marston. A leaf of text in the “An Ancient Manuscript” chapter by Frank Wild was subsequently excised and replaced with revised text and an eleventh plate entitled, “Many shekels were needed for the ship to go forth” in later issued copies. The discarded text describes five wealthy men who refused to contribute to the Expedition fund and Martin L. Greene posits that Ross demanded that the offensive passage be deleted and replaced with the plate. Rosove notes that “at most 100 copies were produced, but probably significantly fewer. Approximately 65 copies have been accounted for to date”. Rosove 304.

24 25 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC MENU, PRINTED ON THE SAME PRESS AS AURORA AUSTRALIS

21. Midwinter Celebration At Winter Quarters, [SHACKLETON, E. H.]; BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1907 June 23rd 1908. Sole edition. Original pink paper wrappers with letterpress title to the upper cover, hole punched and tied with thin green cord. One etched plate by George Mar- ston, with tissue guard. A very good copy with some edgewear to the wrappers and sometime folded twice, likely in situ. The pink wrappers remain bright and overall a very nice example of a remarkable survival. [39225] SOLD The expedition cook’s own copy of the extremely rare printed menu of the Nimrod expedi- tion’s Midwinter feast of 1908. The Midwinter feast was a much anticipated event during the freezing winters of the Antarc- tic, and Shackleton records “after a teetotal regime the Midwinter Day, the Great Polar Festi- val and Birthday festivals were a release, and an occasion for a ‘wild spree’.” This tongue-in- cheek menu proposes a starter of Turtle Soup, followed by Penguin patties and Seal cutlets, before the pièce de résistance of Roast Reindeer. Champagne and whisky are recommended for hydration before the evening ends with “Sledges at 12-30”. As well as showcasing the light-hearted entertainment that helped the expedition through the long winter, this menu is notable for being the first work completed by the press which produced the Antarctic’s first substantial book. In advance of the Nimrod expedition of 1907-09 the London printers Joseph Causton & Sons provided printing equipment for the use and amusement of the men during the long dark winter. As Shackleton records in The Heart of the Antarctic “Joyce and Wild had been given instruction in the art of type-setting and printing, Marston being taught in etching and lithography”. The chief occupation of the printers was in producing the 120 page Aurora Australis, considered “the primary incunabulum of the Antarctic” (Books On Ice), between April and July 1908. Though a far slighter production, this printed menu produced for the Midwinter feast of June 23rd 1908, therefore precedes the completion of Aurora Australis. This menu and the Aurora Australis are the only known printed works from the press at Cape Royds and while sixty-five copies of the latter are accounted for, this menu is much rarer. We can trace just four other copies, two appearing at auction in 1992 and 2001, and one each at the Canterbury Museum and the Mitchell Library, New South Wales. PROVENANCE: From the collection of William C. Roberts, the cook to the Nimrod expe- dition.

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22. Original Employment Contract For The Nimrod Expedition SHACKLETON, E. H.; ROBERTS, William C. 23rd October 1907. The original Agreement of Service between E. H. Shackleton and William C. Rob- erts for the Nimrod Expedition. A single bifolium sheet, typewritten in carbon, signed by Shackleton and Roberts, and witnessed by the company secretary. Very clean and in fine condition. [39226] £6,500 William C. Roberts had been chosen as cook for the Nimrod following the issues with unruly cooks on the Discovery expedition (they went through two cooks en route to the Antarctic before settling on a third, Charles Clarke). “Roberts, at the age of thirty-five, had had extensive experience as a cook both on land and sea, most recently serving as the pastry chef at the Naval and Military Club” (, Shackleton’s Forgotten Expedition). Though he received few mentions in Shackleton’s account of the expedition, he was a tal- ented and adventurous cook. “Years later, a visitor to the Cape Royds hut whose kitchen was Roberts’s domain thought that ‘Shackleton’s men must have fed like turkey cocks for all the delicacies here’” ( C. Anthony, Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Day and Other Stories of Antarctic Cuisine). The “Agreement Of Service” comprises seven clauses, including the provision of salary (”two hundred pounds per annum”), obedience (”the member of staff shall... obey all commands”) as well as restrictions on writing about the expedition, bringing material home and giving lectures on their return. We can find no record of any other agreement of service or employment contract of any kind for a member of the Nimrod Expedition being previously offered for sale, or being institu- tionally held. PROVENANCE: From the collection of William C. Roberts, the cook to the Nimrod expedi- tion.

28 29 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION SIGNED EDITION DE LUXE

23. The Heart Of The Antarctic and The Antarctic Book 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 By Professor T.W. F.R.S. [together with;] The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters, 1907-1909. SHACKLETON, Ernest. H. Heinemann, 1909. First edition, deluxe issue, number 250 of 300 copies signed in The Atlantic Book by the author and all fifteen other members of the shore party. Three volumes. 4to. Volumes One and Two in the original publisher’s white vellum with gilt titles and vignettes. Volume Three, “The Antarctic Book”, in publisher’s quarter vellum over grey paper boards, in the usual corrected state, where the contents page is with- out reference to “Aurora Australis”. Top edges gilt and others untrimmed, brown silk page markers present. Two tipped-in photogravure frontispieces and twelve tipped-in colour plates after paintings by George Marston, all with captioned tissue guards, four double-page photographic plates, 271 photographic illustrations on 195 plates; diagrams, maps, plans & graphs in the text, including nine full-page. Three folding maps and one folding plate containing two panoramic views in end-pocket of vol. II. The Antarctic Book with four mount- ed colour portraits from crayon drawings and six original etchings by George Marston. A superb, fine set. The vellum is clean and bright, and contents fresh. There is some trifling wear to the head of the spine of The Antarctic Book, but this is nevertheless an extraordinarily well preserved set, seldom found in such nice condition. [39277] £35,000 An exceptional copy of one of the most beautifully and lavishly produced books in Polar bibliography. Shackleton’s famous account of the Nimrod expedition, which he lead to the South Pole in 1907-09, and in this issue one of the most handsome and impres- sive of all polar books. The expedition got within some hundred miles of the Pole, whereupon Shackleton gave the up famously claiming, “Better a live donkey than a dead lion.”, but it established Shackleton as a “bona fide English hero” (Books on Ice). A measure of the regard in which Shackleton was held can be gathered from the quote attributed to , who accompanied Shackleton on this and future expeditions, “For scientific leadership, give me Scott; for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when there seems to be no way out, get on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” Members of the Expedition whose signatures are present are: Ernest Shackleton, leader of the expedition; Sir , geologist, and in charge of current observations; Bernard Day, electrician and motor expert; , in charge of general stores, dogs, sledges and zoological collections; Dr. A. F. Mackay, surgeon; Dr. , surgeon, cartographer; G E. Marston, artist; James Murray, biologist; Raymond Priestley, geologist; William Roberts, cook; Frank Wild, in charge of provisions; Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh, second officer; Bertram Armitage ; William C. Roberts, cook; Edgeworth David, geolo- gist; , physicist.

30 31 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION ROBERT SCOTT - The Expedition 1910-13

Although Amundsen beat Scott to the Pole, and despite the deaths of the entire Southern party on their return journey, Scott’s last expedition cap- tured the hearts and minds of the public. Its long legacy is notable not just for its harrowing and tragic elements, but for its contribution to polar science, with important discoveries made in zoology, botany, geology, glaciology, and meteorology.

24. The Forthcoming Antarctic Expedition SCOTT, Robert Falcon Royal Institution Of Great Britain, Friday, May 27, 1910. First edition. A single quire of four leaves, stapled. Save for a little staining at the staple, a fine, clean copy. [39189] £8,500 An extremely rare offprint, unrecorded by bibliographers, of the address given by Scott to the Royal Institution just two and half weeks before the Terra Nova set sail for the Antarctic. Scott left on what would be his final expedition on 15th June 1910, and this address at the Royal Institution’s weekly evening meeting would be one of the last public statements he gave. He sets out his plans for the expedition and strongly makes the case for the value of Polar exploration, in the wake of a wider public that “can count success only in degrees of latitude”: “I submit that the effort to reach a spot on the surface of the globe which has hitherto been untrodden by human feet, unseen by human eyes, is in itself laudable; and when the spot has been associated for so long a time with the imaginative ambitions of the civilised world, and when it possesses such a unique geographical position as a pole of the Earth, there is something more than mere sentiment, something more than an appeal to our sporting instinct in its attainment; it appeals to our national pride and the maintenance of great traditions, and its quest becomes an outward visible sign that we are still a nation able and willing to undertake difficult enterprises, still capable of standing in the anv of the army of progress”. Virtually unknown: we can find no record of any copy previously appearing in commerce and it exists institutionally only in the single copy at the John Hay Library (Brown University).

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The Terra Nova In Mcmurdo Sound PONTING, Herbert George Fine Art Society, [7th January 1911]. Original blue-green tinted carbon print. 552 x 730mm. White rectangular mount. In very good condition, with two marginal tears and a little rubbing. [38646] SOLD One of Ponting’s best-known photographs, and with an exceptional association being from the collection of the expedition’s lead geologist, Griffith Taylor. Taylor and Ponting, like so many on the crew, enjoyed a bantering relationship during the expedition. This led to Taylor coining the verb ‘to pont’ meaning, as Ponting later recorded, “to pose, until nearly frozen, in all sorts of uncomfortable positions for my photographs”. Ponting had fitted out a dark-room aboard the Terra Nova, and began photographing on its journey south from New Zealand. He took two film-cameras with him and several still cameras, chiefly taking 7 x 5 inch glass plate negatives and developing them on ship, as in the present example. Once the ship had made it to and ‘the hut’ was established on Cape Evans, Ponting set up a second dark-room where he would work, sleep and live for the remainder of the expedition. This picture “was taken while he was standing on unstable ice floes, a few days after the ship had reached landfall in the Antarctic. The description in the FAS [Fine Art Society] catalogue is fulsome: ‘This study, made on a dead-calm day, shows a berg in the last stage of decay, from the action of the sun and sea. In this condition the ice frequently assumes the most beautiful shapes imaginable, which, seen reflected in the surface of the sea, sometimes form a scene of extraordinary beauty. Owing to the treacherous nature of such ice, it is exceedingly dangerous to approach.’” (Hempleman-Adams, The Heart Of The Great Alone). Reflecting on the photograph, and his perilous journey to take it, in his 1921 book The Great White South, Ponting wrote “During those midnight days, when others slept and only the night watch and I were awake, some of the most memorable of my Antarctic experiences befell me. It was in those ‘night’ hours, too, as the sun paraded round the southern heavens, that I secured some of the best of my Polar studies. One of these was ‘The Death of an ’ [alternative title to this image] -- which represents a berg in the last stage of decay, from the action of the sun and currents...” “As I neared the bergs, I was perspiring freely from the effort of dragging my sledge; and the yellow goggles, which I wore as protection against snow blindness, became clouded over, so that I could not see. I was just about to stop to wipe them, when I felt the ice sinking under me... Though the ice sank under my feet, it did not break; but each step I expected to be my last. The sledge, dragging through the slush, became like lead ; and as the water rose above my boots, I was unable to pull it further. Just then, with perspiration dripping from every pore, I felt my feet touch firm ice. With one supreme, final effort, which sapped the last ounce of strength that was left, I got on to it, and managed to drag the sledge on to it too; then I collapsed. I was so completely exhausted that it was quite a long time before my trembling muscles ceased to quake. When finally my knees would hold me up, I took the photograph.” The Fine Art Society Expedition in 1913 sold carbon prints of 145 of Ponting’s choicest photographs. Examples such as this - the largest sized prints avail- able, in good condition and with such excellent provenance - are uncommon. PROVENANCE: The Fine Art Society, 1913, No. 25.; Griffith Taylor, the lead geologist on the , his ownership inscription and Sydney address of 78 Prince Albert Street in pencil to rear.

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IN ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPERS SIGNED BY CAPTAIN EVANS 25. Scott’s Last Expedition 26. Scott’s Last Expedition In Two Volumes, Vol I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N. C.V.O., Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work In Two Volumes, Vol I. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N. C.V.O., Vol II. Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a Preface by Sir Clements Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. [SCOTT, Robert F.]; HUXLEY, Leonard [SCOTT, Robert F.]; HUXLEY, Leonard Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper cover. Signed on the half title by Captain Evans, First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper cover in rare printed dustwrappers. Photogra- who wrote three chapters of the book, “Edward R. G. R. Evans. Sunderland Nov 26 13, ‘Play The Game’.” Photogravure portrait frontis- vure portrait frontispieces, under tissue guards, of Scott and Wilson, six original sketches in photogravure, under tissue guards, by Dr pieces, under tissue guards, of Scott and Wilson, six original sketches in photogravure, under tissue guards, by Dr E.A.Wilson, eighteen E.A.Wilson, eighteen coloured plates under tissue guards, and 260 photographic illustrations taken by Herbert Ponting and other mem- coloured plates under tissue guards, and 260 photographic illustrations taken by Herbert Ponting and other members of the expedition. bers of the expedition. Fold out maps to the rear of both volumes. A fine set in very good dustwrappers, volume one with splits to the Fold out maps to the rear of both volumes. A near fine, bright set, in uncommonly nice condition with only a little rubbing to the joints. joints of the dustwrapper internally repaired and some light staining to the spine. Volume two bright and clean with just a little chipping [39291] £4,000 to the head of the spine and some neat internal mending. Seldom encountered in dustwrappers. [39267] £4,000 An exceptional copy of the famous account of the tragic Terra Nova expedition, signed by Scott’s second in command, and Captain of the Terra Nova, The tragic tale of “hardihood, , and courage.. [which] stirred the heart of every Englishman.” [Scott’s final letter] Edward Evans. Rosove 290.A1. Books On Ice 6.10. Having begun to arrange an independent expedition to the Antarctic, Evans transferred his funding and support to Scott’s venture on hearing about it, and was made second in command by Scott in return. On landing on Ross Island in January 1911 Scott named the site Cape Evans in tribute. Little needs to be recounted of the fatal end of the attempt on the pole; in January 1912 Evans turned back with Lashly and Crean 150 miles from the Pole, and was kept alive by both men after being struck with scurvy on the return journey. After a period of convalescence and fundraising in England he captained the Terra Nova back to Cape Evans in January 1913, only to discover the fate of Scott’s southern party. He contributes three chapters to the second volume of this work. Rosove 290.A1. Books On Ice 6.10.

36 37 JONKERS RARE BOOKS POLAR EXPLORATION Douglas Mawson - Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911 - 1914 Mawson held scientific discovery above the achievement of the South Pole and so when he was invited as geologist to Scott’s Terra Nova expedition he declined, choosing in- stead to lead the Australasian Antarctic Expedition to hitherto unexplored regions of the Australian Antarctic Territory. Over three years and through extreme weather “the land parties explored nearly 2000 miles of coastline, while sledge parties traversed some 4000 miles in the coastlands and hinterlands, gaining scientific information of great value” (ODNB). The work ranks highly in the polar canon on both literary and scientific grounds. David and Deidre Stam judge that “Mawson’s account of his coastal sledging journey, in which two of his companions died, is without peer among first person accounts of polar adven- ture”, while Rosove notes that “the work emanating from the expedition ranks it as one of the great scientific expeditions of the heroic era”.

27. Antarctic Adventure 28. Report On The Maps And Surveys Scott’s Northern Party DEBENHAM, Frank; [BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPE- PRIESTLEY, Raymond E. DITION 1910-1913] T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. Harrison and Sons, 1923. First edition, first issue. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, lettered and First edition. 4to. Original red cloth, lettered gilt. Subscription slip decorated in silver. Top edge gilt. Photographic frontispiece with for the Meteorology report loosely inserted. Two plates, one photo- tissue guard, and 148 further photographs across 97 plates. Four graphic, the other a facsimile journal entry. Twenty-one figures in diagrams in the text and three folding maps. A bright, near fine the text. Fifteen large folding maps to rear. A fine copy. copy. In uncommonly nice condition, with sound hinges and no [39322] £2,250 loss of colour to the spine. Ink ownership inscription and slight “Contains detailed descriptions of the instruments used in conducting the tape ghosting to endpapers. [39309] £1,250 surveys in the vicinity of Cape Evans, an analysis of latitude measurements A beautiful copy of Priestley’s account of the six-man Northern party on the taken in the vicinity of the South Pole, surveys of the Balleny Islands, Pos- Terra Nova expedition, based on his detailed daily diary entries. sessian Islands, Franklin Island, Beaufort Island, the Great Ice Barrier front “The account of the second winter in the snow cave at Inexpressible Island and King Edward VII Land, west coast of Ross Island, the coasts of McMur- is an Antarctic classic: necessity forced ingenious solutions to the most ba- do Sound and ” (Rosove). sic of human survival and emotional needs” (Rosove). Priestley noted in Rosove 293-10. A1. 1940 that the book had become rare as “a thousand copies were burnt by a Zeppelin bomb in Fisher Unwin’s warehouse in the winter of 1916”. Copies without either darkening or fading to the spine are most uncommon. Rosove 256.A1.

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INSCRIBED BY MAWSON A FINE SET

29. The Home Of The Blizzard 30. The Home Of The Blizzard Being The Story Of The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Being The Story Of The Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. MAWSON, Sir Douglas MAWSON, Sir Douglas Heinemann, 1915. Heinemann, 1915. Two volumes. First editions. 8vo. Dark blue grained cloth with gilt titles and the silver vignette ‘Leaning On The Wind’ to upper cover. Two volumes. First editions. 8vo. Dark blue grained cloth with gilt titles and the silver vignette ‘Leaning On The Wind’ to upper cover. Top edge blue. Inscribed by Mawson to the first blank, “Professor W. A. Haswell, with the author’s kind regards and appreciation of great Top edge blue. Extensively illustrated with 218 plates across both volumes including sepia photographic frontispieces, colour drawings, service rendered to the expedition - Douglas Mawson May 1915.” Extensively illustrated with 218 plates across both volumes including and autochrome colour and black and white photographs. Thirty-seven maps, charts and sketches throughout the text. Three folding maps sepia photographic frontispieces, colour drawings, and autochrome colour and black and white photographs. Thirty-seven maps, charts in the rear pocket of the second volume. A fine set. The cloth to both volumes is exceptionally clean and bright, uncommonly so. Not a and sketches throughout the text. Three folding maps in the rear pocket of the second volume. A very good set indeed, the upper covers shade of the dulling to the gilt spine lettering often encountered, and internally clean and fresh. A most attractive set, very rarely found clean and bright, with some dulling to the gilt lettering on the spines. Save for a little tenderness to the lower hinge of volume two, a well in as nice condition as this. Bookplate of E. Lynton Vicars to each pastedown, with a gift inscription to each endpaper. [39315] £2,750 preserved set, and far better than usually encountered. [39288] £5,000 One of the most important literary and scientific contributions from the Heroic Age. A superb association copy of one of the most important literary and scientific contributions from the Heroic Age. Rosove 217. Books On Ice 6.9. This copy is inscribed to a notable biologist and colleague of Mawson’s, W. A. Haswell. Haswell consulted with Mawson in advance of the expedition, and after its return edited the biological sections of the published scientific findings, which comprised a large portion of the whole. In tribute to Haswell, Mawson named Haswell Island off Mabus Point after him, home to a rookery of emperor penguins. Rosove 217. Books On Ice 6.9.

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31. The Polar World IN RARE ORIGINAL DUSTWRAPPER The Arctic and Antarctic Regions HARTWIG, Dr G. 32. Antarctica Longmans, 1892. A Treatise On The Southern Continent New edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, with blind stamped deco- HAYES, J. Gordon ration to the upper panel and gilt titling to the spine. Eight chromo- The Richards Press, 1928. lithograph plates and copious wood engraving in the text of polar First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s bright blue cloth, lettered gilt, in the natural history. Two folding colour maps each of the North and rare pictorial dustwrapper. Photographic frontispiece and fifteen South polar regions. A very good copy indeed, with a little wear to further photographic leaves, ten charts and diagrams, four folding the base of the rear joint and some light foxing internally. maps in the rear pocket. A near fine copy in a very good example [36460] £225 of the dustwrapper which, despite some light chipping, staining ‘The Polar World’ was a popular natural history of the Polar regions and and a couple of reinforced closed tears, remains mainly complete its explorers, its object “to describe the Polar World in its principle natural and attractive. [39303] £950 features, to point out the influence of its long winter-night and fleeting sum- An excellent study of Antarctic exploration in the nineteenth and early mer on the development of vegetable and animal existence, and finally to twentieth centuries and “ the first substantial one since Mill’s The Siege Of picture man waging the battle of life against the dreadful climate of the high The South Pole published in 1905... A handsome book” (Rosove). latitudes of our globe either as the inhabitant of their gloomy solitudes, or Examples in the original dustwrapper are rare. as the bold investigator of their mysteries.” (Preface) Rosove 164.

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