CATALOGUE NUMBER 390

POLAR REGIONS, WHALING, etc.

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POLAR REGIONS, WHALING, etc.

1 Adams, Lt. Harry. BEYOND THE BARRIER WITH BYRD. An Authentic Story of the Byrd Antarctic Exploring Expedition. By Lieutenant Harry Adams, U.S. Navy, Ret., Chief Officer and Navigator on the Expedition. With an Introduction by the Editor. First Edition; pp. 256(last 3 blank); 16 plates; original blue-grey cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. Chicago & New York; M. A. Donohue; (1932). ***Spence 8; Renard 2 (variant colour). #34014 A$95.00

2 Adams, Richard; & Lockley, Ronald. VOYAGE THROUGH THE ANTARCTIC. Roy 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 160; double-page map, 32 coloured photos. (some double-page), on 16 plates, 60 b/w. photos. (6 double-page & 4 full-page), all by Peter Hirst-Smith; quarter light blue cloth and grey papered boards, lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; 1983. ***Renard 7. #3868 A$50.00

3 Aldridge, Don. THE RESCUE OF CAPTAIN SCOTT. First Edition; pp. xxii, 218(last 3 blank); 2 endpaper maps, 32 plates, crew lists, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (East Lothian, Scotland); Tuckwell Press; (1999). ***Telling the suppressed story of the rescue of Scott’s ship “Discovery” by McKay in the “Terra Nova” and Colbeck in the “Morning” by blasting through 18 miles of ice. #64223 A$85.00

4 Amundsen, Roald. “THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Gjoa” 1903-1907 by Roald Amundsen with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice- Commander of the Expedition. With about one hundred and thirty-nine illustrations and three maps. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 336; 1 folding coloured map (in pocket) & 1 full-page coloured map, photogravure frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full-page); Vol. II, pp. x, 398, [2] (blank); photogravure frontispiece, coloured folding map in pocket, numerous illustrations, Supplement & Addendum, index; original cloth, decorated in gilt and colours; top edges gilt; (short marginal tears to endpaper & two leaves expertly repaired); a fine bright set in a most attractive publisher’s binding; very scarce. London; Archibald Constable and Company; 1908. #46269 A$2500.00

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDGEWORTH DAVID 5 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices, index; original dark maroon cloth; gilt lettering and coloured Norwegian flag on spines and front boards; top edges gilt, others uncut; (spine to Vol. I very slightly rubbed); a very nice, attractive set; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1912. ***Spence 16; Renard 17; Rosove 9.A1; U.S.N. 23-62.6. The only other first-hand account of this important expedition is Helmer Hanssen’s “Voyages of a Modern Viking.” This copy is warmly inscribed on the title-page of Volume I to the noted Australian scientist W. Baldwin Spencer and signed in full by T. W. Edgeworth David, the oldest member of Shackleton’s 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition and instrumental in having fellow Australian geologist Douglas Mawson join that expedition (though not in the capacity of geologist). #35679 A$5250.00

6 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 227 mm. by 165 mm.), First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices, 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books index; original dark blue cloth, lettered boldly in gilt; (slight wear to spine ends; name on endpapers); top edges gilt, others uncut; a very good set; very scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; 1913. ***Spence 18. A variant of Renard 20, consisting of the sheets of the First London Edition (first impression), with the title-leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and the last leaves with the English imprints neatly erased (as issued). It is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62497 A$2450.00

7 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 230 mm. by 155 mm.), First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding charts and 2 full- page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices, index; original cloth (a little worn & discoloured; spines wrinkled); top edges gilt; (light marginal staining to most plates; the final folding chart to Vol. II crudely repaired with sticky tape); a good, complete set; scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; 1913. ***Spence 18; Renard 20; Rosove A9.B2. This edition consists of the sheets of the First London Edition (first impression), with the title-leaf and last leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62491 A$1250.00

8 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. Two volumes in one. Thick med. 8vo, Second U.S. Edition; pp. xxiv, xxvii-xxxvi(as issued), 392; [iii]-viii(as issued), 450(last blank); full-page map, 11 plates, 18 text maps, diagrams & illustrations, 5 appendices, index; original blue cloth, gilt (rear board slightly marked); a very nice, clean and bright copy; scarce. London; John Murray. New York, Lee Keedick; 1925. ***Spence 21. Printed in America from stereos of the first (London) edition with the Murray imprint on title and Lee Keedick on spine. #11212 A$900.00

9 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xxxvi, 392; x, 458(last 9 blank); 6 maps (including 1 folding), 100 plates, folding diagram of the “Fram”, several text figures; appendices, index; original blue papered boards, spine gilt; endpapers foxed; otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1976). ***A facsimile of the First Edition by John Murray, see Spence 28 - variant imprint; Renard 22; Rosove 9.D2. #3945 A$220.00

10 Amundsen, Roald. MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [viii], 282; 2 full-page maps, plan, frontispiece, 7 facsimiles of telegraph messages, appendix, index; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (spine a little bubbled; unrelated presentation inscription on front endpaper); a very good copy; very scarce. London; William Heinemann, Ltd.; 1927. ***Spence 23; Renard 25; Rosove 11.A2.a. Printed in America, the title-leaf is a cancel, tipped in. #42779 A$350.00

11 Anare Club: AURORA. Anare Club Journal. 2 issues, 4to; pp. 52 & 40; numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; fine copies. Melbourne; Anare Club; 1988. ***Volume 8, Nos. 1 & 2, together with the issue for Spring 1976, 8vo, pp. 44, and an issue of the Australian Foreign Affairs Record for 1975 dealing with the Antarctic Treaty Meeting (3 pp.), and four issues (18-21) of the Antarctic Society of Australia Newsletter, each 20 pp. in original wrappers [1989-90]. #38613 A$28.00

12 Anderson, W. Ellery. EXPEDITION SOUTH. Book Club Edition; pp. 208; endpaper maps, 17 plates, 4 appendices; original mustard cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in black; (name on half-title); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; The Travel Book Club; N.D. [c. 1958]. ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 32. Contains all the illustrations of the First Edition and is identical in content. #30287 A$35.00 3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 13 Antarctic: THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all islands southward of the usual route of vessels. Second Edition, 1948. Med. 8vo, 2nd Edn.; pp. [ii](Notice, on pink paper, recto blank), xlii, 370, [2](adv., verso blank); preceding Page [1] is a pink slip headed “Important” - 10 lines, verso blank) and following page ii is a leaf headed “Caution”, verso blank; 3 folding & 1 full-page charts, 50 plates, several text illusts., appendix, index; original blue cloth, lettered in yellow (spine very slightly worn); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Hydrographic Department, Admiralty; 1948. [with] Summary of Admiralty Notices to Mariners issued during 1958, 1959, 1960 & 1961 relating to the Antarctic Pilot Second Edition, 1948 and not included in Supplement No. 5, 1958. Pp. 8(last blank); original wrappers. Together, 2 vols. London; Hydrographic Department, Admiralty; 1948-62. ***Spence 43; Renard 39 (variant binding). #43019 A$550.00

14 Antarctica: SUPPLEMENT No. 4-1967 RELATING TO THE ANTARCTIC PILOT, Third Edition, 1961. Corrected to 22nd August, 1967. Whenever reference is made to the Pilot, this Supplement must be consulted [cover title]. Med. 8vo; pp. 64(last 3 blank); 3 folding charts; original wrappers (foxed). London; Hydrographic Department; 1967. #22702 A$65.00

15 Antarctica: THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all Islands Southward of the usual Route of Vessels. Fourth Edition, 1974. [Prepared by Captain G. A. French]. Med. 4to, 4th Edn.; pp. xviii, 336, [2]; 4 col. & numerous b/w. full-page charts, 1 col. plate, 63 b/w. plates, numerous full-page & other text illusts., index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine & front board (very slightly marked; some very faint foxing); a very good copy; scarce. [with] SUPPLEMENT No. 1-1976 TO THE ANTARCTIC PILOT, Fourth Edition, 1974, corrected to 20th February 1976. Med. 4to, pp. [iv], 6; coloured chart, 4 illustrations; stapled as issued. London; Hydrographer of the [Royal] Navy; 1974-76. ***Not in Spence; Renard 41. #18204 A$320.00

16 Antarctic Division: ANARE SUPPLEMENT to Operations Manual. 1962 Programme. Mawson, Davis, Wilkes, Macquarie Island [cover title]. 4to; pp. 37(processed on rects only); lists of personnel; original cloth-backed post & screw binding. Melbourne; The Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; 1961. #64320 A$75.00

17 Antarctic Division: INFORMATION FOLDERS: A collection of Information folders issued by the division from No. 1, Antarctic Geography, to No. 13, Antarctic Book List; (lacking Nos. 10 & 12). 4to & 8vo; pp. in total [134](approx.); roneoed or photocopied and stapled, or unbound, as issued. Melbourne; Antarctic Division; 1979-80. ***Covering various aspects of Australian science in Antarctica and the work of the Antarctic Division. #38489 A$30.00

18 Armitage, Albert B. TWO YEARS IN THE ANTARCTIC: Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. First Edition; pp. xx, 316(last blank), 16(inserted adv.); coloured folding map by Lieut. Mulock, 16 plates, 54 text drawings (some full-page); 4 appendices, index; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, white fancy lettering and illustration in black on front board; entirely uncut; (a couple of trifling flecks to cloth near fore-edge); a very fine, crisp copy; rare, especially in such condition. London; Edward Arnold; 1905. ***With the armorial bookplate of Major Dudley Alexander on paste-down and inscribed by (or for) him on free endpaper. Spence 67; Renard 50; Rosove 17.A1.a. With a Preface by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen dated September 24, 1905. An important first-hand account of Scott’s First Expedition, including reproductions from “The Blizzard”, the projected monthly newspaper published in an edition of 50 copies in May, 1902, and constituting the first item printed in the Antarctic. The advertisements are dated October, 1905, comprising “Mr. Edward Arnold’s List of New Books.”, and include the work itself listed at 15s. net. #16486 A$4500.00

19 Armitage, Albert B. CADET TO COMMODORE. By Albert B. Armitage. Captain R.D., R.N.R. (retired); Commodore P. & O. Steam Navigation Company (retired); Second-in-Command, Jackson- Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-7; Second-in-Command, South Polar Expedition, and Navigator 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books s.s. “Discovery,” 1901-4; Awarded The Murchison Grant, 1898; Author of “Two Years in the Antarctic.” With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Viscount Inchcape G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. First Edition; pp. xii, 308; portrait frontispiece, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and in black on front board; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1925). ***Spence 68; Renard 52; Rosove 18.A1. Autobiographical. Armitage was Second-in-Command of Scott’s “Discovery” expedition and later became Commodore of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company. He had also been Second-in-Command of the Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-97. #3941 A$350.00

20 Armitage, Albert B. CADET TO COMMODORE. By Albert B. Armitage. Captain R.D., R.N.R. (retired); Commodore P. & O. Steam Navigation Company (retired); Second-in-Command, Jackson- Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-7; Second-in-Command, South Polar Expedition, and Navigator s.s. “Discovery,” 1901-4; Awarded The Murchison Grant, 1898; Author of “Two Years in the Antarctic.” With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Viscount Inchcape G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. First Edition, secondary issue; pp. xii, 308; portrait frontispiece, index; original coarse brown cloth, lettered in black; (names on endpaper; two coloured flags neatly affixed to title-page); a nice, bright copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1925). ***Spence 68; Renard 53; Rosove 18.A1 (not noting this binding variant). Autobiographical. Armitage was Second-in-Command of Scott’s “Discovery” expedition and later became Commodore of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company. He had also been Second-in-Command of the Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-97. #42763 A$275.00

21 Ashley, Clifford W. THE YANKEE WHALER. With an Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a Preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxvi, 158; coloured frontispiece, 15 coloured & 111 b/w. plates, 12 text illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original quarter buckram (spine faded & a little stained; some occasional minor foxing; portion of inscription on half-title blacked out); top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; very scarce. Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge; 1926. ***Edition of 1625 copies. #9003 A$450.00

22 Astrup, Eivind. WITH PEARY NEAR THE POLE. With Illustrations from Photographs and Sketches by the Author. Translated from the Norwegian by H. J. Bull. First U.S. Edition; pp. 362; folding map of Greenland, portrait frontispiece, 5 plates, 53 illustrations in text; original elaborately gilt decorated cloth; (spine very slightly rubbed); top edge gilt, others uncut; a fine, bright copy; very scarce. London; C. Arthur Pearson Limited, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott; N.D. [1898]. ***A unusually scarce account of Peary’s North Greenland Expedition of 1891-2 and the Second Peary Arctic Expedition of 1893, with valuable observations on the Eskimos. The illustration on the front board is a particularly stunning example of the fine decorated publisher’s bindings of the period. #33225 A$750.00

23 Back, Captain. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION IN H.M.S. TERROR, undertaken with a view to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7. By Captain Back, R.N. Commander of the Expedition. Illustrated by a Map and Plates. First Edition; pp. viii, 456, 12(adv.); folding chart, 12 fine litho. plates, appendix; original cloth (spine worn; hinges cracked; some minor foxing to margins of a few plates); a good, clean copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]. ***The purpose of the expedition was to complete the Admiralty survey of the coast from Prince Regent’s Inlet to Turnagain Point, but H.M.S. Terror became beset in the ice and drifted along the northeast coast of Southampton Island until July 1837, the ship sustaining considerable damage from the pressure of the ice and collisions with icebergs. #37494 A$3000.00

24 Balch, Edwin Swift. ANTARCTICA. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 232(last 2 blank); 3 folding maps, index, numerous references to the literature; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine & front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (covers mild soiled); a very good copy; very scarce. Philadelphia; Press of Allen, Lane & Scott; 1902. ***Most, if not nearly all copies of this book are ex-library; this copy has a label 5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books to front pastedown noting it as a gift of the Author. A finely produced book, nicely printed on laid paper, and containing important geographical researches with particular reference to the earliest explorers and voyagers to the region. Spence 83; Renard 77; Rosove 24.A1. #33000 A$1850.00

25 Barber, Noel. THE WHITE DESERT. First Edition; pp. 208(last blank); map, 24 plates, diary of events, list of members, appendix of facts about the Antarctic, personal postscript; original dark blue cloth- grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Hodder and Stoughton; (1958). ***Spence 86; Renard 81. A first-hand account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. #3939 A$45.00

26 Barrett, Charles; Editor. THE PACIFIC. Ocean of Islands. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 180(last 4 blank); mounted coloured frontispiece, 40 plates, several text maps & illustrations; original buckram, with bevelled boards; a nice copy in clear acetate dustwrapper. Melbourne; N. H. Seward; N.D. [1950]. ***Du Rietz 44 (no mention of col. frontis.); McLaren 123. An interesting and attractively produced work containing sixteen essays by notable scholars and talented amateurs including Geoffrey C. Ingleton, Nancy M. Taylor, Geoffrey Rawson, Evelyn Cheesman, Phyllis Mander Jones, Frederick D. McCarthy, H[arry] B. Muir, Peter H. Buck, the Editor, C. Irving Benson, Noel Lothian, William C. Groves, Rex Ingamells, and C. R. H. Taylor. The article by Harry Muir is on ‘The Literature of the “Bounty”’ and there are references to Bligh in other essays. #1639 A$175.00

27 Bartlett, Captain Robert A. THE SEALING SAGA OF NEWFOUNDLAND. Roy. 8vo; pp. 91-130; 44 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, July, 1929; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1929. ***Containing also two extensive articles on insects. #22648 A$45.00

28 Batchelor, John Calvin. THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF ANTARCTICA. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 404(last blank); full-page & 2 other maps; original cloth-backed boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; The Dial Press; (1983).***An adventure novel in the dystopian tradition of Orwell and Golding, set in part, in Antarctica. #62675 A$60.00

29 Bechervaise, John. THE FAR SOUTH. With a Foreword by Phillip Law. First Edition; pp. xvi, 104(last blank); endpaper maps, 1 full-page & 1 double-page map, 12 plates; appendix, bibliography, index; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1961). ***Spence 107; Renard 98. Signed by the Author on title-page. #37771 A$75.00

30 Bechervaise, John. BLIZZARD AND FIRE. A Year at Mawson, Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xii, 252; 15 plates (including 2 maps); original cloth; (cloth slightly marked, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper); scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1963). #3955 A$75.00

31 Beeby, Dean. IN A CRYSTAL LAND. Canadian Explorers in Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xii, 262, [6](blank); 1 map, 15 plates, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Toronto; University of Toronto Press; (1994). #53392 A$60.00

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS 32 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix), 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 331-452; 10 plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without half-titles in full contemporary calf (rebacked); (some foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; 1831. ***Du Rietz 68; Ferguson 1419. This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called “Admiralty Edition”) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418). The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue Sound, San Francisco and an account of China. #34918 A$3500.00

33 Bennett, A. G. WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), x, 222, [2](blank); 24 plates, 3 full-page drawings, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; a very nice copy; scarce. Edinburgh and London; Wm. Blackwood & Sons Ltd; 1931. ***Spence 120; Renard 107. #16489 A$195.00

34 Berens, S. L. The “Fram” Expedition. NANSEN IN THE FROZEN WORLD. Preceded by a Biography of the Great Explorer and Copious Extracts from Nansen’s “First Crossing of Greenland,” also an Account by Eivind Astrup, of Life among People near the Pole, and his Journey Across Northern Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N. Arranged and Edited by S. L. Berens, Cand. Phil. Followed by a Brief History of the Principal Earlier Arctic Explorations from the Ninth Century to the Peary Expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjold, Nares, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others. By John E. Read, Assistant Editor of the “Columbian Cyclopedia.” Profusely Illustrated. Med. 8vo; pp. [ii], 560; title-page in red & black; portrait frontispiece & numerous illustrations; original pictorial cloth (a little rubbed; spine ends worn); a very good copy. Kadina, South Australia; James Johns; (Copyright 1897 by A. J. Holman & Co.). ***A curious Australian imprint of a book published by subscription in the U.S. #39489 A$250.00

35 Bernacchi, Louis; F.R.G.S. TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS. Expedition of 1898-1900. Illustrated from photographs taken by the Author. First Edition; pp. [iii]-xvi(lacking half-title), 348, [4] (adv.); large folding coloured chart, 1 other folding map & 1 full-page map, folding panoramic plate, 67 illustrations (many full-page plates, but included in pagination), notes, glossary, index; original dark blue- green ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (lacking half-title); a very good copy; rare. London; Hurst and Blackett, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 123; Renard 110; U.S.N. 23-52.23; Rosove 35.A1. This is the primary issue in dark blue-green ribbed cloth. A variant issue is in smooth green cloth. Rosove was apparently unaware of the variants. One of the hardest to find of the primary accounts. Bernacchi was born in Tasmania in 1876 and was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. After serving on this expedition he joined Scott’s “Discovery” voyage. #36115 A$5500.00

36 Bernacchi, Louis; F.R.G.S. TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS. Expedition of 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 348, [4](adv.); large folding coloured chart, 1 other folding map & 1 full-page map, folding panoramic plate, 67 illustrations (many full-page plates, but included in pagination), notes, glossary, index; original green cloth (rebacked, with original backstrip preserved); internally fine & clean; a very good copy; rare. London; Hurst & Blackett; 1901. ***Spence 123; U.S.N. 23-52.23; Renard 110; Rosove 35.A1. One of the hardest to find of the primary accounts, especially in the green cloth (as opposed to the red of the Colonial issue). Bernacchi was born in Tasmania in 1876 and was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. After serving on this expedition he joined Scott’s “Discovery” voyage. #34864 A$6000.00

37 Bernacchi, L. C.; O.B.E. (Milt.), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN. 3rd Impression; pp. 240; 2 double-page maps, 8 plates, postscript, index; original purple cloth, spine (faded) lettered in white; a nice copy; scarce. London; Thornton Butterworth, Ltd.; (1933). ***Spence 126; Renard 114 (reprinted); Rosove 36.A3. This third impression was printed in August after first and second impressions in May of the same year. An account of the life of Captain L. E. G. Oates (“No Surrender Oates”), of Scott’s Last Expedition. #37587 A$195.00 7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 38 Bernacchi, L. C. A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN. 6th Impression; pp. 240; 2 double-page maps, 8 plates, postscript, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in black; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Eyre and Spottiswoode; (1942). ***Third impression in the Keystone Library. The life of Captain L. E. G. Oates (“No Surrender Oates”), of Scott’s Last Expedition. Renard 115. #39909 A$110.00

39 Bernacchi, L. C. SAGA OF THE “DISCOVERY”. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240; endpaper map, 3 maps (1 double page & 2 folding), 48 plates, biographical notes, index; original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (name on half-title; some slight foxing); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Blackie & Son Limited; (1938). ***Spence 129; Renard 116; Rosove 37.A1. Includes an account of the BANZARE voyages led by Douglas Mawson. #42881 A$375.00

40 Bernacchi, L. C. SAGA OF THE “DISCOVERY”. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240; endpaper map, 3 maps (1 double page & 2 folding), 48 plates, biographical notes, index; original blue-black cloth; (some minor foxing & dust-soiling); a very good copy. London; Blackie & Son Limited; (1938). ***Spence 129; U.S.N. 23.344; Rosove 37.A1. Includes an account of the BANZARE voyages led by Douglas Mawson. #33189 A$265.00

41 Bickel, Lennard. SHACKLETON’S FORGOTTEN ARGONAUTS. [Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, K.C., P.C., O.B.E.]. First Edition; pp. xiv, 230; 2 endpaper & 1 full-page maps, 16 plates (including 2 double-page), index; original red-brown papered boards, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1982). ***Renard 131. #3949 A$195.00

42 Bickel, Lennard. MAWSON’S WILL. The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written. With a Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Med. 8vo, Second U.S. Edition; pp. 240(last 3 blank); 2 maps, 16 plates; original quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt, light blue papered sides; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Dorset Press; (1988). ***Previously published in the British Commonwealth in 1977 as “This Accursed Land”. Renard 129. #26777 A$70.00

43 Bigelow, Henry B. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part H. Medusae and Ctenophora. Southern Party 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 24(last 2 blank); 2 plates, bibliography; original wrappers (detached). Ottawa; Thomas Mulvey; 1920. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8295 A$20.00

44 Billing, Graham. SOUTH. Man and Nature in Antarctica. A New Zealand View. Illustrations Editor: Guy Mannering. Demy 4to, Second Edition, Third Impression; pp. 208; 2 endpaper maps, 207 illusts (155 coloured & many full-page); original blue-white canvas, lettered in blue on spine and front board; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1973). ***Not in Spence. Renard 137. #42892 A$70.00

45 Blondal, Sigfus & Sigtryggsson, Sigurdur. ALT-ISLAND IM BILDE. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, [80](plates), 20(last blank, explanatory text); original wrappers. Jena; Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs; 1930. ***Fine illustrations from ancient Iceland; text in German. #23196 A$45.00

46 Bonner, W. N. & Smith, R. I. Lewis; Editors. CONSERVATION AREAS IN THE ANTARCTIC. A Review prepared by the Sub-Committee of Conservation Working Group on Biology. First Edition; pp. viii, 302(last 3 blank); numerous maps, bibliography; original stiff wrappers. [Cambridge]; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; [1985]. #19241 A$40.00

47 Borchgrevink, C. E. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. By C. E. Borchgrevink, F.R.G.S. Commander of the Expedition. With Portraits, Maps and 186 Illustrations. First Edition; pp. xvi, 334, 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text (including text map), appendices, index; a very fine copy in a contemporary full blue calf prize binding, with the gilt arms of Geelong Grammar on front board and prize bookplate on front pastedown; the spine elaborately gilt, with red title-label; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers and blind-tooled dentelles; a most attractive volume; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; U.S.N. 23-52.11; Renard 153; Rosove 45.A1(a or b). The original first issue binding of gilt- and silver-illustrated blue cloth for this book is such a stunning publisher’s binding that one may ask why one would want this copy, however this has been so nicely bound, a fine example of the genre, that one may be forgiven for admiring it. The prize label, to one H. N. Higgins, for Form V English, is dated 1904, which suggests that the book may have been bound from one of the copies in the much less impressive secondary binding of red cloth. Whatever the case, and this is now quite indeterminate, the result is most attractive and is an illuminating artefact from the period. It seems evident that the binding proper was executed in England, probably as part of a batch of volumes so bound for shipping to Colonial schools. On arrival at Geelong Grammar, a local binder was commissioned to add the school’s crest and a gilt border to the front and rear boards; the gilding for this border is not quite of the same colour or standard as the original binding (though still very attractive). The choice of subject matter reflects a higher standard of appreciation for the content than is often apparent in school prizes. It is a very fine, crisp and quite enchanting copy. #43051 A$4500.00

48 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 336(last 3 blank), 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text, appendices, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board, with fine gilt illustration of the Author standing on the Antarctic on spine, and superb gilt and silver illustration on front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine dull & lower edge of front board a little worn); a very good, generally clean copy; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; Renard 152; Rosove 45.A1. Inscribed on half-title in Norwegian to “Oscar Loruna from the South Polar Land” possibly by the Author and with postcard discussing this matter from A. G. E. Jones loosely inserted. A comparison of the handwriting and the facsimile signature of Borchgrevink beneath the frontispiece is suggestive that he is indeed the inscriber. #29327 A$2750.00

49 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 336(last 3 blank), 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text, appendices, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board, with fine gilt illustration of the Author standing on the Antarctic on spine, and superb gilt and silver illustration on front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine ends & joints a little worn); a very good, generally clean copy; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; Renard 152; Rosove 45.A1. Inscribed on half-title to John Cumpston (Antarctic historian) from Carl Straubel, 1952. #11215 A$2500.00

50 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 334, 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps by William Colbeck, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text (including text map), appendices, index; original red cloth, gilt; (boards very slightly marked; a very small stain at top of frontispiece & title-page; nevertheless a very nice copy); very scarce. London; George Newnes, Ltd.; 1901. ***Spence 151; U.S.N. 23-52.11; Renard 153; Rosove 45.A1.b. The secondary binding. #33961 A$2600.00

51 Borchgrevink, C. E. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. By C. E. Borchgrevink, F.R.G.S. Commander of the Expedition. With a new introduction by Tore Gjelsvik, Director, Norwegian Polar Institute. With Portraits, Maps and 9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 186 Illustrations. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, viii(Introduction, last blank), 334(last blank); frontispiece, 3 folding maps & 1 text map, 197 illustrations (some full-page); appendices, index; original blue papered boards (slightly marked), lettered in gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; C. Hurst & Company, Canberra, Australian National University Press; (1980). ***Renard 155; Rosove 45.B1. #4806 A$275.00

52 Bradley, William. A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius, 1786-1792. Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript. With a portfolio of Charts. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 1-232, 232a-232b, 233-244, 244a-244b, 245-498(last 3 blank); 29 coloured plates, extensive index to the text and Bradley’s Charts, views and tables; Vol. II, pp. 8; portfolio of 22 coloured & folding charts; original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt; a very good set in slightly worn dustwrappers. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Ure Smith Pty Ltd; 1969. ***An important journal of the flagship of the First Fleet bringing convicts to the founding settlement of Australia, this facsimile of the original manuscript and watercolours is a very valuable contribution to the early history of the settlement. The journal is penned in a clear and legible hand. Bradley was on the Sirius on her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope for supplies, which went eastwards and around Cape Horn, meeting in these high latitudes the “ice islands” amongst which they sailed for twenty- eight days. His illustrations include two fine watercolours of these “ice islands”. He also recounts the wreck of the “Sirius” at Norfolk Island and the subsequent story of the crew during their eventual return to England on a chartered Dutch vessel. #5144 A$135.00

53 Braxton, Dorothy. THE ABOMINABLE SNOW-WOMEN. First Edition; pp. 204(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 16 plates; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in blue; a nice copy in dustwrapper with a fine coloured illustration of an elephant seal on front. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1969). ***Not in Spence; Renard 167. Antarctica as first seen and recorded by a woman. #8182 A$60.00

54 Briggs, Peter. ANTARKTISCHES TAGEBUCH. Forscher am Sudpol. First Edition in English; pp. 192; 16 plates; original cloth (a little soiled); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Ruschlikon-Zurich, Stuttgart, Wien; Albert Muller Verlag; (1972). ***Translated by Heidi Hanseler from the American “Laboratory at the Bottom of the World”. #9560 A$40.00

55 British Antarctic Expedition 1910--1913, The. EXHIBITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES OF MR. HERBERT G. PONTING F.R.G.S. The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London. First Edition; pp. [iv](adv.), 24, v-viii(adv.); 8 plates; original pale green wrappers, printed in red, repeating title with the addition of “Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue . Price 6d.”; (wrappers a little browned; some minor foxing of text, the plates clean); a very good copy; very scarce. London; The Fine Art Society; N.D. [1913]. ***Not in Spence; Renard 184 [Australian Issue]. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of Ponting’s photographs, including also the six photographs taken by the Polar Party and exhibited with Ponting’s, together with interesting details of the expedition. A much superior copy to the one sold at auction in November 1994. Loosely inserted is a single-leaf advertising flyer for Ponting’s cinematic lectures at Philharmonic Hall. #37645 A$950.00

56 British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. [GEOLOGY, VOLUME I]. Med. 4to, 6 parts in 1 volume, comprising:- No. 1, ANTARCTIC FOSSIL PLANTS, by A. C. Seward; pp. 1-50(last blank); 8 plates with titled tissues, 3 maps, 6 text figs. 1914. No. 2, FISH-REMAINS FROM THE UPPER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF GRANITE HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA, by Arthur Smith Woodward; pp. 51-62, [2]; 1 plate. 1921. No. 3, RECENT AND LOCAL DEPOSITS OF McMURDO SOUND REGION, by F. Debenham; pp. 63-100, [2]; 19 text figs. 1921. No. 4, THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by F. Debenham, R. H. Rastall & R. E. Priestley; pp. 101-130, [2]; 1 plate, 8 text figs. 1921. No. 5, THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by W. Campbell Smith, F Debenham, & R. E. Priestley; pp. 131-166, [4]; 2 plates & 2 text figs. 1921. No. 6, THE PLUTONIC AND HYPABYSSAL ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND, by W. Campbell 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Smith; pp. 167-228(last colophon only), [2]; 2 folding maps (in pocket), 1 plate, 14 text figs. 1924. Together, 6 parts, as above, bound in maroon cloth (spine faded) to match the publisher’s cloth of other volumes in the series, with the title-panels (trimmed) from the original grey printed wrappers enclosed in pocket of rear board; a very good set; very scarce. [London; The Trustees of the British Museum; 1914-24]. ***Spence 186 (Geology, Vol. I only, as here); Renard 185 (part); Rosove 292-1.A2 to 292-6.A2. #49202 A$550.00

57 Brosse, Jacques. GREAT VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION. The Golden Age of Discovery in the Pacific. Translated by Stanley Hochman. Preface by Leslie R. Marchant. Roy. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 232; 2 double-page & 7 other coloured maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (some full-page), appendices (biographical dictionary of navigators, scientists & artists; geographical dictionary, bibliography), index; original black cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt; a nice copy in pictorial dustwrapper reproducing the oil painting of the Resolution and Adventure at Tahiti by William Hodges); scarce. (Sydney); Doubleday; (1983). ***A valuable & useful reference, reproducing a number of rare natural history plates and other illustrations of interest. Includes the early Antarctic voyages. #13323 A$165.00

58 Brown, Nan. ANTARCTIC HOUSEWIFE. Facsimile Edition; pp. [x], 190; coloured frontispiece, 8 b/w. plates; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cowbridge; Infographics Limited; 1996). ***Reprint of Spence 191, Renard 194. #15842 A$40.00

59 [Brown, R. N. Rudmose, Mossman, R. C., & Pirie, Dr. J. H. Harvey]. THE VOYAGE OF THE “ S C O T I A”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas. By Three of the Staff. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 376(last blank); large coloured folding map, 2 other maps (1 coloured & folding), 59 plates; index; top edge gilt, others uncut; original grey cloth, lettered in white & illustrated in black & white on spine and front board; (spine dull as usual; some foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. Edinburgh; William Blackwood and Sons; MCMVI [1906]. ***Spence 193; Renard 198; U.S.N. 23-56.29; Rosove 50.A1. This is the primary narrative account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04 and is one of the scarcer early works. Brown was Botanist to the Expedition, Mossman was Meteorologist and Pirie was Surgeon and Geologist. Useful work was carried out in the South Atlantic and Weddell Sea area. #49302 A$1650.00

60 Brown, R. N. Rudmose. A NATURALIST AT THE POLES. The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the Polar Explorer. With Five Chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch. First U.S. Edition; pp. [5]-316(but intact), [4](blank); 2 coloured folding & 1 full-page maps, 24 plates, 5 text illustrations; bibliography, list of voyages; index; original black cloth, lettered and illustrated on front board in light blue; (strip missing from top of spine, otherwise a very nice, clean copy); scarce. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company; 1924. ***Spence 195; Renard 204. Comprising the original sheets printed in the U.K., with new title-page. The 4 preliminary pages at the beginning, consisting of blanks, were omitted, and the advertisements at end were left blank. #42964 A$375.00

61 Browne, J. Ross. ETCHINGS OF A WHALING CRUISE, with notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief History of the Whale Fishery, its past and present condition. By J. Ross Browne. Illustrated by numerous engravings on steel and wood. New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street. 1846. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 580, 8(adv.); 8 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text (including 5 full-page plates), appendix on the European and American whale fisheries and characteristics of various whales; original cloth (spine faded & a little worn; waterstain throughout, mostly in lower & upper inner margins; occasional foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; 1846. ***Spence 197; Jenkins, page 84 (listing only a London edition of 1846 & a New York one of 1850); not in Forster or Forbes, although the appendix refers to whaling in the Pacific and mentions Honolulu; Hill, 2nd Edn., 197 (London edition of 1846): “The narrative provides one of the few accounts we have of what life was like in the whaling fleet of the 1840s written by an intelligent and sensitive observer.” #64880 A$1650.00 11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 62 Bruce, William Speirs. THE LOG OF THE SCOTIA EXPEDITION, 1902-4. Edited by Peter Speak. With a Foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 306; 5 maps, 12 ship’s plans, portrait frontispiece & 19 illustrations on 12 plates, 12 figures, glossary, bibliography, index; brown cloth- grained papered boards, spine gilt; a fine copy in torn dustwrapper. (Edinburgh); Edinburgh University Press; (1992). ***An important primary account, now first published after nearly ninety years. This work was intended as the first volume of the scientific reports of the expedition, most of which were published within a few years of its return. #36332 A$295.00

63 Brunt, Sir David; General Editor. THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION HALLEY BAY, Coats Land, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1955-1959. 4 vols., roy. 4to, First Edition; Volume I, Introductions, Aurora and Airglow Geomagnetism, pp. xvi, 224, 184(magnetograms, last 3 blank); full-page map, 1 coloured & 12 b/w. plates, 45 figures, 186 tables, references; Volume II, Radio Astronomy Ionospheric Physics, pp. xvi, 292(last 3 blank); 14 plates, 160 figures, 114 tables, 4 appendices; Volume III, Seismology, Meteorology, pp. [ii], viii, 382, [2](blank); 5 plates, numerous figures & tables, references; Volume IV, Meteorology, Glaciology, Appendixes, pp. [ii], xviii, 414, [2](blank); 21 b/w. plates, numerous text illustrations, figures, tables, & graphs, etc.; original maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt; (a few leaves in Magnetogram section of Vol. I wrongly imposed, but quite complete); a very good set in dustwrappers (dustwrapper to Vol. III lacking). London; The Royal Society; 1960-62-62-64. ***Not in Spence; Renard 213. #44073 A$250.00

64 Bull, H. J. THE CRUISE OF THE ‘ANTARCTIC’ to the South Polar Regions. With Frontispiece by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., and Illustrations by W. G. Burn Murdoch. First Edition; pp. [xii], 244, 4(adv.); 12 plates, 2 appendices; original blue cloth, with superb illustration in silver and black on front board; entirely uncut; (a little wear to base of spine; small stamp of former owner on half-title & small inscription of another on endpaper verso); internally a very fine, clean and crisp copy; rare. London; Edward Arnold; 1896. ***Spence 210; Renard 219/220; Rosove 55.A1. The first 4 pages of advertisements at the end are the same for all copies; this copy has no others (and so issued). An important first-hand account from the early part of the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration. Bull was working in Melbourne when he conceived the idea for this expedition during which the first Antarctic landfall was made at Cape Adair. #33312 A$2750.00

65 Bull, H. J. THE CRUISE OF THE ‘ANTARCTIC’ to the South Polar Regions. With Frontispiece by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., and Illustrations by W. G. Burn Murdoch. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxii, 244(last blank); 12 plates, appendices; original dark blue cloth, decorated in silver & black. (Bungay, Suffolk); The Paradigm Press, Bluntisham Books; 1984. ***With new introduction by D. W. H. Walton, pp. [xv]-xxi. Renard 221; Rosove 55.B1. #4812 A$265.00

66 Burney, James: WITH CAPTAIN JAMES COOK IN THE ANTARCTIC AND PACIFIC. The private journal of James Burney, Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook’s Second Voyage 1772-1773. Edited and with an Introduction by Beverley Hooper. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 112; 1 double-page & 4 other maps; 8 plates; appendix; bibliography; index; original brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine title on blue panel; illustrated endpapers; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; National Library of Australia; (1975). ***Not in Spence; Renard 231. A handsome production, finely printed by letterpress on light yellow laid stock by Brown Prior Anderson. #3967 A$175.00

67 Bursey, Lt. Comdr. Jack; USCGR. ANTARCTIC NIGHT. One Man’s Story of 28,224 Hours at the Bottom of the World. First Edition; pp. 256; map, 16 plates; original pale grey papered boards, lettered and decorated in mid-blue; a nice copy in ragged dark blue dustwrapper (portrait of Bursey). New York; Rand McNally & Company; (1957). ***Spence 220; Renard 233. Much on huskies used in Antarctica. This copy warmly inscribed and signed by the Author. #43071 A$85.00 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 68 Butler, Rowan. BREAKING THE ICE. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; map, numerous fine coloured photos. (several full-page & double-page), several b/w. photos., 3 appendices, glossary, bibliography, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Albatross; (1988). ***Renard 238. Inscribed to Dr. [Phillip] Law and signed by the Author. #44438 A$65.00

69 Buxton, Cindy; & Price, Annie. SURVIVAL: SOUTH ATLANTIC. Foreword by David Attenborough. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 238(last blank); 2 double-page maps, 101 coloured photos. on 64 plates, (many double-page & full-page), bibliography; original dark grey art. leather, spine lettered in silver; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Granada; (1983). ***Renard 239. Wildlife filming on South Georgia. #42907 A$60.00

70 Byrd, Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn. THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE. [and] COMMANDER BYRD RECEIVES THE HUBBARD GOLD MEDAL. Roy. 8vo; pp. 356-388; 20 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, September, 1926; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1926. ***Including also, “Flying over Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine”, with 16 col. plates & 27 b/w. illusts. #23896 A$50.00

71 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. SKYWARD. Man’s Mastery of the Air as shown by the Brilliant Flights of America’s Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his Thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Antarctic by Air. First Edition; pp. xvi, 360(last blank); endpaper map, photogravure portrait frontispiece (in sepia, with tissue) & 46 plates, including 1 chart; original blue cloth, spine & front board lettered in gilt; a nice copy in slightly worn pictorial dustwrapper. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1928. ***Spence 223; Renard 243. Subsequent editions did not contain the photogravure portrait. #43079 A$175.00

72 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. SKYWARD. Man’s Mastery of the Air as shown by the Brilliant Flights of America’s Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his Thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Antarctic by Air. First Edition; pp. xvi, 360(last blank); endpaper map, photogravure portrait frontispiece & 46 plates, including 1 chart; original cloth; a nice copy. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1928. ***Subsequent editions did not contain the photo-gravure portrait. Spence 223; Renard 243. #3978 A$135.00

73 Byrd, R. E.: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 4to, First Edition; pp. [32]; very numerous photos.; original wrappers; (a little soiling); scarce. [New York; Tide Water Oil Company; 1930]. ***Not in Spence; Renard 253. #4118 A$75.00

74 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. LITTLE AMERICA. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. The Flight to the South Pole. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 422, [2](blank); 4 maps (2 folding), photogravure portrait frontispiece of Byrd & 55 other plates; appendix, index; original cloth; (name on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1930. ***Spence 226; Renard 248. #3976 A$145.00

75 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. FLIEGER UBER DEM SECHSTEN ERDTEIL. Meine Sudpolexpedition 1928/30. Mit 75 Abbildungen und 2 Karten. First Edition in German; pp. 280; 2 maps (1 double-page), 47 plates, index; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1931. ***German edition of “Little America”. #8921 A$95.00

76 Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Ret. ANTARCTIC DISCOVERY. The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Introduction by Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the U.S. Navy. Thick med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xxiv, 424(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, full-page map, portrait frontispiece & 45 plates; appendix, index; original mid-blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (some mild foxing); a very good 13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books copy. London; Putnam; (1936). ***Spence 230; U.S.N. 23-101.4; Renard 256 (collation incorrect and here corrected). Entirely reset from the U.S. Edition and printed in England. #3977 A$95.00

77 Byrd, Richard E. MIT FLUGZEUG, SCHLITTEN UND SCHLEPPER. Meine zweite Expedition nach dem Sechten Erdteil 1933/35. Mit 89 Abbildungen und 2 Karten. First Edition in German; pp. 284(last adv.); 1 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 47 plates; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1936. ***German edition of “Discovery”. #8920 A$85.00

78 Byrd, Richard E. ALONE. 2nd Impression; pp. xii, 296, [2](blank); 12 chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cloth (spine a little faded); a very good copy. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1938. ***Signed by Byrd on front endpaper. #49245 A$95.00

79 Byrd, Richard E. ALONE. Post 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. [v]-xiv(but intact, as issued), 302; several chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cream mottled cloth, lettered in blue on spine and front board (spine a little stained). London; Readers Union Ltd and Putnam & Co Ltd; 1939. ***This edition not in Spence. Renard 263. #3963 A$20.00

80 Byrd, Richard E. ALLEIN! Auf einsamer Wacht im Sudeis. Mit 42 Abbildungen. Dritte Auflage. German Edition, Third Impression; pp. 300(last blank); 16 plates, 12 chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1940. ***German translation of “Alone”. The 16 plates are not contained in the original American Edition. #8663 A$95.00

81 Byrd, Rear Admiral Richard E. ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON ANTARCTICA. Roy. 8vo; pp. 141-180; map, 32 coloured & 8 b/w. photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, August, 1956; complete in original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1956. ***With also a couple of interesting articles on Africa and its wildlife. #4751 A$25.00

82 Byrd Expedition: AUTHORIZED MAP OF THE SECOND BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPED­ ITION. Large coloured map, 610 by 460 mm showing the Antarctic continent with insets of the Route of the Expedition and detail maps of Little America; folded; in very good condition. U.S.A.; General Foods Corp.; 1934. #38635 A$65.00

83 Cameron, Ian. ANTARCTICA: The Last Continent. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; 1 coloured & 17 b/w. maps, 31 coloured & numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Cassell & Company Ltd; (1974). ***Spence 241; Renard 275. #3971 A$60.00

84 Cameron, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 248; a few maps, 24 coloured plates (3 double-page) & numerous other b/w. illusts, appendices, bibliography, index; original brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg; Century; (1987). ***With a chapter on American exploration in the Antarctic and numerous other references to southern waters. Renard 279. #19818 A$65.00

85 Cannan, Edward. CHURCHES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS 1502-1991. First Edition; pp. 320(last 5 blank); 5 maps, 40 illustrations, notes, 5 appendices, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oswestry, Shropshire); Anthony Nelson; (1992). #37228 A$60.00

86 Chapman, Walker [pseud. Robert Silverburg]: ANTARCTIC CONQUEST. The Great Explorers in Their Own Words. Selected and introduced by Walker Chapman. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 368; 16 plates, index; original quarter blue cloth, lettered in silver, white mottled papered sides; a fine copy in 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books price clipped dustwrapper; scarce. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Merrill Co.; (1965). ***Spence 249; Renard 294. A useful compilation with short introductions to each of the extracts. Many of the early accounts included are quite obscure and difficult to come by in any other form, and the text of the Antarctic Treaty, 1959 is included at the end. #43004 A$165.00

87 Chapman, Walker [pseud. Robert Silverburg]. THE LONELIEST CONTINENT. The Story of Antarctic Discovery. First U.K. Edition; pp. [viii], 280(last blank); endpaper maps, 5 text & 4 full-page maps, 8 plates; bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper (price clipped). London; Jarrolds; (1967). ***Spence 251; Renard 293. #43001 A$20.00

88 Charcot, Jean. AUTOUR DU POLE SUD. Expedition du “Pourquoi Pas?” 1908-1910. 88 illustrations d’apres les photographies de Mm. Charcot, Gain, Godfroy et Senouque. Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 358; double-page map, numerous illusts.; binder’s cloth, with original off-white wrappers printed in red & black bound in; (edges of text leaves browned); scarce. Paris; Ernest Flammarion, Editeur; (1910) [but 1926?]. ***An abridged edition of “Le Pourquoi-Pas? dans l’Antarctique”, this edition is not in Spence, nor in Rosove, but similar to his 65.D2. There is a probable date - 1926 - on rear wrapper. #35524 A$120.00

89 Charcot, Dr. Jean. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘WHY NOT?’ IN THE ANTARCTIC. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition 1908-1910. English Version by Philip Walsh. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. viii, 316(last blank); full-page map, folding frontispiece & 42 plates including rig plan & sections of the “Pourquoi Pas?”, index; original magnificently gilt-pictorial blue-grey cloth, white penguin on spine, gilt lettering on spine and front board; (spine a little darkened; front hinge cracked, but firm; some foxing); very scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton; N.D. [1911]. ***Spence 262; Renard 296; Rosove 67.A1. The “Pourquoi Pas?” was later lost in the Arctic when her boilers blew up and Charcot together with all but one of the crew were killed. #11252 A$1450.00

90 Charcot, Dr. Jean. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘POURQUOI-PAS?’ The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition 1908-1910. English Version by Philip Walsh. With a new foreword by Paul-Emile Victor, Directeur des Expeditions Polaires Francaises (Missions Paul-Emile Victor). Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], vi, [iii]-viii, 322(last 7 blank); map, 41 plates (1 double-page); index; original blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1978. ***Printed in England. Renard 299; Rosove 67.B2. #3973 A$185.00

91 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD: ANTARCTIC 1910-1913. With Panoramas, Maps, and Illustrations by the late Doctor Edward A. Wilson and other Members of the Expedition. 2 vols., Second Issue of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. lxiv, 300, [4](appendix); 4 maps (3 folding), 2 folding panoramas from photos. by Frank Debenham, 4 coloured plates from watercolours by Wilson & 24 b/w. plates containing 14 sketches by Wilson & 19 photos. by Debenham & C. S. Wright; Vol. II, pp. viii, [301]-588(last 3 blank); folding map, 8 folding panoramas from sketches by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 2 coloured plates from watercolours by Wilson & 18 b/w. plates containing 8 sketches by Wilson & 14 photos. by Debenham & Wright, glossary, index; original light blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (unobtrusive waterstain to spines & light waterstain to lower blank margin, only, to about 16 plates); a very good set, with portions of dustwrappers loosely inserted; very scarce. London; Constable and Company Limited; (1922). ***Spence 278, mentioning THREE volumes, but we believe this is simply an error; Renard 305; Rosove 71.A2. One of the great classics of exploration and a highly readable account, the book includes the account of the journey in mid-winter to collect Emperor Penguin eggs and also extracts from Lashly’s diary, more recently published. This issue, intended for libraries is quite complete, with all the panoramas which were omitted from all later editions, and is in many respects the most desirable, the cloth being rather more durable than the linen spines and papered boards of the first issue. It is also considerably scarcer. #3984 A$3500.00 15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books INSCRIBED FROM ONE EXPLORER TO ANOTHER

92 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD. Antarctic 1910-1913. With maps and illustrations by the late Doctor Edward A. Wilson and the Author. One Volume Edition. Published by the Author and distributed for him by Chatto & Windus, London, 1951. Library Edition with some corrections and a Postscript; pp. lxiv, 300, 300A-300D, 301-612; 4 maps (2 folding), coloured frontispiece & 8 b/w plates from Wilson’s sketches, glossary, index; original mid-blue cloth (slightly marked), lettered in gilt on spine & front board; fore and lower edges uncut; a nice copy in defective original pictorial dustwrapper (lacking the lower portion from spine) intact with the original price (10/6); scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; 1951. ***Spence 286; Renard 317; Rosove 71.I1.b. This edition is the first to contain the Postscript (dated 1948), which occupies pp. 579-605, and has also the new preface dated 1937. This copy is inscribed at the head of front endpaper: To “Silas” Wright from Cherry. October 25th 1951. Inscribed copies of Cherry-Garrard’s book are most uncommon. #39490 A$1650.00

93 Chester, Jonathan. GOING TO EXTREMES. Project Blizzard and Australia’s Antarctic Heritage. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 308; hundreds of illustrations (mostly coloured), including 31 maps, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index; (unrelated inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in colour pictorial dustwrapper). Sydney & Auckland; Doubleday; (1986). ***Renard 324. Account of a private expedition in the “Southern Quest” which surveyed Mawson’s hut with a view to possible restoration. #49154 A$85.00

94 Chipman, Elizabeth. AUSTRALIANS IN THE FROZEN SOUTH. Living & Working in Antarctica. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 90; 2 maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index; original pictorial boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1978). ***Not in Spence; Renard 330. #3990 A$35.00

95 Chipman, Elizabeth. WOMEN ON THE ICE. A History of Women in the Far South. First Edition; pp. xvi, 224; full-page sketch map, 16 plates, 2 appendices including chronology listing all women visitors to the Antarctic, commencing with Bougainville’s voyage and continuing right up to 1984, bibliography, index, Addendum slip; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; 1986. ***Renard 331 (error in number of plates). #15918 A$45.00

96 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE SHACKLETON COLLECTION. [London], Tuesday 25 September 2001. 4to; pp. 358; 250 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2001. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23941 A$45.00

97 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE NEIL SILVERMAN COLLECTION. [London], Wednesday 25 September 2002. 4to; pp. 338; 394 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23946 A$45.00

98 Christie’s: THE NEIL SILVERMAN COLLECTION. [London], Wednesday 25 September 2002. 4to, Special Clothbound Issue; pp. 244; 270 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original cloth; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including a little Arctic and some South American material. #23948 A$65.00 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 99 Christie’s: THE POLAR COLLECTION OF ANDREAS ZUST. [London], Thursday 9 May 2002. 4to; pp. 190; 237 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, relating to both Antarctica and the Arctic regions, including the search for the North-West Passage and material on the Eskimo. #23949 A$45.00

100 Christie’s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL WITH THE POLAR SALE. [London], Thursday 23 September 2004. 4to; pp. 276; 226 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2004. ***This sale included some interesting Cook relics including his original pocket hammer, the original watercolours for John Cleveley’s series of Views in the South Seas, and some fine Antarctic material. #17835 A$45.00

101 Clark, Austin H. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part C. Echinoderms. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 16(last 3 blank); original wrappers. Ottawa; J. de Labroquerie Tache; 1920. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8297 A$18.00

102 Clarke, Peter. ON THE ICE. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 104; full-page map, 7 coloured plates; very numerous b/w. photos (including double & full-page), glossary, index; original blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper. A Burdette & Company Book; Distributed by Rand McNally & Company, New York, Chicago, San Francisco; (1966). ***Spence 302; Renard 347. #4116 A$65.00

103 Cobb, David. THE MAKING OF A WAR ARTIST. David Cobb: the Falklands Paintings. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin KG, KCB, MVO, DSC. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96(last blank); 2 endpaper maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, appendix; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Conway Maritime Press; (1986). #19219 A$50.00

104 Cockrill, [W.] Ross. WHALE HUNT. Pp. 26-31; 3 illustrations; contained in the complete issue of JOHN BULL magazine for October 8, 1955; original wrappers; very good. [London; Odhams Press Ltd.]; 1955. ***A preview of the Author’s book Antarctic Hazard. Together with two other magazines with articles on Antarctic Whaling (Boy’s Own Paper, Nov. 1939 - lacking rear wrapper; Leader Magazine Jan. 28, 1950). #38233 A$20.00

105 Coleman-Cooke, John. DISCOVERY II IN THE ANTARCTIC. The Story of British Research in the Southern Seas. First Edition; pp. 256(last blank); frontispiece map, 24 plates, 2 text figures; 6 appendices, index; original blue cloth (slightly mottled; small bump to upper edge of front board); slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Odhams Press Limited; (1963). ***Spence 307; Renard 352. #3992 A$65.00

106 Colnett, James. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND ROUND CAPE HORN INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and other Objects of Commerce, by ascertaining the Ports, Bays, Harbours, and Anchoring Births [sic], in Certain Islands and Coasts in those Seas at which the Ships of the British Merchants might be Refitted. Undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], iv, [iii]-vi, xviii, 182(last 3 blank); 6 folding charts, 3 folding plates; original white simulated vellum, lettered in gilt on blue panels on spine and front board; a fine copy in original clear plastic dustwrapper. Amsterdam; N. Israel, & New York, Da Capo Press; (1968). ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 354. The original edition printed for the Author at London, 1798 [Spence 309] is very scarce. #701 A$135.00

107 Colwell, Max. SHIPS AND SEAFARERS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 128(last blank); 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations (several double- & full-page), table of 17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Australian shipping disasters, bibliography; a nice copy in dustwrapper (spine slightly faded). (Melbourne); Lansdowne Press; (1973). #24061 A$95.00

108 Conly, Maurice. ICE ON MY PALETTE. Text by Neville Peat. Oblong super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; 2 maps, 23 full-page coloured plates from paintings by Maurice Conly, several other illustrations; original dark blue artificial leather, lettered in silver; a nice copy in pictorial dustwrapper from colour photo. of the artist at work at Cape Royds; scarce. Christchurch; Whitcoulls Publishers; (1977). ***Ross Sea, Antarctic. Not in Spence; Renard 356. #4794 A$50.00

109 Connolly, James B. MASTER MARINER. The Life and Voyages of Amasa Delano. First Edition; pp. viii, 324, [4](blank); endpaper maps, frontispiece, index; original light tan cloth, decorated in green on spine and front board; fore-edge uncut; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Garden City; New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.; 1943. ***Renard 357 (collation here improved). #31367 A$95.00

110 Conrad, Joseph. GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 239-274; map, 28 photos. (mostly full-page, including 16 of the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, & one by Frank Hurley of Torres Strait; plain wrappers. Washington; extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, March; 1924. #46888 A$30.00

111 Conrad, Joseph. GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 239-274; map, 28 photos. (mostly full-page, including 16 of the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, & one by Frank Hurley of Torres Strait; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, March, 1924; original wrappers (soiled; top margin trimmed). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1924. ***Including, also, “Australia’s Wild Wonderland”, by M. P. Greenwood Adams, pp. 329-356, with map & 36 illusts. #23931 A$30.00

COOK’S THREE VOYAGES 112 Cook, Captain James: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF COOK’S THREE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD. A fine collection of the First Editions, comprising:- First Voyage: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with Cuts, and a great Variety of Charts and Maps relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell in the Strand. M DCC LXXIII. 3 vols., med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [xii], xxxvi, 140(last blank), [361]-676; 21 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. II, pp. xvi, 410; 22 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. III, pp. [vi], 411-800(last blank); 9 charts & plates, mostly folding; contemporary full calf (neatly rebacked, see below); some occasional spotting and offsetting from plates, but a very good, generally clean set. Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell, 1773. ***One of the earliest issues, without the Directions for Placing the Cuts as noted by Holmes (No. 5), but complete with the chart of the Streights of Magellan (this possibly supplied from another copy, but we have seen other sets in a similar configuration). Second Voyage: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places, drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVII. 2 vols., med. 4to., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xl, 378; portrait frontis. & 36 charts & plates; Vol. II, pp. [viii], 396; 27 charts and plates; 8 plates with imprints cropped or shaved by the binder 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books (as often, owing to the plates being engraved too large for the size of the text), 2 folding charts in Vol. II with neatly repaired tears); contemporary full speckled calf (neatly rebacked, see below); a very good, clean set. Printed for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. Third Voyage: A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practibility of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, from the Original Drawings made by Lieut Henry Roberts, under the Direction of Captain Cook; and with a great Variety of Portraits of Persons, Views of Places, and Historical Representations of Remarkable Incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the Voyage, and engraved by the most eminent Artists. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan: For G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. MDCCLXXXIV. 3 vols., med. 4to, & atlas, large folio, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii](title, verso blank, & Contents), xcvi(Introduction & List of Plates), 422(last blank); 7 charts & views (5 folding); Vol. II, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](Contents), 550(last blank); 12 charts & plates (7 folding); Vol. III, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](Contents, last blank), [ii](Appendix & Erratum, verso blank), 558+[2](advertisement for complete sets of Cook’s voyages, verso blank); 6 charts (2 folding), folding comparative table of languages, 7 appendices (Pp. 491-558); contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked (see below); some offsetting of plates to text, but generally very fine and clean; Atlas, 2 large folding charts & 61 plates; in a splendid unsophisticated contemporary German binding of full calf, with red oval title label on front board: “Kupfer zu Cook’s Reisen”, and attractive block-printed rose paste-paper endpapers; (top & bottom of spine expertly & unobtrusively repaired; some foxing of tissues and consequent mild marginal foxing to some of the plates, but generally very clean, with excellent impressions); a fine set. London; Printed by W. and A. Strahan; 1784. Together 8 vols. text, med. 4to, & folio atlas; in all 202 fine, engraved maps, charts, portraits, costume plates, views, etc.; the text volumes uniformly rebacked in contemporary style, the atlas in near-matching contemporary full calf as described above; a very attractive set. London; W. Strahan [etc.]; 1773-1784. ***See Holmes 5, 24 & 47; Beddie 648, 1216, 1543; Hill I, Pp. 139-40, 61-62; Hill 2, Nos. 782, 358 & 361. A complete collection of First Editions of the three voyages, of which the “long-delayed official account of the third voyage was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication ....” (Holmes). The third voyage is the first issue of the first edition of which Forbes (No. 62) says: “It is in fact one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.” #36600 A$67,000.00

113 Cook, Captain James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places; drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. 2 vols. med. 4to, Facsimile of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], xl, 378; portrait frontispiece, large folding chart & 6 smaller charts (2 double-page), 2 folding plans, 27 plates (10 double-page, 2 folding); Vol II, pp. [ii], [viii], 364, [ii](folding plate), [367]-370, 369-396; 7 charts (3 folding), 20 plates (3 folding & 8 double- page), folding language table, appendices, including vocabularies; original canvas; a very fine set. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1970]. ***Spence 318; Renard 370. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 191. Only 781 sets were printed of this facsimile from the first edition of W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. The pp. [viii] in Volume I contains an introduction written specially for this facsimile reprint by A. Grenfell Price and the pp. 369-396 in Vol. II contain Sir John Pringle’s discourse on the health of mariners (from Cook’s paper on the subject). The two sets of pages 369-70 contain variations in the text of Sir John Pringle’s introduction. #2162 A$1100.00 19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books RARE ABRIDGMENT OF COOK’S VOYAGES

114 Cook, James. AN ABRIDGMENT OF CAPTAIN COOK’S FIRST AND SECOND VOYAGES. The first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771; the Second in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Five Volumes. Containing A Relation of all the interesting Transactions; Including an Abridgement of Capt. Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings during the Separation of the two Ships. The Seventh Edition. Ornamented with several Plates. London. Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street. 1798. Demy 12mo; pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [iv](adv.), iii-[iv](Contents, verso blank), 328(last 20 index); frontis. and 7 other plates, index; contemporary full mottled calf (neatly rebacked in contemporary style; a fine, clean copy; very scarce. London; G. Kearsley; 1798. ***Beddie 60. The plates are as follows: frontispiece, portrait of Omai, but here at page 187 in accordance with the number at top left; facing page 42, Head of a Chief of Otaheite; facing page 53, A Dance of Ulietea by Females; facing page 79, View of a perforated Rock; facing page 86, A War Canoe of New Zealand (showing also a Branch of the Bread fruit); facing page 160, Inhabitants of Dusky Bay; facing page 192, A Morai or burial place; and facing page 268, Instruments & Weapons used by the Natives [etc.]. [with] Cook, James. AN ABRIDGMENT OF CAPTAIN COOK’S LAST VOYAGE, performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Three Volumes. Containing a Relation of all the Interesting Transactions, particularly those relative to the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook; to which are added, extracts from Captain King’s Account of his Life and public Services. The Seventh Edition. Ornamented with several Plates and Improved by a copious Index, also a Chart of the Tracts of the Ships. London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street. MDCCXCIV. Demy 12mo; pp. xxiv, 442, [16] (index), [2](adv.); folding frontispiece (Death of Cook), folding chart, 7 other plates, index; contemporary full mottled calf (rebacked in matching contemporary style); a fine, clean copy; very scarce. London; C. and G. Kearsley; 1794. ***Beddie 1576; Forbes 233. The first and second editions of this abridgment were published in 1784 and the fourth, fifth and sixth in 1787. Neither Beddie nor Forbes record a third edition, but both make the minor error throughout of mis-spelling the word ABRIDGMENT (“ABRIDGEMENT”) in the title. This copy appears to be quite complete, as issued, with a total of 9 plates including the chart. The plates are as follows: folding frontispiece showing the death of Captain Cook, but here facing page 320 in accordance with the number at the head; facing page ix, Royal Society Medal by Mr. Pingo; facing page 1, the folding chart exhibiting the discoveries made by Cook in his three voyages; facing page 129, Human Sacrifice in Otaheite; facing page 347, A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands; facing page 376, Manner of Travelling in Kamtschatka; facing page 389, Shooting Sea Horses; facing page 389, A White Bear; and facing page 415, A Winter’s Habitation in Kamtschatka. Various copies of these scarce editions appear to have different numbers of plates, but the number present here (17 in total) is, we believe, the maximum and most complete. Although published four years apart these two “Seventh Edition” volumes appear to have been issued, or at least purchased, at the same time and are uniformly bound in full contemporary mottled calf (now neatly rebacked in contemporary style). The original binder has inserted the “landscape” plates lengthways and neatly folded, an arrangement which has contributed to this set being exceptionally fine and clean, both plates and text; a most attractive set and rare thus. This set recently belonged to the Australian diplomat W. R. Crocker, with his signature dated 1964 in the front of each volume. #24324 A$3250.00

115 Cook, Captain James: THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Edited from the Original Manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole with the Assistance of J. A. Williamson, J. W. Davidson and R. A. Skelton. Four Volumes and a Portfolio [series title]. 3 vols. in 4, thick med. 8vo, plus Portfolio of Charts; Vol. I. The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Pp. [ii], cclxxxiv, [ii], 686(last 4 blank). Portfolio, pp. viii, 58 charts & views. Vol. II. The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Pp. [iv], clxx, 1024(last 2 blank). Vol. III [In Two Parts]. The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. Part I, pp. ccxxiv, [1]-718, [2](blank); Part II, pp. viii, [2], [723]-1648(last blank); in all 224 maps & illustrations including 2 coloured portraits, indices, appendices, bibliography, references, etc. original buckram; a very good set; Volume III and the porfolio in worn dustwrappers. Cambridge; 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Published for the Hakluyt Society; 1955-67. ***All volumes are First Editions and the separate Addenda and Corrigenda to Volume II and the Portfolio are included. The work is an essential reference to Cook’s voyages and it is certainly the most convenient edition to use. #38172 A$2500.00

116 Cook, Captain James: THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Edited from the Original Manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole [with the Assistance of J.A. Williamson, J. W. Davidson and R. A. Skelton]. I. The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. II. The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. III. (In Two Parts). The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. With the Supplementary Volume, The Life of Captain James Cook. 4 vols. in 5, thick demy 8vo (text), & portfolio of charts, cr. folio; Vols. I & II, 2nd Impr., remainder First Editions; Vol. I, pp. [ii], cclxxxiv, [ii], 696; Vol. II, pp. [iv], clxx, 1028; Vol. III, Pt. I, pp. ccxxiv, [1]-718, [2]; Pt. II, pp. viii, [2], [723]-1648; Portfolio, pp. viii, 58 charts & views; “Life”, pp. xii, 760; 224 maps & illustrations in text vols., including 2 coloured portraits, indices, appendices, bibliography, references, etc., plus 49 maps, portraits & views (including 4 coloured), bibliography, index in “Life”; original buckram; a fine set in dustwrappers (the dustwrappers a little marked and that to the Portfolio worn). Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1968-74. ***Volumes I & II are the second impressions of the original edition, with the addenda and corrigenda included at end; Volume III is the First (and only original) Edition. Also included is the 9-page addendum to the Third Voyage entitled “Cook and the Russians”, in original wrappers. The work is an essential reference to Cook’s voyages and it is certainly the most convenient edition to use. All volumes are now out-of-print, except in rather poor quality and expensive facsimile. #27078 A$3200.00

117 Coppinger, R . W. CRUISE OF THE “ALERT.” Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters. (1878-82). By R. W. Coppinger, M.D. (Staff-Surgeon Royal Navy, C.M.Z.S.) With Sixteen full- page Woodcut Illustrations from Photographs by F. North, R.N., and from Sketches by the Author. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256; 16 plates, 2 text illustrations, general & natural history indices; original olive-green gilt & red pictorial cloth (spine a little dull as often; otherwise a very fine, bright copy); very scarce - rare in such condition. London; W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.; 1883. ***Ferguson 8683; Spence 320; Renard 373 (second edition only). Including the survey of the Straits of Magellan, and investigations of the nature and exact position of reefs in the South Pacific; also surveys of parts of the northern and western coasts of Australia. There are a few plates illustrating the natives of Tierra del Fuego and Australia, and their implements and drawings. With the bookplate of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee. #48835 A$850.00

118 [Crary, A. P., & 4 others; Editors]. Geophysical Monograph Number 1. ANTARCTICA IN THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR. Based on a Symposium on the Antarctic. Cosponsored by the U.S. National Committee for the IGY of the National Academy of Sciences, National Science Foundation, American Geophysical Union. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 138(last 5 blank); large coloured folding map (in rear pocket) & a few other text maps, numerous figures & tables, chapter references; original grey-green cloth (slightly flecked), spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy; scarce. (Washington, D.C.); American Geophysical Union of the National Academy of Sciences; 1956. ***National Research Council, Publication No. 462. Not in Spence; Renard 379. #19857 A$110.00

119 Cumpston, J. S. MACQUARIE ISLAND. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 380; endpaper & 6 other maps (some full-page), 71 illustrations on 35 plates, 4 text illustrations; bibliography, index; original green cloth; a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper (withdrawn stamp of British Antarctic Survey on title-verso only); scarce. (Melbourne); Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; 1968. ***Not in Spence; Renard 388. The definitive work on Macquarie Island. #3988 A$325.00

120 Cunningham, Robert O[liver]. NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN and West Coast of Patagonia. Made during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Nassau’ in the Years 1866, 67, 68, & 69. First Edition; pp. xviii, 518(last blank); folding coloured map, 5 tinted & 16 plain 21 lithograph 21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books plates, index; original cloth; (some foxing, moderately heavy to a few plates; pencilled annotations; bookplate and pencilled signature of Edmund Giles Loder); very scarce. Edinburgh; Edmonston and Douglas; 1871. ***The narrative includes a journal of the voyage interspersed with detailed notes on the animal and plant species and accounts of the places visited. #37222 A$850.00

121 Cushman, Joseph A. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume IX: Annelids, Parasitic Worms, Protozoans, etc. Part M. Foraminifera. Southern Party, 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 16(last 3 blank); original wrappers. Ottawa; J. de Labroquerie Tache; 1920. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8299 A$20.00

122 Daily Mirror: CAPTAIN SCOTT’S TOMB NEAR THE SOUTH POLE. Comprising the entire issue of The Daily Mirror for Wednesday, May 21, 1913. Tabloid; pp. 24; numerous illustrations from the expedition; paper browned; margins frayed & a few short tears but essentially complete. London; The Daily Mirror; 1913. ***All but two pages of editorial matter concern the expedition and its tragedy: this issue was one of the best-selling pre-war issues of the Daily Mirror. #38340 A$95.00

123 [Dalton, Dr. William]. THE DALTON JOURNAL. Two Whaling Voyages to the South Seas 1823-1829. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 142(last 2 blank); 12 illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; gilt; a fine copy. (Canberra); National Library of Australia; (1990). ***Dalton was surgeon on the “Phoenix” (1823-25) and the “Harriet” (1826-29). #26875 A$50.00

124 David, M. E. PROFESSOR DAVID. The Life of Sir Edgeworth David K.B.E., D.S.O., F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., LL.D. First Edition; pp. 320; full-page map, 8 plates, 3 text figures, index; original pinkish purple cloth, spine gilt; fore & lower edges uncut; a very good copy in ragged partly defective dustwrapper, with portrait on front; very scarce. London; Edward Arnold & Co.; (1937). ***Spence 351. Margaret David was Professor David’s daughter. #19366 A$275.00

125 Davies, Howell; Editor. THE SOUTH AMERICAN HANDBOOK 1950. (Twenty-Seventh Annual Edition). A Year Book and Guide to the Countries and Resources of South and Central America, Mexico and Cuba. Founded upon “The Anglo-South American Handbook of the late W. H. Koebel. Cr. 8vo; pp. liv(adv., including pastedown), lv-lxvi, 768(including pastedown); folding coloured map, numerous text maps; original cloth, gilt; a very good copy. London; Trade and Travel Publications Ltd; 1950. #64768 A$75.00

PROOF COPY INSCRIBED TO JOHN BECHERVAISE 126 Davis, John King. WITH THE “AURORA” IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911-1914. Roy. 8vo, Proof Copy, preceding First Edition; pp. xvi(bound in different order), 178(see remarks below), [2](blank); several maps, plans & illustrations in text, full-page plan of “Aurora”, 4 appendices, index; half calf; in very good condition. London; Andrew Melrose, Ltd.; [1919]. ***Inscribed on title-page to J. M. Bechervaise and signed by John K. Davis, 5 / Nov. 1958 “Sorry the book itself is out of print.” This copy, evidently made up by the Author for presentation to John Bechervaise, consists of the sheets (page proofs) of the “Rough Proof Only” dated “5/1/17” (? 19) and “Revise 8 Aug 1919” (with various intermediate proof reader’s approval dates), with numerous corrections by the Author and by proof reader(s), especially to the preliminaries. None of the plates nor the folding map are present. Pp. 19-22 and 177-178 are supplied (bound in) in later photocopy. Pp. 51-56, together with the index (pp. 179-183) are lacking, the index doubtless not yet having been produced at that time. We have supplied (loose) copies of these missing pages for the sake of completeness. A remarkable and interesting survival from the publishing history of a rare book. #57915 A$1950.00 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DAVIS, WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS

127 Davis, John King. WITH THE “AURORA” IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911-1914. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxii, 184(last blank); title-page in red & black, 1 folding & 7 full-page maps (most with routes in colour), 41 plates, full-page plan of “Aurora” & 68 text maps, plans & illustrations, appendices, glossary, index; original blue buckram, gilt; (covers a little dull as often; some foxing throughout); a good, sound copy of the primary issue; very scarce. London; Andrew Melrose, Ltd.; [1919]. ***Spence 354; Renard 421; Rosove 87.A1.a. This copy is inscribed to Jack Hamilton and signed John K. Davis, Melbourne, April 12th, 1920. Loosely inserted are THREE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE THE FIRST BANZAR EXPEDITION. Each 86 by 62 mm. approx., sepia toned, with captions on reverse in the hand of John K. Davis, Captain of the “Discovery”. The three photographs depict: (a) Moth Seaplane from the “Discovery” about to take off (off Enderby Land); (b) Mr. W. R. Colbeck [son of William Colbeck], 2nd Officer, surveying on Kerguelen; (c) Group shot of officers in the Motor Boat in Royal Sound, Kerguelen, showing Pilot-Officer Douglas of the R.A.A.F., Sub.Lt. W. R. Colbeck, Captain Davis and Captain [Frank] Hurley [Expedition Photographer]. A tiny crease to extreme upper corner of (c) otherwise in fine condition, circa 1929. #42074 A$5750.00

INSCRIBED TO R. G. CASEY 128 Davis, John King. WITH THE “AURORA” IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911-1914. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxii, 184(last blank); title-page in red & black, 1 folding & 7 full-page maps (most with routes in colour), 41 plates, full-page plan of “Aurora” & 68 text maps, plans & illustrations, appendices, glossary, index; original blue buckram, gilt; (spine a little dull as often; some occasional mild foxing); a very good, generally clean copy of the primary issue; very scarce. London; Andrew Melrose, Ltd.; [1919]. ***Spence 354; Renard 421; Rosove 87.A1.a. This copy is warmly inscribed (but not signed) in the Author’s distinctive hand to R[ichard]. G. Casey, thanking him for his help with the Author’s fourth Antarctic expedition (1929). Richard G. Casey was later appointed Governor-General of Australia, an office he filled with great success, and his name is attached to several geographical features of Australian Antarctica including one of the Australian bases. A small sheet of pencilled notes by John Bechervaise is loosely inserted. #43133 A$3750.00

129 Davis, John King. WITH THE “AURORA” IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911-1914. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xxii, 184(last blank); title-page in red & black, 1 folding & 7 full-page maps (most with routes in colour), 41 plates, full-page plan of “Aurora” & 68 text maps, plans & illustrations, appendices, glossary, index; original blue buckram, gilt (slightly marked; some very minor foxing & browning); a fine, clean copy of the primary issue; very scarce. London; Andrew Melrose, Ltd.; [1919]. ***Spence 354; Renard 421; Rosove 87.A1.a. With, loosely inserted, a fine original photograph of Davis, 123 by 185 mm, signed on both front and rear and dated London, 1919 on rear, enclosed in a fold of Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911 S. Y. Aurora notepaper. #4770 A$3500.00

130 Davis, John King. TRIAL BY ICE. The Antarctic Journals of John King Davis. Edited by Louise Crossley. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 206(last 3 blank); portrait frontispiece, endpaper map, 36 plates, lists of members of the expeditions, glossary, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper (spine a little faded); scarce. (Bluntisham and Norwich); Bluntisham Books and Erskine Press; 1997. #55894 A$175.00

131 Deacon, Sir George; Editor. SYMPOSIUM ON ANTARCTIC ICE AND WATER MASSES. Tokyo, Japan 19 September 1970. Pp. xii, 116(last 3 blank); numerous figures & tables, references; original blue printed wrappers; a very good copy. [Cambridge]; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; 1971. ***Renard 428. Including two substantial papers on Antarctic seals. #36815 A$35.00

132 Deacon, George. THE ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR OCEAN. Oblong med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 180, [4](blank); 14 maps & plans, 28 illustrations (mostly full page), index; original illustrated 23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books slick boards; a nice copy. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1984). ***The first publication in a new series entitled “Studies in Polar Research”. Renard 427. #8222 A$110.00

133 Debenham, F.; Priestley, R. E.; Wright, C. S. and Lyons, H. G. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. Four works in one volume, comprising: Debenham, F. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE ROSS ARCHIPELAGO. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 40 (lacking final blank); folding block diagram, 5 folding maps (in pocket, 1 with slight silverfish damage), 15 plates, 12 text figs.; scarce. 1923. ***Spence 356; USN 17.217a; Renard 186(part); Rosove 293-9.A1. [bound with] Priestley, Raymond E. PHYSIOGRAPHY (ROBERTSON BAY AND TERRA NOVA BAY REGIONS). 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii]-x, 88(last blank); 3 large folding maps (in pocket), 87 illusts. on 30 plates (including 5 folding panoramas), index; very scarce. 1923. ***Spence 941; Renard 186 (but not present); Rosove 293-11. A1. [bound with] Wright, C. S. THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii]-viii, 26(last blank); folding map (in pocket), 38 plates (including several large folding panoramas from sketches by Edward Wilson), 3 text figs.; scarce. 1923. ***Spence 1285; USN 13.55; Renard 186 (part); Rosove 293-12.A1. [bound with] Lyons, Colonel H. G.; Compiled by. MISCELLANEOUS DATA. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iii-iv], 76(last blank); folding plan of “Terra Nova” in pocket, 5 figs., bibliog.; scarce. 1924. ***Spence 730; USN 23-65.35; Renard 186 (part); Rosove 293-13.A1. Together, four works in one volume, binder’s maroon cloth to match the publisher’s cloth of related works; (some occasional minor foxing, but very good copies); all very scarce. London; Harrison and Sons, for the Committee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund; 1923-23-23-24. ***From the library of noted Antarctic researcher, Charles Swithinbank, with his stamp on endpaper and versos of maps; the half-titles to the four works have been used to from a composite title-page at the beginning of the volume. #17108 A$950.00

134 Debenham, F. British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. REPORT ON THE MAPS AND SURVEYS. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 96(last 2 blank); 15 folding maps (in pocket), 2 plates, 21 text figures, a few tables; original cloth; (last 4 leaves creased at lower corner; 1 map slightly silverfished with trifling loss); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Harrison and Sons, Ltd., 44-47, St. Martin’s Lane, W.C. 2 for the Committee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund; 1923. ***Spence 357; USN 17.217; Renard 186 (part); Rosove 293-10.A1. From the library of Antarctic researcher Charles Swithinbank, with his stamp on endpaper and versos of charts. #29414 A$650.00

135 Degerbol, Magnus. ANIMAL BONES from Inland Farms in the East Settlement. Reprinted from “Meddelelser om Gronland”, bd. 90. Super roy. 8vo; pp. [113]-120(last blank); original wrappers. Kobenhavn; Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkerei a/s; 1943. ***With two similar papers on Animal Bones from King Oscar Fjord Region in East Greenland, and The Osseous Material from Austmannadal and Tungmeralik West Settlement, Greenland, 5 pp. & 10 pp. respectively. #64655 A$20.00

136 Dodge, Ernest S. THE POLAR ROSSES. John and James Clark Ross and their Explorations. First Edition; pp. 260; 3 full-page maps, 8 plates; bibliography, index; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt on black panel; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1973). ***Spence 374; Renard 448; Rosove 95.A1. #4006 A$135.00

137 Doorly, Captain Gerald S. THE VOYAGES OF THE “MORNING”. First Edition; pp. xx, 224; folding map, 15 plates, 6 pp. music scores; original pictorial cloth; (a little spotting to spine & some very mild foxing to folding map, but a very fine, bright copy); very rare. London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1916. ***Not in Spence (1980), although it is listed in the earlier edition; Renard 450; Rosove 96.A1. This is by far the rarest of all the major primary accounts from the “heroic period” of Antarctic exploration. #26705 A$4500.00

138 Doorly, Captain Gerald S. THE VOYAGES OF THE “MORNING”. Introduction by D. W. H. Walton. Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xx, 224; full-page map, 15 plates, 6 pp. music scores; original blue-grey 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books pictorial cloth in facsimile of original edition; a fine copy. Banham, Norwich; Bluntisham Books and The Erskine Press; 1995. #9187 A$125.00

139 Doorly, Captain Gerald S. THE SONGS OF THE “MORNING”. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 18, [14](music, with calligraphic song titles by J. S. Foreman); frontispiece, full-page illust.; original stiff grey leathergrain printed wrappers; a fine copy; scarce. Melbourne; Bread and Cheese Club; 1943. ***Not in Spence; Renard 455; Rosove 98.A1. The “Morning” commanded by William Colbeck, made two voyages to the relief of SCOTT’S first expedition, 1901-04, with E. R. G. R. EVANS as Second Officer and DOORLY as Third. The introduction is by R. H. Croll. #38173 A$150.00

140 Doorly, Captain Gerald S. THE SONGS OF THE “MORNING”. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 18, [14](music, with calligraphic song titles by J. S. Foreman); frontispiece, full-page illust.; original stiff grey leathergrain printed wrappers; a very good copy; scarce. Melbourne; Bread and Cheese Club; 1943. ***Not in Spence; Renard 455; Rosove 98.A1. The “Morning” commanded by William Colbeck, made two voyages to the relief of SCOTT’S first expedition, 1901-04, with E. R. G. R. EVANS as Second Officer and DOORLY as Third. The introduction is by R. H. Croll. This copy is inscribed and signed to Alan Gross by the Author, and the calligraphic section title is calligraphically inscribed, also to Alan Gross, by the calligrapher, J. S. Foreman. #4000 A$350.00

141 Doumani, George A.; Editor. ANTARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Volume 1, 1965. Prepared at the Library of Congress and Sponsored by the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Demy 4to, First Editions; Vol. I, pp. viii, 508(last 2 blank); sources and 4 indices (author, subject, geographic & grantee); original blue buckram; a nice copy. Washington; Library of Congress; 1965. ***The first volume of a continuing series listing materials on the Antarctic published in the period preceding each publication. An invaluable reference, divided into useful sections of General, Biological Sciences, Cartography, Expeditions, Geological Sciences, Ice & Snow, Logistics, Equipment & Supplies, Medical Sciences, Meteorology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Physics, Terrestrial Physics and Political Geography, supported by comprehensive indices. See Spence 39; Renard 458. #18343 A$65.00

142 [Doumani, George A. and others; Editors]. ANTARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 1951-1961. Prepared by the Library of Congress and Sponsored by the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 350(last blank); author, subject and geographic indices; original blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; a very good ex-library copy with minimal marking. Washington; Library of Congress; 1970. ***This volume, a retrospective bridging the gap between the 1951 U.S. Naval bibliography and the continuing series begun in 1965 listing materials on the Antarctic published from 1962 onwards, is not listed in Spence. Renard 459. #44738 A$150.00

143 Dufek, George J. UNTERNEHMEN TIEFKUHLUNG. Die amerikanische Grossexpedition “Deepfreeze” zur Antarktis im Geophysikalischen Jahr. Mit 18 Abbildungen auf Kunstdrucktafeln und einer Kartenskizze. First Edition in German; pp. 160; double-page map, 16 plates; original quarter cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Wiesbaden; Eberhard Brockhaus; 1958. #38504 A$35.00

144 Duyker, Edward. NATURE’S ARGONAUT. Daniel Solander, 1733-1782. Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks. Med. 8vo, Second Impression; pp. xx, 384(last 3 blank); 4 maps, 36 plates (several coloured), 1 text illust., glossaries of scientific & Swedish terms, appendix, notes, bibliography, indices (botanical, zoological & general); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Carlton South); The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press; 1999). ***No. 17 in the second Miegunyah series. Having co-edited his Collected Correspondence, Duyker concerns himself again with Daniel Solander, naturalist on the Endeavour voyage, and intimately explores this character at the very epicentre of eighteenth century naturalism and exploration. #63367 A$50.00 25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 145 Elliott, John; & Pickersgill, Richard. CAPTAIN COOK’S SECOND VOYAGE: The Journals of Lieutenants Elliott and Pickersgill. Edited and introduced by Christine Holmes. First Edition; pp. xxxii; 48(Elliott); 49-100(Pickersgill, last 3 blank); 3 full-page maps, 24 full-page plates reproduced from Cook’s own account of his second voyage; original brown cloth-grained boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Caliban Books; (1984). ***Renard 481. Both of these accounts are here printed for the first time. The Midshipman (later Lieutenant) Elliott’s holograph “Memoirs” (which cover almost 50 years) are in the British Museum and the unfinished manuscript journal of Third Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill is now in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. #8306 A$145.00

146 Ellsworth, Lincoln. MY FOUR ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 129-138; map, 9 illustrations; extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, July, 1939, in plain wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1939. #36049 A$18.00

147 Elzinga, Aant; Editor. CHANGING TRENDS IN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH. From an International Symposium in Goteborg, 30 September - October 1, 1991 to mark the 30th anniversary year of the Antarctic Treaty, with a special concluding chapter based on a recent evaluation of the activities of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 164(last blank); several maps & text illustrations, glossary, references, 3 appendices, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy. Dordrecht; Kluwer Academic Publishers; (1993). #19270 A$185.00

148 Fanning, Edmund. VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS, China Sea, North-West Coast, Feejee Islands, South Shetlands, &c. &c. With an Account of the New Discoveries Made in the Southern Hemisphere, Between the Years 1830-1837. Also, The Origin, Authorization and Progress of the First American National South Sea Exploring Expedition. With Explanatory Notes relative to the Enterprise. By Edmund Fanning, Author of “Fanning’s Voyages.” Fourth Edition. New-York: William H. Vermilye. 1838. Demy 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 13-324; frontispiece, appendix; original pictorial cloth; a nice copy. [Upper Saddle River, N.J.; The Gregg Press; 1970]. ***Renard 526. Facsimile of the “Fourth Edition” of a quite separate work from the Author’s “Voyages Round the World” which was first published in 1833, and not reprinted until 1924. #25433 A$135.00

149 Fiennes, Sir Ranulph. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. The Transglobe Expedition - the First Pole-to- Pole Circumnavigation of the Globe. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 10, [10](maps), 11-550(last 3 blank); endpaper map, 8 full-page & 1 double-page maps, 24 coloured plates, 10 appendices, index; original quarter cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Arbor House; (1983). ***Renard 530. #10105 A$70.00

150 Filchner, Wilhelm. TO THE SIXTH CONTINENT. The Second German South Polar Expedition. By Wilhelm Filchner with the collaboration of expedition members Alfred King & Eric Przybyllok. Translated and edited with an introduction by William Barr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. 42, viii, 254(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 95 maps & figures, 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original buckram; a fine copy. (Bluntisham and Banham); Bluntisham Books and Erskine Press; 1994. ***The Second German South Polar Expedition, 1911-1913. Originally published in German as “Zum Sechsten Erdteil” in 1922. #55908 A$150.00

151 Filson, Rex B. THE LICHENS AND MOSSES OF MAC.ROBERTSON LAND. Cr. 4to; First Edition; pp. [viii], 170(last blank); 13 figures, 3 full-page, 2 text, & 28 distribution maps, 12 coloured & 29 b/w. plates, references, 4 appendices (including glossary); original green papered boards, gilt device on front board & lettering on spine; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; 1966. ***Not in Spence; Renard 534. This fine work is claimed to be the “first scientific monograph on Antarctic lichens and mosses to be published with illustrations in colour.” P. G. Law’s copy, with his label on endpaper. #3999 A$65.00 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 152 Finkel, George. ANTARCTICA. The Heroic Age. First Edition; pp. 160; endpaper maps, 8 plates; original light blue-grey papered boards, spine gilt; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Collins; (1976). ***Not in Spence; Renard 535. #4015 A$20.00

153 Fisher, Margery & James. SHACKLETON. Drawings by W. E. How who served with the “Endurance” Expedition. First Edition; pp. xvi, 560(last blank); 8 maps & plans (including double endpaper maps and 2 double-page text maps), 48 plates, 4 full-page & 28 other text illustrations including several facsimiles of original documents, (26 illustrations by W. E. How, who served on the Endurance Expedition); 6 appendices, including chronology, references & bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Barrie; (1957). ***Spence 460. #4014 A$150.00

154 Fisher, Raymond H. THE VOYAGE OF SEMEN DEZHNEV IN 1648: Bering’s Precursor. With Selected Documents. First Edition; pp. xiv, 326; folding map, 22 text maps, 3 text illustrations, epilogue (Golder refuted), bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Hakluyt Society; 1981. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 159. #16755 A$65.00

155 Fletcher, Harold. ANTARCTIC DAYS WITH MAWSON. A personal account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31. First U.K. Edition; pp. 316(last 3 blank); endpaper & 3 other maps, 18 full-page & double-page illustrations; original grey cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a fine copy in pictorial dustwrapper. (London); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1984). ***Renard 541. #4012 A$110.00

156 Fletcher, Harold. ANTARCTIC DAYS WITH MAWSON. A personal account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31. First U.K. Edition; another copy, as above; (pp. 117-120 bound out of order, otherwise a fine copy in pictorial dustwrapper). (London); Angus & Robertson Publishers; (1984). ***Renard 541. #64270 A$75.00

157 Fogle, Ben. THE TEATIME ISLANDS. Journeys to Britain’s Faraway Outposts. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 264; coloured endpaper map, 6 double-page maps, 32 coloured plates, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books; (2003). ***Tristan da Cunha, British Indian Ocean Territories, St. Helena, The Falklands, Pitcairn & Ascension Island. #13167 A$60.00

158 Foote, Peter; Editor. OLAUS MAGNUS. Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, Romae 1555. Description of the Northern Peoples, Rome 1555. Translated by Peter Fisher and Humphrey Higgens. With Annotation derived from the Commentary by John Granlund, abridged and augmented. 3 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xcvi, 288; full-page & sketch maps, numerous chapter title vignettes, 2 full-page tables, notes; Vol. II, pp. vi, 289-770; numerous chapter title vignettes, notes, Vol. III, pp. vi, 771-1252(last 4 blank); numerous chapter title vignettes, notes; bibliography, 3 indices, additions, corrections; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1996-98-98.***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volumes 182, 187, 188. #64058 A$250.00

159 Forster, Johann Reinhold: THE RESOLUTION JOURNAL OF JOHANN REINHOLD FORSTER. Edited by Michael E. Hoare. 4 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 182; folding map, coloured frontispiece & 6 b/w. plates (1 folding); Vol. II, pp. viii, 183-370; 5 text maps, 11 plates (2 folding); Vol. III, pp. viii, 371-554; 5 text maps, 10 plates; Vol. IV, pp. viii, 555-834(last 3 blank); 4 text maps, 9 plates, 2 appendices, bibliography, indices; original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, with gilt device on front boards; a fine set in worn dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1982.***Cook’s Second Voyage in which he crossed the Antarctic Circle for the First Time. This journal was only recently discovered, and has never before been published. Hakluyt Society, Second Series Nos. 152-155. #4147 A$275.00 27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 160 Fox, Lorene K. ANTARCTIC ICEBREAKERS. Illustrated with Photographs. [Foreword by Dr. L. M. Gould, Second-in-Command of the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxviii, 320(last blank); folding coloured map, 31 plates, illustrated endpapers; original blue cloth, with device on front board and lettering on spine in silver; a very nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. New York; Junior Books & Doubleday, Doran; 1937. ***Spence 472; Renard 554. This is NOT juvenile literature, but is a good survey of first explorers rather than icebreaking ships. #11248 A$135.00

161 Fram Museet: FRAM. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 44; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations & maps; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Oslo; Fram Museet; N.D. [c. 2000].***An account of the Fram, Nansen and Amundsen’s famous ship. Text in English, Norwegian and German. #24045 A$35.00

162 Fricker, Dr. Karl. ANTARKTIS. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], viii, 230, [8](adv.); coloured folding map, 8 plates, numerous text illustrations & a few maps, index; original decorated half cloth, limp boards; uncut; (upper corner cut from front board; internally fine and clean); a very good copy; scarce. Berlin; Schall & Grund; 1898. ***Bibliothek der Landerkunde herausgegeben von Alfred Kirchoff und Rudolf Fitzner, Band I. Spence 484; Rosove 143.A1. #36042 A$650.00

163 Frost, Thomas. HALF-HOURS WITH THE EARLY EXPLORERS. With numerous Illustrations. F’cap 4to, First Edition(?); pp. 240(last 2 blank); numerous fine wood-engraved illustrations in text; original pictorial cloth, gilt; gilt edges; (some occasional minor soiling); a very good copy. London; Cassell, Petter, & Galpin; N.D. [c. 1875]. ***Partially erased prize bookplate dated 19th December, 1877 on front pastedown. Includes Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville, Bartolomeo Diaz, Christovao Columbo, Vasco de Gama, Sebastian de Cabota, Amerigo de Vespucci, Francisco de Alvarez, Giovanni de Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, Francisco de Ulloa, Marco de Nica, Sir Hugh Willoughby, Anthony Jenkinson, Martin Frobisher, Sir Francis Drake, John Davis, Andrew Battell, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Barentz, Oliver van Noort, and others. #19785 A$85.00

164 Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund. QUER UBER DEN SUDPOL 1958. Die Bezwingung des sechsten Kontinents. Mit 32 farbigen und 63 einfarbigen Fotos 8 Karten. First Edition in German; pp. 320; endpaper & 8 text maps, 32 col & 32 b/w. plates, glossary, appendix; original cloth; a very good copy. Wien, Berlin, Frankfurt; Ullstein; (1958). ***German Edition of “The Crossing of Antarctica”. #9758 A$45.00

165 Fuchs, Sir Vivian, & Hillary, Sir Edmund. THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 340(last 2 blank); endpaper & 9 other maps, 30 coloured & 32 b/w. plates (2 double-page); glossary, appendices, index; (some foxing); original cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1958). ***Spence 490; Renard 567. Signed “Ed Hillary” on title-page. #4025 A$85.00

166 Fuchs, Sir Vivian. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. First Edition; pp. [xvi], 192(last 2 blank); 9 maps & plans, 1 double-page & 14 full-page coloured plates, numerous text illustrations; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1959). ***Spence 489; Renard 573. #4027 A$45.00

167 Furneaux, Rupert. TOBIAS FURNEAUX: Circumnavigator. First Edition; pp. xii, 188(last blank); double-page map, 9 plates; bibliography, sources, index; original cloth; (name on endpaper); a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Cassell; (1960). ***Furneaux commanded the Adventure during Cook’s Second Voyage. Beddie 4443; Not in Spence nor in Renard. #4743 A$175.00

168 Galton, Francis; Editor. VACATION TOURISTS AND NOTES OF TRAVEL IN 1860. First Edition; pp. viii, 484(last blank); 4 maps (1 folding), a few illustrations in text; contemporary half morocco, with cloth sides (spine a little rubbed); top edge gilt; a very good copy. Cambridge & London; Macmillan and 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Co.; 1861. ***Galton edits thirteen travel accounts including his own “Visit to North Spain”, John Tyndall’s traverse to the Aeggishhorn, “The Allelein-Horn,” by the Rev. Leslie Stephen (father of Virginia Woolf), H. F. Tozer’s account of his visit to Norway, C. C. Bowen’s “Visit to Peru”, and Roden Noel’s account of “Syrian Travel, and Syrian Tribes”. This volume became the first of a series, two others being issued in subsequent years. #24205 A$375.00

169 Giaever, John. THE WHITE DESERT. The Official Account of the Norwegian- British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition. With Contributions by Gordon De Q. Robin, E. F. Roots, Valter Schytt and Brian Walford, and a Foreword by J. M. Wordie, President of the Royal Geographical Society. Translated from the Norwegian by E. M. Huggard. Med. 8vo, First Edition in English; pp. 304, 10 maps & diagrams, 31 plates; appendix; original blue cloth, spine gilt; a nice copy in slightly torn blue pictorial dustwrapper. London; Chatto & Windus; 1954. ***Spence 509; Renard 584. #37785 A$110.00

170 Giaever, John. STATION IM EIS. Zwei Jahre in der Antarktis. Die Norwegisch-Britisch-Schwedische wissenschaftliche Antarktisexpedition 1949-1952. First Edition in German; pp. 388; 4 maps, 36 plates, 2 figures, biographical appendix; original decorated cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Gotha; Veb Hermann Haack; 1956. #26090 A$40.00

171 Golder, F. A. BERING’S VOYAGES. An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to Determine the Relation of Asia and America. In Two Volumes. Volume I: The Log Books and Official Reports of the First and Second Expeditions 1725-1730 and 1733-1742. With a Chart of the Second Voyage by Ellsworth P. Bertholf. [Volume II: Steller’s Journal of the Sea Voyage from Kamchatka to America and Return on the Second Expedition 1741-1742. Translated and in part annotated by Leonhard Stejneger]. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], x, 372(last blank); 2 folding, 1 double-page & 5 full-page charts & maps, 8 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. [ii], xii, 290, [4] (Errata, last 3 blank); 2 folding, 3 full-page & 3 smaller charts & maps, 10 plates, 8 text illustrations (5 full-page), numerous tables, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth (a little rubbed & very mildly soiled, but a very good set); very scarce. New York; American Geographical Society; 1922-25. ***American Geographical Society, Research Series Nos. 1 & 2, W. L. G. Joerg, Editor. #4152 A$550.00

172 Goodall, Daphne Machin. THE SEVENTH CONTINENT. [A Woman’s Journey to Antarctica]. With a Foreword by Lord Mountevans, Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa of Sweden; Chairman of the Anglo-Swedish Group and Vice-Chairman Anglo-Norwegian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Small cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 74, [2](blank); double-page map, 7 coloured & 16 b/w. plates; original boards; (a tiny piece cut from upper corner of half-title). Royston; Hertfordshire, The Priory Press Ltd.; (1969). ***Spence 515; Renard 596. The author of the foreword is E. R. G. R. Evans’ son. #3998 A$25.00

173 Gorman, James. OCEAN ENOUGH AND TIME. Discovering the Waters Around Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xiv, 190, [4](blank); 8 plates, notes, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (New York); HarperCollins Publishers; (1995). #47315 A$75.00

174 Gould, Laurence McKinley. COLD. The Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey. By Laurence McKinley Gould Second in Command Byrd Antarctic Expedition. With 47 illustrations from photographs by the author, two maps and two color reproductions of paintings by David Paige. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), x, 276(last blank); 2 folding maps, 2 coloured plates & 32 b/w. plates, 4 full-page plans, 2 full-page diagrams, index; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. New York; Brewer, Warren and Putnam; 1931. ***Spence 517; Renard 604. This account relates the story of a 1500 mile journey by dog-sled and ski across the Antarctic ice. #62496 A$285.00

175 Grattan, C. Hartley. THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC TO 1900. A Modern History: Australia, New Zealand, The Islands, Antarctica. [with] THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC SINCE 1900. [Etc.]. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo, First Editions; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 558, xviii(index, last blank); 1 text, 3 double-page 29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books & 6 full-page maps, reading list, index; Vol. II, pp. [ii], x, 760, xxviii(index); 1 double-page & 10 full-page maps, bibliography, index; original blue-black buckram, lettered in silver & decorated in gilt on both spines and front boards; a nice set. Ann Arbor; The University of Michigan Press; (1963). ***Spence 527 (second volume only); Renard 612. #11225 A$135.00

176 Gray, William R. VOYAGES TO PARADISE: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook. Photographed by Gordon W. Gahan. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 216; a few sketch maps, numerous coloured illustrations (several double & full-page), index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. Washington, D.C.; National Geographic Society; (1981). #23420 A$65.00

177 Greely, A. W.; Brigadier-General United States Army. HANDBOOK OF ARCTIC DISCOVERIES. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xii, 288(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 11 maps (6 folding), index; original red decorated cloth, gilt; top edge dyed; a very nice copy; scarce. Boston; Roberts Brothers; M DCCC XC VII [1897]. ***First published in 1895. Columbian Knowledge Series, Edited by Professor Todd, Number III. #11291 A$75.00

178 Greely, Major General A. W.; U.S. Army. AMERICAN DISCOVERERS OF THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT. Impl. 8vo; pp. 298-312; full-page map, 7 illustrations; [contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine for March, 1912, Volume XXIII, Number Three]; original wrappers (small defect to base of spine); a very nice copy; very scarce. Washington, D.C.; National Geographic Society; 1912. ***Containing also “The Forgotten Ruins of Indo-China” [Angkor Wat] by Jacob E. Conner, pp. 209-272, with 63 illusts. (mainly full-page) and 2 full-page maps. #37646 A$165.00

179 Gudmundsson, Kristmann. DAS BRAUTKLEID. Islandischer Roman. F’cap 4to, First Edition; pp. [3]-178(lacking half-title), [2](blank); several illustrations; original decorated cloth. Berlin; Buchergilde Gutenberg; (1930). #23050 A$25.00

180 Gurney, Alan. BELOW THE CONVERGENCE. Voyages Toward Antarctica 1699-1839. Med. 8vo, First Edition, Second Impression; pp. [xii], 316(last blank); 3 double-page maps, 13 other maps, 15 illustrations, bibliography, index; original half cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; W. W. Norton & Company; (1997). #63504 A$110.00

181 Hakluyt, Richard. THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS VOYAGES TRAFFIQUES & DIS­ COVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION. Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres, by Richard Hakluyt Preacher, and sometime Student of Christ-Church in Oxford. 12 vols., 8vo; Vol. I, pp. xvi, [ii], xvii-lxxx, 356; 2 large folding maps, portrait & 4 facsimile title-pages; Vol. II, pp. xiv, 488; 2 large folding maps, 4 portraits & 1 other plate, 1 text illust.; Vol. III, pp. xviii, 486; 3 large folding maps, 4 portraits & 1 other plate; Vol. IV, pp. xviii, 458; 3 large folding maps, 5 portraits & 4 other plates (1 folding), 3 text illustrations; Vol. V, pp. xviii, 512; 3 large folding maps, 3 portraits & 4 other plates; Vol. VI, pp. xviii, 528; 4 large folding maps, 4 portraits & 4 other plates (1 folding); Vol. VII, pp. xviii, 468(last blank); 5 large folding maps, 4 portraits & 1 folding plate; Vol. VIII, pp. xvi, 488(last blank); 4 large folding maps, 2 portraits & 4 other plates (1 folding); Vol. IX, pp. xviii, 474; 3 large folding maps, 3 portraits & 2 other plates; Vol. X, pp. xx, 502; 3 large folding maps, 3 portraits & 2 other plates (1 folding), 1 text illust.; Vol. XI, pp. xx, 460(last blank); 3 large folding maps, 2 portraits & 3 other plates (1 folding); Vol. XII, pp. xvi, 472(last blank); 2 large folding maps, 1 other folding plate, extensive general index (240 pp.) and index to ships; contemporary half mottled calf (joints a little rubbed), with marbled sides; top edge gilt, others uncut; (some minor foxing & browning); a nice set; scarce. Glasgow; James MacLehose and Sons, Publishers to the University; MCMIII [1903]. ***The best modern edition, being a complete reprint of the original work, copiously illustrated from contemporary sources, and thoroughly indexed. #16729 A$1650.00 30 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 182 Harris, Colin M. and Stonehouse, Bernard; Editors. ANTARCTICA AND GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE. First Edition; pp. xvi, 198, [2](blank); several maps & figures, references, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Belhaven Press in association with Scott Polar Research Institute; (1991). #10106 A$145.00

183 Harrowfield, David L. SLEDGING INTO HISTORY. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 120(last blank); 11 maps & figures, 82 coloured illusts on 32 plates, 42 b/w. illustrations, 6 appendices containing useful historical data & lists of personnel, bibliography, index; original light blue cloth grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; (boards, endpapers & a couple of leaves slightly soiled); a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Auckland); Macmillan; (1981). ***An account, with wonderful and revealing photographs, of the work of volunteers repairing, recording and preserving the huts and other relics of early Antarctic exploring expeditions. Renard 660. #2462 A$115.00

184 Hayes, J. Gordon. ANTARCTICA: A Treatise on the Southern Continent. Thick roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 448; 6 folding maps (4 in end-pocket, THESE 4 IN FACSIMILE ONLY), 8 full-page maps, 16 plates, addenda, glaciological glossary, appendices (including bibliography), tables, schedules, etc., index; original light blue buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; scarce. London; The Richards Press Limited; (1928). ***Spence 574; Renard 673. An important detailed survey both historical and scientific, setting out the limits of knowledge and how it was obtained and with suggestions for the furtherance of knowledge of the region. #34594 A$220.00

185 Hayter, Adrian. THE YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN. One Year at Scott Base, Antarctica: a personal impression. First Edition; pp. 192(last blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, appendix; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (London); Hodder and Stoughton; (1968). ***Spence 578; Renard 679. #4811 A$45.00

186 Heacox, Kim. SHACKLETON THE ANTARCTIC CHALLENGE. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. 216; double-page coloured map, numerous coloured illustrations, index; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Washington, D.C.; National Geographic; [1999]. #47468 A$65.00

187 Heawood, Edward. A HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xii, 482(last 7 blank); 3 folding maps, 25 text maps, 26 text illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a fine copy. New York; Octagon Books; (1965). ***First published 1912 by Cambridge University Press. #64077 A$95.00

188 Helm, A. S., & Miller, J. H. ANTARCTICA. The story of the New Zealand Party of the Trans- Antarctic Expedition. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 436(last blank); endpaper maps, 8 coloured & 32 b/w. plates; appendices, bibliography, index; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Wellington; Government Printer; 1964. ***Spence 582; Renard 696. #4002 A$95.00

189 Henry, Thomas R. THE WHITE CONTINENT. The Story of Antarctica. First Edition, Second (or later) impression; pp. xii, 260(last 3 blank); map; original quarter cream cloth (spine soiled). New York; William Sloane Associates, Publishers; (1950). ***Spence 584; Renard 701. #41990 A$15.00

190 Henry, Thomas R. THE WHITE CONTINENT. The Story of Antarctica. First Edition, Second impression; pp. xii, 260(last 3 blank); map; original quarter cream cloth, blue cloth-grained papered sides, spine lettered in blue; a very good copy in worn, price-clipped dustwrapper. New York; William Sloane Associates, Publishers; (1950). ***Spence 584; Renard 701. “Second Printing” is stated on title-verso. #4032 A$50.00 31 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 191 Herdman, H. F. P.; M.Sc. DISCOVERY REPORTS. Volume VI. Charts 1-7. Illustrating REPORT ON SOUNDINGS TAKEN DURING THE DISCOVERY INVESTIGATIONS, 1926-1932. Heavy card folder, so titled, containing 7 very fine large folding charts; the folder broken, but the charts in fine clean and unmarked condition; very scarce. No Imprint [Cambridge; Cambridge University Press (for the Discovery Committee); c. 1932-76]. #38386 A$250.00

192 Hillary, Sir Edmund. NO LATITUDE FOR ERROR. First Edition; pp. 256(last blank); 6 maps, 23 plates, 2 diagrams, index; original black cloth-grained papered boards, spine gilt; (some foxing; torn & soiled dustwrapper). London; Hodder & Stoughton; (1961). ***Spence 592; Renard 721. #4030 A$35.00

193 Hoare, Michael E. THE TACTLESS PHILOSOPHER. Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98). Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xvi], x, 422(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates; illust., family tree, appendices, list of Forster’s works, bibliography, index; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. Melbourne; Hawthorn; (1976). ***Forster was naturalist with Cook on H.M.S. Resolution during its voyage across the Antarctic Circle. Renard 727; Not in Spence. #2026 A$110.00

194 Holm, Theo. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume V: Botany. Part B. Contributions to the Morphology, Synonymy, and Geographical Distribution of Arctic Plants. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 140(last blank); several illustrations & figures, bibliography; original wrappers; a nice copy. Ottawa; F. A. Acland; 1922. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8291 A$85.00

195 Honnywill, Eleanor. THE CHALLENGE OF ANTARCTICA with a Foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Second Edition (revised & expanded); pp. 128(last blank); 7 maps & 36 illustrations (some full-page), chronological list of expeditions, bibliography, index; original dark green cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oswestry; Shropshire), Anthony Nelson; (1984). ***First published in 1969. Renard 742. #7585 A$35.00

196 Houben, H. H. STURM AUF DEN SUDPOL. Abenteuer und Heldentum der Sudpolfahrer. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 306, [2](adv.); endpaper maps, 46 illustrations on 40 plates; original decorated cloth (spine faded & worn; a couple of leaves torn & repaired; a few pen marks). Berlin; Im Verlag Ullstein; (1934). ***Not in Spence; USN 23.328. #36039 A$120.00

197 Huntford, Roland. THE AMUNDSEN PHOTOGRAPHS. Edited and Introduced by Roland Huntford. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 200(last blank); 3 full-page maps, 168 illustrations from original photographs taken on Amundsen’s expeditions (over half in colour), epilogue, index; original dark brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Hodder & Stoughton; (1987). ***Including Amundsen’s North-West Expedition 1903-06, the South Pole Expedition 1910-12, and the Maud Land Expedition 1918-23, with maps of each; a most interesting book and essential for any polar collection. Renard 765. #19370 A$275.00

198 Hurley, Captain Frank. ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH: Being a Narrative of Voyagings and Polar Seas and Adventures in the Antarctic with Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton. With 75 illustrations and maps. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xvi, 290, [ii](blank); 2 folding maps, 70 plates containing 75 illustrations; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt, others uncut; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (lacking the preliminary blank leaf at front, perhaps never present); a very nice, bright copy; very scarce. New York and London; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1925. ***Spence 615; Renard 768: Rosove 178.A1. #4040 A$2600.00

199 Hurley, Captain Frank. ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH: Another copy, as above; recent binder’s cloth; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a couple of small marginal tears and creases; minor waterstain to lower outer 32 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books corner of last half of book; otherwise a very good, clean copy); scarce. New York and London; G. P. Putnam’s, Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1925. ***Spence 615; U.S.N. 23.294; Renard 768. #34852 A$1100.00

200 Icenhower, J. B.; Capt. U.S.N. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ANTARCTIC. Pictures by Rus Anderson. Small 4to, Seventh Impression; pp. 72(including endpapers); numerous illustrations, index; original blue-grey plasticised cloth, lettered in black on spine & front board; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; Franklin Watts, Inc.; 1956. ***Spence 618; Renard 781. One of a series of “The First Books” for children. #40845 A$20.00

201 Illustrated London News: ENGLAND VERSUS AMERICA FOR THE SOTH POLE. Double- page spread containing three maps and three illustrations with accompanying text speculating on the proposed expeditions of Scott and Shackleton and one by Peary; contained in the complete issue for Feb. 19, 1910, folio, 28 pp. plus advertising wrappers; in fine condition. London; Illustrated London News; 1910. #37751 A$75.00

202 Illustrated London News: HEARD ISLAND. Double-page spread containing 10 photographs and accompanying text of “Scenes of Newly-Occupied Heard Island”, contained in the complete issue for Feb. 7, 1948, folio, 28 pp. plus advertising wrappers (these outer wrappers detached but present); very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1948. ***This expedition was later the subject of Scholes’ book “Fourteen Men”. #34548 A$25.00

203 Illustrated London News: DECEPTION ISLAND. Double-page spread containing map, 11 photographs and accompanying text of “The Southernmst British Colony - To be visited by the Argentine Minister of Marine, the Landscape and Conditions of Deception Island”, contained in the complete issue for Feb. 27, 1954, folio, 44 pp. plus advertising wrappers; in very good condition. London; Illustrated London News; 1954. ***Containing also four pages on the Australian Royal Tour. #37829 A$30.00

204 Illustrated London News: ANTARCTICA. Two pages comprising large map of Antarctica: The Subject of New International Scientific Research, with accompanying text, and 3 photographs of Deception Island (also with text); contained in the complete issue for Dec. 29, 1956, folio, 36 pp. plus advertising wrappers; very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1956. ***Containing also a double-page spread on Norfolk Island. #37844 A$25.00

205 Illustrated London News: ANTARCTICA. Two pages comprising seven photographs with accompanying text celebrating the reaching of Scott Base by Fuchs’ party; contained in the complete issue for Mar. 8, 1958, folio, 44 pp. plus advertising wrappers; very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1958. ***With two pages also on the visit of the Queen Mother to Australia. #37953 A$30.00

206 Illustrated [Magazine]: ANTARCTIC TRIUMPH: Three consecutive issues of ILLUSTRATED (May 10, 17 & 24, 1958) including the “first magnificent colour pictures of the Commonwealth expedition” comprising eleven pages in all (seven in colour) with accompanying text celebrating the successful crossing of Antarctica; complete issues; very good. [London; Odhams Press]; 1958. #38218 A$35.00

207 Illustrated London News: ANTARCTICA. Two pages comprising map of Antarctica and four photographs with accompanying text celebrating the reaching of the pole by Hillary’s party (2 photos.) and commemorating the achievements of Amundsen and Scott (1 photo. each); contained in the complete issue for Jan. 11, 1958, folio, 36 pp. plus advertising wrappers; very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1958. #37845 A$25.00

208 Illustrated London News: ANTARCTICA. Two pages comprising three photographs with accompanying text celebrating the reaching of the pole by Fuchs’ party; contained in the complete issue 33 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books for Jan. 25, 1958, folio, 44 pp. plus advertising wrappers (a little spotted); very good. London; Illustrated London News; 1958. #37846 A$25.00

209 Jackson, Frederick G. A THOUSAND DAYS IN THE ARCTIC. With Preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., Ll.D. Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and Drawings by R. W. Macbeth, A.R.A., Clifford Carlton, Harry C. Edwards, & F. W. Frohawk, from Data furnished by the Author. With Five Original Maps. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo, First Edition, U.K. Issue; Vol. I, pp. xxii, 552(last blank); 2 folding maps (1 coloured), 2 portrait frontispieces, 38 full-page illustrations, 38 text illustrations (that on p. 191 unlisted), 1 line drawing (unlisted), 5 tables; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 580; 3 coloured folding maps, 1 full-page map, frontispiece, 2 plates (including folding panorama), 19 full-page illustrations & 91 text illustrations, diagramatic section of strata at Cape Flora, 7 listed tables & about 12 others, 175 pp. appendix (comprising most extensive notes on the eggs, birds, botany, meteorology, aurora, geology, celestial mensuration, soil & water temperatures, tides & winds minutely observed over the period of the expedition in Franz Josef Land), index; original cloth, gilt; top edges gilt, others uncut; (slight wear to ends of joints; name on half-titles; the occasional fox spot); a fine, clean & crisp set; very scarce. London and New York; Harper & Brothers; 1899. ***Arctic Bibliog. 7943. #27375 A$950.00

210 Jenness, D. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume XII: The Copper Eskimos. Part B. Physical Characteristics of the Copper Eskimos. Southern Party, 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 66(last blank); 12 plates; original wrappers. Ottawa; F. A. Acland; 1923. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8353 A$125.00

211 Johansen, Hjalmar; Lieutenant in the Norwegian Navy. WITH NANSEN IN THE NORTH. A Record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-96. Translated from the Norwegian by H. L. Braekstad. First Edition in English; pp. viii, 352(last blank); 8(adv.); full-page map & 15 plates printed in green ink, 49 text illusts; entirely uncut in the original gilt-decorated cloth (slightly rubbed); a very nice copy; very scarce. London; Ward, Lock and Co. Limited; 1899. ***Arctic Bibliography 8185. #3913 A$475.00

212 Johansen, Hjalmar; Lieutenant in the Norwegian Navy. WITH NANSEN IN THE NORTH. A Record of the Fram Expedition in 1893-96. Translated from the Norwegian by H. L. Braekstad. First Edition in English; pp. viii, 352(last blank); 8(adv.); full-page map & 15 plates printed in green ink, 49 text illusts; original gilt-decorated cloth (very slightly marked; some minor foxing); a very nice copy; very scarce. London; Ward, Lock and Co. Limited; 1899. ***Arctic Bibliography 8185. This copy, in slightly shorter, but otherwise identical publisher’s binding, has trimmed edges, while some other copies are uncut. #37498 A$450.00

213 Johnson, Clive. LAND OF THE ICE KING. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; endpaper map, lavishly illustrated with fine coloured photos.; bibliography; original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Shrewsbury); Swan Hill Press (An imprint of Airlife Publishing); (1990). ***Renard 812. #43734 A$110.00

214 Johnson, Stanley. ANTARCTICA: THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 206, [4](blank); 2 full-page maps, bibliography, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in silver; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; (1985). ***Renard 813. #19888 A$60.00

215 Jones, A. G. E. ANTARCTICA OBSERVED. Who Discovered the Antarctic Continent? First Edition; pp. x, 118; 6 maps and charts, 4 plates, appendix, index; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Whitby Yorkshire; Caedmon of Whitby; (1982). ***Renard 816. Including Cook and those before him, and Captain William Smith, Bellingshausen, and Nathaniel Palmer. #2459 A$95.00 34 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 216 Joppien, Rudiger & Smith, Bernard. THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES. Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xiv], 274; several hundred illustrations in coloured & b/w.; bibliography; index; original papered boards (one corner slightly bumped); a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1985). ***A substantial and important work - many of the illustrations are previously unpublished. #41254 A$250.00

217 Joppien, Rudiger & Smith, Bernard. THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK’S VOYAGES. Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Another copy, as above; (pages x, xi, xiv and 1 overprinted with other pages; otherwise quite sound & complete & a fine copy in dustwrapper). Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1985). ***A substantial and important work - many of the illustrations are previously unpublished. #11935 A$135.00

SIGNED BY BOTH JOYCE AND RICHARDS 218 Joyce, Ernest. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL. By Ernest E. Mills Joyce (Albert Medal). The Log of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. With an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc., LL.D. First Edition; pp. 220; full-page chart of journey, 32 plates, notes; original cloth; a very nice, clean copy; very scarce. London; Duckworth; 1929. ***Inscribed and signed on half-title by Joyce to Lorna Countess Howe from “An Ould Antarctic Penguin”, 1931, and also signed with a later inscription by R. W. Richards on endpaper: “R W Richards. My sledgmate for 6 months a good pal”. #33972 A$2500.00

219 June, Harold. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF HAROLD JUNE, Admiral Byrd’s Pilot over the South Pole 1929, and Chief Pilot and Chief of Staff on the second expedition to the Antarctic 1933-1935. Dark sepia toned original photograph 126 by 205 mm showing the explorer dressed in polar aviator’s garb with fur lined boots and jacket, leather cap and goggles, against a white background; captioned in manuscript on reverse; in fine condition. No imprint [U.S.A.; c. 1950?]. #39618 A$50.00

220 Kane, Elisha Kent. ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ‘54, ‘55. Illustrated by upwards of Three Hundred Engravings, from Sketches by the Author. The steel plates executed under the superintendence of J. M. Butler, the wood engravings by van Ingen & Snyder. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. 464; folding map, engraved (additional) title & 12 plates, numerous text illustrations, glossary of Arctic terms; Vol. II, pp. 468(last blank), [2](blank); 1 folding & 1 full-page maps, engraved (additional) title & 8 plates; numerous text illusts; 18 appendices; in all about 280 text illustrations & 2 sketch maps; original black cloth, gilt; (spine ends & corners a little worn; some minor foxing, especially to plate margins, but a very good set); scarce. Philadelphia; Childs & Peterson; 1856. #3811 A$650.00

221 Kane, Elisha Kent. ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS in Search of Sir John Franklin. By Elisha Kent Kane, M.D., U.S.N. With Numerous Illustrations and a Map. Pp. [ii], xii, [11]-444; folding map, 5 double-page & 9 full-page plates & 60 text illustrations, glossary of Arctic terms; original cloth; (a couple of corners creased; slight nick to top of front joint, otherwise a fine fresh copy). London; T. Nelson and Sons; 1898. ***With prize inscription on the preliminary blank: ‘Special Prize for “Grammar” Awarded to Miss Mary Coburn at Xmas Examination, 1900 Convent High School, Wilcannia.’. #37634 A$135.00

222 Kearton, Cherry. THE ISLAND OF PENGUINS. With Forty-Six Photographs and a Map. New Edition (=Third Edition); pp. xviii, 19-224; full-page sketch map, 31 plates; original yellow cloth; a very good copy in defective dustwrapper. London; Longmans, Green and Co.; 1932. #4055 A$45.00

223 Kramp, Dr. P. L. MEDUSAE. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv], 155-163, [3](blank); bibliography; original wrappers. Adelaide; B.A.N.Z.A.R. Expedition Committe; 1957. ***B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Reports Series B (Zoology and Botany) Volume VI Part 8. #64400 A$15.00 35 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 224 Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich. EXPLORATIONS OF KAMCHATKA. North Pacific Scimitar. Opisanie Zemli Kamchatki. Report of a journey made to explore eastern Siberia in 1735-1741, by order of the Russian Imperial Government. Translated with Introduction and Notes by E. A. P. Crownhart-Vaughan. Impl. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. [v], xxxiv, 375; endpaper map, 1 double-page, 2 full-page & 2 other maps, 18 full-page & 11 text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth (rebacked, with new endpaper maps); a very good copy; scarce. Portland; Oregon Historical Society; 1972. #53078 A$135.00

225 Land, Barbara. THE NEW EXPLORERS. Women in Antarctica. Illustrated with photographs. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224; 3 maps (1 full-page), 72 illustrations (a few full-page), index; original sand cloth, spine lettered in black; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Dodd, Mead & Company; (1981). ***The original publisher’s issue. Renard 861. #43791 A$40.00

226 Lanting, Frans. PINGUIN. Herausgegeben von Christine Eckstrom. 4to, First Edition; pp. 168; numerous coloured plates; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Koln; Taschen; (1999). #8956 A$65.00

227 Laseron, Charles Francis. SOUTH WITH MAWSON. Reminiscences of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. First U.K. Edition; pp. 224; endpaper maps, 14 plates; original grey cloth, spine lettered in dark blue; a fine copy in worn dustwrapper. London & Sydney; George G. Harrap, in association with the Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; (1947). ***Spence 683; this edition not in Renard. The Author was assistant biologist to the expedition. #42151 A$175.00

228 Laseron, Charles Francis. SOUTH WITH MAWSON. Reminiscences of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. 2nd Edition; pp. xii, 196(last blank); endpaper maps, 15 plates; original papered boards; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Sydney; Angus & Robertson; (1957). ***Contains an entirely new set of illustrations. This Edition not in Spence; Renard 874. #4052 A$110.00

229 Laseron, Charles Francis. SOUTH WITH MAWSON. Reminiscences of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. 2nd Edition; pp. xii, 196(last blank); endpaper maps, 15 plates; original papered boards (a little soiled; spine faded). Sydney; Angus & Robertson; (1957). ***Contains an entirely new set of illustrations. This Edition not in Spence; Renard 874. #64373 A$45.00

230 Law, Phillip & Bechervaise, John. ANARE. Australia’s Antarctic Outposts. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 152; endpaper & other maps, numerous illustrations (many full-page & some coloured); appendix, index; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1957. ***Spence 692. #4139 A$95.00

231 Law, Phillip & Bechervaise, John. ANARE. Australia’s Antarctic Outposts. Another copy, as above; original cloth; a good, sound copy. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; 1957. #42148 A$60.00

232 Law, Phillip. AUSTRALIAN COASTAL EXPLORATIONS IN ANTARCTICA, 1959. Pp. [427]-436(last blank); 1 plate & 2 maps; contained in The Geographical Journal, Vol. CXXVII Part 4, December, 1961. London; The Geographical Society; 1961. ***Not in Spence; Renard 884 (separate edition). This issue of the Journal contains also interesting articles on South Chilean Islands, by M. W. Holdgate; Highland Peoples of New Guinea, by H. C. Brookfield; Coastal Barriers of East Gippsland, by E. C. F. Bird; and several others. #29891 A$75.00

233 Law, Phillip [& others]. ANTARCTICA. Cr. 4to; pp. 97-144; 5 maps, 34 photo. illustrations, 2 figures; original wrappers. Sydney; Australian Museum; 1968. ***Comprising the entire issue of the journal Australian Natural History, Vol. 16, No. 4, for December, 1968, and containing 16 more pages than usual. The articles cover geology, meteorites, plant life, whales, coastal fishes, & invertebrates. Renard 893. #43783 A$55.00 36 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 234 Laws, Richard. ANTARCTICA. The Last Frontier. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. 208; endpaper map, a few text maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, references, index; original dark blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Anglia Television Limited, Boxtree; (1989). ***Renard 895. #27681 A$40.00

235 Lewis, The Hon. John. [THE ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT to the The Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch. Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting on the 30th October, 1914]. Pp. 56(last blank); 4 portraits; disbound, without the map, from the Proceedings of the Society; scarce. [Adelaide; W. K. Thomas & Co., Printers; 1915]. ***Principally on Land Exploration especially the expeditions of Sturt, Eyre & Strzelecki, but including short mention of the Australian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson. #64762 A$25.00

236 Liotard, Andre-Frank & Pommier, Robert. TERRE ADELIE 1949-1952. Preface de Paul-Emile Victor. 95 photographies en noir et en couleurs de Robert Pommier, Rene Gros, Maurice Harders, Mario Marret, Jean Sapin-Jaloustre, Yves Vallette. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 48, 72(plates, last blank); 3 maps & plan (loosely inserted), 70 plates (8 coloured); original wrappers (slightly worn; unobtrusive ink stain to inside cover; ink inscription to head of Page 5)); a very good copy; scarce. Paris; Arthaud; (1952). #9514 A$110.00

237 Liversidge, Douglas. THE LAST CONTINENT. First Edition; pp. 248; 1 folding & 1 full-page map, 16 plates; index; original dark wine-red cloth, spine lettered in silver; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (London); Jarrolds; (1958). ***Spence 719; Renard 928. #43810 A$45.00

238 Lloyd, Christopher. MR. BARROW OF THE ADMIRALTY. A Life of Sir John Barrow 1764-1848. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 endpaper maps, full-page map, 12 plates, appendix, sources, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; Collins; 1970. ***A biography of the remarkable explorer, administrator and writer. #11956 A$75.00

239 Lorius, Claude. ANTARCTIQUE CONTINENT DE L’EXTREME. 4to, First Edition; pp. 120; including 96 coloured plates, a few maps & illustrations in text; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Paris); Editions Denoel; (1991). #8933 A$50.00

240 Lovering, J. F. and Prescott, J. R. V. LAST OF LANDS ... ANTARCTICA. First Edition, pp. xii, 212; 14 illustrations, 37 maps and figures, 2 appendices, index; original stiff wrappers; (some foxing). (Carlton); Melbourne University Press; 1979. ***Renard 938. #16499 A$25.00

241 Lucas, Mike. ANTARCTICA. Square 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. 160; numerous col. illusts., bibliog., index; a fine copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. New York; Abbeville Press; (1996). #19944 A$50.00

242 Ludlam, Harry. CAPTAIN SCOTT. The Full Story. First Edition; pp. 240(last blank); 2 maps (1 full-page), 17 plates, index; original black cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; (name label & inscription on endpaper); a very good copy; scarce. London; W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd.; (1965). ***Spence 729; Renard 946. #4064 A$65.00

243 McCormick, Robert. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, and Round the World: being personal Narratives of Attempts to reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty’s Ships “Erebus” and “Terror,” in Her Majesty’s Boat “Forlorn Hope,” under the Command of the Author. To which are added an Autobiography, Appendix, Portraits, Maps, and numerous Illustrations. By Deputy Inspector- General R. M’Cormick, R.N., F.R.C.S., Chief Medical Officer, Naturalist, and Geologist to the Expeditions. 2 vols., super roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. xx, 432; fine tinted litho. portrait as frontispiece, 1 full-page 37 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books tinted map, 26 tinted litho. plates including 5 fine folding panoramic views of Antarctic regions, 29 woodcuts in text; Vol. 2, pp. xii, 412; 1 folding & 1 full-page tinted litho. maps, litho. portrait frontispiece & 1 other portrait, 10 tinted litho. plates, 24 woodcut plates, 18 woodcuts in text, appendix, index; original blue cloth, finely decorated in black & lettered in gilt on spines and front boards; uncut; (some occasional mild foxing; one gathering slightly carelessly opened, with very minor loss of blank margin; rear endpaper to Vol. I a little cracked at hinge); a very nice, externally bright and attractive set; rare. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington; 1884. ***Spence 747; Renard 1051 (some errors in map/plate collation; here corrected); Rosove 221.A1 variant d; Not in Ferguson. The Author was a participant in James Clark Ross’s voyage to the Antarctic and the greater part of Volume I contains his narrative of that expedition, including remarks on Tasmania. At the end of this volume are the Author’s plans for reaching both North and South Poles. Volume II contains the account of a voyage in search of Franklin, the Author’s suggestions for the preservation of health in polar conditions, and an autobiography. No expense was spared in the production and the panoramas of the Antarctic in Volume I are particularly fine. We have learned that a letter of McCormick’s indicates that he financed the publication himself and that only 750 copies were produced (ref. Bob Finch, personal communication; see also references to this in Rosove). This, together with the fact that early sales were rather slow with the result that many copies were unsold and possibly subsequently destroyed, may account for the very considerable rarity of this important first-hand account. Some later issues contain 16 pages of Publisher’s Memorandum and Opinions of the Press inserted at the end of one or the other volumes. #34875 A$7500.00

244 McCullagh, Sheila and Myers, Lois. DISCOVERY IN THE ANTARCTIC. F’cap 4to, pp. 32, [2] (index & endpaper); 4 maps, 19 coloured plates, 9 b/w. plates, illust., index; original slick illustrated boards; (lacking front endpaper). London; Longman; N.D. [c. 1970]. ***Juvenile. #43825 A$15.00

245 McDonald, Capt. Edwin A.; U.S.N. EXPLORING ANTARCTICA’S PHANTOM COAST. Roy. 8vo; pp. 251-273; 3 maps, 20 coloured photos. (some full-page & double-page); contained in The National Geographic Magazine, February, 1963; complete in original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1963. #35971 A$18.00

246 McKinley, Capt. Ashley C. MAPPING THE ANTARCTIC FROM THE AIR. [and] THE SOCIETY’S MAP OF THE ANTARCTIC. Roy. 8vo; pp. 470-486; 14 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, October, 1932; original wrappers (spine crudely repaired). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1932. ***Without the folding map issued with it. #62663 A$25.00

247 Mackintosh, A. L. A.: SHACKLETON’S LIEUTENANT. The Nimrod Diary of A. L. A. Mackintosh British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Edited by Stanley Newman. Associate Editor Richard McElrea. Research and Maps David Harrowfield. First Edition; pp. 144; 2 endpaper maps, 7 other maps, 24 plates, 1 text illust., biographical notes, index; (corners slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper). Auckland; Polar Publications; (1990). ***Including a number of rarely reproduced photographs. Renard 966. This copy has an example of the original prospectus loosely inserted. #27683 A$165.00

248 McLaren, Ian. F. AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS BY SEA, LAND AND AIR 1788-1988. [In 9 volumes, complete]. Vols. I-III, REFERENCES & INDEX. Vols. IV-IX, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER & INDEX. 9 vols., 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 320; Vol. II, pp. xviii, 254(last blank); Vol. III, pp. xx, 304; Vol. IV, pp. xviii, 334(last blank); Vol. V, pp. xvi, 306; Vol. VI, pp. xvi, 316; Vol. VII, pp. xvi, 306; Vol. VIII, pp. xvi, 332(last blank); Vol. IX, pp. xxxiv, 292(last blank); 2 coloured plates (in Vol. IV), numerous maps & illustrations, references, addenda & corrigenda, and indices; original wrappers; a fine, complete set. Melbourne; University of Melbourne Library; 1988-91. ***Limited Edition of 500 copies. An extensive and comprehensive bibliography with detailed collations of several thousand items and including Australian involvement in Antarctica and New Guinea, as well as fictitious voyages and imaginary explorations, and including naturally Cook and Bligh. #35100 A$350.00 38 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 249 MacMillan, Donald B. THE MACMILLAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURNS. U.S. Navy Planes Make First Series of Overland Flights in the Arctic and National Geographic Society Staff Obtains Valuable Data and Specimens for Scientific Study. Roy. 8vo; pp. 477-388; 42 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, November, 1925; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1925. ***There is much interesting material on the Greenland Eskimos. Including also, “Flying over the Arctic”, by Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, pp. 519-532, with 10 illusts.; and “History’s Greatest Trek: Tragedy Stalks Through the Near East as greece and Turkey Exchange Two Million of Their People”, pp. 533-590, with 32 col. & 52 b/w. illusts. #23927 A$85.00

250 Macoun, James M. & Holm, Theo. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume V: Botany. Part A. Vascular Plants. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 50; map, 13 plates; original wrappers (cancelled stamp on front). Ottawa; F. A. Acland; 1921. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8289 A$50.00

251 McPherson, John G. FOOTPRINTS ON A FROZEN CONTINENT. 4to, First Edition; pp. 152; numerous colour & b/w. maps, photographs and other illustrations, index; original white cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in blue on spine and front board; a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Sydney & Wellington]; Hicks Smith & Sons Ltd.; [1975]. ***Numerous fine illustrations with some emphasis on geological aspects of the Antarctic continent. Renard 976. #29108 A$85.00

252 McPherson, John G. FOOTPRINTS ON A FROZEN CONTINENT. 4to, First Edition, U.K. issue; pp. 152; numerous colour & b/w. maps, photographs and other illustrations, index; original white cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in blue on spine and front board; (some soiling); a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Methuen [Sydney & Wellington, Hicks Smith & Sons Ltd.; 1975]. ***Numerous fine illustrations with some emphasis on geological aspects of the Antarctic continent. #48097 A$55.00

253 Macquarie Island: ANTARCTIC SANCTUARY. Photographed by Norman Laird. Pp. 20-24; 8 photos. with accompanying text; contained in the complete issue of Picture Post for 5 August, 1950, large 4to, 52 pp.; original wrappers; very good. London; Picture Post; 1950. #38217 A$25.00

254 Markham, M. E. & F. A. THE LIFE OF SIR ALBERT HASTINGS MARKHAM. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), x, 262, [2](blank); frontispiece, 3 maps (1 folding), 4 plates, 13 text illustrations (some full- page), appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth (marked; top of spine worn; lacking rear endpaper); scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1927. #7959 A$165.00

255 Marr, [J. W. S.]. INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH. By Scout Marr, of the Quest Expedition. With Twenty-nine Half-tone Illustrations. 2nd Impression; pp. x, 246; 15 plates, index; original grey cloth, lettered on spine in gilt and lettered & illustrated on front board in dark blue; (some minor foxing & soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; 1923. ***Renard 994. #15883 A$135.00

256 [Marra, John]. JOURNAL OF THE RESOLUTION’S VOYAGE, In 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, by which the Non-Existence of an undiscovered Continent, between the Equator and the 50th Degree of Southern Latitude, is demonstratively proved. Also a Journal of the Adventure’s Voyage, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774. With an Account of the Separation of the two Ships, and the most remarkable Incidents that befel each. Interspersed with Historical and Geographical Descriptions of the Islands and Countries discovered in the Course of their respective Voyages. Illustrated with a Chart, in which the Tracks of both Vessels are accurately laid down, and other Cuts. [Edited by D. Henry]. London: Printed for F. Newbery, at the Corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard. 1775. Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, 328, [2](blank); long folding chart, 5 plates; original imitation vellum; a fine copy; scarce. Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 15. This was the first published book to 39 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books contain an account of the Antarctic regions based on actual knowledge. The track chart shows the three points of penetration of the Antarctic circle by the Resolution (the first accompanied by the Adventure - shortly afterwards the ships experienced great difficulty in keeping company due to the icy conditions, and were soon separated by a severe storm) and includes on the third occasion the notation “land seen” although the narrative makes it clear that this was by no means certain. Correspondence between Cook and the Admiralty indicates that the author was the Irishman, John Marra, whom Cook had picked up at Batavia on the Endeavour voyage, and who was gunner’s mate on the Resolution. The work was edited by David Henry, editor and a voluminous contributor to the “Gentleman’s Magazine” for many years, and author/editor of “An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World”, published in 4 volumes in 1773-4, to which in 1775 was added a fifth volume containing the Resolution voyage (i.e. the present account), and in 1786 a sixth, with an account of Cook’s third voyage (Rickman’s account). Hocken notes that “The preface discloses considerable knowledge of private matters connected with the voyage, and gives an account of the causes which led Mr. Banks and his staff to withdraw in high dudgeon from the expedition at the last moment.” The publication of Marra’s work preceded Cook’s Official Account by at least 18 months. #8236 A$500.00

257 Martin, Stephen. A HISTORY OF ANTARCTICA. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. 272; numerous illustrations (many in coloured), index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. [Sydney]; State Library of New South Wales Press; [1996]. ***Concentrating on the human element in Antarctica with many illustrations from unusual and less well-known sources. #53883 A$65.00

258 [Martin, Stephen; Curator]. LINES ON THE ICE. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. 4to, First Edition; pp. iv, 28; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Sydney; State Library of New South Wales; 2002). ***Well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition July to October 2002 with some rarely-seen images as well as some better-known. #38510 A$20.00

259 Mason, Theodore K. THE SOUTH POLE PONIES. Introduction by Sir Peter Scott, C.B.E., D.S.C. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [viii], 212, [4](blank); very numerous illustrations (some full-page), several text maps, bibliography, index; original blue-green cloth, spine lettered in black; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Dodd, Mead & Company; (1979). ***Renard 1010. #17963 A$110.00

260 Mawson, Sir Douglas, D.Sc., B.E. THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914; Illustrated in Colour and Black and White also with Maps. 2 vols., reduced roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii](blank), xxx, 352(last 3 blank); photogravure frontispiece, 8 coloured plates with title-tissues, 109 b/w. plates (3 double-page & 1 folding), 17 text illustrations including 6 maps; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 340(last blank); 3 large folding tinted maps (in pocket), photogravure frontispiece, 10 coloured plates with title-tissues, 93 b/w. plates (4 double-page & 1 folding), 20 text illustrations including 8 maps, 7 appendices including glossary, index; title-pages printed in black & brown; original dark blue ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front boards, with illustration in silver on front boards and blind publisher’s device on rear boards; top edges dyed blue-grey; (top of spine to Vol. II with two short splits, neatly reinforced); a very fine, exceptionally clean and crisp set; scarce. London; William Heinemann; (1915). ***Spence 774; Renard 1022; Rosove 217.A1b. With blind-embossed stamp: “Presentation Copy” at heads of both title-pages. #4026 A$2850.00

261 Mawson, Sir Douglas, D.Sc., B.E. THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914; Illustrated in Colour and Black and White also with Maps. 2 vols., reduced roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii](blank), xxx, 352(last 3 blank); photogravure frontispiece, 8 coloured plates with title-tissues, 109 b/w. plates (3 double-page & 1 folding), 17 text illustrations including 6 maps; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 340(last blank); 3 large folding tinted maps (in pocket), photogravure frontispiece, 10 coloured plates with title-tissues, 93 b/w. plates (4 double-page & 1 40 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books folding), 20 text illustrations including 8 maps, 7 appendices including glossary, index; title-pages printed in black & brown; original dark blue ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front boards, with illustration in silver on front boards and blind publisher’s device on rear boards; top edges dyed blue-grey; (the silver of the illustrations on front boards dulled; apart from a little fox-spotting in Vol. II internally very fine, clean and crisp); a very nice set; scarce. London; William Heinemann; (1915). ***Spence 774; Renard 1022; Rosove 217.A1b. With the signature of A. Neil-Milne, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (c. 1913) at the front of both volumes. #35728 A$2500.00

262 Mawson, Sir Douglas; D.Sc., B.E. THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. Being the Story of the Aust­ ralasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Illustrated with ninety-two Photographs, eighteen Diagrams, and three folding Maps. Abridged Popular Edition. Med. 8vo, Second Impression (of this edn.); pp. xxxii, 440(last 2 blank); 3 folding maps, 13 full-page & 5 other text maps & diagrams, 80 plates, 3 appendices (including glossary), index; original cloth; (short tears to upper margins only of first twenty or so leaves; some foxing); scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton; (1930). ***Spence 776 (repr.). Though fewer in number, many of the illustrations differ from the First Edition and have never before been published. The text is substantially re-written and revised. #29928 A$220.00

263 Mawson, Sir Douglas; D.Sc., B.E. THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Illustrated with thirty-five Photographs, eighteen Diagrams, and three folding Maps. Abridged Popular Edition [i.e. Third Edition]; pp. xxxii, 438, [2](blank); 3 folding maps, 18 text maps & diagrams (13 full-page), 33 plates, appendices (including glossary, index); original light blue cloth, spine & front board lettered in black; (spine faded; edges & prelims. foxed); a very good copy; scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton Limited; (1934). ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 1027. The illustrations though again fewer in number than earlier editions, include some new ones and differ from those in the 1930 edition. There is also an additional new Preface: “ .... A very limited issue of the original two-volume work was printed, and could not be repeated owing to the destruction of the type and some of the blocks by a fire in the printing works. The popular edition then followed and several impressions have already been distributed. This revised popular edition will, it is felt, meet with general favour. Douglas Mawson. July 1934.” #3784 A$195.00

264 Mawson, Sir Douglas. THE B.A.N.Z. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION, 1929-31. Roy. 8vo, First Separate Edition; pp. [101]-132(last colophon only); large folding coloured map, 6 plates; original blue printed wrappers; a fine copy; scarce. London; Reprinted from The Geographical Journal, Vol. LXXX No. 2, August; 1932. ***Not in Spence, but see 2349; Renard 1039. #43888 A$125.00

265 Mawson, Sir Douglas: THE WINNING OF AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTICA. Mawson’s B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Voyages 1929-31. Based on the Mawson Papers. Being Volume I, the Geographical Report, of the B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-31, Reports - Series A. By A. Grenfell Price. General Editor: P. M. Thomas. Published for the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research, University of Adelaide. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 242(last blank); 12 maps (3 folding), 31 plates (58 photos., all but 3 by Hurley), 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (distributor’s stamp on verso of title); a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1962). ***Spence 779; Renard 1043. #96 A$110.00

266 M’Clintock, F. Leopold: THE VOYAGE OF THE “FOX” IN THE ARCTIC SEAS. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. By Captain M’Clintock, R.N., LL.D. First Edition; pp. xviii, 403+[3](adv.); folding map in end pocket, 3 other maps on 2 folding sheets, 15 plates, folding facsimile document on blue paper, 5 text illustrations, 5 appendices; uncut in the original blue cloth (corners a little worn; neatly recased with new endpapers and back relined; a few slight marginal tears & minor soiling); a very good copy; scarce. London; John Murray, Albemarle Street, Publisher to the Admiralty; 1859. ***Arctic Bibliog. 10555. Narrative of the final expedition, 1857-9, organised by Lady Franklin to search for her husband’s lost expedition. The Appendix includes a detailed list of relics of the Franklin 41 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Expedition, as well as a Geological Account of the Arctic Archipelago, by Rev. Samuel Haughton. This was compiled from analysis of the specimens collected by M’Clintock. One of the folding maps is a Geological Map of the Arctic Archipelago. #34764 A$650.00

267 Meadows, Janice; Mills, William and King, H. G. R.; Compilers. Volume 171. THE ANTARCTIC. First Edition; pp. xxvi, 388(last 5 blank); index; original slick boards; a fine copy. Oxford; Clio Press; (1994). ***Volume 171 in the World Bibliographical Series, arranged by subject and consisting of an annotated bibliography on every aspect of Antarctica. #17443 A$120.00

268 Mear, Roger & Swan, Robert. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SCOTT. With research and additional material by Lindsay Fulcher. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 306; endpaper maps and 2 others, frontispiece (showing ice cliffs of the Barne Glacier, Cape Evans), numerous illustrations (many in colour), appendices, bibliography, supporters and sponsors, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1987). ***Renard 1052. #18948 A$65.00

269 Mear, Roger & Swan, Robert. A WALK TO THE POLE. To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott. With research and additional material by Lindsay Fulcher. Super roy. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xiv, 306; endpaper maps and 2 others, frontispiece (showing ice cliffs of the Barne Glacier, Cape Evans), numerous illustrations (many in colour), appendices, bibliography, supporters and sponsors, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Crown Publishers; (1987). ***Renard 1053. #27546 A$65.00

270 Meier, Siegfried. 450 TAGE IN ANTARKTIKA. First Edition; pp. 244; 4 maps, folding panorama, 4 coloured & 44 b/w. plates, a few illustrations, appendix, glossary; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Leipzig; Veb F. A. Brockhaus Berlag; 1975. #18415 A$65.00

271 Melville, Herman. MOBY DICK, or The White Whale. F’cap. 8vo, Abridged Edition; pp. 254, [2](adv.); 4 plates (from the film); original wrappers. London; Collins, Fontana Books; (1955). #64772 A$10.00

272 Mill, Hugh Robert. THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. The Story of Antarctic Exploration. With Maps, Diagrams, and other Illustrations and Maps by J. G. Bartholomew. First Edition; pp. xvi, 456; 3 folding maps (1 large and coloured), 16 other maps, 53 plates, 8 text illustrations, appendix (chronology of voyages, with bibliography), index; original decorated cloth (a little worn; a short tear to large map repaired); a very good copy; scarce. London; Alston Rivers, Limited; 1905. ***Spence 793; Renard 1069; Rosove 226.A1.b. The secondary issue with the cloth decorated & lettered in black, but without price on spine. An important, comprehensive and informative work, now increasingly hard to find. #29828 A$550.00

273 Millar, David P. FROM SNOWDRIFT TO SHELLFIRE. Capt. James Francis (Frank) Hurley 1885-1962. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; 1 full-page & 2 half-page maps, 101 fine photos. by Hurley, (30 full-page), biographical summary, references, bibliography, index; original black cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; David Ell Press; (1984). ***Edition of 2500 copies. The Antarctic, W.W.1, W.W.2, New Guinea, the Middle East, etc. Renard 1077. #1710 A$145.00

274 Monteath, Colin. ANTARCTICA BEYOND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. Oblong folio, First Edition; pp. 160; numerous coloured plates, bibliography, index; a nice copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. (Auckland); David Bateman; (1996). #18170 A$50.00

275 Moorehead, Alan. THE FATAL IMPACT. An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific, 1767-1840. Illustrated. First Edition; pp. xiv, 230; endpaper & 4 other maps, portrait frontispiece (of Capt. Cook) & 30 other plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original green cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt on red panel; (some occasional slight browning to top margins); a nice copy in pictorial 42 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books dustwrapper by Philip Gough. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1966). ***Spence 808; Renard 1089; Beddie 315. #17650 A$65.00

276 Morris, M. E. THE ICEMEN a novel [of Antarctica]. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [vi], 330; endpaper map; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. (Novato, CA); Presidio Press; (1988). #62659 A$50.00

277 Moseley, H. N. NOTES BY A NATURALIST ON THE “CHALLENGER”, being an Account of Various Observations made during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Challenger” round the World, in the Years 1872-1876, under the Commands of Capt. Sir G. S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., and Capt. F. T. Thomson, R.N. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 620; folding coloured map, 2 coloured plates of Antarctic icebergs and pack ice; Errata, list of books and papers relating to the Challenger Expedition, general index; original brown cloth (a trifle marked); top edge gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; Macmillan and Co.; 1879. ***Spence 820; Borba de Moraes, page 598. #28269 A$750.00

278 Moseley, H. N. NOTES BY A NATURALIST. An Account of Observations made during the Voyage of H.M.S. “Challenger” round the World, in the Years 1872-1876, under the Command of Capt. Sir G. S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S., and Capt. F. T. Thomson, R.N. Cr. 8vo; pp. xviii, 540; rear endpaper map, 99 illustrations in text, index; original cloth (flecked; some underlining; inscription on front endpaper). London; T. Werner Laurie, Ltd.; [1944]. ***Live Books Resurrected, edited by L. Stanley Jast. #19776 A$75.00

279 Mountfield, David. A HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 208; endpaper maps, over 150 illustrations & photographs (including 7 text maps), 24 coloured plates, numerous other illusts, appendix, bibliography, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Hamlyn; (1974). ***Not in Spence; Renard 1102. #40068 A$125.00

280 Muller, S.: VOYAGES FROM ASIA TO AMERICA, for Completing the Discoveries of the North West Coast of America. To which is prefixed, a Summary of the Voyages made by the Russians on the Frozen Sea, in Search of a North East Passage. Serving as an Explanation of a Map of the Russian Discoveries, published by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh. Translated from the High Dutch of S. Muller, of the Royal Academy of Petersburgh. With the Addition of Three New Maps; 1. A Copy of Part of the Japanese Map of the World. 2. A Copy of De Lisle’s and Buache’s fictitious Map. And 3. A large map of Canada, extending to the Pacific Ocean, containing the New Discoveries made by the Russians and French. By Thomas Jefferys Geographer to His Majesty. London: Printed for T. Jefferys, the Corner of St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross, 1761. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], viii, xliv, 76; 2 folding & 2 full-page maps; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967)]. ***The work contains a most important contemporary account of Bering’s discoveries by a scientist attached to his second expedition, and is the first comprehensive account of Russian discoveries in the North Pacific. Jefferies’ Preface contains useful information additional to that in the original edition. #15306 A$95.00

281 Murdoch, W. G. Burn. FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC. An Artist’s Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. With a Chapter by W. S. Bruce, Naturalist of the Barque ‘Balaena’. First Edition; pp. xii, 364, 24(adv. dated 1894 and at end coded 10,000/6/94); 1 sketch map, 1 full-page tinted & 1 folding map, over 100 text illustrations; original dark green fine-grained cloth, lettered in silver on spine and with silver and brown illustration and decorative lettering on front board, red endpapers; (corners a little bumped; some mild foxing; prize plate & bookplate on front endpaper); a very good, sound copy; uncut; very scarce. London; Longmans, Green and Co.; 1894. ***Spence 825; Renard 1108; Rosove 234.A1.b. #50811 A$1500.00

282 Murray, James & Marston, George. ANTARCTIC DAYS. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton’s men. Illustrated by the Authors, James Murray and George Marston, and introduced 43 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Small demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xxii(last blank), 200(last blank); 37 illustrations on 29 b/w. plates, 12 full-page illustrations (drawings) & 2 smaller in text, several chanties, with scores & 4 head illustrations; original blue cloth, lettered on spine in gilt & on front board in black; (spine browned and worn at ends; contemporary owner’s signature on endpaper; some foxing); a very good copy; rare. London; Andrew Melrose; 1913. ***The trade edition, almost as rare on the market as the special limited edition of the same year. Spence 831; Renard 1122 (in error as to number of plates & illustrations - here corrected); Rosove 236.A2. #25900 A$2250.00

283 Murray, James & Marston, George. ANTARCTIC DAYS. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton’s men. Illustrated by the Authors, James Murray and George Marston, and introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Small demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xxii(last blank), 200(last blank); 36 illustrations on 29 b/w. plates, 12 full-page illustrations (drawings) & 2 smaller in text, several chanties, with scores & 4 head illustrations; full blue morocco, gilt in imitation of original cloth binding; all edges gilt; a fine copy; very scarce. London; Andrew Melrose; 1913. ***The trade edition, almost as rare on the market as the special limited edition of the same year. Spence 831; Renard 1122 (in error as to number of plates & illustrations - here corrected); Rosove 236.A2. #43949 A$2750.00

284 Murray-Smith, Stephen. SITTING ON PENGUINS. People and Politics in Australian Antarctica. Drawings by Jan Senbergs. First Edition; pp. xii, 252(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 coloured plates, several text drawings, appendix, glossary, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Hutchinson Australia; (1988). ***Renard 1123. #23491 A$50.00

285 Nansen, Fridtjof. THE FIRST CROSSING OF GREENLAND. Translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp. New Edition. With Numerous Illustrations and Map. Cr. 8vo, Colonial Edition, Second Impression; pp. xiv, 452, 32(adv.); map, numerous full-page & other illustrations, index; original cloth; (some mild foxing); a very good copy. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1897. #37497 A$135.00

286 Nansen, Fridtjof. “FARTHEST NORTH”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xvi, 510; 2 coloured folding maps, 8 coloured & 48 b/w. plates (including photogravure frontispiece), numerous text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 672; 2 coloured folding maps, 8 coloured & 65 b/w. plates (including 2 photogravures), numerous text illustrations, index; original gilt-decorated cloth; uncut; (some minor foxing; a tear to frontispiece to Vol. II repaired); a nice set; scarce. Westminster; Archibald Constable and Company; 1897. ***The Norwegian Polar Expedition, 1893-1896. #3790 A$650.00

287 Nansen, Fridtjof. IN NORTHERN MISTS. Arctic Exploration in Early Times. Translated by Arthur G. Chater. Illustrated. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xii, 384; Vol. II, pp. [viii], 416; mounted coloured frontispiece to each vol., over 150 maps & other illustrations in text, bibliography, index; original gilt-decorated cloth; (spine to Vol. I marked by water, otherwise a fine, bright set); scarce. London; William Heinemann; MCMXI [1911]. ***Including also the voyagers of antiquity; a superb work. #4156 A$550.00

288 Nansen, Fridtjof. PA SKI OVER GRONLAND. Omarbeidet Utgave. Cr. 8vo; pp. [viii], 172(last blank); full-page map, several illustrations; contemporary quarter leather with marbled sides (slightly rubbed); a nice copy. Oslo; Forlagt Av. H. Aschenhoug & Co.; 1928. ***Text in Norwegian. #37644 A$45.00

289 Narborough, Sir John; Tasman, Captain Jasmen; & others. AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL LATE VOYAGES & DISCOVERIES TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH. Towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast Tracts of Land beyond Hollandia Nova, &c. Also towards Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitzberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c. By Sir John Narborough, Captain Jasmen Tasman, Captain John 44 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh. To which are Annexed a Large Introduction and Supplement, giving an Account of other Navigations to those Regions of the Globe. The Whole Illustrated with Charts and Figures. Thick 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxxvi, 196; 210(last 3 blank); 2 folding charts, 5 folding & 14 full-page plates, folding table; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1969). ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, Printed for Sam Smith and Benj Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince’s Arms in S. Paul’s Churchyard, 1694. #13745 A$110.00

290 Nares, G. S. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE POLAR SEA DURING 1875-6 in H.M. Ships ‘Alert’ and ‘Discovery’ by Capt. Sir G. S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B., F.R.S. Commander of the Expedition. With Notes on the Natural History edited by H. W. Feilden, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. In two volumes. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xl, 396; large folding map (detached & with several tears, but complete), 3 mounted Woodburytype photographic plates, 26 woodcut illustrations (1 full-page); Vol. II, pp. viii, 378, 32(adv.); folding map, 3 mounted Woodburytype photographic plates, coloured litho plate of bird eggs (blank portion at top heavily stained), 2 litho. plates of crstacea, 16 woodcut illustrations (3 full-page), 19 natural history appendices, index; original cloth (very worn; sewing broken and boards detached; some minor marginal staining); a poor, but complete set of a very scarce title, with the Woodburytype plates in good condition. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington; 1878. #11616 A$750.00

291 Naveen, Ron; Monteath, Colin; de Roy, Tui; & Jones, Mark. WILD ICE. Antarctic Journeys. Square 4to, First Edition; pp. 224; 3 coloured maps, very numerous superb coloured illustrations from photos., notes on photography; original white cloth, lettered in silver on spine; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Washington; Smithsonian Institution Press; [1990]. ***Renard 1130. #31101 A$100.00

292 Newbolt, Henry. THE BOOK OF THE LONG TRAIL. 10th Impression; pp. xvi, 312; coloured frontispiece, 30 text illustrations; original cloth; a nice copy. London; Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.; 1926. ***Including accounts of the explorations of Scott in the Antarctic, Franklin in the Arctic, Burke & Wills in Australia, Burton, Livingstone, Stanley and Wollaston in Africa, and Younghusband in Tibet. #64251 A$65.00

293 New Zealand Antarctic Society: ANTARCTIC. A News Bulletin published quarterly by the New Zealand Antarctic Society. A run from Vol. I, No. 1 to Vol. 2, No. 9 lacking only Vol. 2, Nos. 4 & 5; together with Vol. 6, No. 12 and Vol. 7, No. 2 and separate indices for Volumes 2, 3, & 4. Twenty-one issues (plus indices), 8vo, pp. 348 [Vol. I] and 116, 205-384 [Vol. 2] and 413-448 [Vol. 6, No. 12] and 37-68 [Vol. 7, No. 2]; several illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; in very good condition. Wellington; New Zealand Antarctic Society; 1956-61 and 1973-74. ***Containing much interesting material on exploratory and scientific work carried out by New Zealand and other nations including Australia. #37706 A$135.00

294 Nichol, J. R. STEPPING STONES TO THE SOUTH POLE. First Edition; pp. xxii, 200, [2] (blank); 3 text maps, 19 plates; chronology, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1948). ***Spence 850; Renard 1140. #4071 A$65.00

295 Nichol, J. R. STEPPING STONES TO THE SOUTH POLE. First Edition; pp. xxii, 200, [2] (blank); 3 text maps, 19 plates; chronology, bibliography, index; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (front flap of dustwrapper laid down on endpaper). Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1948). ***Spence 850; Renard 1140. #43965 A$25.00

296 Nicol, John: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOHN NICOL MARINER. His Service in King’s Ships in War & Peace, His Travels & Explorations by Sea to remote & unknown Countries in Merchant Vessels, Whalers, and other Sundry Craft; together with copious Notes & Comments on Ships, the Officers and Shipmates with whom he served, the Customs & Traditions of the Sea and of the Inhabitants of Distant Lands both Savage and Civilized, their Religions, Culture, & Traditions, etc., etc., 45 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books etc.... As Related by Himself...& Embellished with numerous original Designs by Gordon Grant. With a Foreword and Afterword by Alexander Laing. Demy 4to, First U.S. Edition; pp. viii, 214, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece, 14 illustrations by Grant; original canvas, gilt; (covers a little dull); scarce. New York; Farrar & Rinehart; (1936). ***Renard 1145. Originally published in 1822, see Ferguson 875. This nicely printed edition has interesting and informative foreword and afterwords by the modern editor, Alexander Laing concerning both the author and John Howell who was responsible for the publication of the first edition. The Author made voyages on board trading and whaling vessels in the South Seas during 1785 to 1792 including a trip round Cape Horn and made a voyage to Australia in the female convict Ship “Lady Juliana”, part of the Second Fleet, of which this is one of the very few printed accounts. He also served under Captain Portlock in the “King George” (1785-88) including the voyage to Hawaii at which the chief who killed Captain Cook stayed on their ship for three weeks. This copy has the bookplate of Alexander Turnbull. #28870 A$150.00

297 Nobile, General Umberto. NAVIGATING THE “NORGE” FROM ROME TO THE NORTH POLE AND BEYOND. The Designer and Pilot of the First Dirigible to Fly Over the Top of the World Describes a Thrilling Voyage of More Than 8,000 Miles. Roy. 8vo; pp. 177-215; map, 36 photos.; contained in the National Geographic Magazine; August; 1927; a very good copy in original wrappers (spine a little worn). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1927. ***Including also a 10-page article on “Air Conquest”, with 13 illusts. and another on the Komodo dragon (17 pp., 21 illusts.). #4762 A$30.00

298 Nordenskjold, Dr. N. Otto, & Andersson, Dr. Joh. Gunnar. ANTARCTICA or Two Years amongst the Ice of the South Pole. First Edition in English; pp. xx, 608; tinted portrait frontispiece, 2 large folding coloured maps, 1 smaller folding & 1 full-page coloured maps, 3 maps in text, 4 coloured plates, 221 b/w. illustrations in text (several full-page), index; original pale-green cloth lettered in gilt & decorated in black on both spine and front board; (a corner bumped; spine slightly rubbed); a very nice, well above-average copy; rare. London; Hurst and Blackett, Limited; 1905. ***With the attractive etched bookplate of Doy Bird. Spence 860; Renard 1149 (grey cloth); Rosove 240.A.1. Nordenskjold’s expedition with the ship “Antarctic” was one of three loosely co- ordinated national expeditions carried out in the early part of the twentieth century as a result of a plan enunciated at the International Geographical Congress of 1895 (the other two were Scott’s first “Discovery” expedition and von Drygalski’s “Gauss” expedition). Scott explored the region south of the Pacific, while Drygalski explored the region south of the Indian Ocean. To the Swedish fell the task of exploring the South Atlantic and the regions to the South of the southern tip of South America. The plan was for all three expeditions to leave Europe in the summer of 1901 and to spend the following winter in Antarctica returning the next summer. Unfortunately the Antarctic summer of 1902-3 was the coldest that had been experienced and only the German expedition succeeded, and then only just, in freeing the ship from the ice and returning to Europe. The British were forced to spend the following year in the Antarctic and so too were the Swedish, when the “Antarctic” coming to the relief of the wintering party was crushed by the ice and sank leaving her crew stranded; also stranding a second party which had been sent from the vessel under the command of Dr. Andersson to attempt to reach the wintering party over the ice. The three parties then spent the winter unable to communicate with each other. Fortunately at the end of the winter the three parties were reunited and were rescued by an Argentinian naval vessel. Notwithstanding their severe privations, excellent scientific work was done, much use being made of the enforced second wintering, and geological and geographical work of great importance was achieved including proof of the geological connection between South America and northern Graham Land. This interesting and largely neglected account of an important, but also largely neglected expedition, is one of the rarest accounts in English of a major exploration. #43976 A$3750.00

299 Nuttall, Zelia; Translator & Editor. NEW LIGHT ON DRAKE: A Collection of Documents relating to his Voyage of Circumnavigation 1577-1580. First Edition; pp. lvi, 444, xxxvi(index of Hakluyt publications, etc.); 3 maps (1 folding), portrait, 13 plates, including 9 facsimile documents (4 folding), appendix, indices; original cloth, gilt; fore & lower edges uncut; (slight marking endpapers & a couple of trifling marks to cloth); a fine, bright copy; very scarce. London; Printed for the Hakluyt Society; MDCCCXIV [1914]. ***The first English circumnavigation. Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 34. #9395 A$500.00 46 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 300 Oakeshott, Walter. POLAR EXPLORATION IN THE XVITH CENTURY. Pp. 21-25; 8 illustrations; contained in the complete issue of FAR AND WIDE magazine for Autumn 1956; original wrappers; a very good copy. [London; Guest Keen and Nettlefolds]; 1956. ***Well produced with high production values. #29181 A$20.00

301 Olsen, Magnus L. SAGA OF THE WHITE HORIZON. First Edition; pp. 200(last blank); endpaper maps, 3 full-page maps, 12 plates, index; original dark pink cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in spine & with small decoration on front board in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Lymington, Hampshire); Nautical Publishing Company Limited; (1972). ***Not in Spence; Renard 1169. #18927 A$75.00

302 Ommanney, F. D. SOUTH LATITUDE. 2nd Edition (Longman Library Edition); pp. xii, 308; endpaper map, 16 plates; a very good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. London; Longmans, Green and Co.; (1940). ***The Discovery II expedition. #50883 A$25.00

303 O’Neill, J. J. [and others]. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume XI: Geology and Geography. Part A. The Geology of the Arctic Coast of Canada West of the Kent Peninsula, by J. J. O’Neill. Part B: Geographical Notes on the Arctic Coast of Canada by Kenneth G. Chipman and John R. Cox. Southern Party, 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 108(last blank), 58(last blank); large folding coloured map in pocket, a few other maps (2 folding), numerous illustrations, index; original cloth. Ottawa; F. A. Acland; 1924. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8557 A$165.00

304 Oulie, Marthe. CHARCOT OF THE ANTARCTIC. With a Preface by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, G.C.B. First Edition; pp. xvi, 236(last blank), [4](adv.); 3 maps, 21 illustrations, index, Erratum slip at page 152; original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; John Murray; (1938). ***Spence 880; Renard 1176. #50840 A$175.00

305 Palmer, J[ames] C[roxall]. THULIA: A Tale of the Antarctic. By J. C. Palmer, U.S.N. “Audax nimium qui freta primus Rate tam fragili perfidi rupit.” Seneca. New-Tork: Published by Samuel Colman, MDCCCXLIII. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [4](of 6 - all blanks), 72, [6](blanks); 12 illustrations (fine wood engravings by A. T. Agate, one of the Artists of the Exploring Expedition), appendix; original blindstamped publisher’s dark blue-green ribbed cloth, gilt ship illustration on front board; (spine ends & edge of rear board slightly worn); all edges gilt; apart form a couple of minor spots, a fine clean copy, with all original tissue-guards present; rare. New York; Samuel Colman; 1843. ***Rosove 246.A2 (variant binding); Spence 890; Haskell 186; Sabin 58356; Renard 1188; Not in Howes. The main text consists of a poem in several parts relating events on the United States Exploring Expedition, including “The Antarctic Mariner’s Song”, which was set to music and arranged for the guitar by James D. Dana, Geologist to the Exploring Expedition. This music appears on pp. 42-46. The dedication reads: “To Lieut. William M. Walker, U. S. N. This Poem, founded on the Adventures of the U. S. Schooner Flying-Fish, under his Command, in the highest Southern Latitude attained by any Vessel of the Exploring Expedition, is Respectfully Inscribed.” and the Preface reads: “The following Poem is a true story of the incidents more minutely described in the Appendix, to which the reader is referred for a narrative prepared from the journals of the ‘Flying-Fish.’ It unfortunately happened that all these journals, which had been collected on board the U. S. Ship Peacock, were lost with that vessel, at the mouth of the Columbia; 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. J. C. P. Baltimore, September 1st, 1842.” The Appendix referred to comprises a narrative: “Antarctic Adventures of the United States’ Schooner Flying-Fish, in 1839,” which occupies pp. 65-72. This is a very important primary account of the Antarctic which, as far as we know and apart from the even rarer edition of 1868, has never been reprinted, and it is one of the earliest accounts to be published of the U.S. Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes. The “Flying-Fish” was the smallest of the six vessels comprising this expedition. #9005 A$3500.00 47 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 306 Parmelee, David F. BIRD ISLAND IN ANTARCTIC WATERS. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 140; 3 maps, 16 coloured plates (12 from the author’s paintings & 4 from photographs), 66 b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Minneapolis; University of Minnesota Press; (1980). ***Professor Parmelee teaches ornithology at the University of Minnesota and specialises in the distribution, ecology and behaviour of Arctic and Antarctic birds. Renard 1205. #16529 A$60.00

307 [Patterson, J. & others]. CANADIAN POLAR YEAR EXPEDITIONS 1932-33. Meteorology. Cape Hope’s Advance, Coppermine, Chesterfield Inlet, Meanook. Volume I. 4to, First Edition; pp. xvi, 452; 6 maps, 5 illustrations, numerous tables & charts; original buckram; a very good copy. Ottawa; J. O. Patenaude, I.S.O.; 1940. #8286 A$165.00

308 Peard, Lieutenant George: TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. ‘Blossom’ 1825-1828. Edited by Barry M. Gough. First Edition; pp. x, 272, [6](blank); 4 charts (2 folding, 1 double-page & 1 full-page), plan of Pitcairn Island by Beechey, 3 plates, notes, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press; 1973. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 143. #9334 A$95.00

309 Peary, Robert E. 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. With a description of the Little Tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most Northerly Human Beings in the World, and an Account of the Discovery and Bringing Home of the “Saviksue”, or Great Cape-York Meteorites. By Robert E. Peary Civil Engineer, U.S.N. Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Member of the American Geographical Society. With Maps, Diagrams, and about Eight Hundred Illustrations. In Two Volumes. 2 vols., First U.K. Edition, Colonial Library Issue; Vol. I, pp. [viii], xv-lxxx, 522(last blank); frontispiece & 1 plate, numerous illustrations in text, 2 appendices including Census of the Smith Sound Eskimos; Vol. II, pp. xiv, 626(last blank); frontispiece, folding map & folding panorama, numerous illustrations in text, appendix; in all several sketch maps & diagrams & about 800 illustrations from photographs in the two volumes (some full-page); original red cloth (rebacked, with original backstrips preserved; a few minor external marks; some adhesion damage to pp. 470/471 in Vol. II, with minor loss, otherwise a very good set). London; Methuen & Co.; 1898. ***With very extensive and detailed accounts of the Eskimos. The sheets were printed in America and the content, including the hiatus in pagination of the preliminaries to Vol. I, is identical to the First (U.S.) Edition. #3843 A$550.00

310 Peary, R. E.; U.S.N. NEAREST THE POLE. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. Super roy. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xx, 412(last blank); 2 coloured folding maps, coloured frontispiece from a painting by Albert Operti & 64 sepia-tinted photographic plates, index; original buckram, gilt; a nice copy; scarce. London; Hutchinson & Co.; 1907. ***Peary’s second unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole. #3845 A$750.00

311 Peary, Robert E. THE NORTH POLE. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One Hundred and Sixteen Illustrations from Photographs. Thick cr. 4to, First U.K. Edition; pp. xii, 326; large folding coloured map, 4 photogravure plates, 16 tinted plates, 96 b/w. plates, appendices, index; original decorated cloth; (inscriptions on endpaper); a very nice copy; scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton; MCMX [1910]. #19772 A$450.00

312 Penney, R . L. THE PENGUINS ARE COMING! Pictures by Tom Eaton. A Science I CAN READ Book. No. 65. A World’s Work Children’s Book. First Edition; pp. 64; numerous coloured illustrations; original coloured illustrated papered boards; a nice copy in torn dustwrapper. (Kingswood; Tadworth, Surrey, World’s Work Ltd; 1970). ***Renard 1212. #43995 A$16.00 48 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 313 Pettingill, Eleanor Rice. PENGUIN SUMMER. Photographs by Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr. First U.K. Edition; pp. [ii], xii, 170(last 3 blank); 3 maps (1 double-page), 32 plates, appendix, index; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; (name on endpaper); a very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1962). ***Spence 910; Renard 1219. #11260 A$25.00

314 Phillips, Valmai. ANTARCTICA. The Deep South Land. Small cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], 43(including pastedown); 2 maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, index; original coloured pictorial slick boards; a fine copy. Sydney; Bay Books; (1983). ***The Making of Australia series. Renard 1223. #22223 A$20.00

315 Pinkerton, John. MODERN GEOGRAPHY. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in All Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a New Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by The Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. With Numerous maps, drawn under the direction, and with the latest improvements, of Arrowsmith, and engraved by Lowry. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all Languages: And an ample index. In two volumes.--Vol. I [II]. London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Street; for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Strand; and T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row. 1802. 2 vols., med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xvi, cviii, 666; double-page map of the world in hemispheres & 21 full-page maps, 4 appendices; Vol. II, pp. viii, 836(last errata); double-page world map on Mercator’s projection, folding map of Central Asia & 20 (of 21) full-page maps [i.e. LACKING the map of Cape Colony, this apparently never bound in], bibliography, index; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides (spines a little rubbed; some marginal foxing of maps, but generally fine and clean); a very good set; scarce. London; T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies [etc.]; 1802. ***Forbes 341. Apart from the two world maps there are two other maps of significant Australian interest, one showing Australia just before Flinders’ discoveries and the other of the Pacific including the Australian continent. A compendious and interesting work with information compiled from travellers and navigators from all parts of the globe, and with historical summaries of the progress of geographical knowledge in the different regions. #12597 A$1950.00

316 Pinkerton, John. A GENERAL COLLECTION OF THE BEST AND MOST INTERESTING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD; many of which are now translated into English. Digested on a New Plan. 17 vols., thick 4to; pp. in total 14,436; 2 maps (1 folding), 195 plates (1 folding, mainly topographic views, with a few costume plates), extensive bibliography, index; full contemporary calf, rebacked, with original gilt backstrips preserved; (front joints to Vols. I & XI cracked & weak; a very little scattered light foxing & slight offsetting from some plates); a very fine, generally unusually clean and crisp set; scarce. London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, and Cadell & Davies; 1808-14. ***Collation: Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 852(last blank); 9 plates & folding map; Vol. II, pp. [ii], 488, 673-680, 497-834(last blank); 10 plates & full-page map; Vol. III, pp. [ii], 920(last blank); 17 views on 15 plates; Vol. IV, pp. [ii], 722; 19 views on 18 plates; Vol. V, pp. [ii], 992; 14 plates; Vol. VI, pp. [ii], 914(last blank); 5 plates; Vol. VII, pp. [ii], 822(last blank); 13 plates; Vol. VIII, pp. [ii], 776; 17 plates; Vol. IX, pp. [ii], 828; 9 plates; Vol. X, pp. [ii], 770; 8 plates (incl. a very fine folding view of Constantinople); Vol. XI, pp. [ii], 952; 27 plates (see note below); Vol. XII, pp. [ii], 678; 11 plates; Vol. XIII, pp. [ii], 876; 12 views on 11 plates; Vol. XIV, pp. [ii], 882(last blank); 14 views on 12 plates; Vol. XV, pp. [ii], 840(last blank); 16 views on 14 plates; Vol. XVI, pp. [ii], 674, 337-344, 683-918(last blank); 1 plate (see note below); Vol. XVII, pp. [ii], xl(last blank), 256(bibliog., last blank), 472(index). For references see Sabin 62957, Hill 2, 1361 (“This collection is of great value for its texts, which are sometimes given entire and sometimes abridged, with as much use as possible of the traveler’s own language”); Ferguson 473 (an extremely bare and highly unsatisfactory entry); Beddie 77; Forbes 394. This work was issued over a period of several years and there is much variation in the numbers and arrangement of the plates between different copies of different issues, a fact which can make assessment of the completeness of individual sets a difficult matter. This set contains a list of the plates in all volumes at the front 49 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books of Volume I. This list was issued after publication of the final volume and the total given in this list including the half-page plates and the 2 maps is 201, which is the figure given by Sabin (none of the other bibliographies give a figure and all in fact give very little detail). This set is quite complete having a total of 202 views on 195 plates and the two maps: one of the plates to Vol. XVI is found in Vol. XI but the plates are otherwise arranged as intended. Most of the attractive copper-plates were done by George Cooke & W. Cooke and are of a high quality. The final volume (XVII) contains a “Retrospect of the Origin and Progress of Discovery, by Sea and Land, in Ancient, Modern, and the Most Recent Times” (Pp. i-xl); a Catalogue of Books of Voyages and Travels” (Pp. 1-256) - at the time probably the most extensive listing of such works ever done; and an Index to the whole work (Pp. 1-472). In summary an unusually fine set of a monumental and informative work, including all the great, and a huge number of lesser-known, voyages & travels. #49875 A$7500.00

317 Poesch, Jessie. TITIAN RAMSAY PEALE 1799-1885 and His Journals of the Wilkes Expedition. Med 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 214; endpaper maps (1 folding), 80 illustrations (mostly reproductions from Peale’s drawings and paintings); references, index; original colour-illustrated printed cloth, with portrait of Peale; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Philadelphia; American Philosophical Society; 1961. ***Spence 920; Renard 1231. Peale’s Journals of the Wilkes Expedition are here published for the first time; a most attractive production. #2236 A$185.00

318 Ponting, Herbert G. THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: or With Scott in the Antarctic. With an Introduction by Lady Scott and 132 Illustrations. 14th Impression pp. xviii, 302, [2](blank); full-page map, 96 plates containing portrait & over 150 of Ponting’s fine photographs and a few by others (178 in all); original cloth (slightly marked); a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.; (1950). #16502 A$135.00

319 Poulsom, Major Neville W. THE WHITE RIBBON. A Medallic Record of British Polar Expeditions. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 216; endpaper maps, 9 plates, 11 appendices; original black cloth, spine lettered in silver; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; B. A. Seaby Ltd; (1968). ***Spence 933; Renard 1248. With a photocopied list of Polar medal winners from 1966-79 loosely inserted (4 pp. 8vo). #15895 A$145.00

320 Powys, Llewelyn. HENRY HUDSON. First U.S. Edition; pp. xvi, 214, [2](adv., last blank); endpaper maps, 7 maps & plates, appendix, bibliography, index; original cloth; (two folds carelessly opened). New York; Harper & Brothers Publishers; MCMXXVIII (1928). #3830 A$60.00

321 Price, A. Grenfell; Editor. THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK in the Pacific, as Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779. Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. With a new Introduction by Percy G. Adams. Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 292, [2](blank); 2 double-page maps, portrait frontispiece, 10 full-page & 32 text drawings; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. New York; Dover Publications, Inc.; (1971). ***An unabridged reprint of the original Limited Editions Club edition of 1957, with the addition of the introduction by Percy Adams. #49013 A$45.00

J. GORDON HAYES’ COPY -- SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 322 Priestley, Raymond E. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE. Scott’s Northern Party. With a Map and 150 Illustrations. First Edition; pp. 384; 3 folding maps, 98 plates, 4 text illustrations (3 full-page); index; original blue-grey cloth, lettered & decorated in silver; top edge gilt; a very good copy; very scarce. London; T. Fisher Unwin; (1914). ***Spence 939; U.S.N. 23-63.26; Renard 1254. Pp. 17/18 is a cancel as in virtually all copies of all issues of the first edition. Spence states that many copies were destroyed in a fire at the publisher’s warehouse, a report that we have since verified from hand-written notes of the Author. This copy is from the library of J. Gordon Hayes, with his signature on endpaper and that of the Author on title-page. There are numerous pencil annotations by Hayes throughout. #62534 A$4500.00 50 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 323 Pyne, Stephen J. THE ICE. A Journey to Antarctica. Med. 8vo, Second Impression; pp. [x], 428, [2](blank); 8 maps, 16 plates, several diagrams, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Iowa City; University of Iowa Press; (1987). ***Not an account of an actual journey but “a major new study which explores the stark and largely unknown continent of Antarctic from an entirely new perspective. It is at once a geophysical examination of Antarctica and an ... essay on the art, icescape, and history of one of the most alien landscapes of our planet”. - dustwrapper blurb. An interesting book approaching a number of aspects of Antarctica from a new and critical perspective and with unusual insights. #33090 A$165.00

324 Quartermain, L. B. TWO HUTS IN THE ANTARCTIC. Antarctic Division New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 86, [2](blank); 4 full-page maps, 16 plates, 1 full-page diagram; original stiff pictorial wrappers sewn into protective plain wrapper; a fine copy. Wellington; R. E. Owen, Government Printer; 1963. ***Spence 946; Renard 1268. #4809 A$95.00

325 Quartermain, L. B. SOUTH TO THE POLE. The Early History of the Ross Sea Sector, Antarctica. Thick roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 482; endpaper maps, folding map & 1 full-page map, 26 plates; glossary, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Oxford University Press; 1967. ***Spence 949; Renard 1273; Rosove 259.A1. #4081 A$285.00

326 Quartermain, L. B. ANTARCTICA’S FORGOTTEN MEN. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xvi], 192; 2 full-page maps, 7 plates; references; original dark blue cloth-grained papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. Wellington; Millwood Press; (1981). ***Useful and informative biographies of several of the lesser-known members of the major early twentieth century expeditions to Antarctica. Renard 1275. #4082 A$135.00

327 Quinn, D. B.; Editor. THE HAKLUYT HANDBOOK. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxvi, 334(last 3 blank); frontispiece, 17 illustrations including 6 maps (1 folding); Vol. II, pp. [ii], xvi, 335-460, [2], 461-710(last 3 blank); 37 illustrations (mostly facsimile title-pages), one 4-page & one 10-page tables, appendices, chronology, bibliography, index of books & general index; original cloth; a fine set in faded dustwrappers. London; The Hakluyt Society; 1974. ***”A reference guide to the works of the Reverend Richard Hakluyt, collector, editor, translator & author of travel literature”. Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vols. 144 & 145. #19104 A$220.00

328 Ralling, Christopher. SHACKLETON. His Antarctic writings selected and introduced by Christopher Ralling. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 264; endpaper & 2 other maps, 24 coloured plates, 58 illustrations; original blue cloth-grained papered boards; (rear board bumped; title-page in facsimile); dustwrapper. London; British Broadcasting Corporation; (1983). #64269 A$25.00

329 Ralston, Kathleen. A MAN FOR ANTARCTICA. The Early Life of Phillip Law. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 236, [2](blank); 3 text maps, frontispiece, 12 plates, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Hyland House; (1993). #40813 A$65.00

330 Rankin, Niall. ANTARCTIC ISLE: Wild Life in South Georgia. First Edition; pp. 384(last blank); endpaper maps, 1 double-page & 2 full-page maps, 95 plates, 9 text illustrations; appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London; Collins; 1951. ***Spence 958; Renard 1280. A most attractive and well-illustrated book on the natural history of South Georgia. including an account of whaling in the southern seas. #4078 A$225.00

331 Rankin, Niall. A NATURALIST IN PENGUIN LAND. Roy. 8vo, pp. 93-116; map, 26 photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, Washington, January, 1955, complete in original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1955. ***Containing also “South Seas’ Incredible 51 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Land Divers” by Irving and Electa Johnson, pp. 77-92, describing the original “Bungee Jumping” of Pentecost, New Hebrides. #35990 A$20.00

332 Rankin, Niall. A NATURALIST IN PENGUIN LAND. Braving Stormy Seas in a Converted Lifeboat, a Briton Studies the Strange Wildlife of Lonely South Georgia Island. Roy. 8vo; pp. 93-116; map, 26 photos. [Washington; extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, January; 1955]. #36068 A$18.00

333 Reilly, Pauline. PENGUINS OF THE WORLD. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 164; 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. Oxford; Oxford University Press; (1994). #45853 A$25.00

334 Reilly, Pauline. EMPEROR the Magnificent Penguin. 4to, First Edition; pp. 32; numerous fine coloured illustrations; original wrappers; a fine copy. (East Roseville); Kangaroo Press; 1998. ***Inscribed to Norman [Wettenhall] and signed by the Author, with a holograph letter from her loosely inserted. #45768 A$35.00

335 Reiss, Bob. PURGATORY ROAD. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 240(last blank); original quarter cloth (upper edge of front board bumped); a very good copy in dustwrapper. New York; Simon & Schuster; (1996). ***A novel set in Antarctica. #9526 A$35.00

336 Renard, Gaston & Renard, H. J. AUSTRALASIA. Australia, The Neighbouring Lands to the North, The Pacific Region and Antarctica. Catalogue Number One Hundred. With 17 Illustrations and an Index. Pp. [x], 104, [2]; 17 plates, references, index; original stiff wrappers. Melbourne; Gaston Renard; 1970. ***Containing 253 items, many of great rarity, fully described, and offered at prices which now seem quite incredibly modest. #34421 A$30.00

337 Renard, Julien. MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIAN EXPLOR­ ATIONS and General Australiana, AUSTRALIAN ART REFERENCE, Illustrated Books, and Literature including Children’s Books. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel, 15th, 16th and 17th November, 1994. 3 vols., super roy. 8vo; Vol. I, Antarctica, pp. x, 246; Vol. II, Australian Exploration, pp. xviii, 118; Vol. III, Australian Art and Literature, pp. xii, 148; numerous illustrations; original wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1994. ***With lists of prices realised to each volume. A huge auction totalling 3757 lots, all carefully described, with informative footnotes - a valuable reference. #45048 A$110.00

338 Renard, Julien. ANTARCTICA. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel, 15th, 16th and 17th November, 1994. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 246; numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; 1994. ***With list of prices realised. [Rosove 266.A1]. A huge collection totalling 1744 lots, the most comprehensive collection of Antarctic books ever offered for sale, including nearly all the great rarities in English, and many items not listed in Spence’s “Antarctic Miscellany”, all carefully described, with bibliographic detail and informative footnotes. All references to “Renard” in these listings refer to this work. #46073 A$85.00

339 Reynolds, Lieutenant William: VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. The letters of Lieutenant William Reynolds from the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Edited by Anne Hoffman Cleaver and E. Jeffrey Stann. With an Introduction and Epilogue by Hermann J. Viola. First Edition; pp. xlii, 326; endpaper maps, 5 text maps, coloured portrait frontispiece, 22 illustrations, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Annapolis, Maryland; Naval Institute Press; (1988). ***Renard 1292. #34989 A$85.00

340 Rivolier, Jean. EMPEROR PENGUINS. Translated from the French by Peter Wiles. First Edition in English; pp. 132(last blank); 16 plates; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Elek Books; (1956). ***Spence 976; Renard 1305. #4778 A$85.00 52 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 341 Ronne, Finn; Captain, USNR. ANTARCTIC COMMAND. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 272; double-page map, full-page plan, 29 photos., glossary, appendix; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. Indianapolis & New York; The Bobbs-Merrill Company; (1961). ***Spence 988; Renard 1317. #11258 A$120.00

342 Rose, Lisle A. ASSAULT ON ETERNITY. Richard E. Byrd and the Exploration of Antarctica 1946-47. Photographs Selected by Richard R. Conger. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 292; portrait frontispiece, 31 other illustrations (13 full-page), 2 text maps, notes, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Annapolis, Maryland; Naval Institute Press; (1980). #23726 A$110.00

AN IMPORTANT ANTARCTIC VOYAGE 343 Ross, Captain Sir James Clark. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS, during the Years 1839--43. By Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., Knt., D.C.L. Oxon., F.R.S., etc. With Plates, Maps, and Woodcuts. In two volumes. Vol. I [Vol. II]. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. liv, 366(plus additional chapter head leaf to each of ten chapters not included in pagination); 6 maps (2 folding), 5 litho. plates (1 folding, with 3 tears to margin neatly repaired), 7 vignettes to chapter heads; Vol. II, pp. [v]-[xii](but complete & correct), 448(plus additional chapter head leaf to each of 13 chapters), 16(original inserted adverts. dated January 1847); 2 maps, 3 litho. plates, 10 vignettes to chapter heads & two text illustrations (1 unlisted); 21 appendices (including 3 on the geology of Tasmania, New Zealand, & Antarctica by Robert M’Cormick, Surgeon of H.M.S. Erebus; also a Memorandum on the juvenile prisoners at Point Puer); original blue finely ribbed cloth, blind-stamped nautical decorations on spines & rear boards, with gilt illustration of a ship amongst the ice-bergs with the Southern Cross above on front boards; neatly recased with new endpapers; spines browned & ends a little worn; some minor fox-spotting & browning internally, but a very good, attractive set; rare. London; John Murray; 1847. ***Probably the earliest issue - the advertisements dated January 1847 are the earliest we have seen - some later issues have dated advertisements on the endpapers. Spence 993; U.S.N. 23-34.12; Ferguson 4636; Abbey 610; Renard 1328; Rosove 276.A1.a. #4158 A$6500.00

344 Ross, M. J. ROSS IN THE ANTARCTIC. The voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty’s Ships Erebus & Terror 1839-1843. First Edition; pp. xii, 276; 9 maps (2 folding, in pocket), 15 plates, several text illustrations, notes, 2 appendices, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Whitby; Caedmon of Whitby, Publishers; (1982). ***Renard 1331; Rosove 277.A1. #2454 A$125.00

345 Royal Geographical Society. THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Volume the Forty-Fifth. Edited by the Assistant-Secretary. First Edition; pp. 6(adv.), ccxii, 438(last blank), 7-[10](adv., including pastedown); 14 folding coloured maps & 9 full-page plates & maps, index; original blue cloth (slightly worn); a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1875. ***Including, inter alia, “Journal of the Western Australian Exploring Expedition through the Centre of Australia, from Champion Bay to the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Port Darwin”, by John Forrest, pp. 249-298 with folding map; “Discoveries in Eastern New Guinea” by Captain Moresby, pp. 153-169 with folding map; “The Austro-Hungarian Polar Expedition of 1872-4” by Julius Payer (and scientific work by Lieut Weyprecht), pp. 1-33 with folding map; and other papers on S.E. Africa, Madagascar, the river Yang-tse-Kiang, Tibet, Africa, Central Asia, etc., etc. A fine collection of interesting papers. #24006 A$450.00

346 Sanderson, Marie. GRIFFITH TAYLOR. Antarctic Scientist and Pioneer Geographer. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 218, [2](blank); 1 map, 21 illustrations, 3 appendices, bibliography; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; a fine copy. Ottawa; Carleton University Press; 1988. ***Issued without dustwrapper. Renard 1343. #23710 A$145.00 53 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 347 Savours, Ann. THE VOYAGES OF THE DISCOVERY: The Illustrated History of Scott’s Ship. Cr. 4to, Abridged Edition; pp. 160; numerous maps, coloured & b/w. illustrations, appendix, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Chatham Publishing; (2001). ***The Discovery was specially built for Scott’s first expedition (1901-4). Her subsequent history was no less exciting as she was used as the annual supply ship for the Hudson Bay Company and during World War I ferried vital food supplies to France’s Atlantic ports and munitions to Archangel in northern Russia. She was sent south again to rescue Shackleton’s men marooned on Elephant Island in 1916 and again in 1925-27 (the “Discovery Expeditions”) and on Mawson’s BANZAR Expeditions 1929-31. This book contains much new material on these and other facets of the interesting history of this famous ship. #37629 A$45.00

348 Schulthess, Emil. ANTARCTICA. [Ein Bildband]. Long oblong f ’cap folio, First Edition; pp. [xx], [188](last 2 blank); 173 coloured & b/w. plates & a few maps, appendix; original cloth-backed slick colour-illustrated boards; a very good copy; scarce. (Zurich); Artemis; (1960). ***This original edition not in Spence. Text in German. #18269 A$85.00

349 Scoresby, William. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS WITH A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY. A Reprint with a new Introduction by Professor Sir Alister Hardy F.R.S. Volume 1: The Arctic. Pp. [xii], xx, 552, 82(8 appendices, including chronological list of voyages); folding frontis. & numerous tables (1 folding). Volume 2: The Whale-Fishery. Pp. [iv], viii, 574, [2](blank); folding frontis. & 22 charts & plates (some folding), several tables, 10 appendices, index; original cloth; a fine set in dustwrappers. (Devon); David & Charles Reprints; (1969). #3851 A$320.00

350 Scott, J. M. THE POLAR REGIONS. An Anthology of Arctic and Antarctic Photographs. Edited with an Introduction by J. M. Scott. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 100; 100 fine plates; original blue diced papered boards, spine & front board lettered in black; (spine ends a little worn); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper with mounted illust. of the “Endurance” being crushed by the ice from the photograph by Hurley; scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; N.D. [1934]. ***Life and Art in Photograph, II. The secondary issue. Spence 1043; Renard 1365. #44144 A$65.00

351 Scott, Captain Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘DISCOVERY’. With 260 full-page and smaller Illustrations by Dr. E. A. Wilson and other Members of the Expedition, Photogravure Frontispieces, 12 Coloured Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Wilson’s Sketches, Panoramas and Maps. In two volumes. 2 vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xx, 556; 2 maps (1 double-page) & folding chart in pocket, photogravure frontispiece (a fine illustration of the ‘Discovery’ by Wilson) & 7 coloured plates from watercolours by Edward Wilson, 1 double-page & 84 full-page b/w. plates, 16 drawings in text; Vol. II, pp. xii, 508; full-page map & folding chart in pocket, photogravure frontispiece (portrait of Scott), 5 coloured plates from watercolours by Wilson, 4 double-page & 82 full-page b/w. plates, 2 appendices, index; titles in red & black; top edges gilt, others uncut; (some light scattered foxing throughout as usual); a very good, bright set in the original blue ribbed cloth, high relief gilt medallions on front boards (a little rubbed as usual), spines lettered in gilt; very scarce. London; Smith, Elder, & Co.; 1905. ***Spence 1051 (misprint in pagination of second volume); Renard 1369; Rosove 286.A1. Reportedly only 1000 copies of this First Edition were printed and it was quickly sold out on publication necessitating a second impression in the same year. #4097 A$2750.00

352 Scott, Captain R. F.: 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 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. 2 vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Edition; titles in red & black; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 634(last blank), [2](adv.); Vol. II, pp. xvi, 534; 8 folding maps (1 coloured), 2 photogravure portraits (Scott & Wilson), 18 coloured plates (16 from Wilson’s watercolours & 2 coloured photos by Ponting), 6 plates from sketches by Dr. Wilson in photogravure, 2 folding & 3 double-page panoramic plates, 173 full-page 54 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books b/w. plates, mostly from photos by Ponting, 16 text drawings (4 full-page), double-page facsimile of Scott’s Message to the Public, facsimile of last page of Scott’s diary; several tables, glossary, appendices, index; top edge gilt, others uncut; original blue ribbed cloth, gilt; (some relatively minor foxing); a very good set. London; Smith, Elder and Co.; 1913. ***See Spence 1056; Renard 1386; Rosove 290.A1. #50711 A$950.00

353 Scott, Captain R. F.: 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 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. With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 Full-Page and smaller Illustrations, from Photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting, and other Members of the Expedition; Panoramas and Maps. 2 vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Issue of Fifth Edition; titles in red & black; Vol. I, pp. [ii] (blank), xxvi, 636; folding map at page 110 and another at end, photogravure portrait of Scott as frontispiece, 6 plates from sketches by Dr. Wilson also in photogravure, 10 coloured plates (9 from Wilson’s watercolours, 1 from photo. by Ponting), 2 folding panoramic plates, 101 monochrome plates (some printed in tinted ink) mostly from photos. by Ponting, facsimiles of Scott’s Message to Public and the last words of his journal, plan of hut (in text), list of personnel & glossary at front; Vol. II, pp. [ii](blank), xvi, [ii], 534, [2](blank); 8 folding maps (1 coloured), photogravure portrait of Wilson as frontispiece, 8 coloured plates (7 from Wilson’s watercolours & 1 from coloured photo. by Ponting), 3 double-page panoramic plates & 72 monochrome plates (some printed in tinted ink) mostly from photos. by Ponting, 4 plans in text 4 full-page, index; original blue ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spines and front boards; top edges gilt, others uncut; (some occasional mild foxing); a very nice, tight and firm set. London; Smith, Elder, & Co.; 1914. ***This first issue (by Smith, Elder) of the Fifth Edition is not in Spence. The words “Fifth Edition” are found on the versos of both half-titles. This edition has all the corrections and additions of the Fourth Edition and Spence claims the Fifth Edition to be the best, as having the typographical errors and mistakes of the earlier editions corrected; we have been unable to find any difference between this and the Fourth Edition, and, like it, the slip before the folding map in Vol. I appears to have been omitted. Renard 1390; Rosove 290.A5. This set was, most appropriately, awarded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to one H. B. Ellison for meritorious work, Christmas 1915, and bears the prize labels on both front pastedowns and fine gilt super-libros on front boards. #44178 A$750.00

354 Seaver, George. EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC. Naturalist and Friend. With an Intro­ duction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. 11th Impression (First Cheap Edition); pp. xxxiv, 302(last blank); 3 maps (1 folding), coloured frontispiece & 17 b/w. plates, index; original grey cloth (spine faded & slightly foxed; internally foxed); a good, sound copy. London; John Murray; (1938). ***The list of impressions on title-verso has as its tenth entry “Cheap Edition 1938”, but the publisher is in error: there was an impression of 1937 (the 10th) which has been omitted from the list. The production is “cheaper” than other issues of the 11th impression (and earlier impressions) by virtue of the omission of 6 colour plates and the cheaper cloth used for the binding. #62625 A$25.00

355 Seaver, George. EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC. Naturalist and Friend. With an Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Post 8vo, First Australian Edition (=18th Impression); pp. xxxiv, 302; 1 folding & 2 full-page maps, coloured portrait frontispiece, 17 plates (mostly from Wilson’s own sketches); index; original cloth. London; John Murray, (Melbourne, Oxford University Press; 1946). ***Wholly set-up, printed and bound in Australia. #11282 A$35.00

356 Seaver, George. THE FAITH OF EDWARD WILSON. First Edition; pp. [iv], 48; portrait frontispiece; original grey cloth, spine lettered in red; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper (price clipped). London; John Murray; (1948). ***Spence 1085; Renard 1428. #4733 A$65.00

357 (Sedeen, Margaret; Managing Editor). THE SOVIET UNION TODAY. 4to, First Edition; pp. 272; very numerous coloured illustrations, index; original artificial leather, gilt; all edges gilt; a fine copy. 55 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books (Washington); National Geographic Society; (1990). ***With a large folding coloured map loosely inserted. A picture of the Soviet Empire just before its collapse. #18141 A$60.00

358 Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. With an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc. An Account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, F.R.S. 2 vols., thick cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xlviii, 372; Vol. II, pp. xvi, 420(last blank); very numerous plates, maps and other illustrations as detailed below, 10 appendices, index; original silver-decorated cloth (slight waterstains to lower edge; spines faded & joints cracked; some foxing & occasional small waterstains to lower margins of some plates); still a very good, sound set; top edges gilt; scarce. London; William Heinemann; 1909. ***The Appendices contain the scientific notes and technical data of the expedition. The maps and illustrations are as follows:- Vol. I: photogravure portrait frontis., 6 full-page col. plates with titled tissues, 77 full-page b/w. plates, 24 b/w. plates with two illusts. per plate & 1 with 3 illusts.; 3 double-page b/w. plates & 11 illusts. in text; Vol. II: 3 folding maps in pocket, 2 panoramas on large folding sheet in pocket, photogravure frontis., 6 full-page col. plates with titled tissues, 51 full-page b/w. plates, 37 b/w. plates with 2 illusts. per plate, 4 b/w. plates with 3 illusts. per plate and 1 with 4 illusts., 1 double-page b/w. plate & 38 illusts. in text. The collation of this work is notoriously tedious (though quite straightforward) but the number of plates etc. given above have been thoroughly checked and can be regarded as definitive (for this First, London, Edition only!). This copy contains in addition an Errata slip to Volume II, not always present. As with all books we offer for sale, this work has been collated in detail, and is absolutely complete. Spence 1097; U.S.N. 23-59.21; Renard 1446; Rosove 305.B1.a. #16471 A$1250.00

359 Shackleton, Sir Ernest, C.V.O. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. New and Revised Edition with illustrations in colour and Black and White. Popular Edition. Third Edition; pp. xvi, 368; 3 partly-coloured maps on 1 folding sheet, 47 plates, 4 text diagrams, plans & diagrams, index; original cloth (spine faded; some foxing); a very good copy. London; William Heinemann; (1932). ***Although the title-page states “New and Revised Edition with Illustrations in colour and black & white” there are in fact no colour plates. Renard 1453. #4106 A$95.00

360 Shackleton, Sir Ernest; C.V.O. SOUTH. The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917. Illustrated. Roy. 8vo, Third Impression; pp. [ii](blank), xxii, 376, folding coloured map, 6 sketch maps (1 full-page), coloured frontispiece, double-page panorama & 86 full-page plates, 2 appendices, index; original dark blue cloth, lettered on spine and front board in silver, and decorated with fine silver illustration of the “Endurance” in the ice on front board; (waterstain to blank lower margin throughout, otherwise a very good copy); scarce. London; William Heinemann; 1920. ***Renard 1462; Rosove 308.A3. This third impression was printed two months after the first on better quality paper, with the (few) errors corrected. This copy is inscribed by Dick (R. W.) Richards “Shackleton ! Outstanding Leader of Men Mike Glenny. A very good friend to me. Dick Richards Shackleton I.T.A.E. 1914-17 Sept. 1983”. #19979 A$2000.00

361 [Shackleton, E. H.]. AURORA AUSTRALIS. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition, New Zealand (=principal) Issue; pp. xxiv(last blank), [184](last 3 blank); coloured title to facsimile & 11 full-page illustrations; Introduction by Mary Goodwin containing 11 illustrations; original brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Auckland; Seto Publishing; [1988]. ***The endpapers convey a bibliographical falsehood, reproducing the signatures from The Antarctic Book, with two of the signatures moved to fit on the page! These signatures of course have no immediate connection with Aurora Australis. This copy is unusual, but similar to one or two others we have seen in that there is a remnant of the paste-up artist’s markings still remaining on the half-title verso. See Renard 1440. #12806 A$75.00

362 Shackleton, E. H. AURORA AUSTRALIS. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. xxiv, [184](last 3 blank); coloured title to facsimile & 11 full-page illustrations; Introduction by Mary Goodwin containing 11 illustrations; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Bay Books; [1988]. ***Renard 1441. The original work 56 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books was the first book completely printed and produced in the Antarctic. Only about 60 copies of the original edition of Aurora Australis are known, the great majority of these being in institutional libraries. #25106 A$50.00

363 Simpson, G. C. British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. METEOROLOGY. Vol. I, Discussion. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 326; coloured map frontispiece with overlay, 5 folding plates, 93 text figures, 163 tables, index; (front hinge mostly split; rear hinge weak; otherwise fine in original cloth); a very good copy; scarce. Calcutta; Printed by Thacker, Spink & Co.; 1919. ***USN 16.192; Renard 186 (part); Rosove 293-1.A1. #49198 A$250.00

364 Siple, Paul. MIT BYRD ZUM SUDPOL. Mit 22 photographischen Aufnahmen und Skizzen des Verfassers. Ubersetzung aus dem Amerikanischen von Felix Beran. Cr. 8vo; pp. 270, [2](adv.); 17 plates; original cloth; a very good copy in ragged dustwrapper. Zurich/Leipzig; Orell Fussli Verlag; 1933. ***German edition of “A Boy Scout with Byrd.” #8558 A$75.00

365 Siple, Paul. 90 SOUTH. The Story of the American South Pole Conquest. First Edition; pp. 384; endpaper maps, 13 other maps, several diagrams, 8 coloured plates (2 double-page) & 12 b/w. plates; 2 appendices, index; original cloth in dustwrapper; a good ex-library copy with the usual markings; scarce. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; (1959). ***Spence 1129. #55015 A$75.00

366 Skeib, Gunter. ORKANE UBER ANTARKTIKA. Forscherarbeit in Shnee und Eis. First Edition; pp. 284; folding map, 4 text maps, 4 coloured & 24 b/w. plates, 2 figures, glossary; original decorated cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper. Leipzig; Veb F. A. Brockhaus Verlag; 1961. #24602 A$45.00

367 Skeib, Gunter. ANTARKTIKA. Kontinent im Brennpunkt der Forschung. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 288; endpaper map, numerous maps, figs. & illusts. in text, 32 coloured & 64 b/w. plates, index; original decorated cloth; a very good copy in defective dustwrapper. Leipzig; Urania-Verlag; [1965]. #22574 A$70.00

368 Smith, Bernard. IMAGINING THE PACIFIC. In the Wake of the Cook Voyages. 4to, First Edition; pp. xiv, 262; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (several full-page), notes, bibliography, detailed illustration listing, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press; 1992. ***Number 10 in the Miegunyah Press series. A sequel and analytical exploration of matters discussed in the author’s earlier important work “European Vision and the South Pacific.” The work commences with a discussion of perceptions and representations of the New World before Captain Cook, including reproductions of rare illustrations from early paintings and watercolours from explorers journals, etc. This is followed by a detailed analysis of “Style, Information and Image in the Art of Cook’s Voyages” with fine coloured and black-and-white illustrations from all parts of the Pacific including Antarctica, and a discussion of Cook’s posthumous reputation. A fine, beautifully illustrated reference by an acknowledged expert. #35683 A$100.00

369 Smuul, Juhan. ANTARCTICA AHOY! The Ice Book. (Translated from the Russian by David Skvirsky. Designed by V. Alexeyev). First Edition; pp. 312; title in red & black; portrait frontispiece, 6 double-page & 18 full-page plates; original blue cloth, lettered & decorated in red & white; a very good copy; scarce. Moscow; Foreign Languages Publishing House; N.D. [1962?]. ***Not in Spence; Renard 1507. #4104 A$70.00

370 Sobiesiak, Monika & Korhammer, Susanne; Editors. NEUN FORSCHERINNEN IM EWIGEN EIS. Die erste Antarktisuberwinterung eines Frauenteams. First Edition; pp. 168; endpaper maps, 16 coloured plates, glossary, appendix, bibliography; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Basel, Boston, Berlin; Birkhauser Verlag; (1994). #24687 A$65.00

371 Society Expeditions: PROJECT ANTARCTICA [cover title]. 4to; pp. 188(last 11 blank); several illustrations & a few maps; original comb binding; a very good copy. Seattle; Society Expeditions Cruises, 57 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Inc; [1987]. ***Together with a similar volume entitled “Expedition Log” ff. [iii], 43(printed on rectos only); original wrappers; the two items being materials issued to tourists taking the company’s cruise to Antarctic waters and comprising extracts from historical and other sources with some interesting anecdotes. #38515 A$45.00

372 Solomon, Susan. THE COLDEST MARCH. Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition. First Australian Edition; pp. xiv, 384(last blank); 5 maps, 71 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; (2001). #64843 A$55.00

373 Soper, Tony, ANTARCTICA. A Guide to the Wildlife. Illustrations by Dafila Scott. First Edition; pp. 144; numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original slick illustrated boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Chalfont St Peter); Bradt Publications; (1994). #57447 A$50.00

374 Sparks, John & Soper, Tony. PENGUINS. Illustrated by Robert Gillmor. First Australian Edition; pp. 264(last blank); coloured illust. title, 1 double-page & 1 text maps, 24 plates, numerous other illustrations (many full-page & many coloured), sources, appendix, index; original black cloth-grained papered boards; spine lettered & front cover decorated in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1968). ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 1513. #44164 A$45.00

375 Sparrman, Anders. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution. Introduction & Notes by Owen Rutter. [Translated into English by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve]. F’cap folio; First Edition in English; pp. 220(last blank), [2](blank); folding map, 12 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill; appendix, notes; original green buckram, gilt, top edge gilt; a fine, clean copy; scarce. London; Golden Cockerel Press; 1944. ***Edition limited to 350 numbered copies on Arnold’s mould-made paper. This is the first translation into English of Sparrman’s account of Cook’s Second Voyage and can be regarded as a kind of sequel to Sparrman’s South African narrative (first published in English in 1785) which contains only a few pages on the remainder of the voyage. [Holmes 92*; Beddie 1284; Davidson, pages 62-63; Spence 1150; USN 23-5.59; Du Rietz 1231; Renard 1517 (specially bound issue only)]. #2259 A$2200.00

376 Sparrman, Anders. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution. Translated by Huldine Beamish and Averil Mackenzie-Grieve. Introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. First General Edition; pp. xxii, 214; large folding map, 13 wood-cuts by C. W. Bacon (2 full-page); appendix, notes; original cloth (slightly faded at edges); a very good, sound copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; very scarce. London; Robert Hale Limited; (1953). ***Beddie 1285. #4793 A$250.00

377 Sparrman, Anders. A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, Round the World and to the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the Year 1772 to 1776. Based on the English editions of 1785-1786 published by Robinson, London. Edited by Prof. V. S. Forbes. Translation from the Swedish revised by J. & I. Rudner. 2 vols., 8vo; Vol. 1, pp. [xiv], 344(last 13 adv.); folding map, 5 plates; Vol. 2, pp. [x], 296, [8](adv.); 2 folding maps, 7 plates, 2 appendices (on a new species of rat and on native languages); bibliography, general index, zoological index & botanical index; original cloth; a fine set; scarce. Cape Town; Van Riebeeck Society; 1975-77. ***An important work: Sparrman joined Cook’s second voyage at the Cape of Good Hope as naturalist (in addition to the Forsters) and his participation in the voyage is recorded in Volume I, but the work is chiefly of value for its natural history and anthropological observations of Southern Africa. #32903 A$275.00

378 Sprod, Dan; Editor. THE TREGURTHA LOG, relating the adventurous life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha. The Napoleonic Wars - the East India Company’s China Run - Whaling in the South Seas - Shipmaster to the Port Phillip District. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. 168(last 2 blank); 2 endpaper & 1 other maps, 9 illustrations, (3 mounted, 2 of which coloured), 4 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Hobart); Blubber Head Press; 1980. ***Edition limited to 600 signed & numbered copies. Like all Blubber Head books it is a finely produced article. #2260 A$165.00 58 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 379 Spry, W. J. J. THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY’S SHIP, “CHALLENGER”. Voyages Over Many Seas, Scenes in Many Lands. By W. J. J. Spry, R.N. With map and illustrations. Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, 388, 24(adv. dated October 1876); folding map showing the track of H.M.S. Challenger in 1872-6 (a little creased), 12 plates & numerous other text illustrations, appendix; original green publisher’s cloth, decorated in black with ship illust. in gilt on front board and gilt-lettered spine, uncut; (some occasional spotting; minor abrasion to two leaves); a very good copy; scarce. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; 1876. ***While not a particularly uncommon title, this First Edition is very seldom found. #62563 A$550.00

380 Spufford, Francis. I MAY BE SOME TIME. Ice and the English Imagination. First Edition; pp. [xii], 372; 8 plates, sources, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Faber and Faber; (1996). ***Explores the English fascination with ice travel, examining in particular, explorers’ motives for embarking on these most often perilous journeys. #54467 A$45.00

381 Stackpole, Edouard A. THE SEA-HUNTERS. The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835. First Edition; pp. 510, [2](blank); 16 plates, notes, index; original light-blue papered boards, spine lettered in black; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company; (1953). ***Spence 1160; Renard 1528 (variant binding). #50850 A$110.00

382 Stanton, William. THE GREAT UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1838-1842. Small cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 438(last 5 blank); endpaper maps, several illustrations, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Berkeley; University of California Press; 1975. ***This great expedition led by Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., with 6 vessels, made numerous discoveries in the Pacific and Antarctic regions; and the expedition called twice at Sydney. The results of the voyage were first published in 5 large volumes and atlas in 1844. Not in Spence; Renard 1531. #4133 A$110.00

383 Stefansson, Vihljalmur: REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume III: Insects. Southern Party 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Editions; pp. 32, 8, 90, 28, 8, 40, 24, 56; 6 plates (2 coloured), numerous illustrations & figures; stapled in original parts as issued (some wrappers frayed or missing). Ottawa; J. de Labroquerie Tache [& others]; 1919-20. ***Lacking parts D, K & L but otherwise complete. Stefansson was leader of the expedition. The various sections are by a variety of authors. #8288 A$65.00

384 Stefansson, Vihljalmur: REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume III: Insects. Southern Party 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Complete Edition; pp. 8, xii, 32, 8, 90, 12, 28, 8, 40, 24, 56, 4, 64, 12(last 2 blank); full-page map, 6 plates (2 coloured), numerous illustrations & figures, index; original cloth. Ottawa; F. A. Acland; 1922. ***Stefansson was leader of the expedition. The various sections are by a variety of authors. #8287 A$95.00

385 Steinitz, Hans. DER 7. KONTINENT. Das Ringen um die antarktische Eiswelt. Zwei Reliefkarten. Funf mehrfarbige Bilder. Neunundzwanzig einfarbige Bilder. Drei Kartenskizzen. First Edition; pp. 296; 2 folding coloured maps, full-page map, 5 coloured plates, 16 b/w. plates, 2 text plans, bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Bern; Kummerly & Frei, Geographischer Verlag; (1959). ***Presenting a different viewpoint and some little-seen photographs. Text in German. #35993 A$120.00

386 Stonehouse, Bernard. ANIMALS OF THE ANTARCTIC. The Ecology of the Far South. Demy 4to, Book Club Edition; pp. [5]-172(last blank, complete, as issued); 13 text maps, over 200 coloured photos, including some double-page & full-page, bibliography, glossary, index; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; (name stamp on endpaper; slightly defective dustwrapper). (London); Book Club Associates; (1974). ***Not in Spence. Identical with the First Edition of 1972. #64368 A$28.00 59 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 387 Stroud, Mike. SHADOWS ON THE WASTELAND. [Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes]. 4th Impression; pp. [x], 182; endpaper map, full-page map, 10 coloured plates, bibliography; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1993). #10104 A$60.00

388 Sullivan, Alan. UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS. Demy 16mo; pp. 192; original cloth. [London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.]; N.D. [c. 1920]. ***The Kings Treasuries of Literature. #63639 A$16.00

389 Sullivan, Walter. QUEST FOR A CONTINENT. First U.K. Edition; pp. xvi, 376(last 3 blank); 5 maps, 16 plates; index; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Secker & Warburg; 1957. ***Antarctica. Spence 1170; Renard 1556. #4132 A$27.00

390 Sutton, Ann and Myron. THE ENDLESS QUEST. The Life of John Franklin Explorer. First U.K. Edition; pp. 244; 6 maps (2 double-page), 69 illustrations (a few full-page), bibliography, index; (lacking rear free endpaper); a very good copy. London; Constable Young Books Ltd.; (1966). ***For younger readers. Published the previous year in the U.S. under the title Journey Into Ice. #43338 A$25.00

391 Sutton, George. GLACIER ISLAND. The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 double-page & 2 full-page maps, 15 plates, appendices, index; original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in d/w; scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; 1957. ***Spence 1175; Renard 1561. #16484 A$120.00

392 Suzyumov, E. M. A LIFE GIVEN TO THE ANTARCTIC. Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer. Authorized translation by Tina Tupikina-Glaessner. First Edition in English; pp. x, 62(last blank); 2 folding maps, 5 plates, references; original grey imitation leather, spine lettered in gilt; (base of spine slightly worn, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper); scarce. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1968. ***Not in Spence; Renard 1564. Originally published in Russian as part of a work: “Remarkable Geographers and Travellers”, Moscow, 1960. #4131 A$95.00

393 Sverdrup, Otto. NEW LAND. Four Years in the Arctic Regions. Translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. With Illustrations and Maps. 2 vols., med. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. 1, pp. xvi, 496; 3 maps in text, 32 full-page plates, 80 text illustrations; Vol. 2, pp. xii, 504; 4 maps on 2 large folding sheets (in pocket), folding geological sketch map, 30 full-page plates, 78 text illustrations, 4 scientific appendices, index; original blue publisher’s cloth, superbly decorated in silver with a view of sledge dogs in front of the “Fram”; (spine ends & corners a little worn; repairs to a couple of marginal tears); a very good set; very scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1904. ***This voyage, 1898-1902, was the second of the “Fram” to the Arctic Regions, the first being under the command of Fridtiof Nansen in 1893-6. The “Fram” was the first ship specially built to withstand the pressure of pack ice and was later to go to the South Pole under Roald Amundsen. The four scientific appendices were first included in this English translation. Arctic Bibliog. 17322. #28845 A$1350.00

394 Swan, R . A. AUSTRALIA IN THE ANTARCTIC. Interest, Activity and Endeavour. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 432; endpaper maps, 1 text map, coloured frontispiece, 24 b/w. plates including 11 maps, appendices (including Treaties & Treaty Acts), references, bibliography, index; original cloth; (inscription on endpaper; some occasional slight foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1961). ***Spence 1177; Renard 1565. #4130 A$125.00

395 Swan, R . A. AUSTRALIA IN THE ANTARCTIC. Interest, Activity and Endeavour. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 432; endpaper maps, 1 text map, coloured frontispiece, 24 b/w. plates including 11 maps, appendices (including Treaties & Treaty Acts), references, bibliography, index; original cloth; (portion of Page 250 torn away with loss of a few lines, but the missing text supplied in facsimile). (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1961). ***Spence 1177. #64273 A$45.00 60 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 396 Swan, Robert. ICEWALK. With research and additional material by Christine McCabe, Martyn Forrester and Dr Mikhail Malakhov. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii], 254; endpaper map, numerous coloured illustrations, 5 appendices, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1990). ***A walk to the North Pole by Robert Swan who had already walked to the South Pole. #41805 A$50.00

397 Swire, Navigating Sub-Lieutenant Herbert; R.N. THE VOYAGE OF THE CHALLENGER. A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1872-1876. Illustrated with Reproductions from Paintings and Drawings in his Journals. Foreword by Major Roger Swire. Introduction by G. Herbert Fowler. 2 vols., f ’cap folio, both First Editions; Vol. 1, pp. 192; endpaper map, 4 coloured plates; Vol. II, pp. 172(last 3 blank); 6 coloured plates, very numerous text illustrations in both Vols., some full-page; original quarter buckram, gilt decorated spines, with linen sides; a fine, clean set in original cloth slipcase; scarce. London; Golden Cockerel Press; 1938. ***Edition limited to only 300 numbered copies printed in ERIC GILL’s Perpetua type on Van Gelder paper. Several of the coloured illustrations are finished by hand; a most attractive production. SWIRE’s account of the famous Challenger voyage is here published for the first time, and includes accounts of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions (including a collision with an iceberg), and visits to Melbourne and Sydney, as well as much interesting information on New Guinea and other parts of the Pacific. #14516 A$2650.00

398 Tanzer, W. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTARCTIC LITERATURE. Prepared for The National Library Service New Zealand by W. Tanzer [wrapper title]. F’cap folio, First Edition; ff. [2], 42, 13, 3; processed, on rectos only; original tan cloth-backed printed wrappers (slightly creased); a very good copy; very scarce. No Place [Wellington]; New Zealand Antarctic Society; 1951. ***Not in Spence; Renard 1572 (with an error in title, here corrected). Arranged in three sections: Part I, List of Publications located in Wellington libraries. Part II, Select List of Publications not located. [Part III], Some recent Argentine and Chilean Works relating to the Antarctic (list supplied by J. S. Cumpston). The internal title-page has the title: Publications on Antarctica Compiled by W. Tanzer, and carries the imprint: National Library Service - April, 1947. #44287 A$175.00

399 Taylor, A. J. W. ANTARCTIC PSYCHOLOGY. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 146(last blank); map, 14 illustrations, 19 figures, 3 tables, glossary, references, 6 appendices, name index, general index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy; scarce. Wellington; Science Information Publishing Centre; 1987. ***P. G. Law’s copy with his label on upper wrapper. #52338 A$135.00

400 Taylor, Griffith; D.Sc., Etc.WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING. With nearly 200 illustrations and maps. First Edition, First Issue; pp. xvi, 464; 2 folding & 5 other maps (4 full-page), folding panoramic plate; 43 full-page plates, 106 text illusts, including numerous sketch maps, appendix, index; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and in yellow on front board, with penguin illustration also on front board; fore & lower edges uncut; (small tear at head of spine; some occasional mild foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1916. ***Spence 1183; Renard 1574; Rosove 324.A1. With many illustrations not in “Scott’s Last Expedition”. An important primary account very seldom encountered. This is the first issue, without pp. iv*/v* containing the Author’s preface which was inadvertently omitted. #4129 A$2450.00

WITH ANNOTATIONS BY J. GORDON HAYES 401 Taylor, Griffith; D.Sc., Etc.WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING. With nearly 200 illustrations and maps. First Edition, First Issue; pp. xvi, 464; 2 folding & 5 other maps (4 full-page), folding panoramic plate; 43 full-page plates, 106 text illusts, including numerous sketch maps, appendix, index; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and in yellow on front board, with penguin illustration also on front board; fore & lower edges uncut; (short tear at head of spine; lower portion of cloth a little waterstained; some 61 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1916. ***Spence 1183; Renard 1574; Rosove 324.A1. With many illustrations not in “Scott’s Last Expedition”. An important primary account very seldom encountered. This is the first issue, without pp. iv*/v* containing the Author’s preface which was inadvertently omitted. J. Gordon Hayes’ copy with his signature at head of title-page and with his pencilled markings and marginal comments throughout. Loosely inserted is a letter dated Nov. 10th, 1964 concerning the (terminal) illness of Taylor’s widow. #39637 A$2250.00

402 Taylor, Griffith.ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE AND RESEARCH. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 246(last blank), [2](adv., verso blank); 34 text illustrations, maps & diagrams, references, index; original red cloth (spine faded; name on half-title & endpaper); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Appleton; 1930. ***Spence 1185. The first issue with cover lettered in gilt. #36051 A$195.00

403 Taylor, Prof. Griffith. JOURNEYMAN TAYLOR. The Education of A Scientist. Abridged and Edited by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor. First Edition; pp. 352; 19 plates, 42 text maps, illustrations & diagrams, etc., index; a very good copy in torn & slightly defective dustwrapper; scarce. London; Robert Hale Limited; (1958). ***Four chapters on Antarctica. Not in Spence; Renard 1580. #4128 A$120.00

404 The Times: MAP OF THE TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1957-58. Large coloured map, 1010 by 760 mm overall dimensions showing the Antarctic continent and the [proposed?] route of the expedition, together with various insets, and surrounded by 27 portraits of the expedition members (U.K. and N.Z.) and three pieces of tractor equipment; in very good condition, folded. [London]; The Times; [1957?]. #37711 A$75.00

405 Thomson, David. SCOTT’S MEN. First Edition; pp. [xvi], 336(last 5 blank); map, 28 illustrations on 16 plates, notes on sources, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Allen Lane; (1977). ***Not in Spence; Renard 1597. #4125 A$95.00

406 Tilman, H. W. MISCHIEF AMONG THE PENGUINS. First Edition; pp. 192; 4 maps, 11 plates; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in silver; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Rupert Hart-Davis; 1961. ***Spence 1202; Renard 1604 (in original cloth). #22654 A$95.00

407 To dd, Frank S. THE SEA WORLD BOOK OF PENGUINS. Text and Photographs by Frank S. Todd. Small 4to; pp. 96; numerous coloured illustrations, index, bibliography; original quarter cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. San Diego; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers; (1984). ***Inscribed to Norman & Joan [Wettenhall] and signed by the Author. #45755 A$20.00

408 Turley, Charles. THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT. Retold from ‘The Voyage of the “Discovery” ‘ and ‘Scott’s Last Expedition’. With an Introduction by Sir J. M. Barrie, Bart. Numerous illustrations in colour and black and white an a map. First U.S. Edition; pp. viii, 440; folding map, photogravure portrait frontispiece of Captain Scott, 4 coloured plates from watercolours by Dr. Edward A. Wilson, 15 b/w. plates (1 double-page), full-page text diagram, facsimile of last words of Scott’s journal, index; original grey-green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board, gilt and white ship illustration on front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; a very nice copy; scarce. New York; Dodd, Mead and Company; 1915. ***Spence 1217; Renard 1624; Rosove 330.B1. Printed in the U.S. Both Renard and Rosove refer to “x” pages of preliminaries, rather than “viii” as here, but it is not obvious what, if anything, is missing and the stated collations would require a single leaf additional to the gatherings. #9091 A$110.00

409 Tyree, Rear Adm. David M. NEW ERA IN THE LONELIEST CONTINENT. [with] FILLING IN ANTARCTICA’S BLANK SPACES. Roy. 8vo; pp. 260-298; 3 coloured maps, 44 coloured photos (including double-page & full-page); contained in The National Geographic Magazine, Washington, 62 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books February, 1963, complete in original wrappers, and including the Atlas Map Supplement: Antarctica. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1963. ***Spence 2476. #4735 A$30.00

410 United States Navy: OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 1957-58. The Story of Task Force 43 and its Service to Science in the Third - the Climax - Phase of the IGY Antarctic Program. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 232; 2 endpaper maps, large folding coloured map, folding panorama, very numerous illustrations (some full-page, & some in colour); original silver leather-grained cloth, with large coloured embossed insignia of the Task Force on front board; spine lettered in blue; a very good copy; scarce. (Paoli; Pennsylvania, The Dorville Corporation; 1958). #18762 A$175.00

411 United States Navy: OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 1985 [Cover title]. 4to; pp. 144; lavishly illustrated in coloured & b/w.; original pictorial boards; (slight waterstain to lower edge of some leaves). No Imprint [Christchurch (?); for United States Navy]; 1985. ***The “Cruise Book” for the year, photographically documenting the personnel of the 35th U.S. Antarctic expedition. #35213 A$100.00

412 Victor, Paul-Emile. MAN AND THE CONQUEST OF THE POLES. Translated from the French by Scott Sullivan. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. viii, 306, [6](blank); endpaper maps, 28 plates, index; original green cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in silver; (some foxing); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1964). ***Spence 1229; Renard 1642 (in red cloth). #11271 A$60.00

413 Von Humboldt, Alexander. NEW DISCOVERIES. Account of the Discoveries of the Russians in the Southern Polar Seas, by M. Simonoff. (By M. Alexander Von Humboldt.). Just over 1 full column, closely set, on the back page of The Edinburgh Evening Courant, Monday, January 19, 1824. Broadsheet; pp. [4]; lightly folded; in excellent condition; rare. Edinburgh; The Edinburgh Evening Courant; 1824. #38339 A$150.00

ANSON’S VOYAGE - LARGE PAPER - IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOARDS 414 Walter, Richard [& Robins, Benjamin]. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled From Papers and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of his Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with Forty-Two Copper-Plates. London: Printed for the Author; By John and Paul Knapton, in Ludgate-Street. MDCCXLVIII. Thick Royal 4to, First Large Paper Issue of First Edition; pp. [vi], [xii](list of Subscribers), [xvi](Contents & Introduction), 418(last blank), [2](Directions to the Binder); 12 folding charts, 2 folding plans, 28 folding plates; original roan-backed marbled boards; (joints cracked, but cords firm; boards very slightly rubbed; spine ends worn with small portion missing from foot); ENTIRELY UNCUT, AS ISSUED; a very fine, clean and crisp copy; EXTREMELY RARE in such condition. Printed for the Author; by John & Paul Knapton; 1748. ***Tew 1, noting this Royal Paper issue as being very rarely found. As for the standard issue on demy paper the earliest issues of the First Edition were published without the world chart which was not done until later issues. While Lord Anson’s own copy (and some others) do have the world chart, most copies of the First Edition (on both sizes of paper) are without it and it is not included in the list of charts and plates. This copy is entirely undisturbed in its original binding and clearly never had the world chart. Page 319 is misnumbered 219 as in the standard issue. There is a contemporary Ms. correction on page 14, and contemporary inked initials on the title page - E. H. - suggesting that this copy belonged either to Sir Edward Hawke (Vice-Admiral of the Blue) or to Edward Hooper, as these are the only two subscribers with these initials. There are 373 subscribers to this, the Royal Paper edition and very, very few copies will have survived in their original publisher’s binding as here. This Royal Paper issue is truly a magnificent production with generous margins and thicker, superior paper. 63 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books While not a particularly uncommon title, copies of the Royal Paper issue, entirely undisturbed, are of extreme rarity. This, the official account of the famous voyage, was immediately immensely popular, and ran to many editions. The list of subscribers to the First Edition occupies 12 pages, closely set in three columns to the page. Many of the illustrations are from drawings by Lieutenant PIERCY BRETT, who was placed in command of the captured Manila galleon, and who also contributed to the relation of the voyage. The expedition was considered a successful venture owing to the capture of the richly laden Manila galleon, but over 1000 lives were lost and out of seven vessels only the flagship Centurion returned. The contribution to geographical knowledge was negligible. Renard 1669. #41035 A$27,500.00

415 Walter, Richard. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, In the Years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. By George Anson, Esq; Late Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of the Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Vol. I [II]. Edinburgh: Printed for Alex. Lawrie and Co. 1804. 2 vols., post 12mo; Vol. I, pp. vi, 212; Vol. II, pp. [iii]-vi(but apparently quite complete, as issued), 246(last blank); contemporary full mottled sheep (a little rubbed); a very good, clean set; scarce. Edinburgh; Alex Lawrie & Co.; 1804. ***The expedition was considered a successful venture owing to the capture of the richly laden Manila galleon, but over 1000 lives were lost and out of seven vessels only the flagship Centurion returned. The contribution to geographical knowledge was negligible. An attractive example of one of the many editions of this much reprinted book. #12810 A$850.00

416 Walton, D. W. H.; Editor. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. With contributions by C. S. M. Doake, J. R. Dudeney, I. Everson, R. M. Laws and D. W. H. Walton, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, and with an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. 4to, First Edition; pp. viii, 280; very numerous coloured & b/w. plates & illusts, maps & diagrams, appendices, bibliography, index; a nice copy in dustwrapper. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press; (1987). #17683 A$145.00

417 Walton, E. W. Kevin. TWO YEARS IN THE ANTARCTIC. 2nd Impression; pp. 196(last 2 blank); 2 full-page maps, 3 double-page & 17 full-page plates, 4 text illustrations, index; original blue cloth (spine foxed); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Lutterworth Press; (1955). #50984 A$75.00

418 Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARD THE SOUTH POLE, Performed in the Years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the Antarctic Sea (1827). Facsimile Edition, with a new Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Pp. x, iv, 324; 9 maps (4 folding), double-sided folding plate of panoramas, 5 full-page plates; 2 full-page figures, appendix; some foxing, but a very good copy in dustwrapper. (Newton Abbot); David & Charles; (1970). ***Spence 1250; Renard 1682. Facsimile of the Second (& best) Edition first published by Longman, Rees, etc. in 1827. #4153 A$165.00

419 Wild, Commander Frank. SHACKLETON’S LAST VOYAGE. The Story of the Quest. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin. Thick med. 8vo, Second Edition, Second Impression; pp. xvi, 372; numerous maps in text, coloured frontispiece & 100 b/w. plates, 5 appendices, list of personnel, index; original pictorial cloth; (some foxing; card affixed to back of frontispiece & small inscription at head of title-page); a very good, bright copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; 1923. ***See Spence 1259. The First Edition was published in May, 1923, this 2nd edition in June of the same year, reprinted in November. Shackleton died on this voyage and was buried at South Georgia. #29931 A$1350.00

MAJOR PACIFIC AND ANTARCTIC VOYAGE. 420 Wilkes, Charles. NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. By Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Commander of the Expedition. Member of the American Philosophical Society, Etc. With Illustrations and Maps. In Five Volumes. 5 vols., 64 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books med. 8vo; Third Edition; Vol. I, pp. lvi, 434; 2 folding maps, 2 folding tables; Vol. II, pp. xii, 476; folding map (Australia & New South Wales on one sheet) & folding table; Vol. III, pp. xii, 438; folding map; Vol IV, pp. xiv, 540(last blank); 2 folding & 1 full-page maps; Vol. V, pp. xii, 558; 4 folding maps; in all, 10 folding & 1 full-page maps, nearly 300 woodcut illustrations in text including numerous examples of native (principally South Seas) music and sketch maps; numerous tables & appendices to each vol. (119 in total); general index in Vol. V; (slight adhesion damage to title-page of Volume I; some relatively minor occasional soiling & waterstaining internally); handsomely bound in half calf, with marbled sides, raised bands on spine and contrasting title and volume labels; a very good set; scarce. Philadelphia; Lea and Blanchard; 1845. ***This edition not in Spence; Haskell 3; Renard 1698. The First Edition in this format and the Third Edition of the work. Of smaller format than the preceding edition and issued without a separate Atlas, this edition was printed from stereos of the Second (imperial 8vo) Edition, with the omission of the 64 plates and the substitition of 47 wood-cuts for that number of steel vignettes. The text is complete, with no abridgement. The edition was 3000 copies. In this copy a number of integral blank leaves and advertisements have been omitted by the binder, but the text, maps and illustrations are all present and quite complete. #36113 A$1350.00

421 Williams, R. S. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume IV: Botany. Part E. Mosses. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 16(last blank); a few figures; original wrappers; a nice copy. Ottawa; Thomas Mulvey; 1921. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8292 A$20.00

422 Wilson, Edward: CHRISTMAS CARD with mounted colour illustration of a fine watercolour by Wilson showing a tunnel under an ice floe and an extract from Wilson’s note-book. Pp. [4]; in fine unmarked condition. London; Edward Wilson House; N.D. [c. 1960?]. ***A printed note states that the original may be viewed at Edward Wilson House; a fine piece of Antarctic ephemera. #29182 A$20.00

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423 Jarman, Robert. JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, IN THE “JAPAN,” employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the command of Capt. John May. London: Longman and Co. and Charles Tilt. [1838]. References: Bagnall 2685; Ferguson 2526 and 2526a; Forbes 1104; Hocken, p. 68. Printed at Beccles by a relative and published in two issues at Beccles and London in 1838, Robert Jarman’s little-known and very rare account of a whaling and trading voyage to the South Seas contains a wealth of interesting detail on seafaring and whaling life and many interesting anecdotes and digressions including an account of the Bounty mutiny, the subsequent boat voyage by William Bligh and the loyal members of crew, and the activities of the mutineers with their Tahitian companions at Pitcairn. He gives a detailed account of Honolulu where the Japan arrived in October 1832 and of Port Jackson which was reached in February 1833 where the ship received an extensive refit. The long stay gave Jarman the opportunity to observe and describe the Aborigines and the convicts and their management. Both issues of the original edition are very rare: our new edition will be the first since 1838. It will be fully annotated and indexed by Robert M. Warneke, with chronology and cross reference to other ships (of which there are many) mentioned in the text. Our new edition will be finely printed and bound and will be strictly limited to 200 numbered copies in total. It will be available in standard and deluxe versions, and a small number of copies will be “Special”. A prospectus will be available in due course and customers are invited to register their interest. Edition Renard (a division of Gaston Renard Pty. Ltd.), P.O. Box 1030, Ivanhoe, 3079, Victoria, Australia. Email: [email protected] www.gastonrenard.com This catalogue has been compiled arranged and produced by

GASTON RENARD Fine and Rare Books P.O. Box 1030, IVANHOE, Victoria, 3079, Australia. Website: http://www.GastonRenard.com.au Email: [email protected] Telephone: (+61 3) 9459 5040 FAX: (+61 3) 9459 6787 2007 Forthcoming from Edition Renard:

Our next publication, now nearly completed, is a fine new edition of the first official account of the First Fleet, The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, originally published in 1789. Our new edition includes the 31 fine coloured plates from the very rare special deluxe version of the original publication as well as the remaining uncoloured charts and plates. It is produced in similar style and as a companion volume to our first publication, White’s Journal, attractively bound in full red leather, with gilt edges. The Deluxe version will include also the uncoloured versions of the plates in the standard original edition and the Special copies will be accompanied by an additional suite of the plates and housed in a Solander box. With 31 fine coloured natural history plates, 3 uncoloured natural history plates, a plate of Aboriginal artefacts, 7 fine views and 2 coastal profiles, 4 portraits and 7 charts this well- illustrated work is the first substantial account of the sailing of the First Fleet and the early settlement of New South Wales. The text of our edition is compiled from all three of the original editions produced by John Stockdale from official papers, and is accompanied by a bibliographical account of these publications and a brief survey of all eighteenth and nineteenth-century editions. In addition the vignette of the medallion produced by Josiah Wedgwood from Sydney clay is described and reproduced in its various engravings of the eighteenth century. The letterpress is finely typeset in Garamond and printed in red and black with occasional use of additional colour. Of folio dimensions (450 mm by 320 mm) the book is bound in full burgundy Australian goatskin, stamped in genuine gold, with genuine gold gilt edges, cane-centred headbands and marker ribbon.

The Voyage of Governor Phillip will be limited to 200 copies for sale, plus 12 copies hors commerce.

TheLimited Edition (100 numbered copies) will be as described above, the text comprising 272 pages with 55 charts and plates.

TheDeluxe Edition (75 numbered copies) will include 31 uncoloured natural history plates from the standard uncoloured version of the first editionin addition to the coloured versions (86 plates and charts in all).

The Special Edition (25 numbered copies) will be as for the Deluxe Edition above, but will include an additional suite of the plates, unbound and suitable for framing, the whole housed in a cloth Solander box, lined with moire silk, with gilt title and illustration of the vignette on the front.

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