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Lot 191

Sale 5126 - Fine Books, Maps & Manuscripts
May 31, 2012 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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4 vols.


4 vols.
Antarctic Exploration: Borchgrevink, C.E. First on the Antarctic Continent. London: George Newnes, 1901. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. pictorial cloth, gilt-lettered; spine faded, with library stickers. With frontis photogravure portrait, 3 fold color maps, photo plates, in-text illus. & rear pub. cat; frontis tissue creased and discolored, pages untrimmed, library markings, incl. perforated library stamps. * Cook, Frederick A. Through the First Antarctic Night. N.Y: Doubleday, 1900. 8vo, later library cloth; replaced endpapers, library markings throughout. With numerous plates, including some in color. * Nordenskjold, Otto; Andersson, Joh. Antarctica, or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole. Lon: Hurst & Blackett, 1905. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. pictorial cloth; corners bumoed, spine faded, library label to front and spine. With 2 color fold map & numerous photo plates; library markings throughout, slightly shaken. * Balch, Edwin Swift. Antarctica. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered red cloth; extremities rubbed. With 3 large fold maps (perforated library stamps). Library markings to endpapers else internally mostly clean.

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