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Lot 141
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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[SPITSBERGEN]. A group of 5 works, comprising:
CONWAY, William Martin, Sir (1856-1937). The First Crossing of Spitsbergen... London: J.M. Dent, 1897. 8vo. 2 color-printed folding maps, numerous color plates and half-tones. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on half-title To Sir Clements Markham with the authors compliments. June, 1897. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. -- CONWAY, William Martin, Sir (1856-1937). With Ski & Sledge Over Arctic Glaciers. London: J.M. Dent, 1898. 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece, folding map, numerous photo plates. -- WELLS, John C. The Gateway to the Polynia. A Voyage to Spitsbergen. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873. 8vo. Frontispiece, folding map, one 6-part folding plate, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. -- HENDERSON, Ebenezer (1784-1858). Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that island, during the years 1814 and 1815.... Edinburgh: Printed for Oliphant, Waugh and Innes, and London: for T. Hamilton, J. Hatchard and L.B. Seeley, 1818. 2 volumes bound in one, 8vo. Folding engraved map, numerous engraved plates. (Map repaired at folds.) Full contemporary black calf. -- FORBES, Charles S. (d. 1876). Iceland; its Volcanoes, Geysers, and Glaciers. London: John Murray, 1860. 8vo. Engraved folding map, and numerous wood-engraved plates and vignettes. -- All FIRST EDITIONS, all in original publishers cloth except where indicated.
