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1
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DEWHURST (WILLIAM HENRY) The Natural History of the Order of Cetacea and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic Regions, Published by the Author, 1834; and two others (3)
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£812
949
US$ 1,227
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4
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INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Family"; "Villagers"; and "Native Hunters",
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£187
219
US$ 283
|
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5
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INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Child"; "Women and Child of Arctic Highlanders"; and "A Winter House", [1900] (3)
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£187
219
US$ 283
|
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6
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LAING (JOHN) A Voyage to Spitzbergen containing an Account of that Country, of the Zoology of the North; of the Shetland Isles; and of the Whale Fishery, Edinburgh, Adam Black, 1818; and another (2)
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£399
467
US$ 604
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8
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PEARY (ROBERT) "Peary's Proofs! "If Peary could get to the Pole, why was it impossible for Cook?" Peary tells in the July Hampton's", c.1910
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£624
730
US$ 943
|
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9
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PEARY (ROBERT) The North Pole... with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, NUMBER 64 OF 500 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, 1910
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£749
876
US$ 1,132
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11
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RESOLUTE. Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825, FROM THE LIBRARY ON BOARD THE RESOLUTE, 1831
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£1,374
1,606
US$ 2,076
|
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12
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SCORESBY (WILLIAM) Journal of a Voyage to a Northern Whale-Fishery, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1823; and two others (3)
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£524
613
US$ 792
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14
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ARCTIC MEDAL, 1857
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£937
1,095
US$ 1,415
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16
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"ARCTIC SCENERY" SOUP BOWLS A pair of earthenware soup bowls, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound with a dog sled in the foreground to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base, 270mm. in diameter, [c.1840] (2)
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£474
555
US$ 717
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17
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"ARCTIC SCENERY" SOUP BOWLS A pair of earthenware soup bowls, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound with a dog sled in the foreground to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base, 270mm. in diameter, [c.1840] (2)
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£687
803
US$ 1,038
|
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18
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"ARCTIC SCENERY" SIDE PLATES A pair of earthenware side plates, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Inuits building igloos being watched by armed Europeans to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on underside of rim, 240mm. in diameter, [c.1840] (2)
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£749
876
US$ 1,132
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20
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"ARCTIC SCENERY" PICKLE DISH The earthenware dish, with brown transfer lace-style decoration to the rim, and an Inuit family and dogs beside igloos, in a mountainous scene with boats, to the centre, [c.1840]
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£524
613
US$ 792
|
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21
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"ARCTIC SCENERY" DINNER PLATES The pair of earthenware dinner plates, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration, wild flowers alternating with wild animals to the rim, with Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound, with dog sled in the foreground, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base, [c.1840] (2)
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£437
511
US$ 660
|
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22
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ROYAL NAVY EXPLORATION EXPEDITION, 1773 An autograph letter to J. T. Batt esq. from an anonymous sender transmitting news of HMS Racehorse and Carcass; together with a tracing manuscript map, sent by Lord North, showing the outline of the principal islands of Spitzbergen, [c.1773] (2)
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£999
1,168
US$ 1,510
|
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24
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ROSS, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1829-1833. ROSS (JOHN) Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, [1835]
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£937
1,095
US$ 1,415
|
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25
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ROYAL NAVY, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837 BACK (GEORGE) A small wooden keepsake from the Terror in the form of a book
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£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
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26
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NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837. CHAMBERS (GEORGE) "H.M.S Terror in frozen strait", [1838]
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£812
949
US$ 1,227
|
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27
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FRANKLIN SEARCHING EXPEDITION, 1851-1853. CRESSWELL (SAMUEL GURNEY) A collection of 7 chromolithographed plates, from "A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour...of the Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator", [1854]
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£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
|
28
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SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION, 1853-55 - OPERTI (ALBERT) OPERTI (ALBERT) "Farewell", depicting some crew members of the abandoned brig, Advance, in Rensselaer Harbour, Greenland, 1855, [c.1885]
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£874
1,022
US$ 1,321
|
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29
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SWEDISH SPITZBERGEN EXPEDITION, 1861. CHYDENIUS (JAKOB KARL EMIL) Svenska Expeditionen til Spetsbergen år 1861 Utförd under Ledning af Otto Torell, bound in 2 parts, 1865
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£349
409
US$ 528
|
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30
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A pair of soup bowls, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rims with black transfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rims, the bases with three impressed maker's markers and "DISCOVERY" printed in black, 260mm. in diameter, 1875
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£1,499
1,752
US$ 2,265
|
|
31
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 The soup bowl, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rim with blue transfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rim, the base with three impressed maker's markers and "DISCOVERY" printed in blue, 1875
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
32
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 The stone china drainer, of oval form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the edge with blue tranfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt to the centre, the base with four maker's marks, three transferred and of fouled anchor design, the other impressed reading "Copeland 84" with a crown, "ALERT" printed on base, and evidence of "DISCOVERY" which has since been removed, 1875
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£1,124
1,314
US$ 1,699
|
|
33
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1875-76 The circular stone china sauce tureen and cover by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the twin handles and finial with blue handpainted details, the body and cover with blue transfer decorations of plaited rope design, and bearing the expedition logo, "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt surround a polar bear, maker's mark, in the form of a fouled anchor, and "DISCOVERY" printed on underside of cover and base, 1875
|
£1,499
1,752
US$ 2,265
|
|
34
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A stone china milk jug by W.T.Copeland & Sons, with blue transfer decoration on white background, rope design around neck and rim, the expedition logo to the front, "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt surrounding a polar bear, maker's mark, in the form of a fouled anchor, and "DISCOVERY" printed on base, 1875
|
£2,499
2,921
US$ 3,775
|
|
35
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A pair of soup bowls, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rims with black transfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rims, the bases with three impressed maker's markers and "DISCOVERY" printed in black, 260mm. in diameter, 1875
|
£1,499
1,752
US$ 2,265
|
|
36
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 The dinner plate, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rim with blue tranfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rim, the base with four impressed maker's marks and "DISCOVERY" printed in blue, 1875
|
£999
1,168
US$ 1,510
|
|
37
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 Two photographs, each with portraits of all of the crew members of the Discovery and the Alert identified by surname, 1875 (2)
|
£999
1,168
US$ 1,510
|
|
38
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PEARY (ROBERT) STOKES (FRANK WILBERT) "Redcliffe House, Winter Quarters of the Peary Party, and Eskimo encampment, Peary Relief Expedition", 1892
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£1,624
1,899
US$ 2,454
|
|
40
|
PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION, 1892. TAYLOR (WILLIAM LADD) "View on the Coast of Greenland - Icebergs,", 1892
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£274
321
US$ 415
|
|
42
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BALDWIN-ZIEGLER EXPEDITION, 1901-1902 FIALA (ANTHONY) View towards Ziegler Island, gelatin silver print, [1901-1902]
|
£812
949
US$ 1,227
|
|
43
|
PEARY POLAR EXPEDITION, 1905-1906 OPERTI (ALBERT) "Nearest the Pole",
|
£3,749
4,382
US$ 5,663
|
|
44
|
CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION Eight images of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition [1913-1916] (2)
|
£349
409
US$ 528
|
|
46
|
RUSSIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1819-1821. BELLINGSHAUSEN (FABIAN GOTTLIEB von) The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821, 2 vol., The Hakluyt Society, 1945
|
£937
1,095
US$ 1,415
|
|
47
|
ROYAL NAVY EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1839-1843. ROSS (Sir JAMES CLARK) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1847
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£1,999
2,337
US$ 3,020
|
|
48
|
DUNDEE WHALING EXPEDITION, 1892-1893 BURN MURDOCH (WILLIAM GORDON) A view of three ships, one presumed from the Dundee Whaling Expedition, with icebergs and penguins in the foreground, [c.1892]
|
£1,124
1,314
US$ 1,699
|
|
51
|
BRITISH ANTARTIC EXPEDITION, 1898-1900. BORCHGREVINK (CARSTEN EGEBERG) First on the Antarctic Continent, FIRST EDITION, 1901
|
£874
1,022
US$ 1,321
|
|
55
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - JACKSON-HARMSWORTH EXPEDITION Autograph journals of Reginld Koettlitz for the years 1895 and 1896 documenting his life and work in Franz Josef Land, 3 vol., Franz Josef Land, 1895-1896
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£23,749
27,755
US$ 35,867
|
|
58
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - DISCOVERY An electroplated silver pocket compass presumed to have accompanied Koettlitz on the Discovery expedition, undated
|
£3,249
3,798
US$ 4,908
|
|
59
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - MATCHBOX An engraved German silver portion of a sledge runner fashioned into a matchbox, [1903]
|
£2,624
3,067
US$ 3,964
|
|
60
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - SLEDGE RUNNER An engraved German silver portion of a sledge runner fashioned into a teaspoon, [1903]
|
£1,749
2,045
US$ 2,642
|
|
63
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - DISCOVERY LIBRARY [DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE)] "Lewis Carroll" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1899; Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 1901, Macmillan (2)
|
£2,249
2,629
US$ 3,398
|
|
64
|
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) and ROBERT FALCON SCOTT The Voyage of the Discovery, 2 vol. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO REGINALD KOETTLITZ, first edition, Smith Elder, 1905
|
£5,624
6,573
US$ 8,495
|
|
66
|
BERNACCHI (LOUIS) Papers of Louis 'Bunny' Bernacchi, physicist on Scott's Discovery Expedition
|
£13,749
16,068
US$ 20,765
|
|
67
|
BERNACCHI and BORCHGREVINK - JOE'S SLED-DOG COLLAR
|
£8,749
10,225
US$ 13,214
|
|
68
|
DISCOVERY - STATIONERY A collection of blank Discovery Expedition stationery, bearing the blue printed expedition logo, "Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901," in a band surrounding a penguin on the pole, comprising 8 bifolio sheets, 3 with some discolouration at edges, 8vo (210 x 135mm), and 4 envelopes (95 x 120mm.) [c.1901] (12)
|
£687
803
US$ 1,038
|
|
70
|
DISCOVERY GILLETT (EDWARD FRANK) A sketch entitled "The Return of the Discovery" showing the ship in dock, Scott and fellow Officers and "Eskimo dogs on the forecastle", [1904]
|
£1,999
2,337
US$ 3,020
|
|
71
|
MURRAY (GEORGE, editor) The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901... with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham... Presented to the Expedition and Issued by the Royal Geographical Society, 1901
|
£2,249
2,629
US$ 3,398
|
|
72
|
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) Royal Geographical Society silver medal 1902-1904, of the type presented to Captain Scott and members of the British National Antarctic Expedition, [c.1904]
|
£1,749
2,045
US$ 2,642
|
|
73
|
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) Autograph letter signed ("R.F.Scott") to the removals company, Pickford Ltd. ("Sir"), requesting that his goods from the Discovery be delivered to his new address at 56 Oakley Street, Chelsea: "I should like you to unpack and place the things in a room in the house in much the same order in which they were in my cabin onboard the Discovery...carpet, chair etc.--", Oct 13th [1904]; Oct 13th, [c.1904]; together with a blank Discovery expedition envelope (3)
|
£1,624
1,899
US$ 2,454
|
|
74
|
WATERMAN (JOHN WILLIAM, A.B.) Private log of Able Seaman Waterman in S.S. Discovery..., 1901-1904; with his tool pouch and a certificate signed twice by Captain Scott
|
£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
|
75
|
SOUTH POLAR TIMES. SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY), LOUIS C. BERNACCHI and APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD, editors. South Polar Times, 2 vol. only, PRESENTATION COPY, Smith, Elder & Co., 1907
|
£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
|
76
|
NIMROD EXPEDITION, 1907-1909. MURRAY (JAMES) and GEROGE MARSTON. Antarctic Days, limited edition, 1913
|
£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
|
77
|
NIMROD EXPEDITION, 1907-1909. An unopened tin of Coleman's Mustard, [1907]
|
£349
409
US$ 528
|
|
79
|
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Postcard signed ("E.H. Shackleton"), with three one penny King Edward VII Land stamps; and a portrait postcard
|
£524
613
US$ 792
|
|
80
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) - FLASKS A pair of flasks, marked "Aero Special" on the cup and engraved "Gute Fahrt. Glass und Metallwerke Ernst Jensen A.G. Berlin" on body of flask, (2)
|
£2,999
3,505
US$ 4,530
|
|
81
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) - DIPLOMA An honorary diploma bestowed upon Amundsen by the town of Tønsberg, 23rd April 1907
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
82
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) NANSEN (FRIDTJOF) Paa Ski over Grønland, SIGNED BY ROALD AMUNDSEN, Kristiania, H. Aschehoug, 1890
|
£2,124
2,483
US$ 3,209
|
|
83
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) - HORLICKS. A container of Horlick's malted milk, in original printed paper wrapper, packed for the Amundsen Ellsworth North Pole Expedition
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
84
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) - MATCHCASE A waterproof matchbox bag with aluminium screw lid (length 220mm.) as supplied for the expedition to the South Pole, together with 6 boxes of matches ("Nitadels Tændstikfabrik, Oslo"), [c.1911] (7)
|
£3,999
4,674
US$ 6,040
|
|
87
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) - BROOCH A gold pin brooch with an unidentified black, collet set stone to the centre, presumed to have been taken by Amundsen from the South Pole
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
88
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) Au Pole Sud. Expedition du "Fram" 1910-1912, 1913
|
£337
394
US$ 509
|
|
90
|
AMUNDSEN (ROALD) Souvenir of Lecture: "How We Reached the South Pole", SIGNED BY AMUNDSEN on the photographic portrait of him on the title, 1912
|
£874
1,022
US$ 1,321
|
|
92
|
BOWERS (HENRY ROBERTSON, 'Birdie') Long autograph letter signed ("Henry"), to his sister May [later Lady Maxwell], written from Rangoon on board the Dufferin, 1907
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
95
|
CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY GEORGE BENET) The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vol., 1922
|
£1,374
1,606
US$ 2,076
|
|
97
|
EVANS (EDWARD R.G.R., later Lord Mountevans) 'Teddy Evans'. Autograph letter signed ("Yours very sincerely/ Edward R.G.R Evans") to Captain Scott's sister Grace, 1913
|
£4,374
5,112
US$ 6,607
|
|
98
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Sunset in the South Pacific Ocean", [1911]
|
£2,374
2,775
US$ 3,586
|
|
99
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) Capt L.E.G. Oates at the stable door, Winterquarters Hut, August 30th 1911, toned silver bromide print, 1911
|
£10,624
12,416
US$ 16,046
|
|
100
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Seals basking on pancake ice", [1911]
|
£1,624
1,899
US$ 2,454
|
|
101
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "The 'Terra Nova' in McMurdo Sound", [1911]
|
£3,749
4,382
US$ 5,663
|
|
103
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Captain Oates & Ponies", [1910]
|
£5,999
7,011
US$ 9,061
|
|
105
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Mount Erebus and Iceberg", [8th October 1911]
|
£4,999
5,843
US$ 7,551
|
|
106
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) and HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS Three volumes associated with Ponting's film, a presentation inscription from Kathleen Scott, and a vintage print by Bowers at the South Pole (3)
|
£3,124
3,651
US$ 4,719
|
|
107
|
PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South or With Scott in the Antarctic, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD, Duckworth, [1921]; and one other (2)
|
£624
730
US$ 943
|
|
108
|
PONTING (HERBERT) Le voyage du Capitaine Scott au Pôle Sud. Album...; and 3 issues of Petit Journal (4)
|
£349
409
US$ 528
|
|
109
|
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N. C.V.O. F.R.G.S., photogravure portrait, 1912
|
£499
584
US$ 755
|
|
111
|
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON) and 'TEDDY' EVANS. Scott's Last Message, SIGNED BY TEDDY EVANS, [c.1918]
|
£474
555
US$ 717
|
|
116
|
STONE (BERNARD, Leading Stoker R.N.), S.Y. Terra Nova, Antarctica, 24 Jan 1913
|
£624
730
US$ 943
|
|
117A
|
TERRA NOVA DUNN (C.A.) A view of the Terra Nova returning to Lyttelton with flag at half mast, [c.1912 or later]
|
£5,999
7,011
US$ 9,061
|
|
118
|
TERRA NOVA - GOLD CLIP A custom made gold clip of the Terra Nova emblem, stamped 9ct on verso, engraved with "British Antarctic Expedition Terra Nova R.Y.S." in a band surrounding a penguin on the pole, on a hide strap presumed to be pony skin, with two engraved ferrules at either end, attached to which are two clips on short chains, stamped "S.P.&S" and "gold plated", 20 x 255mm. [c.1913]
|
£1,124
1,314
US$ 1,699
|
|
119
|
TERRA NOVA An electroplated silver ladle by Walker & Hall
|
£1,249
1,460
US$ 1,887
|
|
120
|
TERRA NOVA An electroplated silver dessert spoon and a fork by Walker & Hall (2)
|
£624
730
US$ 943
|
|
121
|
WILSON (EDWARD ADRIAN) An Antarctic mountain scene at sunset, [1911?]
|
£7,749
9,056
US$ 11,704
|
|
124
|
WILSON (EDWARD) and others. Autograph album compiled by Mrs E.W. Sexton at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, c.1910-1915
|
£3,124
3,651
US$ 4,719
|
|
126
|
MAWSON (DOUGLAS) Autograph letter signed ("Douglas Mawson"), to Mr Horne, written just before being set ashore at Commonwealth Bay, 1912
|
£3,499
4,090
US$ 5,285
|
|
129
|
ENDURANCE EXPEDITION, 1914-1917. SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) South, fine presentation inscription from Shackleton, 1920
|
£2,374
2,775
US$ 3,586
|
|
130
|
SHACKLETON-ROWETT EXPEDITION, 1921-1922. Collection of 15 signatures of members of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, comprising: Frank Wild etc.
|
£624
730
US$ 943
|
|
131
|
SHACKLETON-ROWETT EXPEDITION, 1921-1922. A signed portrait of Shackleton, inscribed in ink "Miss P.J. Pierce with regards from E.H. Shackleton Sept. 17th 1921
|
£1,374
1,606
US$ 2,076
|
|
132
|
SHACKLETON-ROWETT EXPEDITION, 1921-1922. An unopened bottle of Champagne Cognac as supplied for the Endurance and Quest expeditions
|
£999
1,168
US$ 1,510
|