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Polar II; India and Beyond, Travel and Photography

Auction 19952
4 Dec 2012, starting at 11:00 GMT.
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CHINA and KOREA A very good album comprising approximately 132 views including six rare images by Felice Beato of the ...
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CHINA THOMSON (JOHN) An album of approximately 63 images, albumen prints [c.1870]
Sold for £23,750 inc. premium
KOETTLITZ (REGINALD) - JACKSON-HARMSWORTH EXPEDITION Autograph journals of Reginld Koettlitz for the years 1895 and 1896 documenting his life and work ...
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BERNACCHI (LOUIS) Papers of Louis 'Bunny' Bernacchi, physicist on Scott's Discovery Expedition

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1 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) £812
€949
US$ 1,227
4 INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Family"; "Villagers"; and "Native Hunters", £187
€219
US$ 283
5 INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Child"; "Women and Child of Arctic Highlanders"; and "A Winter House", [1900] (3) £187
€219
US$ 283
6 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) £399
€467
US$ 604
8 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 £624
€730
US$ 943
9 PEARY (ROBERT) The North Pole... with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, NUMBER 64 OF 500 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES, 1910 £749
€876
US$ 1,132
11 RESOLUTE. Voyages in the Arctic Seas from 1821 to 1825, FROM THE LIBRARY ON BOARD THE RESOLUTE, 1831 £1,374
€1,606
US$ 2,076
12 SCORESBY (WILLIAM) Journal of a Voyage to a Northern Whale-Fishery, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1823; and two others (3) £524
€613
US$ 792
14 ARCTIC MEDAL, 1857 £937
€1,095
US$ 1,415
16 "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) £474
€555
US$ 717
17 "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) £687
€803
US$ 1,038
18 "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) £749
€876
US$ 1,132
20 "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] £524
€613
US$ 792
21 "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) £437
€511
US$ 660
22 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) £999
€1,168
US$ 1,510
24 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] £937
€1,095
US$ 1,415
25 ROYAL NAVY, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837 BACK (GEORGE) A small wooden keepsake from the Terror in the form of a book £3,499
€4,090
US$ 5,285
26 NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837. CHAMBERS (GEORGE) "H.M.S Terror in frozen strait", [1838] £812
€949
US$ 1,227
27 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] £3,499
€4,090
US$ 5,285
28 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] £874
€1,022
US$ 1,321
29 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 £349
€409
US$ 528
30 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
31 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 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 £1,124
€1,314
US$ 1,699
33 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 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 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 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 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 PEARY (ROBERT) STOKES (FRANK WILBERT) "Redcliffe House, Winter Quarters of the Peary Party, and Eskimo encampment, Peary Relief Expedition", 1892 £1,624
€1,899
US$ 2,454
40 PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION, 1892. TAYLOR (WILLIAM LADD) "View on the Coast of Greenland - Icebergs,", 1892 £274
€321
US$ 415
42 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 £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 £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
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