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14 September 2021 | starting at 13:00 BST

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Continental School19th CenturyA view of the settlement Yerba Buena, renamed San Francisco in 1847, looking towards Yerba Buena Island

After Karl Bodmer(Swiss, 1809-1893)'Pehriska-Ruhpa'; 'Pehriska Rupha' hand-coloured aquatint and engraved plates after Bodmer, with Bodmer blindstamp, published by Ackermann & Co., 1841 (2)

George Isham Parkyns(British, 1750-1820)Quebec City as seen from the North-West, c.1795

George Isham Parkyns(British, 1750-1820)Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Georges Island, c.1795

William Pope(British/Canadian, 1811-1902)Ten rural and sporting scenes of Canadian life to include: each sheet 24.4 x 29.8cm (9 5/8 x 11 3/4in). (10) unframed

William Pope(British/Canadian, 1811-1902)An extensive archive of fifty-four Canadian animal studies, comprised of forty ornithological studies and fourteen ichthyological studies 50 x 33.8cm (19 3/4 x 13 1/4in) and smaller. (54) unframed

Peter Rindisbacher(Swiss born, Canadian/American, 1806-1834)A Gentleman Travelling in a Dog Cariole in Hudson's Bay with an Indian Guide

Captain Henry Edward Napier(British, 1789-1853)'Esquimauxs' image 7 x 9.1cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/2in), full sheet 23.2 x 17.5cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8in). unframed

Achton Friis(Danish, 1871-1939)'Formiddagssol over "Danmarks-Havn", Marts 1908' (Morning Sun over Danmarkshavn)

Samuel Howitt(Nottinghamshire 1756-1822 London)A polar bear

English School20th CenturyArctic exploration

NORTH-WEST PASSAGE – FIRST ROSS EXPEDITION Two orders, signed ("JW Croker") as Secretary to the Admiralty to Captain Ross, R.N. ("Sir"), equipping Ross's first "Northern Expedition of Discovery", Admiralty Office, 25 March and 2 April 1818

Arctic Exploration: An English porcelain vase, circa 1820-25

RICHARDSON (JOHN) Ichthyology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross [... During the Years 1839-1843], FIRST EDITION, [Janson & Sons], 1844-1848

ROSS (JAMES CLARK) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, John Murray, 1847

BELGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION - ADRIEN DE GERLACHE 'La Belgica 1898', photograph showing the ship stuck in the ice with three crew members in the foreground, INSCRIBED BY ADRIEN DE GERLACHE "Souvenir cordial à mon amie Berthe. A. de Gerlache" with caption on the mount, [1898, printed later]

CHARCOT (JEAN-BAPTISTE) Journal de l'expédition Antarctique Française, 1903-1905. Le "Français" au Pôle sud, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1910], FIRST EDITIONS, 4to (2)

CHARCOT (JEAN-BAPTISTE) Rapports préliminaires sur les travaux exécutés dans l'Antarctique par la mission commandée par M. le Dr. Charcot. de 1908 a 1900, Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912, 4to (2)

AMUNDSEN (ROALD) The South Pole: an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910-1912, 2 vol., John Murray, 1912

JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912 [SHIRASE (NOBU] Nankyoku-ki, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Tokyo, Seikô Zasshisha, 15 December 1913

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) [The Heart of the Antarctic] The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909, ONE OF 300 COPIES, William Heinemann, 1909

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Cabinet portrait photograph of Shackleton by Messrs. Thomson, Grovsenor Studios, SIGNED BY THE SITTER ("Yours truly, E.H. Shackleton") on the image, [c.1909]

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Photographic postcard portrait of Shackleton, half-length in suit and tie, by Dinham of Torquay, SIGNED BY THE SITTER ("Ernest Shackleton") across the lower portion of the image, [c.1910]

PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) "Entering the Pack Ice"; "P.O. Evans and Crean Mending Sleeping Bags", [1910, but printed later] (2)

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) STONE (BENJAMIN) "Luncheon Party [including Shackleton and A.J. Balfour] at the House of Commons, June 29 1909", [1914] (2)

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 191-1917, FIRST EDITION, William Heinemann, 1919

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Letter signed ("E.H. Shackleton") to "Mr. [Charles] Buchel", apologising that a "rush of work has prevented me from going up to you" but suggesting that "I'll come for a final sitting directly after Xmas", Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, Dec. 21, 1919

CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY) The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Constable & Co., 1922

BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 British Museum (Natural History). British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910. Natural History Reports, 62 parts (of 63) in 43 vol.; with Second Series (56), sold as a periodical

BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913 [H.G.LYONS (editor)] British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 [Scientific Results], 13 vol., Calcutta and London, Thacker and Harrison, 1919--1924, sold as a periodical

CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY) The Worst Journey in the World, first one volume edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "... To Commander Tony Barley by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, June 20th 1950" on the front free endpaper, Produced by the Author, and Published for Him by Chatto & Windus, 1937

COPE (JOHN LACHLAN) Album containing 100 images of the John Cope Expedition, 1920-1922

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