18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 2178
 

2178

Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole, 1st edition in English, 1912, & 7 others

Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, 1st edition in English, London: John Murray, 1912. 2 volumes, 4to, original red cloth, all plates and maps as called for, spines faded and flag vignettes rubbed, front boards with superficial water-damage to lower fore corners (removing glaze) and partial rubbing-away of borders, volume 2 front board bumped at upper fore corner, rear boards unevenly sunned, occasional light spotting to text, repair to folding map at rear of volume 2,
idem The North West Passage, being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjöa" 1903-1907, 1st edition in English, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1908. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, photogravure frontispieces, 3 maps (2 folding), photographic illustrations throughout, volume 1 spine repaired, folding map spotted and with repair to stub and small split at intersection of folds, volume 2 rebacked retaining most of original spine,
and 6 others (all in original cloth, not collated), including: Amundsen, The South Pole, 1st edition in English, 2nd impression, 1912 (2 volumes); Nansen, Farthest North, 1st edition in English, 1897 (2 volumes); idem, Farthest North, 2nd edition in English, 1898 (2 volumes, ex library); idem, The First Crossing of Greenland, 1st edition in English, 1890 (2 volumes, recased) (qty: 14)

Rosove 9.A1 (Amundsen, South Pole).

Sold for £750
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022

Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.

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