Antarctica

First edition. 2 vols, 8vo, [2 (blank)], xxx, 348, [1], [3 (blank)]; [2 (blank)], xiii, [1 (blank)], 337, [1], [4 (imprint, blanks)] pp., with numerous illustrations and charts in text, photographic frontispiece portraits (captioned on tissue guards) and 218 plates (many with multiple illustrations), of which 9 double-page and 18 printed in colour (each captioned on a tissue guard), 3 large folding maps with printed colour loosely inserted in pocket end vol. II; modern dark blue half morocco gilt, a very good set.

First edition, 2 vols, 8vo, xxvi, 633; xvi, 534 pp., page of ads end vol. I, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, plans, sketches, etc., including 18 in colour, later full blue morocco gilt for Asprey & Co. Ltd., all edges gilt, very slight fade to spines, a fine set.

Two vols, 8vo, xxvi, 633; xvi, 534 pp., page of ads end vol. I, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, plans, sketches, etc., including 18 in colour, original blue cloth gilt, light wear, a very good copy.

First edition, 8vo, xxi, 376 pp., colour frontispiece, 5 maps (1 folding), 87 photographic plates (1 double-page), 2 sketch plans in text, usual toning to paper owing to poor paper stock, occasional foxing, original black cloth lettered and decorated in silver, neat repairs to spine extremities, a very good copy.

First edition. 8vo, [iv], 37, [iii]pp., one of only 75 numbered copies printed, this number 49, publisher's cloth-backed salmon coloured paper boards. with the publisher's glassine dust wrapper still intact, 2 light wear to glassine, modern blue morocco foldover box, a fine copy.

First UK edition, 8vo, xxiv, 478 pp., numerous illustrations including 4 in colour, original light blue cloth with pictorial vignette on the front cover, a fine copy.

First edition, 8vo, xii, 364 pp., 32 pages ads at end, title vignette, 3 maps (1 folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text), 120 illustrations (8 full-page), original coarse-grain green cloth, upper cover with image of boats and ice in brown and silver, spine and cover lettered in silver, a fine copy.

First edition, 8vo, [xii], 243, [1], pp., 4 undated pages and 32 pages dated February 1896 of ads at end, frontispiece by W.L. Wyllie, 11 full-page black-and-white plates by W. G. Burn Murdoch, original pictorial blue cloth, upper cover with image of ship against backdrop of ice-cliffs in silver and black, spine and cover lettered in silver, light wear to extremities, light spotting to title, the cloth bright and fine.

First edition, author's autograph edition, limited to 1000 copies printed on rag paper, signed by the author and publisher, 8v, etched frontispiece portrait, title vignette, 4 maps (2 folding), 72 photographic illustrations on 55 plates, 17 text vignettes, original parchment backed blue boards gilt, parchment tips, light soiling to spine, a very good copy.

First edition. 4to., viii, 94 pp., 15 folding maps in pocket at end, original red grained cloth gilt, light fade to spine, a very good copy.