Polar exploration rare books

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.

Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxv, 428; xiii, 444 pp., 9 maps (2 very large, short splits to folds), numerous illustrations, many full-page, original blue cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear to corners and edges, a very good bright copy.

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, xvi, [i], 361 pp., 6 plates, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth gilt, neat repairs to 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.