[Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967)]
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[Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967)]
A collection of 26 works from Macklin's library, in 28 volumes, 1904-1959, all of Polar interest, seven inscribed or signed to or by Macklin.
The selection comprises: ACCOUNTS OF SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITIONS, including: Hugh Robert MILL. The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London, 1923. Spence 795; [Alexander MACKLIN]. Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest. By Commander Frank Wild ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. London, 1923. Spence 1259. 2 copies; James W.S. MARR. Into the Frozen South By Scout Marr, of the Quest Expedition. London, 1923. Spence 756.; G. Vibert DOUGLAS and others. British Museum (Natural History) Report on the Geological Collections made during the voyage of the "Quest" on the Shackleton-Rowett expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922. London, 1930; Sir Ernest Shackleton. The Heart of the Antarctic being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909...new and revised edition. London, 1935.; Frank A. WORSLEY. First Voyage in a Square-Rigged Ship. London, 1938.; Leonard D.A. HUSSEY. South with Shackleton... with a foreward by Admiral Lord Mountevans. London, 1949. Spence 617.
ACCOUNTS BY MEMBERS OF SCOTT'S EXPEDITIONS, including:
Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913. London, 1922. 2 volumes. Cf. Spence 278 (3 volume set); Edward R.G.R. EVANS, Admiral Lord Mountevans. The Desolate Antarctic. London, 1950. Spence 435; Frank DEBENHAM. Antarctica The story of a continent. London, 1959. Spence 360.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF OTHER POLAR EXPEDITIONS, including:
Otto SVERDRUP. New Land Four years in the Arctic regions Tr. E.H. Hearn. London, 1904. 2 vols; Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN, R.C. MOSSMAN & J.H. Harvery PIRIE. The Voyage of the "Scotia". Edinburgh and London, 1906. Spence 193; Robert E. PEARY. The North Pole. London, 1910; Jean CHARCOT. The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic The journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910. Tr. Philip Walsh. London, New York & Toronto, [1911]. Spence 262; Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN. A Naturalist at the Poles The life, work and voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar explorer. London, 1923. Spence 194; John RYMILL. Southern Lights The official account of the British Graham Land expedition 1934-1937. London, 1983. Spence 1016; Sir Vivian FUCHS and Sir Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958. London, 1958. Spence 490;
and 8 works of related interest.
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
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A collection of 26 works from Macklin's library, in 28 volumes, 1904-1959, all of Polar interest, seven inscribed or signed to or by Macklin.
The selection comprises: ACCOUNTS OF SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITIONS, including: Hugh Robert MILL. The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London, 1923. Spence 795; [Alexander MACKLIN]. Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest. By Commander Frank Wild ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. London, 1923. Spence 1259. 2 copies; James W.S. MARR. Into the Frozen South By Scout Marr, of the Quest Expedition. London, 1923. Spence 756.; G. Vibert DOUGLAS and others. British Museum (Natural History) Report on the Geological Collections made during the voyage of the "Quest" on the Shackleton-Rowett expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922. London, 1930; Sir Ernest Shackleton. The Heart of the Antarctic being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909...new and revised edition. London, 1935.; Frank A. WORSLEY. First Voyage in a Square-Rigged Ship. London, 1938.; Leonard D.A. HUSSEY. South with Shackleton... with a foreward by Admiral Lord Mountevans. London, 1949. Spence 617.
ACCOUNTS BY MEMBERS OF SCOTT'S EXPEDITIONS, including:
Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913. London, 1922. 2 volumes. Cf. Spence 278 (3 volume set); Edward R.G.R. EVANS, Admiral Lord Mountevans. The Desolate Antarctic. London, 1950. Spence 435; Frank DEBENHAM. Antarctica The story of a continent. London, 1959. Spence 360.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF OTHER POLAR EXPEDITIONS, including:
Otto SVERDRUP. New Land Four years in the Arctic regions Tr. E.H. Hearn. London, 1904. 2 vols; Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN, R.C. MOSSMAN & J.H. Harvery PIRIE. The Voyage of the "Scotia". Edinburgh and London, 1906. Spence 193; Robert E. PEARY. The North Pole. London, 1910; Jean CHARCOT. The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic The journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910. Tr. Philip Walsh. London, New York & Toronto, [1911]. Spence 262; Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN. A Naturalist at the Poles The life, work and voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar explorer. London, 1923. Spence 194; John RYMILL. Southern Lights The official account of the British Graham Land expedition 1934-1937. London, 1983. Spence 1016; Sir Vivian FUCHS and Sir Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958. London, 1958. Spence 490;
and 8 works of related interest.
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
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