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Karl KOLDEWEY (1837-1908). The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice. Translated by L.Mercier. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. 8° (238 x 160mm). 33 plates, including 4 coloured lithographs, 2 steel-engraved portraits, 2 coloured maps, one folding, illustrations. (Some browning and spotting.) Original cloth (rubbed, extremities bumped). Provenance: J.Jeppe, of Johannesburg (bookplate). Arctic Bibliography 9024.
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Julius PAYER (1842-1915). New Lands within the Arctic Circle Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian Ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874... Translated from the German. London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. 2 volumes, 8° (224 x 150mm). Half-titles. Chromolithographic frontispiece, 22 wood-engraved plates, double-page map, extra-illustrated with a number of related newspaper clippings mounted on endpapers. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (lightly soiled, extremities bumped). Provenance: William Herbert Hobbs (bookplates). Arctic Bibliography 13202; together with 18 works or part works in 32 volumes (including: John A.FLEMING (editor). The Ziegler Polar Expedition 1903-1905 Anthony Fiala, Commander. Scientific Results obtained under the direction of William J.Peters, Washington, 1907, 4°; H.R.H.Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of ABRUZZI. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea... Translated by William Le Queux, London, 1903, 2 vols., 4°; Erich von DRYGALSKI. Grönland-Expedition der gesellschaft für erdkunde zu Berlin 1891-1893, Berlin, 1897, 2 vols., small 2°). (36)
Karl KOLDEWEY (1837-1908). The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and narrative of the wreck of the "Hansa" in the ice. Translated by L.Mercier. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. 8° (238 x 160mm). 33 plates, including 4 coloured lithographs, 2 steel-engraved portraits, 2 coloured maps, one folding, illustrations. (Some browning and spotting.) Original cloth (rubbed, extremities bumped). Provenance: J.Jeppe, of Johannesburg (bookplate). Arctic Bibliography 9024.
[With:]
Julius PAYER (1842-1915). New Lands within the Arctic Circle Narrative of the discoveries of the Austrian Ship "Tegetthoff" in the years 1872-1874... Translated from the German. London: Macmillan & Co., 1876. 2 volumes, 8° (224 x 150mm). Half-titles. Chromolithographic frontispiece, 22 wood-engraved plates, double-page map, extra-illustrated with a number of related newspaper clippings mounted on endpapers. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (lightly soiled, extremities bumped). Provenance: William Herbert Hobbs (bookplates). Arctic Bibliography 13202; together with 18 works or part works in 32 volumes (including: John A.FLEMING (editor). The Ziegler Polar Expedition 1903-1905 Anthony Fiala, Commander. Scientific Results obtained under the direction of William J.Peters, Washington, 1907, 4°; H.R.H.Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of ABRUZZI. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea... Translated by William Le Queux, London, 1903, 2 vols., 4°; Erich von DRYGALSKI. Grönland-Expedition der gesellschaft für erdkunde zu Berlin 1891-1893, Berlin, 1897, 2 vols., small 2°). (36)
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