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British Antarctic (Southern Cross) expedition, 1898-1900
Louis Charles BERNACCHI (1876-1942). To the South Polar Regions Expedition of 1898-1900. London: Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1901. 8° (214 x 138mm). Title in red and black, half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at back. Frontispiece and 43 plates, one folding, 2 folding maps, illustrations (some full-page). Original green cloth gilt (spine slightly discoloured and with chips to head and foot). First edition. Conrad p.90; Spence 123; Taurus 25.
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Carsten Egeberg BORCHGREVINK (1864-1934). First on the Antarctic Continent being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901. 8° (217 x 140mm). Half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece and 16 plates, 3 folding maps, numerous illustrations some full-page. (Light red staining to upper blank margin of frontispiece, title and first few leaves.) Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine (somewhat discoloured, head and foot of spine bumped). First edition. The work was also issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering and a silver and gilt blocked vignette of the 'Southern Cross' amongst ice-floes (see Taurus 24). Conrad p.91; Spence 152.
C.E.BORCHGREVINK. Das Festland am Südpol die Expedition zum Südpolarland in den Jahren 1898-1900. Breslau, Leipzig and New York: 1905. 8° (245 x168mm). Half-title. Plates and maps, some coloured, numerous illustrations some full-page. (Text somewhat browned.) Original cloth (lightly soiled, spine bumped at head and foot, small splits to upper joint.) First edition in German. Spence 154.
[Nicolai HANSON, Edward Adrian WILSON and others]. Reports on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic Regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross". London: published by order of the Trustees [of the British Museum], 1902. 8° (243 x 153mm). 53 plates (1 collotype, 7 chromolithographs, 2 hand-coloured lithographs, 43 uncoloured lithographs) by Henrik Grönvold and others after Edward Wilson and others. Original cloth (spine bumped at head and foot). First edition of this 'important collection of natural history results': Taurus 26. (4)
Louis Charles BERNACCHI (1876-1942). To the South Polar Regions Expedition of 1898-1900. London: Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1901. 8° (214 x 138mm). Title in red and black, half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at back. Frontispiece and 43 plates, one folding, 2 folding maps, illustrations (some full-page). Original green cloth gilt (spine slightly discoloured and with chips to head and foot). First edition. Conrad p.90; Spence 123; Taurus 25.
[With:]
Carsten Egeberg BORCHGREVINK (1864-1934). First on the Antarctic Continent being an account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901. 8° (217 x 140mm). Half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece and 16 plates, 3 folding maps, numerous illustrations some full-page. (Light red staining to upper blank margin of frontispiece, title and first few leaves.) Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine (somewhat discoloured, head and foot of spine bumped). First edition. The work was also issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering and a silver and gilt blocked vignette of the 'Southern Cross' amongst ice-floes (see Taurus 24). Conrad p.91; Spence 152.
C.E.BORCHGREVINK. Das Festland am Südpol die Expedition zum Südpolarland in den Jahren 1898-1900. Breslau, Leipzig and New York: 1905. 8° (245 x168mm). Half-title. Plates and maps, some coloured, numerous illustrations some full-page. (Text somewhat browned.) Original cloth (lightly soiled, spine bumped at head and foot, small splits to upper joint.) First edition in German. Spence 154.
[Nicolai HANSON, Edward Adrian WILSON and others]. Reports on the Collections of Natural History made in the Antarctic Regions during the voyage of the "Southern Cross". London: published by order of the Trustees [of the British Museum], 1902. 8° (243 x 153mm). 53 plates (1 collotype, 7 chromolithographs, 2 hand-coloured lithographs, 43 uncoloured lithographs) by Henrik Grönvold and others after Edward Wilson and others. Original cloth (spine bumped at head and foot). First edition of this 'important collection of natural history results': Taurus 26. (4)
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