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2007

CATALOGUE NUMBER 390

POLAR REGIONS, WHALING, etc.

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Catalogue No. 390. 2007.

POLAR REGIONS, WHALING, etc.

1 Adams, Lt. Harry. BEYOND THE BARRIER WITH BYRD. An Authentic Story of the Byrd Antarctic Exploring Expedition. By Lieutenant Harry Adams, U.S. Navy, Ret., Chief Officer and Navigator on the Expedition. With an Introduction by the Editor. First Edition; pp. 256(last 3 blank); 16 plates; original blue-grey cloth (spine faded); a very good copy. Chicago & New York; M. A. Donohue; (1932).

***Spence 8; Renard 2 (variant colour). #34014 A$95.00

2 Adams, Richard; & Lockley, Ronald. VOYAGE THROUGH THE ANTARCTIC. Roy 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 160; double-page map, 32 coloured photos. (some double-page), on 16 plates, 60 b/w. photos. (6 double-page & 4 full-page), all by Peter Hirst-Smith; quarter light blue cloth and grey papered boards, lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; Alfred A. Knopf; 1983. ***Renard 7. #3868 A$50.00

3 Aldridge, Don. THE RESCUE OF CAPTAIN SCOTT. First Edition; pp. xxii, 218(last 3 blank); 2 endpaper maps, 32 plates, crew lists, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (East Lothian, Scotland); Tuckwell Press; (1999). ***Telling the suppressed story of the rescue of Scott’s ship “Discovery” by McKay in the “Terra Nova” and Colbeck in the “Morning” by blasting through 18 miles of ice. #64223 A$85.00

4 Amundsen, Roald. “THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Gjoa” 1903-1907 by Roald Amundsen with a Supplement by First Lieutenant Hansen, Vice-Commander of the Expedition. With about one hundred and thirty-nine illustrations and three maps. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], xiv, 336; 1 folding coloured map (in pocket) & 1 full-page coloured map, photogravure frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full-page); Vol. II, pp. x, 398, [2](blank); photogravure frontispiece, coloured folding map in pocket, numerous illustrations, Supplement & Addendum, index; original cloth, decorated in gilt and colours; top edges gilt; (short marginal tears to endpaper & two leaves expertly repaired); a fine bright set in a most attractive publisher’s binding; very scarce. London; Archibald Constable and Company; 1908. #46269 A$2500.00

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDGEWORTH DAVID

5 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo, First Edition in English; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices, index; original dark maroon cloth; gilt lettering and coloured Norwegian flag on spines and front boards; top edges gilt, others uncut; (spine to Vol. I very slightly rubbed); a very nice, attractive set; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1912. ***Spence 16; Renard 17; Rosove 9.A1; U.S.N. 23-62.6. The only other first-hand account of this important expedition is Helmer Hanssen’s “Voyages of a Modern Viking.” This copy is warmly inscribed on the title-page of Volume I to the noted Australian scientist W. Baldwin Spencer and signed in full by T. W. Edgeworth David, the oldest member of Shackleton’s 1907-09 British Antarctic Expedition and instrumental in having fellow Australian geologist Douglas Mawson join that expedition (though not in the capacity of geologist). #35679 A$5250.00

6 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 227 mm. by 165 mm.), First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices,

2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books index; original dark blue cloth, lettered boldly in gilt; (slight wear to spine ends; name on endpapers); top edges gilt, others uncut; a very good set; very scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; 1913. ***Spence 18. A variant of Renard 20, consisting of the sheets of the First London Edition ( first impression), with the title-leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and the last leaves with the English imprints neatly erased (as issued). It is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62497 A$2450.00

7 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols., thick med. 8vo (approx.; 230 mm. by 155 mm.), First U.S. Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxxvi, 392; folding tinted General Map of the South Polar Region at end, 1 other map, 57 plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 450(last blank); 2 folding charts and 2 full-page charts, 16 other maps & charts, 43 plates, 7 text figures, folding sectional diagrams of the “Fram”, 5 scientific appendices, index; original cloth (a little worn & discoloured; spines wrinkled); top edges gilt; (light marginal staining to most plates; the final folding chart to Vol. II crudely repaired with sticky tape); a good, complete set; scarce. New York; Lee Keedick; 1913. ***Spence 18; Renard 20; Rosove A9.B2. This edition consists of the sheets of the First London Edition ( first impression), with the title-leaf and last leaf in each volume replaced by cancel leaves with the U.S. details, and is identical in content to the First London Edition. #62491 A$1250.00

8 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. Two volumes in one. Thick med. 8vo, Second U.S. Edition; pp. xxiv, xxvii-xxxvi(as issued), 392; [iii]-viii(as issued), 450(last blank); full-page map, 11 plates, 18 text maps, diagrams & illustrations, 5 appendices, index; original blue cloth, gilt (rear board slightly marked); a very nice, clean and bright copy; scarce. London; John Murray. New York, Lee Keedick; 1925. ***Spence 21. Printed in America from stereos of the first (London) edition with the Murray imprint on title and Lee Keedick on spine. #11212 A$900.00

9 Amundsen, Roald. THE SOUTH POLE. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. Translated from the Norwegian by A. G. Chater. 2 vols. in 1, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], xxxvi, 392; x, 458(last 9 blank); 6 maps (including 1 folding), 100 plates, folding diagram of the “Fram”, several text figures; appendices, index; original blue papered boards, spine gilt; endpapers foxed; otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. St. Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1976). ***A facsimile of the First Edition by John Murray, see Spence 28 - variant imprint; Renard 22; Rosove 9.D2. #3945 A$220.00

10 Amundsen, Roald. MY LIFE AS AN EXPLORER. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. [viii], 282; 2 full-page maps, plan, frontispiece, 7 facsimiles of telegraph messages, appendix, index; original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (spine a little bubbled; unrelated presentation inscription on front endpaper); a very good copy; very scarce. London; William Heinemann, Ltd.; 1927. ***Spence 23; Renard 25; Rosove 11.A2.a. Printed in America, the title-leaf is a cancel, tipped in. #42779 A$350.00

11 Anare Club: AURORA. Anare Club Journal. 2 issues, 4to; pp. 52 & 40; numerous illustrations; original pictorial wrappers; fine copies. Melbourne; Anare Club; 1988. ***Volume 8, Nos. 1 & 2, together with the issue for Spring 1976, 8vo, pp. 44, and an issue of the Australian Foreign Affairs Record for 1975 dealing with the Antarctic Treaty Meeting (3 pp.), and four issues (18-21) of the Antarctic Society of Australia Newsletter, each 20 pp. in original wrappers [1989-90]. #38613 A$28.00

12 Anderson, W. Ellery. EXPEDITION SOUTH. Book Club Edition; pp. 208; endpaper maps, 17 plates, 4 appendices; original mustard cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in black; (name on half-title); a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; The Travel Book Club; N.D. [c. 1958]. ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 32. Contains all the illustrations of the First Edition and is identical in content. #30287 A$35.00

3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 13 Antarctic: THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all islands southward of

the usual route of vessels. Second Edition, 1948. Med. 8vo, 2nd Edn.; pp. [ii](Notice, on pink paper, recto blank), xlii, 370, [2](adv., verso blank); preceding Page [1] is a pink slip headed “Important” - 10 lines, verso blank) and following page ii is a leaf headed “Caution”, verso blank; 3 folding & 1 full-page charts, 50 plates, several text illusts., appendix, index; original blue cloth, lettered in yellow (spine very slightly worn); a very good copy; very scarce. London; Hydrographic Department, Admiralty; 1948. [with] Summary of Admiralty Notices to Mariners issued during 1958, 1959, 1960 & 1961 relating to the Antarctic Pilot Second Edition, 1948 and not included in Supplement No. 5, 1958. Pp. 8(last blank); original wrappers. Together, 2 vols. London; Hydrographic Department, Admiralty; 1948-62. ***Spence 43; Renard 39 (variant binding). #43019 A$550.00

14 Antarctica: SUPPLEMENT No. 4-1967 RELATING TO THE ANTARCTIC PILOT, Third Edition, 1961. Corrected to 22nd August, 1967. Whenever reference is made to the Pilot, this Supplement must be consulted [cover title]. Med. 8vo; pp. 64(last 3 blank); 3 folding charts; original wrappers (foxed). London; Hydrographic Department; 1967. #22702 A$65.00

15 Antarctica: THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all Islands Southward of the usual Route of Vessels. Fourth Edition, 1974. [Prepared by Captain G. A. French]. Med. 4to, 4th Edn.; pp. xviii, 336, [2]; 4 col. & numerous b/w. full-page charts, 1 col. plate, 63 b/w. plates, numerous full-page & other text illusts., index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine & front board (very slightly marked; some very faint foxing); a very good copy; scarce. [with] SUPPLEMENT No. 1-1976 TO THE ANTARCTIC PILOT, Fourth Edition, 1974, corrected to 20th February 1976. Med. 4to, pp. [iv], 6; coloured chart, 4 illustrations; stapled as issued. London; Hydrographer of the [Royal] Navy; 1974-76. ***Not in Spence; Renard 41. #18204 A$320.00

16 Antarctic Division: ANARE SUPPLEMENT to Operations Manual. 1962 Programme. Mawson, Davis, Wilkes, Macquarie Island [cover title]. 4to; pp. 37(processed on rects only); lists of personnel; original cloth-backed post & screw binding. Melbourne; The Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs; 1961. #64320 A$75.00

17 Antarctic Division: INFORMATION FOLDERS: A collection of Information folders issued by the division from No. 1, Antarctic Geography, to No. 13, Antarctic Book List; (lacking Nos. 10 & 12). 4to & 8vo; pp. in total [134](approx.); roneoed or photocopied and stapled, or unbound, as issued. Melbourne; Antarctic Division; 1979-80. ***Covering various aspects of Australian science in Antarctica and the work of the Antarctic Division. #38489 A$30.00

18 Armitage, Albert B. TWO YEARS IN THE ANTARCTIC: Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. First Edition; pp. xx, 316(last blank), 16(inserted adv.); coloured folding map by Lieut. Mulock, 16 plates, 54 text drawings (some full-page); 4 appendices, index; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, white fancy lettering and illustration in black on front board; entirely uncut; (a couple of trifling flecks to cloth near fore-edge); a very fine, crisp copy; rare, especially in such condition. London; Edward Arnold; 1905. ***With the armorial bookplate of Major Dudley Alexander on paste-down and inscribed by (or for) him on free endpaper. Spence 67; Renard 50; Rosove 17.A1.a. With a Preface by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen dated September 24, 1905. An important first-hand account of Scott’s First Expedition, including reproductions from

“The Blizzard”, the projected monthly newspaper published in an edition of 50 copies in May, 1902, and constituting the first item printed in the Antarctic. The advertisements are dated October, 1905, comprising “Mr. Edward

Arnold’s List of New Books.”, and include the work itself listed at 15s. net. #16486 A$4500.00

19 Armitage, Albert B. CADET TO COMMODORE. By Albert B. Armitage. Captain R.D., R.N.R. (retired); Commodore P. & O. Steam Navigation Company (retired); Second-in-Command, Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-7; Second-in-Command, South Polar Expedition, and Navigator

4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books s.s. “Discovery,” 1901-4; Awarded The Murchison Grant, 1898; Author of “Two Years in the Antarctic.” With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Viscount Inchcape G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. First Edition; pp. xii, 308; portrait frontispiece, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and in black on front board; (some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1925). ***Spence 68; Renard 52; Rosove 18.A1. Autobiographical. Armitage was Second-in-Command of Scott’s “Discovery” expedition and later became Commodore of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company. He had also been Second-in-Command of the Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-97. #3941 A$350.00

20 Armitage, Albert B. CADET TO COMMODORE. By Albert B. Armitage. Captain R.D., R.N.R. (retired); Commodore P. & O. Steam Navigation Company (retired); Second-in-Command, Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-7; Second-in-Command, South Polar Expedition, and Navigator s.s. “Discovery,” 1901-4; Awarded The Murchison Grant, 1898; Author of “Two Years in the Antarctic.” With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Viscount Inchcape G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., K.C.I.E. First Edition, secondary issue; pp. xii, 308; portrait frontispiece, index; original coarse brown cloth, lettered in black; (names on endpaper; two coloured flags neatly affixed to title-page); a nice, bright copy; scarce. London; Cassell and Company, Ltd; (1925). ***Spence 68; Renard 53; Rosove 18.A1 (not noting this binding variant). Autobiographical. Armitage was Second-in-Command of Scott’s “Discovery” expedition and later became Commodore of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company. He had also been Second-in-Command of the Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition, 1894-97. #42763 A$275.00

21 Ashley, Clifford W. THE YANKEE WHALER. With an Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a Preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxvi, 158; coloured frontispiece, 15 coloured & 111 b/w. plates, 12 text illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index; original quarter buckram (spine faded & a little stained; some occasional minor foxing; portion of inscription on half-title blacked out); top edge gilt, others uncut; a very good copy; very scarce. Boston and New York; Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge; 1926. ***Edition of 1625 copies. #9003 A$450.00

22 Astrup, Eivind. WITH PEARY NEAR THE POLE. With Illustrations from Photographs and Sketches by the Author. Translated from the Norwegian by H. J. Bull. First U.S. Edition; pp. 362; folding map of Greenland, portrait frontispiece, 5 plates, 53 illustrations in text; original elaborately gilt decorated cloth; (spine very slightly rubbed); top edge gilt, others uncut; a fine, bright copy; very scarce. London; C. Arthur Pearson Limited, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott; N.D. [1898]. ***A unusually scarce account of Peary’s North Greenland Expedition of 1891-2 and the Second Peary Arctic Expedition of 1893, with valuable observations on the Eskimos. The illustration on the front board is a particularly stunning example of the fine decorated publisher’s bindings of the period. #33225 A$750.00

23 Back, Captain. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION IN H.M.S. TERROR, undertaken with a view to Geographical Discovery on the Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7. By Captain Back, R.N. Commander of the Expedition. Illustrated by a Map and Plates. First Edition; pp. viii, 456, 12(adv.); folding chart, 12 fine litho. plates, appendix; original cloth (spine worn; hinges cracked; some minor foxing to margins of a few plates); a good, clean copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]. ***The purpose of the expedition was to complete the Admiralty survey of the coast from Prince Regent’s Inlet to Turnagain Point, but H.M.S. Terror became beset in the ice and drifted along the northeast coast of Southampton Island until July 1837, the ship sustaining considerable damage from the pressure of the ice and collisions with icebergs. #37494 A$3000.00

24 Balch, Edwin Swift. ANTARCTICA. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 232(last 2 blank); 3 folding maps, index, numerous references to the literature; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine & front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (covers mild soiled); a very good copy; very scarce. Philadelphia; Press of Allen, Lane & Scott; 1902. ***Most, if not nearly all copies of this book are ex-library; this copy has a label

5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books to front pastedown noting it as a gift of the Author. A finely produced book, nicely printed on laid paper, and containing important geographical researches with particular reference to the earliest explorers and voyagers to the region. Spence 83; Renard 77; Rosove 24.A1. #33000 A$1850.00

25 Barber, Noel. THE WHITE DESERT. First Edition; pp. 208(last blank); map, 24 plates, diary of events, list of members, appendix of facts about the Antarctic, personal postscript; original dark blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Hodder and Stoughton; (1958). ***Spence 86; Renard 81. A first-hand account of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. #3939 A$45.00

26 Barrett, Charles; Editor. THE PACIFIC. Ocean of Islands. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [x], 180(last 4 blank); mounted coloured frontispiece, 40 plates, several text maps & illustrations; original buckram, with bevelled boards; a nice copy in clear acetate dustwrapper. Melbourne; N. H. Seward; N.D. [1950].

***Du Rietz 44 (no mention of col. frontis.); McLaren 123. An interesting and attractively produced work containing sixteen essays by notable scholars and talented amateurs including Geoffrey C. Ingleton, Nancy M. Taylor, Geoffrey Rawson, Evelyn Cheesman, Phyllis Mander Jones, Frederick D. McCarthy, H[arry] B. Muir, Peter H. Buck, the Editor, C. Irving Benson, Noel Lothian, William C. Groves, Rex Ingamells, and C. R. H. Taylor. The article by Harry Muir is on ‘The Literature of the “Bounty”’ and there are references to Bligh in other essays. #1639 A$175.00

27 Bartlett, Captain Robert A. THE SEALING SAGA OF NEWFOUNDLAND. Roy. 8vo; pp. 91-130; 44 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, July, 1929; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1929. ***Containing also two extensive articles on insects. #22648 A$45.00

28 Batchelor, John Calvin. THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF ANTARCTICA. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [xii], 404(last blank); full-page & 2 other maps; original cloth-backed boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New York; The Dial Press; (1983). ***An adventure novel in the dystopian tradition of Orwell and Golding, set in part, in Antarctica. #62675 A$60.00

29 Bechervaise, John. THE FAR SOUTH. With a Foreword by Phillip Law. First Edition; pp. xvi, 104(last blank); endpaper maps, 1 full-page & 1 double-page map, 12 plates; appendix, bibliography, index; a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1961). ***Spence 107; Renard 98. Signed by the Author on title-page. #37771 A$75.00

30 Bechervaise, John. BLIZZARD AND FIRE. A Year at Mawson, Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xii, 252; 15 plates (including 2 maps); original cloth; (cloth slightly marked, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper); scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1963). #3955 A$75.00

31 Beeby, Dean. IN A CRYSTAL LAND. Canadian Explorers in Antarctica. First Edition; pp. xii, 262, [6](blank); 1 map, 15 plates, notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Toronto; University of Toronto Press; (1994). #53392 A$60.00

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS

32 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix),

6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 331-452; 10 plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without half-titles in full contemporary calf (rebacked); (some foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; 1831. ***Du Rietz 68; Ferguson 1419. This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called “Admiralty Edition”) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418). The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue Sound, San Francisco and an account of China. #34918 A$3500.00

33 Bennett, A. G. WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), x, 222, [2](blank); 24 plates, 3 full-page drawings, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; a very nice copy; scarce. Edinburgh and London; Wm. Blackwood & Sons Ltd; 1931. ***Spence 120; Renard 107. #16489 A$195.00

34 Berens, S. L. The “Fram” Expedition. NANSEN IN THE FROZEN WORLD. Preceded by a Biography of the Great Explorer and Copious Extracts from Nansen’s “First Crossing of Greenland,” also an Account by Eivind Astrup, of Life among People near the Pole, and his Journey Across Northern Greenland with Lieut. R. E. Peary, U.S.N. Arranged and Edited by S. L. Berens, Cand. Phil. Followed by a Brief History of the Principal Earlier Arctic Explorations from the Ninth Century to the Peary Expedition, including those of Cabot, Frobisher, Bering, Sir John Franklin, Kane, Hayes, Hall, Nordenskjold, Nares, Schwatka, DeLong, Greely, and others. By John E. Read, Assistant Editor of the “Columbian Cyclopedia.” Profusely Illustrated. Med. 8vo; pp. [ii], 560; title-page in red & black; portrait frontispiece & numerous illustrations; original pictorial cloth (a little rubbed; spine ends worn); a very good copy. Kadina, South Australia; James Johns; (Copyright 1897 by A. J. Holman & Co.). ***A curious Australian imprint of a book published by subscription in the U.S. #39489 A$250.00

35 Bernacchi, Louis; F.R.G.S. TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS. Expedition of 1898-1900. Illustrated from photographs taken by the Author. First Edition; pp. [iii]-xvi(lacking half-title), 348, [4](adv.); large folding coloured chart, 1 other folding map & 1 full-page map, folding panoramic plate, 67 illustrations (many full-page plates, but included in pagination), notes, glossary, index; original dark blue-green ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (lacking half-title); a very good copy; rare. London; Hurst and Blackett, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 123; Renard 110; U.S.N. 23-52.23; Rosove 35.A1. This is the primary issue in dark blue-green ribbed cloth. A variant issue is in smooth green cloth. Rosove was apparently unaware of the variants. One of the hardest to find of the primary accounts. Bernacchi was born in Tasmania in 1876 and was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. After serving on this expedition he joined Scott’s “Discovery” voyage. #36115 A$5500.00

36 Bernacchi, Louis; F.R.G.S. TO THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS. Expedition of 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 348, [4](adv.); large folding coloured chart, 1 other folding map & 1 full-page map, folding panoramic plate, 67 illustrations (many full-page plates, but included in pagination), notes, glossary, index; original green cloth (rebacked, with original backstrip preserved); internally fine & clean; a very good copy; rare. London; Hurst & Blackett; 1901. ***Spence 123; U.S.N. 23-52.23; Renard 110; Rosove 35.A1. One of the hardest to find of the primary accounts, especially in the green cloth (as opposed to the red of the Colonial issue). Bernacchi was born in Tasmania in 1876 and was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. After serving on this expedition he joined Scott’s “Discovery” voyage. #34864 A$6000.00

37 Bernacchi, L. C.; O.B.E. (Milt.), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN. 3rd Impression; pp. 240; 2 double-page maps, 8 plates, postscript, index; original purple cloth, spine (faded) lettered in white; a nice copy; scarce. London; Thornton Butterworth, Ltd.; (1933).

***Spence 126; Renard 114 (reprinted); Rosove 36.A3. This third impression was printed in August after first and second impressions in May of the same year. An account of the life of Captain L. E. G. Oates (“No Surrender Oates”), of Scott’s Last Expedition. #37587 A$195.00

7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 38 Bernacchi, L. C. A VERY GALLANT GENTLEMAN. 6th Impression; pp. 240; 2 double-page maps,

8 plates, postscript, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in black; a nice copy in worn dustwrapper. London; Eyre and Spottiswoode; (1942). ***Third impression in the Keystone Library. The life of Captain L. E. G. Oates (“No Surrender Oates”), of Scott’s Last Expedition. Renard 115. #39909 A$110.00

39 Bernacchi, L. C. SAGA OF THE “DISCOVERY”. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240; endpaper map, 3 maps (1 double page & 2 folding), 48 plates, biographical notes, index; original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (name on half-title; some slight foxing); a nice copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. London; Blackie & Son Limited; (1938). ***Spence 129; Renard 116; Rosove 37.A1. Includes an account of the BANZARE voyages led by Douglas Mawson. #42881 A$375.00

40 Bernacchi, L. C. SAGA OF THE “DISCOVERY”. First Edition; pp. xvi, 240; endpaper map, 3 maps (1 double page & 2 folding), 48 plates, biographical notes, index; original blue-black cloth; (some minor foxing & dust-soiling); a very good copy. London; Blackie & Son Limited; (1938). ***Spence 129; U.S.N. 23.344; Rosove 37.A1. Includes an account of the BANZARE voyages led by Douglas Mawson. #33189 A$265.00

41 Bickel, Lennard. SHACKLETON’S FORGOTTEN ARGONAUTS. [Foreword by Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton, K.C., P.C., O.B.E.]. First Edition; pp. xiv, 230; 2 endpaper & 1 full-page maps, 16 plates (including 2 double-page), index; original red-brown papered boards, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Melbourne); Macmillan; (1982). ***Renard 131. #3949 A$195.00

42 Bickel, Lennard. MAWSON’S WILL. The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written. With a Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. Med. 8vo, Second U.S. Edition; pp. 240(last 3 blank); 2 maps, 16 plates; original quarter black cloth, lettered in gilt, light blue papered sides; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. New York; Dorset Press; (1988). ***Previously published in the British Commonwealth in 1977 as “This Accursed Land”. Renard 129. #26777 A$70.00

43 Bigelow, Henry B. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part H. Medusae and Ctenophora. Southern Party 1913-16. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 24(last 2 blank); 2 plates, bibliography; original wrappers (detached). Ottawa; Thomas Mulvey; 1920. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8295 A$20.00

44 Billing, Graham. SOUTH. Man and Nature in Antarctica. A New Zealand View. Illustrations Editor: Guy Mannering. Demy 4to, Second Edition, Third Impression; pp. 208; 2 endpaper maps, 207 illusts (155 coloured & many full-page); original blue-white canvas, lettered in blue on spine and front board; a fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1973). ***Not in Spence. Renard 137. #42892 A$70.00

45 Blondal, Sigfus & Sigtryggsson, Sigurdur. ALT-ISLAND IM BILDE. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xx, [80](plates), 20(last blank, explanatory text); original wrappers. Jena; Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs; 1930.

***Fine illustrations from ancient Iceland; text in German. #23196 A$45.00

46 Bonner, W. N. & Smith, R. I. Lewis; Editors. CONSERVATION AREAS IN THE ANTARCTIC. A Review prepared by the Sub-Committee of Conservation Working Group on Biology. First Edition; pp. viii, 302(last 3 blank); numerous maps, bibliography; original stiff wrappers. [Cambridge]; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; [1985]. #19241 A$40.00

47 Borchgrevink, C. E. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. By C. E. Borchgrevink, F.R.G.S. Commander of the Expedition. With Portraits, Maps and 186 Illustrations. First Edition; pp. xvi, 334, 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page

8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text (including text map), appendices, index; a very fine copy in a contemporary full blue calf prize binding, with the gilt arms of Geelong Grammar on front board and prize bookplate on front pastedown; the spine elaborately gilt, with red title-label; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers and blind-tooled dentelles; a most attractive volume; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; U.S.N. 23-52.11; Renard 153; Rosove 45.A1(a or b). The original first issue binding of gilt- and silver-illustrated blue cloth for this book is such a stunning publisher’s binding that one may ask why one would want this copy, however this has been so nicely bound, a fine example of the genre, that one may be forgiven for admiring it. The prize label, to one H. N. Higgins, for Form V English, is dated 1904, which suggests that the book may have been bound from one of the copies in the much less impressive secondary binding of red cloth. Whatever the case, and this is now quite indeterminate, the result is most attractive and is an illuminating artefact from the period. It seems evident that the binding proper was executed in England, probably as part of a batch of volumes so bound for shipping to Colonial schools. On arrival at Geelong Grammar, a local binder was commissioned to add the school’s crest and a gilt border to the front and rear boards; the gilding for this border is not quite of the same colour or standard as the original binding (though still very attractive). The choice of subject matter reflects a higher standard of appreciation for the content than is often apparent in school prizes. It is a very fine, crisp and quite enchanting copy. #43051 A$4500.00

48 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 336(last 3 blank), 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text, appendices, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board, with fine gilt illustration of the Author standing on the Antarctic on spine, and superb gilt and silver illustration on front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine dull & lower edge of front board a little worn); a very good, generally clean copy; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; Renard 152; Rosove 45.A1. Inscribed on half-title in Norwegian to “Oscar Loruna from the South Polar Land” possibly by the Author and with postcard discussing this matter from A. G. E. Jones loosely inserted. A comparison of the handwriting and the facsimile signature of Borchgrevink beneath the frontispiece is suggestive that he is indeed the inscriber. #29327 A$2750.00

49 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 336(last 3 blank), 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text, appendices, index; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board, with fine gilt illustration of the Author standing on the Antarctic on spine, and superb gilt and silver illustration on front board; top edge gilt, others uncut; (spine ends & joints a little worn); a very good, generally clean copy; very scarce. London; George Newnes, Limited; 1901. ***Spence 151; Renard 152; Rosove 45.A1. Inscribed on half-title to John Cumpston (Antarctic historian) from Carl Straubel, 1952. #11215 A$2500.00

50 Borchgrevink, C. E.; Commander of the Expedition. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. First Edition; pp. xvi, 334, 32(adv); 3 folding tinted maps by William Colbeck, 19 full-page plates (including photogravure portrait frontispiece), 178 photos. in text (including text map), appendices, index; original red cloth, gilt; (boards very slightly marked; a very small stain at top of frontispiece & title-page; nevertheless a very nice copy); very scarce. London; George Newnes, Ltd.; 1901. ***Spence 151; U.S.N. 23-52.11; Renard 153; Rosove 45.A1.b. The secondary binding. #33961 A$2600.00

51 Borchgrevink, C. E. FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT: Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. By C. E. Borchgrevink, F.R.G.S. Commander of the Expedition. With a new introduction by Tore Gjelsvik, Director, Norwegian Polar Institute. With Portraits, Maps and

9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 186 Illustrations. Facsimile Edition; pp. xvi, viii(Introduction, last blank), 334(last blank); frontispiece, 3 folding maps & 1 text map, 197 illustrations (some full-page); appendices, index; original blue papered boards (slightly marked), lettered in gilt; a very good copy; scarce. London; C. Hurst & Company, Canberra, Australian National University Press; (1980). ***Renard 155; Rosove 45.B1. #4806 A$275.00

52 Bradley, William. A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius, 1786-1792. Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript. With a portfolio of Charts. 2 vols., cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xviii, 1-232, 232a-232b, 233-244, 244a-244b, 245-498(last 3 blank); 29 coloured plates, extensive index to the text and Bradley’s Charts, views and tables; Vol. II, pp. 8; portfolio of 22 coloured & folding charts; original brown cloth, spines lettered in gilt; a very good set in slightly worn dustwrappers. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Ure Smith Pty Ltd; 1969. ***An important journal of the flagship of the First Fleet bringing convicts to the founding settlement of Australia, this facsimile of the original manuscript and watercolours is a very valuable contribution to the early history of the settlement. The journal is penned in a clear and legible hand. Bradley was on the Sirius on her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope for supplies, which went eastwards and around Cape Horn, meeting in these high latitudes the “ice islands” amongst which they sailed for twenty-eight days. His illustrations include two fine watercolours of these “ice islands”. He also recounts the wreck of the “Sirius” at Norfolk Island and the subsequent story of the crew during their eventual return to England on a chartered Dutch vessel. #5144 A$135.00

53 Braxton, Dorothy. THE ABOMINABLE SNOW-WOMEN. First Edition; pp. 204(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 16 plates; original light blue cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in blue; a nice copy in dustwrapper with a fine coloured illustration of an elephant seal on front. Wellington; A. H. & A. W. Reed; (1969). ***Not in Spence; Renard 167. Antarctica as first seen and recorded by a woman. #8182 A$60.00

54 Briggs, Peter. ANTARKTISCHES TAGEBUCH. Forscher am Sudpol. First Edition in English; pp. 192; 16 plates; original cloth (a little soiled); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Ruschlikon-Zurich, Stuttgart, Wien; Albert Muller Verlag; (1972). ***Translated by Heidi Hanseler from the American “Laboratory at the Bottom of the World”. #9560 A$40.00

55 British Antarctic Expedition 1910--1913, The. EXHIBITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES OF MR. HERBERT G. PONTING F.R.G.S. The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London. First Edition; pp. [iv](adv.), 24, v-viii(adv.); 8 plates; original pale green wrappers, printed in red, repeating title with the addition of “Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue . Price 6d.”; (wrappers a little browned; some minor foxing of text, the plates clean); a very good copy; very scarce. London; The Fine Art Society; N.D. [1913]. ***Not in Spence; Renard 184 [Australian Issue]. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of Ponting’s photographs, including also the six photographs taken by the Polar Party and exhibited with Ponting’s, together with interesting details of the expedition. A much superior copy to the one sold at auction in November 1994. Loosely inserted is a single-leaf advertising flyer for Ponting’s cinematic lectures at Philharmonic Hall. #37645 A$950.00

56 British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. [GEOLOGY, VOLUME I]. Med. 4to, 6 parts in 1 volume, comprising:- No. 1, ANTARCTIC FOSSIL PLANTS, by A. C. Seward; pp. 1-50(last blank); 8 plates with titled tissues, 3 maps, 6 text figs. 1914. No. 2, FISH-REMAINS FROM THE UPPER OLD RED SANDSTONE OF GRANITE HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA, by Arthur Smith Woodward; pp. 51-62, [2]; 1 plate. 1921. No. 3, RECENT AND LOCAL DEPOSITS OF McMURDO SOUND REGION, by F. Debenham; pp. 63-100, [2]; 19 text figs. 1921. No. 4, THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by F. Debenham, R. H. Rastall & R. E. Priestley; pp. 101-130, [2]; 1 plate, 8 text figs. 1921. No. 5, THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND [Etc.] by W. Campbell Smith, F Debenham, & R. E. Priestley; pp. 131-166, [4]; 2 plates & 2 text figs. 1921. No. 6, THE PLUTONIC AND HYPABYSSAL ROCKS OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND, by W. Campbell

10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Smith; pp. 167-228(last colophon only), [2]; 2 folding maps (in pocket), 1 plate, 14 text figs. 1924. Together, 6 parts, as above, bound in maroon cloth (spine faded) to match the publisher’s cloth of other volumes in the series, with the title-panels (trimmed) from the original grey printed wrappers enclosed in pocket of rear board; a very good set; very scarce. [London; The Trustees of the British Museum; 1914-24]. ***Spence 186 (Geology, Vol. I only, as here); Renard 185 (part); Rosove 292-1.A2 to 292-6.A2. #49202 A$550.00

57 Brosse, Jacques. GREAT VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION. The Golden Age of Discovery in the Pacific. Translated by Stanley Hochman. Preface by Leslie R. Marchant. Roy. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 232; 2 double-page & 7 other coloured maps, very numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations (some full-page), appendices (biographical dictionary of navigators, scientists & artists; geographical dictionary, bibliography), index; original black cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt; a nice copy in pictorial dustwrapper reproducing the oil painting of the Resolution and Adventure at Tahiti by William Hodges); scarce. (Sydney); Doubleday; (1983). ***A valuable & useful reference, reproducing a number of rare natural history plates and other illustrations of interest. Includes the early Antarctic voyages. #13323 A$165.00

58 Brown, Nan. ANTARCTIC HOUSEWIFE. Facsimile Edition; pp. [x], 190; coloured frontispiece, 8 b/w. plates; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Cowbridge; Infographics Limited; 1996). ***Reprint of Spence 191, Renard 194. #15842 A$40.00

59 [Brown, R. N. Rudmose, Mossman, R. C., & Pirie, Dr. J. H. Harvey]. THE VOYAGE OF THE “SCOTIA”. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas. By Three of the Staff. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 376(last blank); large coloured folding map, 2 other maps (1 coloured & folding), 59 plates; index; top edge gilt, others uncut; original grey cloth, lettered in white & illustrated in black & white on spine and front board; (spine dull as usual; some foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. Edinburgh; William Blackwood and Sons; MCMVI [1906]. ***Spence 193; Renard 198; U.S.N. 23-56.29; Rosove 50.A1. This is the primary narrative account of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04 and is one of the scarcer early works. Brown was Botanist to the Expedition, Mossman was Meteorologist and Pirie was Surgeon and Geologist. Useful work was carried out in the South Atlantic and Weddell Sea area. #49302 A$1650.00

60 Brown, R. N. Rudmose. A NATURALIST AT THE POLES. The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the Polar Explorer. With Five Chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch. First U.S. Edition; pp. [5]-316(but intact), [4](blank); 2 coloured folding & 1 full-page maps, 24 plates, 5 text illustrations; bibliography, list of voyages; index; original black cloth, lettered and illustrated on front board in light blue; (strip missing from top of spine, otherwise a very nice, clean copy); scarce. Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott Company; 1924.

***Spence 195; Renard 204. Comprising the original sheets printed in the U.K., with new title-page. The 4 preliminary pages at the beginning, consisting of blanks, were omitted, and the advertisements at end were left blank. #42964 A$375.00

61 Browne, J. Ross. ETCHINGS OF A WHALING CRUISE, with notes of a Sojourn on the Island of Zanzibar. To which is appended a brief History of the Whale Fishery, its past and present condition. By J. Ross Browne. Illustrated by numerous engravings on steel and wood. New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street. 1846. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 580, 8(adv.); 8 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text (including 5 full-page plates), appendix on the European and American whale fisheries and characteristics of various whales; original cloth (spine faded & a little worn; waterstain throughout, mostly in lower & upper inner margins; occasional foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. New York; Harper & Brothers, Publishers; 1846. ***Spence 197; Jenkins, page 84 (listing only a London edition of 1846 & a New York one of 1850); not in Forster or Forbes, although the appendix refers to whaling in the Pacific and mentions Honolulu; Hill, 2nd Edn., 197 (London edition of 1846): “The narrative provides one of the few accounts we have of what life was like in the whaling fleet of the 1840s written by an intelligent and sensitive observer.” #64880 A$1650.00

11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 62 Bruce, William Speirs. THE LOG OF THE SCOTIA EXPEDITION, 1902-4. Edited by Peter

Speak. With a Foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. x, 306; 5 maps, 12 ship’s plans, portrait frontispiece & 19 illustrations on 12 plates, 12 figures, glossary, bibliography, index; brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine gilt; a fine copy in torn dustwrapper. (Edinburgh); Edinburgh University Press; (1992). ***An important primary account, now first published after nearly ninety years. This work was intended as the first volume of the scientific reports of the expedition, most of which were published within a few years of its return. #36332 A$295.00

63 Brunt, Sir David; General Editor. THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION HALLEY BAY, Coats Land, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1955-1959. 4 vols., roy. 4to, First Edition; Volume I, Introductions, Aurora and Airglow Geomagnetism, pp. xvi, 224, 184(magnetograms, last 3 blank); full-page map, 1 coloured & 12 b/w. plates, 45 figures, 186 tables, references; Volume II, Radio Astronomy Ionospheric Physics, pp. xvi, 292(last 3 blank); 14 plates, 160 figures, 114 tables, 4 appendices; Volume III, Seismology, Meteorology, pp. [ii], viii, 382, [2](blank); 5 plates, numerous figures & tables, references; Volume IV, Meteorology, Glaciology, Appendixes, pp. [ii], xviii, 414, [2](blank); 21 b/w. plates, numerous text illustrations, figures, tables, & graphs, etc.; original maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt; (a few leaves in Magnetogram section of Vol. I wrongly imposed, but quite complete); a very good set in dustwrappers (dustwrapper to Vol. III lacking). London; The Royal Society; 1960-62-62-64. ***Not in Spence; Renard 213. #44073 A$250.00

64 Bull, H. J. THE CRUISE OF THE ‘ANTARCTIC’ to the South Polar Regions. With Frontispiece by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., and Illustrations by W. G. Burn Murdoch. First Edition; pp. [xii], 244, 4(adv.); 12 plates, 2 appendices; original blue cloth, with superb illustration in silver and black on front board; entirely uncut; (a little wear to base of spine; small stamp of former owner on half-title & small inscription of another on endpaper verso); internally a very fine, clean and crisp copy; rare. London; Edward Arnold; 1896. ***Spence 210; Renard 219/220; Rosove 55.A1. The first 4 pages of advertisements at the end are the same for all copies; this copy has no others (and so issued). An important first-hand account from the early part of the “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration. Bull was working in Melbourne when he conceived the idea for this expedition during which the first Antarctic landfall was made at Cape Adair. #33312 A$2750.00

65 Bull, H. J. THE CRUISE OF THE ‘ANTARCTIC’ to the South Polar Regions. With Frontispiece by W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A., and Illustrations by W. G. Burn Murdoch. Facsimile Edition; pp. xxii, 244(last blank); 12 plates, appendices; original dark blue cloth, decorated in silver & black. (Bungay, Suffolk); The Paradigm Press, Bluntisham Books; 1984. ***With new introduction by D. W. H. Walton, pp. [xv]-xxi. Renard 221; Rosove 55.B1. #4812 A$265.00

66 Burney, James: WITH CAPTAIN JAMES COOK IN THE ANTARCTIC AND PACIFIC. The private journal of James Burney, Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook’s Second Voyage 1772-1773. Edited and with an Introduction by Beverley Hooper. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 112; 1 double-page & 4 other maps; 8 plates; appendix; bibliography; index; original brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, spine title on blue panel; illustrated endpapers; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; National Library of Australia; (1975). ***Not in Spence; Renard 231. A handsome production, finely printed by letterpress on light yellow laid stock by Brown Prior Anderson. #3967 A$175.00

67 Bursey, Lt. Comdr. Jack; USCGR. ANTARCTIC NIGHT. One Man’s Story of 28,224 Hours at the Bottom of the World. First Edition; pp. 256; map, 16 plates; original pale grey papered boards, lettered and decorated in mid-blue; a nice copy in ragged dark blue dustwrapper (portrait of Bursey). New York; Rand McNally & Company; (1957). ***Spence 220; Renard 233. Much on huskies used in Antarctica. This copy warmly inscribed and signed by the Author. #43071 A$85.00

12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 68 Butler, Rowan. BREAKING THE ICE. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160; map, numerous fine coloured

photos. (several full-page & double-page), several b/w. photos., 3 appendices, glossary, bibliography, index; original blue cloth-grained papered boards, lettered in silver; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Albatross; (1988). ***Renard 238. Inscribed to Dr. [Phillip] Law and signed by the Author. #44438 A$65.00

69 Buxton, Cindy; & Price, Annie. SURVIVAL: SOUTH ATLANTIC. Foreword by David Attenborough. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 238(last blank); 2 double-page maps, 101 coloured photos. on 64 plates, (many double-page & full-page), bibliography; original dark grey art. leather, spine lettered in silver; a nice copy in dustwrapper. London; Granada; (1983). ***Renard 239. Wildlife filming on South Georgia. #42907 A$60.00

70 Byrd, Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn. THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE. [and] COMMANDER BYRD RECEIVES THE HUBBARD GOLD MEDAL. Roy. 8vo; pp. 356-388; 20 illustrations; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, September, 1926; original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1926. ***Including also, “Flying over Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine”, with 16 col. plates & 27 b/w. illusts. #23896 A$50.00

71 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. SKYWARD. Man’s Mastery of the Air as shown by the Brilliant Flights of America’s Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his Thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Antarctic by Air. First Edition; pp. xvi, 360(last blank); endpaper map, photogravure portrait frontispiece (in sepia, with tissue) & 46 plates, including 1 chart; original blue cloth, spine & front board lettered in gilt; a nice copy in slightly worn pictorial dustwrapper. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1928. ***Spence 223; Renard 243. Subsequent editions did not contain the photogravure portrait. #43079 A$175.00

72 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. SKYWARD. Man’s Mastery of the Air as shown by the Brilliant Flights of America’s Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his Thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Antarctic by Air. First Edition; pp. xvi, 360(last blank); endpaper map, photogravure portrait frontispiece & 46 plates, including 1 chart; original cloth; a nice copy. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press; 1928. ***Subsequent editions did not contain the photo-gravure portrait. Spence 223; Renard 243. #3978 A$135.00

73 Byrd, R. E.: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 4to, First Edition; pp. [32]; very numerous photos.; original wrappers; (a little soiling); scarce. [New York; Tide Water Oil Company; 1930]. ***Not in Spence; Renard 253. #4118 A$75.00

74 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. LITTLE AMERICA. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. The Flight to the South Pole. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 422, [2](blank); 4 maps (2 folding), photogravure portrait frontispiece of Byrd & 55 other plates; appendix, index; original cloth; (name on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1930. ***Spence 226; Renard 248. #3976 A$145.00

75 Byrd, Richard Evelyn. FLIEGER UBER DEM SECHSTEN ERDTEIL. Meine Sudpolexpedition 1928/30. Mit 75 Abbildungen und 2 Karten. First Edition in German; pp. 280; 2 maps (1 double-page), 47 plates, index; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1931. ***German edition of

“Little America”. #8921 A$95.00

76 Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, Ret. ANTARCTIC DISCOVERY. The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Introduction by Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the U.S. Navy. Thick med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xxiv, 424(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, full-page map, portrait frontispiece & 45 plates; appendix, index; original mid-blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; (some mild foxing); a very good

13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books copy. London; Putnam; (1936). ***Spence 230; U.S.N. 23-101.4; Renard 256 (collation incorrect and here corrected). Entirely reset from the U.S. Edition and printed in England. #3977 A$95.00

77 Byrd, Richard E. MIT FLUGZEUG, SCHLITTEN UND SCHLEPPER. Meine zweite Expedition nach dem Sechten Erdteil 1933/35. Mit 89 Abbildungen und 2 Karten. First Edition in German; pp. 284(last adv.); 1 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 47 plates; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1936. ***German edition of “Discovery”. #8920 A$85.00

78 Byrd, Richard E. ALONE. 2nd Impression; pp. xii, 296, [2](blank); 12 chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cloth (spine a little faded); a very good copy. New York; G. P. Putnam’s Sons; 1938.

***Signed by Byrd on front endpaper. #49245 A$95.00

79 Byrd, Richard E. ALONE. Post 8vo, Book Club Edition; pp. [v]-xiv(but intact, as issued), 302; several chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cream mottled cloth, lettered in blue on spine and front board (spine a little stained). London; Readers Union Ltd and Putnam & Co Ltd; 1939. ***This edition not in Spence. Renard 263. #3963 A$20.00

80 Byrd, Richard E. ALLEIN! Auf einsamer Wacht im Sudeis. Mit 42 Abbildungen. Dritte Auflage. German Edition, Third Impression; pp. 300(last blank); 16 plates, 12 chapter decorations by Richard E. Harrison; original cloth; a very good copy. Leipzig; F. A. Brockhaus; 1940. ***German translation of “Alone”. The 16 plates are not contained in the original American Edition. #8663 A$95.00

81 Byrd, Rear Admiral Richard E. ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON ANTARCTICA. Roy. 8vo; pp. 141-180; map, 32 coloured & 8 b/w. photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, August, 1956; complete in original wrappers. Washington; National Geographic Society; 1956. ***With also a couple of interesting articles on Africa and its wildlife. #4751 A$25.00

82 Byrd Expedition: AUTHORIZED MAP OF THE SECOND BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPED-ITION. Large coloured map, 610 by 460 mm showing the Antarctic continent with insets of the Route of the Expedition and detail maps of Little America; folded; in very good condition. U.S.A.; General Foods Corp.; 1934. #38635 A$65.00

83 Cameron, Ian. ANTARCTICA: The Last Continent. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 256; 1 coloured & 17 b/w. maps, 31 coloured & numerous b/w. illustrations, bibliography, index; original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper. London; Cassell & Company Ltd; (1974). ***Spence 241; Renard 275. #3971 A$60.00

84 Cameron, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 248; a few maps, 24 coloured plates (3 double-page) & numerous other b/w. illusts, appendices, bibliography, index; original brown cloth-grained papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg; Century; (1987). ***With a chapter on American exploration in the Antarctic and numerous other references to southern waters. Renard 279. #19818 A$65.00

85 Cannan, Edward. CHURCHES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS 1502-1991. First Edition; pp. 320(last 5 blank); 5 maps, 40 illustrations, notes, 5 appendices, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Oswestry, Shropshire); Anthony Nelson; (1992). #37228 A$60.00

86 Chapman, Walker [pseud. Robert Silverburg]: ANTARCTIC CONQUEST. The Great Explorers in Their Own Words. Selected and introduced by Walker Chapman. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 368; 16 plates, index; original quarter blue cloth, lettered in silver, white mottled papered sides; a fine copy in

14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books price clipped dustwrapper; scarce. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-Merrill Co.; (1965). ***Spence 249; Renard 294. A useful compilation with short introductions to each of the extracts. Many of the early accounts included are quite obscure and difficult to come by in any other form, and the text of the Antarctic Treaty, 1959 is included at the end. #43004 A$165.00

87 Chapman, Walker [pseud. Robert Silverburg]. THE LONELIEST CONTINENT. The Story of Antarctic Discovery. First U.K. Edition; pp. [viii], 280(last blank); endpaper maps, 5 text & 4 full-page maps, 8 plates; bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper (price clipped). London; Jarrolds; (1967). ***Spence 251; Renard 293. #43001 A$20.00

88 Charcot, Jean. AUTOUR DU POLE SUD. Expedition du “Pourquoi Pas?” 1908-1910. 88 illustrations d’apres les photographies de Mm. Charcot, Gain, Godfroy et Senouque. Cr. 8vo; pp. xii, 358; double-page map, numerous illusts.; binder’s cloth, with original off-white wrappers printed in red & black bound in; (edges of text leaves browned); scarce. Paris; Ernest Flammarion, Editeur; (1910) [but 1926?].

***An abridged edition of “Le Pourquoi-Pas? dans l’Antarctique”, this edition is not in Spence, nor in Rosove, but similar to his 65.D2. There is a probable date - 1926 - on rear wrapper. #35524 A$120.00

89 Charcot, Dr. Jean. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘WHY NOT?’ IN THE ANTARCTIC. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition 1908-1910. English Version by Philip Walsh. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. viii, 316(last blank); full-page map, folding frontispiece & 42 plates including rig plan & sections of the “Pourquoi Pas?”, index; original magnificently gilt-pictorial blue-grey cloth, white penguin on spine, gilt lettering on spine and front board; (spine a little darkened; front hinge cracked, but firm; some foxing); very scarce. London; Hodder and Stoughton; N.D. [1911]. ***Spence 262; Renard 296; Rosove 67.A1. The “Pourquoi Pas?” was later lost in the Arctic when her boilers blew up and Charcot together with all but one of the crew were killed. #11252 A$1450.00

90 Charcot, Dr. Jean. THE VOYAGE OF THE ‘POURQUOI-PAS?’ The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition 1908-1910. English Version by Philip Walsh. With a new foreword by Paul-Emile Victor, Directeur des Expeditions Polaires Francaises (Missions Paul-Emile Victor). Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], vi, [iii]-viii, 322(last 7 blank); map, 41 plates (1 double-page); index; original blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; a nice copy in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1978. ***Printed in England. Renard 299; Rosove 67.B2. #3973 A$185.00

91 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD: ANTARCTIC 1910-1913. With Panoramas, Maps, and Illustrations by the late Doctor Edward A. Wilson and other Members of the Expedition. 2 vols., Second Issue of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. lxiv, 300, [4](appendix); 4 maps (3 folding), 2 folding panoramas from photos. by Frank Debenham, 4 coloured plates from watercolours by Wilson & 24 b/w. plates containing 14 sketches by Wilson & 19 photos. by Debenham & C. S. Wright; Vol. II, pp. viii, [301]-588(last 3 blank); folding map, 8 folding panoramas from sketches by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 2 coloured plates from watercolours by Wilson & 18 b/w. plates containing 8 sketches by Wilson & 14 photos. by Debenham & Wright, glossary, index; original light blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front board; (unobtrusive waterstain to spines & light waterstain to lower blank margin, only, to about 16 plates); a very good set, with portions of dustwrappers loosely inserted; very scarce. London; Constable and Company Limited; (1922). ***Spence 278, mentioning THREE volumes, but we believe this is simply an error; Renard 305; Rosove 71.A2. One of the great classics of exploration and a highly readable account, the book includes the account of the journey in mid-winter to collect Emperor Penguin eggs and also extracts from Lashly’s diary, more recently published. This issue, intended for libraries is quite complete, with all the panoramas which were omitted from all later editions, and is in many respects the most desirable, the cloth being rather more durable than the linen spines and papered boards of the first issue. It is also considerably scarcer. #3984 A$3500.00

15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books INSCRIBED FROM ONE EXPLORER TO ANOTHER

92 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD. Antarctic 1910-1913. With maps and illustrations by the late Doctor Edward A. Wilson and the Author. One Volume Edition. Published by the Author and distributed for him by Chatto & Windus, London, 1951. Library Edition with some corrections and a Postscript; pp. lxiv, 300, 300A-300D, 301-612; 4 maps (2 folding), coloured frontispiece & 8 b/w plates from Wilson’s sketches, glossary, index; original mid-blue cloth (slightly marked), lettered in gilt on spine & front board; fore and lower edges uncut; a nice copy in defective original pictorial dustwrapper (lacking the lower portion from spine) intact with the original price (10/6); scarce. London; Chatto & Windus; 1951. ***Spence 286; Renard 317; Rosove 71.I1.b. This edition is the first to contain the Postscript (dated 1948), which occupies pp. 579-605, and has also the new preface dated 1937. This copy is inscribed at the head of front endpaper: To “Silas” Wright from Cherry. October 25th 1951. Inscribed copies of Cherry-Garrard’s book are most uncommon. #39490 A$1650.00

93 Chester, Jonathan. GOING TO EXTREMES. Project Blizzard and Australia’s Antarctic Heritage. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 308; hundreds of illustrations (mostly coloured), including 31 maps, chronology, appendices, bibliography, index; (unrelated inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in colour pictorial dustwrapper). Sydney & Auckland; Doubleday; (1986). ***Renard 324. Account of a private expedition in the “Southern Quest” which surveyed Mawson’s hut with a view to possible restoration. #49154 A$85.00

94 Chipman, Elizabeth. AUSTRALIANS IN THE FROZEN SOUTH. Living & Working in Antarctica. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. [vi], 90; 2 maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous illustrations, bibliography, index; original pictorial boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1978). ***Not in Spence; Renard 330. #3990 A$35.00

95 Chipman, Elizabeth. WOMEN ON THE ICE. A History of Women in the Far South. First Edition; pp. xvi, 224; full-page sketch map, 16 plates, 2 appendices including chronology listing all women visitors to the Antarctic, commencing with Bougainville’s voyage and continuing right up to 1984, bibliography, index, Addendum slip; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; 1986.

***Renard 331 (error in number of plates). #15918 A$45.00

96 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE SHACKLETON COLLECTION. [London], Tuesday 25 September 2001. 4to; pp. 358; 250 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2001.

***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23941 A$45.00

97 Christie’s: THE POLAR SALE INCLUDING THE NEIL SILVERMAN COLLECTION. [London], Wednesday 25 September 2002. 4to; pp. 338; 394 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002.

***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including some Arctic material. #23946 A$45.00

98 Christie’s: THE NEIL SILVERMAN COLLECTION. [London], Wednesday 25 September 2002. 4to, Special Clothbound Issue; pp. 244; 270 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original cloth; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, mostly relating to Antarctica, but including a little Arctic and some South American material. #23948 A$65.00

16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books 99 Christie’s: THE POLAR COLLECTION OF ANDREAS ZUST. [London], Thursday 9 May

2002. 4to; pp. 190; 237 lots, lavishly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***A wonderful collection of books, photographs, manuscripts, original diaries and relics, relating to both Antarctica and the Arctic regions, including the search for the North-West Passage and material on the Eskimo. #23949 A$45.00

100 Christie’s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL WITH THE POLAR SALE. [London], Thursday 23 September 2004. 4to; pp. 276; 226 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine copy. London; Christie’s; 2004. ***This sale included some interesting Cook relics including his original pocket hammer, the original watercolours for John Cleveley’s series of Views in the South Seas, and some fine Antarctic material. #17835 A$45.00

101 Clark, Austin H. REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, Echinoderms, Coelenterates, etc. Part C. Echinoderms. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 16(last 3 blank); original wrappers. Ottawa; J. de Labroquerie Tache; 1920. ***Vihljalmur Stefansson was leader of the expedition. #8297 A$18.00

102 Clarke, Peter. ON THE ICE. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 104; full-page map, 7 coloured plates; very numerous b/w. photos (including double & full-page), glossary, index; original blue-grey cloth, spine lettered in white; a very good copy in dustwrapper. A Burdette & Company Book; Distributed by Rand McNally & Company, New York, Chicago, San Francisco; (1966). ***Spence 302; Renard 347. #4116 A$65.00

103 Cobb, David. THE MAKING OF A WAR ARTIST. David Cobb: the Falklands Paintings. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin KG, KCB, MVO, DSC. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96(last blank); 2 endpaper maps, 16 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations, appendix; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Conway Maritime Press; (1986). #19219 A$50.00

104 Cockrill, [W.] Ross. WHALE HUNT. Pp. 26-31; 3 illustrations; contained in the complete issue of JOHN BULL magazine for October 8, 1955; original wrappers; very good. [London; Odhams Press Ltd.]; 1955. ***A preview of the Author’s book Antarctic Hazard. Together with two other magazines with articles on Antarctic Whaling (Boy’s Own Paper, Nov. 1939 - lacking rear wrapper; Leader Magazine Jan. 28, 1950). #38233 A$20.00

105 Coleman-Cooke, John. DISCOVERY II IN THE ANTARCTIC. The Story of British Research in the Southern Seas. First Edition; pp. 256(last blank); frontispiece map, 24 plates, 2 text figures; 6 appendices, index; original blue cloth (slightly mottled; small bump to upper edge of front board); slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Odhams Press Limited; (1963). ***Spence 307; Renard 352. #3992 A$65.00

106 Colnett, James. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND ROUND CAPE HORN INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and other Objects of Commerce, by ascertaining the Ports, Bays, Harbours, and Anchoring Births [sic], in Certain Islands and Coasts in those Seas at which the Ships of the British Merchants might be Refitted. Undertaken and performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the ship Rattler. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], iv, [iii]-vi, xviii, 182(last 3 blank); 6 folding charts, 3 folding plates; original white simulated vellum, lettered in gilt on blue panels on spine and front board; a fine copy in original clear plastic dustwrapper. Amsterdam; N. Israel, & New York, Da Capo Press; (1968). ***This edition not in Spence; Renard 354. The original edition printed for the Author at London, 1798 [Spence 309] is very scarce. #701 A$135.00

107 Colwell, Max. SHIPS AND SEAFARERS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 128(last blank); 8 coloured plates, numerous b/w. illustrations (several double- & full-page), table of

17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Australian shipping disasters, bibliography; a nice copy in dustwrapper (spine slightly faded). (Melbourne); Lansdowne Press; (1973). #24061 A$95.00

108 Conly, Maurice. ICE ON MY PALETTE. Text by Neville Peat. Oblong super roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 64; 2 maps, 23 full-page coloured plates from paintings by Maurice Conly, several other illustrations; original dark blue artificial leather, lettered in silver; a nice copy in pictorial dustwrapper from colour photo. of the artist at work at Cape Royds; scarce. Christchurch; Whitcoulls Publishers; (1977). ***Ross Sea, Antarctic. Not in Spence; Renard 356. #4794 A$50.00

109 Connolly, James B. MASTER MARINER. The Life and Voyages of Amasa Delano. First Edition; pp. viii, 324, [4](blank); endpaper maps, frontispiece, index; original light tan cloth, decorated in green on spine and front board; fore-edge uncut; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Garden City; New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.; 1943. ***Renard 357 (collation here improved). #31367 A$95.00

110 Conrad, Joseph. GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 239-274; map, 28 photos. (mostly full-page, including 16 of the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, & one by Frank Hurley of Torres Strait; plain wrappers. Washington; extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, March; 1924. #46888 A$30.00

111 Conrad, Joseph. GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS. Roy. 8vo; pp. 239-274; map, 28 photos. (mostly full-page, including 16 of the Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, & one by Frank Hurley of Torres Strait; contained in the National Geographic Magazine, March, 1924; original wrappers (soiled; top margin trimmed). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1924. ***Including, also, “Australia’s Wild Wonderland”, by M. P. Greenwood Adams, pp. 329-356, with map & 36 illusts. #23931 A$30.00

COOK’S THREE VOYAGES

112 Cook, Captain James: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF COOK’S THREE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD. A fine collection of the First Editions, comprising:- First Voyage: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with Cuts, and a great Variety of Charts and Maps relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell in the Strand. M DCC LXXIII. 3 vols., med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [xii], xxxvi, 140(last blank), [361]-676; 21 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. II, pp. xvi, 410; 22 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. III, pp. [vi], 411-800(last blank); 9 charts & plates, mostly folding; contemporary full calf (neatly rebacked, see below); some occasional spotting and offsetting from plates, but a very good, generally clean set. Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell, 1773. ***One of the earliest issues, without the Directions for Placing the Cuts as noted by Holmes (No. 5), but complete with the chart of the Streights of Magellan (this possibly supplied from another copy, but we have seen other sets in a similar configuration). Second Voyage: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places, drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVII. 2 vols., med. 4to., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xl, 378; portrait frontis. & 36 charts & plates; Vol. II, pp. [viii], 396; 27 charts and plates; 8 plates with imprints cropped or shaved by the binder

18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books (as often, owing to the plates being engraved too large for the size of the text), 2 folding charts in Vol. II with neatly repaired tears); contemporary full speckled calf (neatly rebacked, see below); a very good, clean set. Printed for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. Third Voyage: A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practibility of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, from the Original Drawings made by Lieut Henry Roberts, under the Direction of Captain Cook; and with a great Variety of Portraits of Persons, Views of Places, and Historical Representations of Remarkable Incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the Voyage, and engraved by the most eminent Artists. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan: For G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. MDCCLXXXIV. 3 vols., med. 4to, & atlas, large folio, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii](title, verso blank, & Contents), xcvi(Introduction & List of Plates), 422(last blank); 7 charts & views (5 folding); Vol. II, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](Contents), 550(last blank); 12 charts & plates (7 folding); Vol. III, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](Contents, last blank), [ii](Appendix & Erratum, verso blank), 558+[2](advertisement for complete sets of Cook’s voyages, verso blank); 6 charts (2 folding), folding comparative table of languages, 7 appendices (Pp. 491-558); contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked (see below); some offsetting of plates to text, but generally very fine and clean; Atlas, 2 large folding charts & 61 plates; in a splendid unsophisticated contemporary German binding of full calf, with red oval title label on front board: “Kupfer zu Cook’s Reisen”, and attractive block-printed rose paste-paper endpapers; (top & bottom of spine expertly & unobtrusively repaired; some foxing of tissues and consequent mild marginal foxing to some of the plates, but generally very clean, with excellent impressions); a fine set. London; Printed by W. and A. Strahan; 1784. Together 8 vols. text, med. 4to, & folio atlas; in all 202 fine, engraved maps, charts, portraits, costume plates, views, etc.; the text volumes uniformly rebacked in contemporary style, the atlas in near-matching contemporary full calf as described above; a very attractive set. London; W. Strahan [etc.]; 1773-1784. ***See Holmes 5, 24 & 47; Beddie 648, 1216, 1543; Hill I, Pp. 139-40, 61-62; Hill 2, Nos. 782, 358 & 361. A complete collection of First Editions of the three voyages, of which the “long-delayed official account of the third voyage was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication ....” (Holmes). The third voyage is the first issue of the first edition of which Forbes (No. 62) says: “It is in fact one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.” #36600 A$67,000.00

113 Cook, Captain James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. In which is included, Captain Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places; drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. 2 vols. med. 4to, Facsimile of First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii], xl, 378; portrait frontispiece, large folding chart & 6 smaller charts (2 double-page), 2 folding plans, 27 plates (10 double-page, 2 folding); Vol II, pp. [ii], [viii], 364, [ii](folding plate), [367]-370, 369-396; 7 charts (3 folding), 20 plates (3 folding & 8 double-page), folding language table, appendices, including vocabularies; original canvas; a very fine set. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1970]. ***Spence 318; Renard 370. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 191. Only 781 sets were printed of this facsimile from the first edition of W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. The pp. [viii] in Volume I contains an introduction written specially for this facsimile reprint by A. Grenfell Price and the pp. 369-396 in Vol. II contain Sir John Pringle’s discourse on the health of mariners ( from Cook’s paper on the subject). The two sets of pages 369-70 contain variations in the text of Sir John Pringle’s introduction. #2162 A$1100.00

19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books RARE ABRIDGMENT OF COOK’S VOYAGES

114 Cook, James. AN ABRIDGMENT OF CAPTAIN COOK’S FIRST AND SECOND VOYAGES. The first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771; the Second in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Five Volumes. Containing A Relation of all the interesting Transactions; Including an Abridgement of Capt. Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings during the Separation of the two Ships. The Seventh Edition. Ornamented with several Plates. London. Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street. 1798. Demy 12mo; pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [iv](adv.), iii-[iv](Contents, verso blank), 328(last 20 index); frontis. and 7 other plates, index; contemporary full mottled calf (neatly rebacked in contemporary style; a fine, clean copy; very scarce. London; G. Kearsley; 1798. ***Beddie 60. The plates are as follows: frontispiece, portrait of Omai, but here at page 187 in accordance with the number at top left; facing page 42, Head of a Chief of Otaheite; facing page 53, A Dance of Ulietea by Females; facing page 79, View of a perforated Rock; facing page 86, A War Canoe of New Zealand (showing also a Branch of the Bread fruit); facing page 160, Inhabitants of Dusky Bay; facing page 192, A Morai or burial place; and facing page 268, Instruments & Weapons used by the Natives [etc.]. [with] Cook, James. AN ABRIDGMENT OF CAPTAIN COOK’S LAST VOYAGE, performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Three Volumes. Containing a Relation of all the Interesting Transactions, particularly those relative to the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook; to which are added, extracts from Captain King’s Account of his Life and public Services. The Seventh Edition. Ornamented with several Plates and Improved by a copious Index, also a Chart of the Tracts of the Ships. London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street. MDCCXCIV. Demy 12mo; pp. xxiv, 442, [16](index), [2](adv.); folding frontispiece (Death of Cook), folding chart, 7 other plates, index; contemporary full mottled calf (rebacked in matching contemporary style); a fine, clean copy; very scarce. London; C. and G. Kearsley; 1794. ***Beddie 1576; Forbes 233. The first and second editions of this abridgment were published in 1784 and the fourth, fifth and sixth in 1787. Neither Beddie nor Forbes record a third edition, but both make the minor error throughout of mis-spelling the word ABRIDGMENT (“ABRIDGEMENT”) in the title. This copy appears to be quite complete, as issued, with a total of 9 plates including the chart. The plates are as follows: folding frontispiece showing the death of Captain Cook, but here facing page 320 in accordance with the number at the head; facing page ix, Royal Society Medal by Mr. Pingo; facing page 1, the folding chart exhibiting the discoveries made by Cook in his three voyages; facing page 129, Human Sacrifice in Otaheite; facing page 347, A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands; facing page 376, Manner of Travelling in Kamtschatka; facing page 389, Shooting Sea Horses; facing page 389, A White Bear; and facing page 415, A Winter’s Habitation in Kamtschatka. Various copies of these scarce editions appear to have different numbers of plates, but the number present here (17 in total) is, we believe, the maximum and most complete. Although published four years apart these two “Seventh Edition” volumes appear to have been issued, or at least purchased, at the same time and are uniformly bound in full contemporary mottled calf (now neatly rebacked in contemporary style). The original binder has inserted the “landscape” plates lengthways and neatly folded, an arrangement which has contributed to this set being exceptionally fine and clean, both plates and text; a most attractive set and rare thus. This set recently belonged to the Australian diplomat W. R. Crocker, with his signature dated 1964 in the front of each volume. #24324 A$3250.00

115 Cook, Captain James: THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Edited from the Original Manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole with the Assistance of J. A. Williamson, J. W. Davidson and R. A. Skelton. Four Volumes and a Portfolio [series title]. 3 vols. in 4, thick med. 8vo, plus Portfolio of Charts; Vol. I. The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Pp. [ii], cclxxxiv, [ii], 686(last 4 blank). Portfolio, pp. viii, 58 charts & views. Vol. II. The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775. Pp. [iv], clxx, 1024(last 2 blank). Vol. III [In Two Parts]. The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. Part I, pp. ccxxiv, [1]-718, [2](blank); Part II, pp. viii, [2], [723]-1648(last blank); in all 224 maps & illustrations including 2 coloured portraits, indices, appendices, bibliography, references, etc. original buckram; a very good set; Volume III and the porfolio in worn dustwrappers. Cambridge;

20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Published for the Hakluyt Society; 1955-67. ***All volumes are First Editions and the separate Addenda and Corrigenda to Volume II and the Portfolio are include