Lissadell House

SIR ALBERT HASTINGS MARKHAM (1841-1918) Markham's Book of Botanical specimens gathered in Novaya Zemlya, summer 1879, presented to Lady Gore-Boo...

THE LIBRARY OF THE YACHT KARA, MID/LATE 19th CENTURY MARKHAM, A. H.: A Polar Reconnaissance, 1881, 8vo, inscribed by Markham for Sir Henry Go

THE REMAINING POLAR LIBRARY AT LISSADELL, MID/LATE 19th CENTURY, NORDENSKJOLD, O.: Voyages of the Vega, 1881, 2 vols., 8vo - NANSEN, F.: Farthes

NATURAL HISTORY TROPHIES, LATE 19th CENTURY, A pair of mounted walrus tusks, a bottle nose whale skull and one other mounted skull. (4) e600/800

AN EXPLORERS BOOT WORN DURING THE EIRA EXPEDITION, 1881-1882 'Boot worn by Leigh Smith in Franz Joseph Land when he wintered '81 and '82...

THE CRUISE OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCH TO SPITZBERGEN, 1888. Four framed and captioned blue-grey toned photographs including the ship and crew at North

A PAINTED LONGBOW, 19th CENTURY, probably northern Scandinavia 165cms long. e300/500

A SHIP'S MODEL OF A RIGGED YACHT, 19th CENTURY, wood, paint, string, cotton and metal approx 172.5cms x 218.5cms e1,500/2,500

A STUFFED BROWN BEAR FROM THE ARCTIC REGIONS, circa 1864, approx 132cms high including wooden base e800/1,500 The following quote is taken from

A TELESCOPE, by S & B Solomons, 39 Albmarle St., London, makers, with 3 other telescopes by Ross and other makers, one mounted on a tripod. (4) ...