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A collection featuring the travel & exploration collection of Michael Porter of Sooke, B.C., Canada; with important additions.
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247Shackleton, Ernest. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLETDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917. New York: Macmillan 1920 xxi,380pp. Many photo illus incl color ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 700.00
248Shackleton, Ernest. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLETDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917. New York: Macmillan 1920 xxi,380pp. Many photo illus incl. color...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
249Shackleton, Ernest.. AZ ANTARKTISZ SZIVEBEN: SZADiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest.. AZ ANTARKTISZ SZIVEBEN: SZAZNYOLCVAN KILOMETERREA DELI SARKTOL. Halasz Gyula, Translator. Budapest: Vilagirodalom-Kiadas, n.d. (c
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
250Smith, Thomas W. A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE, TRAVELDiscovery Book Auctions
Smith, Thomas W. A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE, TRAVELS AND SUFFERINGS OF THOMAS W. SMITH…… HIS EARLY LIFE…… HIS TRAVELS DURING EIGHTEEN VOYAGES TO VARIOUS
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,750.00
Sold to floor for 900.00
251(Southern Cross exped.) REPORT ON THE COLLECTIONDiscovery Book Auctions
(Southern Cross exped.) REPORT ON THE COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY MADE IN THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE "SOUTHERN CROSS&quo...
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
252Taylor, Griffith WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING. Discovery Book Auctions
Taylor, Griffith WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING. London: Smith, Elder 1916 xiv(2),464pp. Many photo plates, text illus & maps, 2 folding maps. Or...
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
253Tooley, R. V. THE MAPPING OF AUSTRALIA AND ANTARDiscovery Book Auctions
Tooley, R. V. THE MAPPING OF AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA. Second Revised Edition. (London: Holland Press 1985) 4to. xiii,649pp, Many map reproductions. C
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to died4 for 235.00
254Turrill, W. B. PIONEER PLANT GEOGRAPHY. THE PHYTDiscovery Book Auctions
Turrill, W. B. PIONEER PLANT GEOGRAPHY. THE PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC RESEARCHES OF SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1953. x(2),267pp. 21 p
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
255Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE,Discovery Book Auctions
Weddell, James. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1822-24. CONTAINING AN EXAMINATION OF THE ANTARCTIC SEA TO THE SEVENTY-FOURTH
Estimate : 1,700.00 - 2,200.00
Sold to floor for 2,000.00
256Wild, Frank. SHACKLETONS LAST VOYAGE. THE STORY Discovery Book Auctions
Wild, Frank. SHACKLETON'S LAST VOYAGE. THE STORY OF THE QUEST ..... FROM THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL AND PRIVATE DIARY KEPT BY DR. A. H. MACKLIN. Londo...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
257Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIODiscovery Book Auctions
Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS 1901-1904. London: 1966 416pp. Illus, color plates, maps. Cloth, very good
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 125.00
258Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIODiscovery Book Auctions
Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS 1901-1904. London: 1966 416pp. Illus, color plates, maps. Cloth, very good
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
259Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIDiscovery Book Auctions
Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. OBSERVATIONS ON THE AURORA. London: Harrison & Sons 1921 4to. viii46(3)p...
Estimate : 150.00 - 175.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
260Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIDiscovery Book Auctions
Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION. London: Harrison & Sons 19...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
261Amundsen, Roald. Marquetry (intarsia) bust portrDiscovery Book Auctions
Amundsen, Roald. Marquetry (intarsia) bust portrait of Amundsen in coat & tie, quarter view, aprox.12" x 15". c. 1930's. Done in b...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
262Amundsen, Roald. Original charcoal portrait on pDiscovery Book Auctions
Amundsen, Roald. Original charcoal portrait on paper of an older Amundsen, face on, in coat & tie, waist up. 12" x 18" vertical. Signe...
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
263Byrd, Richard E. SKYWARD. New York: Putnams SonDiscovery Book Auctions
Byrd, Richard E. SKYWARD. New York: Putnam's Sons 1928 xv,348pp. Title printed in red & black, photogravure frontis port, 9 other photogravu...
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
264Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE PODiscovery Book Auctions
Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE POLAR TIMES 1935-1947. Issues 1 through 25. "Official Publication of the American Polar Society&q...
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
265Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE PODiscovery Book Auctions
Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE POLAR TIMES 1935-1985. Seventy-one issues of this usefull journal, published semi-annually, by the Ameri
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
266McCormick, Robert. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ADiscovery Book Auctions
McCormick, Robert. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, AND ROUND THE WORLD: BEING PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORT
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
267Polar map. De LIsle, Guillaume and Covens & MorDiscovery Book Auctions
Polar map. De L'Isle, Guillaume and Covens & Mortier. L'HEMISPHERE MERIDIONAL POUR VOIR PLUS DISTINCTEMENT LES TERRES AUSTRALES ……. AND ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,250.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
268Polar Regions by Air. (1) Amundsen, Roald & LincDiscovery Book Auctions
Polar Regions by Air. (1) Amundsen, Roald & Lincoln Ellsworth. THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR SEA. New York: George H. Doran 1927 First US edit...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
269Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LANDiscovery Book Auctions
Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LANDS OF SILENCE. A HISTORY OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Cambridge, 1921 539pp. Plates. Original c
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
270Zapffe, Fritz G. ROALD AMUNDSEN Oslo: H. AschehDiscovery Book Auctions
Zapffe, Fritz G. ROALD AMUNDSEN Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. 1935 198(1)pp. Photo plates. Contemporary half leather & marbled boards. VG
Biogra...
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to dllester for 58.75
271Beaglehole, J. C., editor. THE JOURNALS OF CAPTADiscovery Book Auctions
Beaglehole, J. C., editor. THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Vol I. The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol II. The V
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,250.00
Sold to floor for 750.00
272Bligh, William. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ……. FODiscovery Book Auctions
Bligh, William. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ……. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE TO THE WEST INDIES, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE BO...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
Sold to floor for 11,000.00
273Bougainville, Lewis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLDDiscovery Book Auctions
Bougainville, Lewis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD….. IN THE YEARS 1766 …… 1769. London: J. Nourse 1772 4to. xxviii,476pp Five folding maps, folding pla
Estimate : 4,500.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,400.00
274Burney, James. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DIDiscovery Book Auctions
Burney, James. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH SEA OR PACIFIC OCEAN. London: G. & W. Nichol 1803-17 5 volumes 4to, xii,(...
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for 11,000.00
275(Cook, Capt. James). The Charts and Coastal ViewDiscovery Book Auctions
(Cook, Capt. James). The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages. THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR, 1768-1771. London: Hakluyt Society 198...
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to 1022pauli for 440.63
276(Cook, James) Hawkesworth, John. AN ACCOUNT OF TDiscovery Book Auctions
(Cook, James) Hawkesworth, John. AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN …… FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE …… BY COMMODORE BYRON, CAPT
Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 6,000.00
277Dillon,Capt. P. NARRATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL RESULT Discovery Book Auctions
Dillon,Capt. P. NARRATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL RESULT OF A VOYAGE IN THE SOUTH SEA ….. TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL FATE OF LA PEROUSE'S EXPEDITION ….. Lon...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,200.00
278Dixon, George. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; BUT MORDiscovery Book Auctions
Dixon, George. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA: PERFORMED IN 1785 …… 1788, IN THE KING GEORGE AND Q
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
279Espinosa Y Tello, Jose. ATLAS PARA EL VIAGE DE LDiscovery Book Auctions
Espinosa Y Tello, Jose. ATLAS PARA EL VIAGE DE LAS GOLETAS SUTIL Y MEXICANA AL RECONOCIMIENTO DEL ESTRECHO DE JUAN DE FUCA EN 1792. (Madrid: La Impren
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 17,500.00
Sold to floor for 12,000.00
280Frezier, A. F. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, AND ALDiscovery Book Auctions
Frezier, A. F. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, AND ALONG THE COASTS OF CHILI AND PERU, IN THE YEARS 1712….. 1714. London: for John Bowyer 1717 (xii), 335,(
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
281Kippis, Andrew. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Discovery Book Auctions
Kippis, Andrew. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. London: Printed for G. Nichol …….. and G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788 4to. xvi,527(1)pp. Frontis port.
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,800.00
282Meares, John. VOYAGES MADE IN THE YEARS 1788 AND 1789, Discovery Book Auctions
Meares, John. VOYAGES MADE IN THE YEARS 1788 AND 1789, FROM CHINA TO THE NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA, …….. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE …. IN 1786 …… OBSERVA
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for 8,500.00
283Portlock, Captain Nathaniel. A VOYAGE ROUND TDiscovery Book Auctions
Portlock, Captain Nathaniel. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH - WEST COAST OF AMERICA, PERFORMED IN 1785 …… 1788. London:
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,000.00
284Arabia. Cheesman, Major R. E. IN UNKNOWN ARABIADiscovery Book Auctions
Arabia. Cheesman, Major R. E. IN UNKNOWN ARABIA. London: Macmillan 1926 xx,447pp. Many photo plates, 3 maps incl. One folding. Bound in full leather,
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
285Argonaut Press. A complete collection of the voyDiscovery Book Auctions
Argonaut Press. A complete collection of the voyages and travels series published in London by the Argonaut Press, 1926-39, 17 titles in 19 volumes, a
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
286Bailey, Lt.-Col. F. M. MISSION TO TASHKENT. LonDiscovery Book Auctions
Bailey, Lt.-Col. F. M. MISSION TO TASHKENT. London: Jonathan Cape (1946) 312pp. Photo plates, folded map. Cloth, fine in slightly worn d/j.
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
287Bouchette, Joseph. THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTHDiscovery Book Auctions
Bouchette, Joseph. THE BRITISH DOMINIONS IN NORTH AMERICA; A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCES OF LOWER AND UPPER CANADA, NEW
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
288Canada, Maritime Provinces. (1) Cabot, William BDiscovery Book Auctions
Canada, Maritime Provinces. (1) Cabot, William B. IN NORTHERN LABRADOR. Boston: Richard G. Badger (c.1912) xii,292pp. Photo plates. Original cloth, t.
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
289Cook, Capt. James. A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEANDiscovery Book Auctions
Cook, Capt. James. A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN ….. FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE……. IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS RESOLUTION AND ...
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
Sold to floor for 13,000.00
290Exploration, Miscellaneous World. (1) Bligh, WilDiscovery Book Auctions
Exploration, Miscellaneous World. (1) Bligh, William. A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY …… Melbourne, Georgian House ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 275.00
291Eyre, Lieut. Vincent. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ATDiscovery Book Auctions
Eyre, Lieut. Vincent. THE MILITARY OPERATIONS AT CABUL, WHICH ENDED IN THE RETREAT AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH ARMY ….. London: John Murray 1843 Th
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to porthos14606 for 117.50
292Favenc, Ernest. THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORDiscovery Book Auctions
Favenc, Ernest. THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION FROM 1788 TO 1888. Sydney: Turner & Henderson 1888 xv,(17)-474pp. Four folding maps, 3 fac...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
293Featherstonhaugh, G. W. A CANOE VOYAGE UP THE MIDiscovery Book Auctions
Featherstonhaugh, G. W. A CANOE VOYAGE UP THE MINNAY SOTOR…… London: Richard Bentley 1847 Two vols. xvi,416; vii351pp. Two tinted plates, 2 folding ma
Start Price : 525.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
294No lot. Discovery Book Auctions
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 1,000,000.00
295Ferrier, J. P. CARAVAN JOURNEYS AND WANDERINGS IDiscovery Book Auctions
Ferrier, J. P. CARAVAN JOURNEYS AND WANDERINGS IN PERSIA, AFGHANISTAN, TURKISTAN, AND BELOOCHISTAN. London: John Murray 1857 Second edition xxxii,(2),
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
296Hakluyt Society, second series. (1) NEWFOUNDLANDDiscovery Book Auctions
Hakluyt Society, second series. (1) NEWFOUNDLAND DISCOVERED. ENGLISH ATTEMPTS AT COLONISATION 1610-1630. 1982. (2) THE ENGLISH NEW ENGLAND VOYAGES 150
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to kumquat63 for 381.88