Travel and Exploration Book Auction

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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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Wilson, Edward.  DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIO257 - Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIO
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Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS 1901-1904. London: 1966 416pp. Illus, color plates, maps. Cloth, very good
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Wilson, Edward.  DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIO258 - Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITIO
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Wilson, Edward. DIARY OF THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS 1901-1904. London: 1966 416pp. Illus, color plates, maps. Cloth, very good
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Wright, Charles S.  BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTI259 - Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTI
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Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. OBSERVATIONS ON THE AURORA. London: Harrison & Sons 1921 4to. viii46(3)p...
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Wright, Charles S.  BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTI260 - Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTI
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Wright, Charles S. BRITISH (TERRA NOVA) ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION. London: Harrison & Sons 19...
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Amundsen, Roald.  Marquetry (intarsia) bust portr261 - Amundsen, Roald. Marquetry (intarsia) bust portr
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Amundsen, Roald. Marquetry (intarsia) bust portrait of Amundsen in coat & tie, quarter view, aprox.12" x 15". c. 1930's. Done in b...
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Amundsen, Roald.  Original charcoal portrait on p262 - Amundsen, Roald. Original charcoal portrait on p
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Amundsen, Roald. Original charcoal portrait on paper of an older Amundsen, face on, in coat & tie, waist up. 12" x 18" vertical. Signe...
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Byrd, Richard E.  SKYWARD.  New York: Putnams Son263 - Byrd, Richard E. SKYWARD. New York: Putnams Son
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Byrd, Richard E. SKYWARD. New York: Putnam's Sons 1928 xv,348pp. Title printed in red & black, photogravure frontis port, 9 other photogravu...
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Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor.  THE PO264 - Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE PO
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Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE POLAR TIMES 1935-1947. Issues 1 through 25. "Official Publication of the American Polar Society&q...
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Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor.  THE PO265 - Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE PO
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Horowitz ( later Howard), August, editor. THE POLAR TIMES 1935-1985. Seventy-one issues of this usefull journal, published semi-annually, by the Ameri
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McCormick, Robert.  VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE A266 - McCormick, Robert. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE A
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McCormick, Robert. VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC SEAS, AND ROUND THE WORLD: BEING PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE NORT
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Polar map.  De LIsle, Guillaume and  Covens & Mor267 - Polar map. De LIsle, Guillaume and Covens & Mor
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Polar map. De L'Isle, Guillaume and Covens & Mortier. L'HEMISPHERE MERIDIONAL POUR VOIR PLUS DISTINCTEMENT LES TERRES AUSTRALES ……. AND ...
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Polar Regions by Air.  (1) Amundsen, Roald & Linc268 - Polar Regions by Air. (1) Amundsen, Roald & Linc
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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...
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Polar Regions.  (1) Markham, Clements R.  THE LAN269 - Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LAN
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Polar Regions. (1) Markham, Clements R. THE LANDS OF SILENCE. A HISTORY OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. Cambridge, 1921 539pp. Plates. Original c
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Zapffe, Fritz G.  ROALD AMUNDSEN  Oslo: H. Ascheh270 - Zapffe, Fritz G. ROALD AMUNDSEN Oslo: H. Ascheh
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Zapffe, Fritz G. ROALD AMUNDSEN Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. 1935 198(1)pp. Photo plates. Contemporary half leather & marbled boards. VG Biogra...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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Beaglehole, J. C., editor.  THE JOURNALS OF CAPTA271 - Beaglehole, J. C., editor. THE JOURNALS OF CAPTA
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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
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Bligh, William.  A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ……. FO272 - Bligh, William. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA ……. FO
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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...
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Bougainville, Lewis de.  A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD273 - Bougainville, Lewis de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
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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
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Burney, James.  A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DI274 - Burney, James. A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DI
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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,(...
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(Cook, Capt. James).  The Charts and Coastal View275 - (Cook, Capt. James). The Charts and Coastal View
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(Cook, Capt. James). The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages. THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR, 1768-1771. London: Hakluyt Society 198...
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(Cook, James) Hawkesworth, John.  AN ACCOUNT OF T276 - (Cook, James) Hawkesworth, John. AN ACCOUNT OF T
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(Cook, James) Hawkesworth, John. AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN …… FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE …… BY COMMODORE BYRON, CAPT
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