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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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199Hurley, Frank. ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH. BEING A NDiscovery Book Auctions
Hurley, Frank. ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH. BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGINGS AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR E
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 425.00
200Hurley,Frank. SYDPOLSFARARE. Stockholm: Hugo GeDiscovery Book Auctions
Hurley,Frank. SYDPOLSFARARE. Stockholm: Hugo Gebers (1927) 246pp. Photo illus, folding map. Original leather backed marbled boards, A very, very good
Estimate : 225.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
201Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... Discovery Book Auctions
Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... THE LOG OF THE IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ...... London: Duckworth 1929 220pp. Photo plates,
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
202Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... Discovery Book Auctions
Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... THE LOG OF THE IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ...... London: Duckworth 1929 220pp. Photo plates,
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
203Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... Discovery Book Auctions
Joyce, Ernest E. M. THE SOUTH POLAR TRAIL ..... THE LOG OF THE IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ...... London: Duckworth 1929 220pp. Photo plates,
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
203ALecointe, Georges. Expedition Antarctique Belge. Discovery Book Auctions
Lecointe, Georges. Expedition Antarctique Belge. [caption title] pp: 5-51. 2 plates (portraits) and 3 large folding maps. In full issue of the "...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
204Lecointe, Georges. EXPEDITION ANTARCTIQUE BELGE.Discovery Book Auctions
Lecointe, Georges. EXPEDITION ANTARCTIQUE BELGE. AU PAYS DES MANCHOTS. RECIT DU VOYAGE DE LA "BELGICA". Bruxelles: J. Lebegue 1910 324(2)p...
Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
205Marr, Scout (James W. S.) INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH.Discovery Book Auctions
Marr, Scout (James W. S.) INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH. London: Cassell 1923 x,246pp. Photo plates. Original decorated grey-green cloth, lettered in black on
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
206Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING Discovery Book Auctions
Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1915) 2 vol
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
207Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING Discovery Book Auctions
Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1915) 2 vol
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
208Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING Discovery Book Auctions
Mawson, Douglas THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD. BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1915) 2 vol
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,100.00
209Mawson, Douglas, by or about. (1) Jacka, Fred & Discovery Book Auctions
Mawson, Douglas, by or about. (1) Jacka, Fred & Eleanor, editors. MAWSON'S ANTARCTIC DIARIES. London: 1988 First UK edition l,414pp. Photo i...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
210Mawson, Douglas. LEBEN UND TOD AM SUDPOL. LeipzDiscovery Book Auctions
Mawson, Douglas. LEBEN UND TOD AM SUDPOL. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1922 xviii,292; vi,263pp. Photo plates, folding panoramas, maps. Original decorated
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
211Mill, Hugh Robert. HUGH ROBERT MILL. AN AUTOBIOGDiscovery Book Auctions
Mill, Hugh Robert. HUGH ROBERT MILL. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. With an Introduction by L. Dudley Stamp. London: Longmans, Green 1951 xii,224pp. Illus. Cloth,
Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 80.00
212Mill, Hugh Robert. THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. Discovery Book Auctions
Mill, Hugh Robert. THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. London: Alston Rivers 1905 First edition xvi,455p. Plates, lg. Fol
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
213Morrell, Benjamin Jr. A NARRATIVE OF FOUR VOYAGEDiscovery Book Auctions
Morrell, Benjamin Jr. A NARRATIVE OF FOUR VOYAGES, TO THE SOUTH SEA, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, CHINESE SEA ......INDIAN AND ANTARCTIC OCEAN......
Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
214Murdoch, W. G. Burn. FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARDiscovery Book Auctions
Murdoch, W. G. Burn. FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC. AN ARTIST'S NOTES AND SKETCHES DURING THE DUNDEE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1892-93. London: ...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
214AMurray, George (editor). The Antarctic Manual ForDiscovery Book Auctions
Murray, George (editor). The Antarctic Manual For The Use Of The Expedition Of 1901. London: Royal Geographical Society, 1901. First Edition. xvi,586p
Start Price : 1,125.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
215Murray, James & George Marston. ANTARCTIC DAYS. Discovery Book Auctions
Murray, James & George Marston. ANTARCTIC DAYS. SKETCHES OF THE HOMELY SIDE OF POLAR LIFE BY TWO OF SHACKLETON'S MEN ....... London: Andrew ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to soldlindsay for 1,292.50
216Nordenskiold, Otto & Joh. Gunnar Anderson ANTARCDiscovery Book Auctions
Nordenskiold, Otto & Joh. Gunnar Anderson ANTARCTICA OR TWO YEARS AMONGST THE ICE OF THE SOUTH POLE. London: Hurst & Blackett 1905 xviii(2),...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
217Nordenskjold, Otto, J. Gunnar Andersson & others.Discovery Book Auctions
Nordenskjold, Otto, J. Gunnar Andersson & others. ANTARCTIC TVA AR BLAND SYDPOLENS ISAR. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers (1904) 2 vols. xxxiv,486(6);...
Start Price : 525.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
218(Norwegian Antarctic Expedition) SCIENTIFIC RESUDiscovery Book Auctions
(Norwegian Antarctic Expedition) SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF THE NORWEGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 1927-1928 ET SQQ. INSTITUTED AND FINANCED BY CONSUL LARS CH
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to nansen for 440.63
219Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56. REPORT OF OBSERVADiscovery Book Auctions
Operation Deepfreeze, 1955-56. REPORT OF OBSERVATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH DURING "OPERATION DEEPFREEZE" by W. J. L. Smith, Lieut. Com...
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 325.00
220Palmer, J. C. THULIA: A TALE OF THE ANTARCTIC. Discovery Book Auctions
Palmer, J. C. THULIA: A TALE OF THE ANTARCTIC. New York: Samuel Coleman 1843 72pp. Twelve woodcut illus, several full page. Original blind & gil...
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
221Poinsett, Joel R. DISCOURSE ON THE OBJECTS AND IDiscovery Book Auctions
Poinsett, Joel R. DISCOURSE ON THE OBJECTS AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, ESTABLISHED AT WASHINGTON, 1840. D
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 175.00
222Ponting, H. G. HET EEUWIGE IJS DE ZUIDPOOL-EXPEDDiscovery Book Auctions
Ponting, H. G. HET EEUWIGE IJS DE ZUIDPOOL-EXPEDITIE VAN KAPITEIN SCOTT…….… Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff n.d.(1924?) 441pp. Many photo illus. Original
Estimate : 125.00 - 175.00
Sold to floor for 90.00
223(Ponting, Herbert) Original photographic print fDiscovery Book Auctions
(Ponting, Herbert) Original photographic print from a photo by Ponting. Identified in Savours' book "Scott's Last Voyage" as "...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 250.00
224Priestley, Raymond E. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE. SCOTTDiscovery Book Auctions
Priestley, Raymond E. ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE. SCOTT'S NORTHERN PARTY. London: T. Fisher Unwin (1914) 382pp. Many photo plates, 3 folded maps. Origi...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
225Reynolds, J. N. ADDRESS, ON THE SUBJECT OF A SURDiscovery Book Auctions
Reynolds, J. N. ADDRESS, ON THE SUBJECT OF A SURVEYING AND EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND SOUTH SEAS. DELIVERED IN THE HALL OF REPRESEN
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
226Richardson, John. ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF TDiscovery Book Auctions
Richardson, John. ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. EREBUS & TERROR, UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS R.N., F.R.S. Lond...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,250.00
Sold to floor for 800.00
227Ross, Capt. Sir James Clark. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVEDiscovery Book Auctions
Ross, Capt. Sir James Clark. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS, DURING THE YEARS 1839-1843. London: John Murray
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
228Ross, Capt. Sir James Clark. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVEDiscovery Book Auctions
Ross, Capt. Sir James Clark. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS, DURING THE YEARS 1839-1843. London: John Murray
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for 2,400.00
229Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY . Discovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE "DISCOVERY' . London: Smith, Elder 1905 Second Impression. 2 vols. xix,556; xii,508p. Plates, maps incl....
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
230Scott, Robert F. SCOTTS LAST EXPEDITION. VOL I BDiscovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. VOL I BEING THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN ROBERT F. SCOTT, R.N., VOL II BEING THE REPORTS OF THE JOURNEYS &a...
Start Price : 1,125.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
231Scott, Robert F. SCOTTS SIDSTE REJSE. (KobenhavDiscovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. SCOTT'S SIDSTE REJSE. (Kobenhavn): Steen Hasselbalogs n.d. (1914?) 239(1)pp. Photo plates, doublepage map. Original half cloth ...
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
232Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY. Discovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY'. London: John Murray 1905 2 vols. xix(1),556; xii,508pp. Title printed in red & black Pla...
Start Price : 1,325.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,500.00
233Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY. Discovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY'. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons n.d.(1914?) 2 vols 16mo. 478 & 477pp. Eight plates, fol...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
234Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY. Discovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY'. New York: Scribner's Sons 1905 First U.S. edition 2 vols. xix(1),556; xii,508pp. Titles ...
Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for 450.00
235Scott, Robert F. , by or about (1) Scott, RobertDiscovery Book Auctions
Scott, Robert F. , by or about (1) Scott, Robert F. SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. ….. New York, 1913 2 vols. First US edition 446, 376pp. Many plates...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
236(Scott, Robert F.) TO THE SOUTH POLE. CAPTAIN SCDiscovery Book Auctions
(Scott, Robert F.) TO THE SOUTH POLE. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S OWN STORY TOLD FROM HIS JOURNALS. Extracted from four issues of The Strand Magazine, Londo...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
237Shackleton, E. H. AURORA AUSTRALIS. A fine facsDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, E. H. AURORA AUSTRALIS. A fine facsimile reproduction of this most prized and valuable of Antarctic books. One of only 58 copies, publishe
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,100.00
238Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907-1909 London: Heinemann 1909 2 vols 4to. xlviii,
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
239Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907-1909. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1909 2 vols liv,
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
240Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, E. H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC. BEING THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907-1909. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1909 2 vols liv,
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 600.00
241Shackleton, Ernest H. MON EXPEDITION AU SUD POLADiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest H. MON EXPEDITION AU SUD POLAIRE. Traduction de M. L. Landel. Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils. n.d.(1930?) Lg. 4to. 380(4)pp. Frontis po
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
242Shackleton, Ernest H. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest H. SOUTH. THE STORY OF SHACKLETON'S LAST EXPEDITION 1914-1917. London: Heinemann 1919 First edition, first printing xxi,376pp...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
243Shackleton, Ernest H., editor. AURORA AUSTRALIS.Discovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest H., editor. AURORA AUSTRALIS. Printed at the Winter Quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, during the Winter Months of
Estimate : 50,000.00 - 70,000.00
Sold to floor for 47,500.00
244Shackleton, Ernest H., L. C. Bernacchi & Apsley CDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest H., L. C. Bernacchi & Apsley Cherry-Garrard, editors. THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES. London: Smith, Elder 1907-1914 Three Vols 4to. V...
Estimate : 27,500.00 - 30,000.00
Sold to floor for 20,500.00
245Shackleton, Ernest H., L. C. Bernacchi & Apsley CDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest H., L. C. Bernacchi & Apsley Cherry-Garrard, editors. THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES. London: Smith, Elder 1907-1914 Three Vols 4to. V...
Start Price : 4,500.00 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
246Shackleton, Ernest, by or about. (1). Mill, HughDiscovery Book Auctions
Shackleton, Ernest, by or about. (1). Mill, Hugh Robert. THE LIFE OF SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON. Boston: Little, Brown 1923 First US edition, xv,312pp. Pho
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00