10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Polar Exploration.
Murray (George).
The Antarctic Manual, for the Use of the Expedition of 1901.
Royal Geographical Society, 1901, first edition, xvi, 586 pages, three folding maps in rear pocket, original blue cloth.
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Free of inscriptions, toning to borders of half title and final leaf, very faint toning to page edges, foxing spot to fore-edge, very light foxing to maps, mainly to edges and folds, some tanning to endpapers, top closed edge dust marked with some light spotting, scratch to rear cloth. Top edge of spine very slightly rubbed. Colour still bright. Generally a very good copy.
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 10th Apr, 2024
The sale includes a sketchbook of drawings of Southern China attributed to George Chinnery. English artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) left an extraordinary record of everyday life in Southern China in the early to mid-19th century, which has become an important source of historical information on the region.
Further highlights include an interesting archive of letters and ephemera relating to the composer and bandmaster Charles Coote (1809-1880), personal pianist to William Cavendish, the 6th Duke of Devonshire, and bandmaster and composer for stage productions put on by Charles Dickens. There is also several collections of 19th century photographs including an outstanding album with many views of Eton College and the River Thames at Windsor, Trinity College Cambridge, Switzerland, Gibraltar and Malta as well as an important photographic record of the Challenger Expedition, generally considered to be the foundation of oceanography.
Single owner collections include a large quantity of books on Polar Exploration and early Whaling. We are also pleased to offer a selection of books from the library of Fred Gettings, prolific author and expert on astrology, symbolism and arcane lore. The library includes many early editions of Nostradamus with several manuscript works on the famous French astrologer.
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