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Auction No 426, Category: Exploration

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

Richard Hakluyt "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation", J.M. Dent, ‘Everyman’ edition,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Richard Hakluyt The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, J.M. Dent, ‘Everyman' edition, set of eight vols., mostly 1926 but vol.8 from the (undated) 1907 edition. A fine set. (8)

Sailing and Voyages including Bullen "The Cruise of The Cachalot", 1899 (first U.S. edn.); Millar "Isabel and the Sea", 1948, First Edn;

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £66
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Sailing and Voyages including Bullen The Cruise of The Cachalot, 1899 (first U.S. edn.); Millar Isabel and the Sea, 1948, First Edn; Rosser The Yachtsman's Handy-Book, 1892, plates & maps; Fames Ships and Seamen of Anglesey 1558-1918, 1973; Charles Darwin Journal of Researches, 1892; Lubbock The China Clippers, 1968, in d/jkt; and others. Fair to VF (12)

Polar Exploration & Whaling including modern reprints of works by William Scoresby; Shackleton "The Heart of the Antarctic", 1910,

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Polar Exploration & Whaling including modern reprints of works by William Scoresby; Shackleton The Heart of the Antarctic, 1910, (tear to folding map requiring attention, panoramic plate loosely inserted); and Huntford Scott & Amundsen, 1980. Mostly VG/VF (12)

H. W. Tilman selection with several first editions including "Mischief Goes South", 1968, "Mischief Among the Penguins", 1961, "Mostly Mischief",1966,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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H. W. Tilman selection with several first editions including Mischief Goes South, 1968, Mischief Among the Penguins, 1961, Mostly Mischief, 1966, In Mischief's Wake, 1971, Snow on the Equator, 1937 (poor d/jkt), Mount Everest 1948, Mischief in Greenland 1964 (ex-library), and Nepal Himalaya, 1952.  Six with ownership label. Fair to VF. (16)