Auction No 420, Tag: Polar
2 Lots (displaying 1 - 2)
Amundsen and Ellsworth "Our Polar Flight", Dodd, Mead & Co.,1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile "My Polar Flights", Muller, 1961
Amundsen and Ellsworth "Our Polar Flight", Dodd, Mead & Co.,1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile "My Polar Flights", Muller, 1961
Lot 95
Lot: 95
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £125
MORE DETAILSAmundsen and Ellsworth Our Polar Flight, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1925, first edition, fine in scarce d/jkt; Umberto Nobile My Polar Flights, Muller, 1961, first edition, in d/jkt, near fine; and two related, plus another on airships. All in d/jkts, the jacket of the Amundsen with peripheral faults and faded. (5)
Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", Archibald Constable & Co.,1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates & folding-maps
Fridtjof Nansen "Farthest North", Archibald Constable & Co.,1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates & folding-maps
Lot 101
Lot: 101
- Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSFridtjof Nansen Farthest North, Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, 2 vols, gilt cloth, some wear, complete with the colour & b/w plates and folding-maps; J.Arthur Bain Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen, Scott Publishing, new (expanded) edition,[1898], VG; Sven Hedin Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, 1909, 2 vols, complete with plates & maps; and another. Some sporadic light foxing to text of Nansen ‘Farthest North', the plates etc unaffected. (6)