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ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

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5 volumes, comprising:

5 volumes, comprising:
1. BURN MURDOCH, WILLIAM GORDON. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic. An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-1893. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. 8vo. Half-title, 1 folding map, 1 full-page colored map, illustrated throughout, 32-page catalogue at end. Publisher's dark green pictorial cloth. Corners slightly bumped, minor spotting.
FIRST EDITION. Spence 825; Taurus 12.
Provenance: Dr. John M. Levinson (1927-2009, Explorer's Club President, bookplates).
2. MOSELEY, H.N., Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger." London: Macmillan & Co., 1879.
8vo. Folding map and two colored plates. Rebacked in modern three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Light wear.
3. ROBERTS, CHARLES G.D. The Nineteenth Century Series. The Story of Human Progress and the Great Events of the Century. London, Toronto & Philadelphia: Linscott Publishing, 1904.
Volume XIV (of XXVI), 8vo. 6 plates. Publisher's three-quarter sheep over textured cloth gilt. Spine faded, slight browning.
4. [TOMLINSON, CHARLES]. Summer in the Antarctic Regions; a Narrative of Voyages of Discovery towards the South Pole. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1848]. Small 8vo. Folding map at front, woodcut illustrations in text. Publisher's purple cloth, blocked in blind, gilt titles on spine. Shelfwear, light soiling, ink notation on title. Spence 1207.
5. 6th INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS. London: John Murray, 1896. 8vo. Publisher's olive green cloth. Spotting.

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5 volumes, comprising:

5 volumes, comprising:
1. BURN MURDOCH, WILLIAM GORDON. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic. An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-1893. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. 8vo. Half-title, 1 folding map, 1 full-page colored map, illustrated throughout, 32-page catalogue at end. Publisher's dark green pictorial cloth. Corners slightly bumped, minor spotting.
FIRST EDITION. Spence 825; Taurus 12.
Provenance: Dr. John M. Levinson (1927-2009, Explorer's Club President, bookplates).
2. MOSELEY, H.N., Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger." London: Macmillan & Co., 1879.
8vo. Folding map and two colored plates. Rebacked in modern three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Light wear.
3. ROBERTS, CHARLES G.D. The Nineteenth Century Series. The Story of Human Progress and the Great Events of the Century. London, Toronto & Philadelphia: Linscott Publishing, 1904.
Volume XIV (of XXVI), 8vo. 6 plates. Publisher's three-quarter sheep over textured cloth gilt. Spine faded, slight browning.
4. [TOMLINSON, CHARLES]. Summer in the Antarctic Regions; a Narrative of Voyages of Discovery towards the South Pole. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1848]. Small 8vo. Folding map at front, woodcut illustrations in text. Publisher's purple cloth, blocked in blind, gilt titles on spine. Shelfwear, light soiling, ink notation on title. Spence 1207.
5. 6th INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS. London: John Murray, 1896. 8vo. Publisher's olive green cloth. Spotting.

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