Polar Expeditions.- Koldewey ( Captain [Robert Johann])

Polar Expeditions.- Koldewey ( Captain [Robert Johann])

The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70 and Narrative of the Wreck of the Hansa in the Ice, chromolithograph frontispiece, tissue guard, text illustrations, occasional light foxing, 37 plates, including 2 engraved portraits and 3 maps, folding colour map loose, substantial loss to lower left corner, substantial loss to small map, contemporary blue calf, spine gilt, gilt coat of arms on upper board, boards ruled in gilt, hinges worn, crack at spine head and tail, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1874; M’clintock ([Francis Leopold)] The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, lithograph frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 7 plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, corners worn, boards rubbed, 8vo,John Murray, 1859; Shackleton (E. H.), The Heart of the Antarctic Being the Story of the British Antartic Expedition 1907-1909, 2 vol., photographic frontispieces, captioned tissue guards, title in red and black, 208 plates (11 colour, 4 double), lacking 1 large folding plate and 3 folding maps in rear pocket, occasional foxing and staining, publishers blue cloth, gilt title vignette, spine faded, vol. 1 spine tail damaged, shelf lean, large 8vo, William Heinemann, 1909; Scott ( Captain R. F.) Scott’s Last Expedition, 2 vol., mezzotint portrait frontispiece, tissue guard, foxing, title in red and black, photograph plates, some coloured, later blue cloth, new end papers, boards a little scuffed, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913; and 3 others (8)