[POLAR]. A group of 15 works related to the Arctic and Antarctic regions, including:
BEDLOW, Henry. The White Tsar and Other Poems. New York: J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1895. Small 4to. 25 plates after J. Steeple Davis. Original pictorial grey cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. –– SHACKLETON, Ernest. The Heart of the Antarctic. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs, large folding map at end. Original silver–decorated blue cloth (hinges starting). Popular Edition, new and revised. –– MAWSON, Douglas, Sir. The Home of the Blizzard. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1930]. Large 8vo. Numerous illustrations including 3 folding maps. Original blue cloth; original dust jacket (spine sunned with few small stains). First Popular Edition. –– ANDERSON, William R. Nautilus 90 North. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [1959]. 8vo. Illustrations from photographs after John Krawczyk. Original pictorial teal cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (small tear at corner). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. –– PORTER, Eliot. Antarctica. New York: E.P. Dutton, [1978]. Square 4to. Numerous color illustrations from photographs. Original cloth; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC TEAM FROM THE AMUNDSEN–SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION. –– ALEXANDER, Caroline. The Endurance. Norwalk: The Easton Press, [1999]. Square 8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original gilt–decorated niger, all edges gilt. COLLECTOR’S EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Laid in with prospectus and a COA from the publisher. –– Together, 15 works in 15 volumes, many signed, condition generally very good.