Celestial & Terrestrial Exploration

Lot #62:

Group of 7 Polar First Editions in 9 Volumes, including: HA...

Group of 7 Polar First Editions in 9 Volumes, including: HAYES, Dr. I. I. The Open Polar Sea… New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. 8vo. Illustrated and with 3 maps. Publisher's full green cloth (some wear, soiling, scuffing). Very good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. And: MARKHAM, Albert H. A Polar Reconnaissance. London: C. Kagan Paul, 1881. 8vo. Illustrated and with 2 maps. Bound in contemporary half calf (some rubbing, light wear to binding, bookplate). Very good. FIRST EDITION. And: HALL, Charles Francis. Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux… New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. 8vo. Illustrated and with 1 map. Bound in contemporary half brown morocco, gilt (some wear, soiling to binding). Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. And: Collections of the New-York Historical Society, for the Year 1809. Volume I. New-York: I Riley, 1811. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf (worn, boards nearly detached, ownership signature on title-page, text toned, foxed). Fair. FIRST EDITION, WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HUDSON'S DISCOVERY OF NEW YORK. And: NARES, Capt. Sir G. S. Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea… London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878. 8vos. Illustrated with photographic plates and a folding map). 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards (worn, soiled, joints cracking, map is backed with cloth). Fair. FIRST EDITION. And: Report to the President of the United States of the Action of the Navy Department in the matter of the disaster to the United States exploring expedition toward the north pole… [Washington, D. C.: GPO, ca. 1873]. 8vo. Folding map. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards (worn, soiled, joints cracking, bound with numerous blank leaves). Good. FIRST EDITION THUS. And: PAYER, Julius. New Lands Within the Arctic Circle. London: Macmillan, 1876. 8vos. Illustrated in color and black and white. 2 volumes. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in black and gilt (worn, soiled, scuffed, hinges cracking, skewed). Fair. FIRST EDITION THUS.