Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

AMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the 'Fram', 1910-1912. London: John Murray, 1912. First U.K. edition, 2 vols., 8vo (225 x 164mm.) 2 frontispieces, numerous uncoloured plates and illustrations, 5 maps and charts (3 folding). (Browning and spotting, folding map torn without loss at rear of vol. II.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities bumped and scuffed, spines faded, some minor damp staining). Spence 16. Note: author's signature dated 'Octbr 3rd 1925' to half-title of vol. I. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

ANTARCTIC, EXPEDITIONS. - Kenneth J. BERTRAND. Americans in Antarctica 1775-1948. New York: American Geographical Society, 1971. First edition, special publication no.39, 4to (248 x 163mm.) (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth blocked in black and gilt (lightly bumped to head and foot of spine, spine spotted). - And seventeen other volumes relating to Antarctic expeditions (including: American Geographical Society (publishers). 'Two Polar Maps with Notes on Recent Polar Exploration'. New York: 1930; John RYMILL. 'Southern Lights, The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937'. London: Chatto and Windus, 1938). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (18).

ANTARCTIC, EXPEDITIONS. - R.W. RICHARDS. The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914-17. Cambridge: Scott Polar Research Institute, 1962. First edition, 8vo (234 x 160mm.) (Light browning, occasional minor light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (some light browning and spotting, minor soiling). - And fifty-one other volumes, the majority relating to named Antarctic expeditions (including: Charles Francis LASERON. 'South with Mawson, Reminiscences of the Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914'. London & Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1947. First edition, 8vo). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (52).

ANTARCTIC, EXPLORERS. - David YELVERTON. Quest for a Phantom Strait, the Saga of the Pioneer Antarctic Peninsula Expeditions 1897-1905. Guildford: Polar Publishing, 2004. First edition, 8vo (210 x 146mm.) Illustrations. Original card wrappers. Note: signed by the author to title-page. Together with an a.l.s. by David Yelverton addressed to Michael dated '2nd August 04', discussing the release of his new book (210 x 149mm.) - And a quantity of other volumes relating to Antarctic explorers and expeditions (including: H.J. RIISER-LARSEN. 'Mot Ukjent Land, Norvegia-Ekspedisjonen 1929-1930'. Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1930). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

ANTARCTIC, NATURAL HISTORY. - Guillermo MANN. Biologia de la Antartica Suramericana, Estudios realizados durante la Expedición Antártica Chilena, 1947. Santiago: 1948. First edition, 8vo (236 x 148mm.) Numerous plates and illustrations. (Light browning.) Original printed paper wrappers (extremities slightly chipped, lightly browned and soiled). Provenance: Angel Lulio Cabrera (bookplate to front pastedown). Note: Cabrera (1908-1999) was an Argentinian botanist, he published approximately 250 specialist texts describing several species unknown to science. - And a quantity of other volumes relating to Antarctic natural history (including: 'Life in the Antarctic'. London & Glasgow: Gowans & Gray Ltd., 1907; Einar LÖNNBERG. 'Contributions to the Fauna of South Georgia'. Uppsala & Stockholm: 1906). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

ANTARCTIC, REFERENCE. - R.K. HEADLAND. Chronological list of Antarctic expeditions and related historical events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First edition, 4to (244 x 168mm.) Original pictorial boards (extremities bumped). - And eleven other volumes of Antarctic reference and bibliographies (including: Julian MACKENZIE (editor). 'The Taurus Collection, 150 Collectable Books on the Antarctic'. London: The Travellers' Bookshop, 2001.; Sydney A. SPENCE. 'Antarctic Miscellany'. London: 1980). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (12).

ANTARCTIC. - Ann SAVOURS (editor). Edward Wilson, Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904. London: Blandford Press, 1966. First edition, 4to (242 x 182mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Occasional light browning.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (extremities lightly bumped, slightly creased and soiled, spine slightly discoloured). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to the Antarctic. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

ANTARCTIC. - [Charles TOMLINSON.] Summer in the Antarctic Regions; a Narrative of Voyages of Discovery towards the South Pole. London: 1848. 8vo (135 x 101mm.) Folding map as frontispiece, uncoloured illustrations. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting and offsetting.) Original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, some damp staining). Provenance: R.B. Baxendale (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); The Michael Gilkes Collection.

ANTARCTIC. - J. Gordon HAYES. Antarctica, a Treatise on the Southern Continent. London: The Richmond Press Limited, 1928. First edition, 8vo (251 x 175mm.) Photographic frontispiece, 15 photographic plates, 3 sections charts and diagrams (1 folding), 7 folding maps (1 folding), 4 folding maps loosely inserted in pocket at rear. (Some spotting and browning, marginal tear with minor loss to p.vii, minor marginal tears without loss to pp.429-438.) Original blue cloth, title blocked in gilt to upper-cover, spine gilt, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped, scuffed and rubbed, spine faded to brown, slightly soiled). Spence 574. Provenance: Michael Gilkes (signed and dated '1945' to front-free endpaper). - And eleven other volumes relating to the Antarctic (including: G. HARTWIG. 'The Polar World: a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe'. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (12).

ANTARCTIC. - Judy SKELTON. The Antarctic Journals of Reginald Skelton 'Another Little Job for the Tinker'. Leckhampton: Reardon Publishing, 2004. First edition, 4to (302 x 225mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. Original cloth blocked in gilt, dust-jacket (foot of backstrip lightly bumped). Provenance: Michael Gilkes (presentation inscription from the author to reverse of title). - And thirty-two other volumes relating to the Antarctic (including: David WILSON. 'The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott'. London: 2011). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (33).

ANTARCTIC. - Robert Michael BALLANTYNE. The World of Ice, or the Whaling Cruise of 'The Dolphin'. London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1872. 8vo (166 x 106mm.) (Some browning and soiling.) Original cloth (rebacked with part of old spine laid down, extremities bumped and soiled). Provenance: Arthur Morgan (inscription dated 'Feb 17th 1874' to front-free endpaper). - And forty-seven other volumes relating to the Antarctic and polar exploration (including: John THOMSON. 'Elephant Island and Beyond, The Life and Diaries of Thomas Orde Lees'. Huntingdon: Bluntisham Books, 2003). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (48).

ARCTIC. - Ejnar MIKKELSEN. Lost in the Arctic, Being the Story of the 'Alabama' Expedition, 1909-1912. London: William Heinemann, 1913. First edition, 8vo (245 x 170mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous uncoloured plates, 1 folding map at rear. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling.) Original cloth blocked in silver (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, some minor soiling and damp staining). Provenance: The Royal Cruising Club (bookplate to front pastedown). - And forty-eight other volumes relating to the Arctic (including: Gösta H. LILJEQUIST. 'High Latitudes, a History of Swedish Polar Travels and Research'. Stockholm: 1993). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (49).

ART REFERENCE. - Julian DOWDESWELL and Heather LANE. The Antarctic paintings of Edward Seago… with a foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Cambridge: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, 2006. First edition, oblong folio (238 x 342mm.) Numerous full-page colour illustrations. Original pictorial boards (extremities lightly bumped). - And seventeen other volumes relating to art of the Antarctic. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (18).

BERNACCHI, [Louis Charles.] A Very Gallant Gentleman. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1933. Third impression, 8vo (206 x 134mm.) (Light browning and spotting, heavier to fore-edge.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, spine faded, upper-cover slightly affected by damp). Note: signed by Bernacchi to front-free endpaper and title-page. Bernacchi, as a physicist and astronomer, joined Carsten Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900) and Robert Falcon Scott's expedition on the Discovery (1901-1904). In 1906 Scott was best man at Bernacchi's wedding, later inviting him to participate in his ill-fated second expedition; Bernacchi politely declined due to family commitments. Provenance: Earl Howe [Francis Curzon] (presentation inscription 'As a small token of gratitude and esteem from the Council of the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition. Great White City, London for your valuable work & assistance in connection with the 1933/4 exhibition 3.2.34.' to front-free endpaper); Michael Gilkes (bookplate to front pastedown). - And one other volume by Bernacchi ('Saga of the Discovery'. London: Blackie & Son Limited, 1938. First edition). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (2).

BORCHGREVINK, C.E. First on the Antarctic Continent, Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901. 8vo (216 x 138mm.) Photogravure frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations, 3 folding maps, 32pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting, minor offsetting to title.) Original blue pictorial cloth blocked in silver and gilt, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spine slightly darkened). Provenance: Mr Moberly Bue (presentation inscription from the author dated 'March 8th 1901' to half-title); The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: The Southern Cross Expedition was privately funded by the publisher Sir George Newnes.

BROWN, Robert N. Rudmose. A Naturalist at the Poles, the Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar Explorer. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923. First edition, 8vo (216 x 135mm.) Frontispiece, numerous uncoloured plates, 2 folding maps at rear. (Light browning and spotting.) Original black cloth blocked in blue (extremities lightly scuffed, minor soiling, head and foot of spine bumped). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

[BROWN, Robert N. Rudmose.] The Voyage of the 'Scotia' Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. First edition, 8vo (220 x 138mm.) Uncoloured frontispiece, 1 uncoloured map, 2 colour folding maps, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Browning and heavy spotting.) Original pictorial cloth blocked in black and white with a seal and penguins, t.e.g. (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, lettering to spine faded). Spence 193. Provenance: Henry Coates (ink inscription dated '1916' to half-title); The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: possibly owned by Henry Coates of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science who met the Scotia at Millport along with Sir John Murray, Lieutenant Shackleton, Dr Sommerville, David Robertson, Mr J.G. Bartholomew, Mrs W.S. Bruce and others.

BULL, Henrik J. The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions. London & New York: Edward Arnold, 1896. First edition, 8vo (225 x 138mm.) Frontispiece, 11 uncoloured plates, 36pp. advertisements at rear. (Light browning and occasional spotting, pages crudely opened with loss to margins.) Contemporary pictorial cloth blocked in black and silver (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spine slightly darkened, minor damp stains to covers). Spence 210. Provenance: G.R. Richmond (presentation inscription from the author signed 'H. Bull' dated '7/3/1900' to half-title); G. & J. Weir Ltd (ink stamps to front-free endpaper, half-title and p.129); The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: Weir manufactured pumps for steamships; Richmond represented the company as well as being related through marriage.

CHARCOT, Jean-Baptiste. Journal de L'Expedition Antarctique Fran&#1195?aise 1903-1905, Le 'Fran&#1195?ais' au Pôle Sud. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, Dec 1906. First edition, 8vo (265 x 180mm.) Numerous uncoloured plates and illustrations. (Browning, folding map lacking and replaced with facsimile loosely inserted.) Later cloth library binding, original wrappers bound-in (extremities bumped, scuffed and lightly soiled, half-title with minor repaired tears). Note: presentation inscription from the author 'With best compliments J.B Charcot, 17. XII. 1906' to half-title. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.