Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

PRIESTLEY, Raymond E. Antarctic Adventure, Scott's Northern Party. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1914. First edition, 8vo (218 x 136mm.) Portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, numerous plates, 3 folding maps. (Light browning, some spotting, occasional minor soiling, presentation copy blind-stamp to title-page and preface.) Original blue pictorial cloth blocked in silver, t.e.g. (extremities bumped and scuffed, spine faded, lower joint splitting, lower hinge split). Spence 939. Note: Many copies were destroyed during a fire at the publisher's warehouse. Provenance: John Stead (signed to front-free endpaper); The Michael Gilkes Collection (signed and dated '1946' to front-free endpaper).

ROSOVE, Michael H. Antarctica, 1772-1922, Freestanding Publications through 1999. California: Adélie Books, 2001. Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy number 106 signed by the author, 4to (280 x 205mm.) 5 colour plates, 5 uncoloured plates. Buffalo-backed linen-covered boards. - And one other volume by Rosove ('Additions and Corrections Supplement to the Rosove Antarctic Bibliography'. California: Adélie Books, 2008). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (2).

ROSS, James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43. London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (212 x 127mm.) 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces, 5 tinted lithographed plates, 8 engraved maps (3 folding), 1 folding tinted lithographed panorama. (Browning, occasional spotting or minor soiling, marginal tear to folding panorama without loss.) Early 20th Century half-calf, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettering pieces in the second and third compartments (extremities lightly scuffed). Spence 993. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeons of England (library stamps to title, dedication and p.1 of vol. I, and title, contents and verso of frontispiece of vol. II); The Michael Gilkes Collection.

SCOTT. - Leonard HUXLEY (editor). Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Second London edition, 2 vols., 8vo (236 x 156mm.) 2 photogravure frontispieces, 6 photogravure plates, 18 colour plates, 2 folding panoramas, 8 folding maps, numerous uncoloured plates. (Spotting and light browning, marginal tears without loss to plate facing p.442 in vol. I and pp.5-6 in vol. II, plate facing p.358 loosely inserted.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (extremities bumped and scuffed, spines faded, slightly soiled). Spence 1059. Together with a t.l.s. by Allan F. Rogers addressed to Mr. Gilkes dated '25 July 1974' on University of Bristol headed paper, discussing 'The Death of Seaman Evans' [Petty Officer Edgar Evans] while on Scott's last expedition (210 x 148mm.) with a pamphlet reprint of Rogers' research into his death. - And fifty-one other volumes relating to Scott. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (53).

SHACKLETON, Ernest. South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917. London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition, 8vo (248 x 153mm.) Colour frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations, folding map at rear. (Heavy browning, some spotting, folding map torn without loss to margin and along one fold.) Original decorative cloth blocked in silver (extremities bumped and scuffed, stitching a little loose). Spence 1107. Provenance: Winifred A. Thompson (presentation inscription from 'Gertrude M. Thompson & Evelyn R. Thompson' to preliminary blank). Together with an a.l.s. by Duncan Carse addressed to Dr Gilkes dated 'August 13, 1956' on The South Georgia Survey 1955-6 headed paper from aboard Southern Opal, discussing Shackleton (176 x 201mm.), and two other a.l.s. by Duncan Carse and Oliver regarding Shackleton. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

SHACKLETON. - Hugh Robert MILL. The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1923. First edition, 8vo (220 x 138mm.) (Spotting and light browning.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt, spine gilt (extremities bumped and lightly scuffed). Note: signed and dated 'M.J. Gilkes 1946' to front-free endpaper. - And a quantity of other volumes relating to Ernest Shackleton. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (a quantity).

SOUTH GEORGIA. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Volume L. Part IV. Session 1914-15 [including 'Geological Observations in South Georgia', 'The Geological Relations and Some Fossils of South Georgia' and 'The Petrology of South Georgia']. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1916. First edition, 4to (308 x 228mm.) 1 double-page colour lithographed map, 1 double-page colour lithographed geological section, 1 folding graph, 3 lithographed plates (1 folding), 17 plates (1 colour). (Browning, occasional light spotting, price and date inscribed in ink to title.) Original cloth blocked in blind (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed). Provenance: Signy Island (library and withdrawal stamp to front-free endpaper). - And five other volumes relating to South Georgia (including: R.K. HEADLAND. 'British Antarctic Survey Data No. 7 South Georgia: A Bibliography'. Cambridge: The British Antarctic Survey, 1982; Bjørn L. BASBERG. 'The Shore Whaling Stations at South Georgia'. Oslo: Novus Forlag, 2004). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (6).

SOUTH POLAR TIMES. - [Ernest Henry SHACKLETON et al. (editors)]. South Polar Times. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907-1914. Limited editions, vols. I-II numbers 70 of 250 copies, vol. III number 210 of 350 copies, 3 vols., 4to (276 x 202mm.) Titles of vols. I-II printed in red and black, title of vol. III printed in red and blue, numerous plates and illustrations (many chromolithographed). (Light browning, some spotting and offsetting, heavier browning and spotting to opening leaves.) Original blue cloth blocked in gilt, upper-covers with coloured pictorial onlays within a twisted rope frame blocked in gilt, g.e. (extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, endpapers browned). Spence 1094. Provenance: E.R.G.R. Evans (clipped signature mounted to front-free endpaper of vol. III). - And one other volume published by the Scott Polar Research Institute ('The South Polar Times Introduced by Ann Savours with the first facsimile of The South Polar Times, Volume IV edited by Apsely Cherry-Garrard and published on Midwinter Day, 1912'. Cambridge: 2010). Note: Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, known as 'Teddy' Evans was seconded from the Navy to the Discovery Expedition of the Antarctic in 1901-4. He was later offered the post of second-in-command on Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910-1913 on the Terra Nova; he accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, however, was sent home with scurvy thus indirectly saving his life. Evans contributed to the South Polar Times with his plate 'The Terra Nova Leaving Melbourne, Oct. 17, 1910'. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (4).

THE ANTARCTIC PILOT. The Antarctic Pilot. Comprising the Coasts of Antarctica and all Islands Southward of the Usual Route of Vessels… first edition. London: The Hydrographic Department, 1939 [but 1930]. 8vo (246 x 151mm.) 3 maps and charts (2 folding), 12 uncoloured plates, 3 uncoloured plate illustrations. (Browning, occasional light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and scuffed, some soiling). Spence 42. - And three other volumes of the Antarctic Pilot (including: 'The Antarctic Pilot… second edition'. London: 1948; 'The Antarctic Pilot… third edition'. London: 1961; 'The Antarctic Pilot… fourth edition'. Taunton: 1974). Together with two supplemental volumes. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (6).

THE BAYARD. Log of the 'Bayard' from London to Bombay… for private circulation. Oundle [Northamptonshire]: printed by Alfred King, [n.d. but circa 1868]. 8vo (216 x 128mm.) (Browning, occasional minor spotting.) Original cloth (rebacked, extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, endpapers replaced). Together with a photographic postcard of the Bayard, a t.l.s. and two cards by Matthew Wortman addressed to Michael Gilkes, discussing 'The Log of the Bayard' and the suggestion of marine archaeologist Mensun Bound that the work pertains to the wreck of the Bayard in South Georgia, visited by Michael Gilkes in Ocean Harbour; the cards also discuss Wortman's film projects around the Falklands. Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58 Scientific Reports. Cambridge: Trans-Antarctic Association & British Antarctic Survey, circa 1960-1968. Parts 1-5, 7-16, all published, 4to (304 x 240mm.) Numerous charts and illustrations, 2 folding maps in pocket at rear of vol.11, 15 folding maps in slipcase issued with vol.15. (Light browning.) Original wrappers (some light browning). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (15).

WHALES & WHALING. - Erich DAUTERT. Big Game in Antarctica. [Bristol:] Arrowsmith, 1937. 8vo (214 x 134mm.) Uncoloured frontispiece, numerous uncoloured plates. (Browning and spotting.) Original cloth (bumped, scuffed and slightly soiled, spine discoloured). - And thirty-seven other volumes relating to whales (including: William DAVIS. 'Nimrod of the Sea; or, the American Whaleman'. London: 1874). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (38).

WHALING. - A.J. VILLIERS. Whaling in the Frozen South, Being the Story of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic. London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., [n.d. but 1925.] First edition, 8vo (215 x 136mm.) (Light browning, some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine darkened). Provenance: Cuthbert W. Foster (inscription to front-free endpaper dated 'April 10th 1926' and bookplate to front pastedown). - And seventy-four other volumes relating to whaling (including: Aage Krarup NIELSEN. 'En Hvalfangerfaerd Gennem Troperne Til Sydishavet'. Copenhagen: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1921.; Sidney F. HARMER. 'Southern Whaling. Presidential Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of The Linnean Society of London on the 24th of May, 1930'. London: 1931). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (75).

WHALING. - Arthur Conan DOYLE. 'Dangerous Work' Diary of an Antarctic Adventure… edited by Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower. London: The British Library, 2012. Limited edition of 150 copies, this number 82, 4to (245 x 210mm.) Full-page colour illustrations reproducing the manuscript and binding of Conan Doyle's notebooks. Original cloth-backed boards reproducing original covers of the 'Log of the S.S. Hope 1880', slipcase (minor soiling). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

WHALING. - John H. HARLAND. Catchers and Corvettes, The Steam Whalecatcher in Peace and War 1860-1960. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot Publications, 1992. First edition, 4to (308 x 235mm.) Original cloth (minor light soiling), dust-jacket. - And forty-five other volumes relating to whaling (including: Arthur Conan DOYLE. 'Dangerous Work, Diary of an Antarctic Adventure'. London: The British Library, 2012). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (46).

WILD, Frank. Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest. London, New York, etc.: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923. Second edition, 8vo (232 x 155mm.) Colour frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations. (Light browning and spotting.) Original decorative cloth (extremities bumped and lightly scuffed). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

BLUE DRAGON. - C.C. LYNAM. The Log of the 'Blue Dragon' 1892-1904… second edition, revised and enlarged. London: Frank Sidgwick, 1908. 8vo (241 x 164mm.) Colour frontispiece, 56 uncoloured plates, 7 colour maps, 4pp. sheet music at rear. (Browning, some spotting.) Original pictorial cloth blocked in blue, black and gilt, t.e.g. (extremities scuffed, head and foot of spine bumped). Provenance: Michael Gilkes (bookplate to front pastedown). - And two other volumes relating to the 'Blue Dragon II' by C.C. LYNAM (comprising: 'The Log of the Blue Dragon II in Orkney and Shetland 1909-1910'. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1911. First edition; 'To Norway and the North Cape in Blue Dragon II 1911-1912'. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1913. First edition. Presentation inscription to A.H. Pilkington from the author to front-free endpaper). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (3).

BOUQUET, A. Pilote des Côtes Ouest de France… Tome Premier, partie comprise entre Penmarc'h et la Loire. Paris: Adolphe Lainé, 1869. First edition, vol. I only, 8vo (240 x 153mm.) 16 maps and charts (4 double-page). (Light browning and spotting.) Cloth-backed boards, covers printed with title and advertisement (rebacked with old spine laid down, extremities bumped and scuffed, heavy crease to upper-cover, some damp staining and soiling). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection.

[BRASSEY, Thomas Allnutt.] Journal of a Voyage through the Western Isles of Scotland and along the Coast of Norway, in the Yacht 'Cymba', in the Summer of 1856. London: Mann Nephews, 1857. First edition, 8vo (200 x120mm.) Tinted lithograph frontispiece, 2 folding maps. (Light browning, occasional minor spotting or soiling, minor tear without loss to folding map.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities lightly bumped and scuffed, spine darkened). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection. Note: Brassey's first experience of sailing was at Rugby School, after a short time in a hired yacht 'Zillah', he began to compete in club events in 1855 in a yacht called 'Cymba'.