Mountaineering and Polar Ephemera Occasional List 9 by Meridian Rare Books

Mountaineering & Polar

Ephemera

Occasional list Number 9

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Occasional list number 9

Mountaineering & Polar

Ephemera A list of non-book printed materials, letters, postcards, prints, newspapers, magazines, and sundry items relating to high latitudes and altitudes

mountaineering

2 1. [Mountaineering.] An Ice Axe. Cornelius Whitehouse & Sons Ltd., Cannock, 1944

£125

An ice axe, approx. 32 “ tall. (81cm.), wooden shaft, steel head with adze and serrated pick, steel ferrule at foot with pointed spike; minor rust spots, somewhat marked on shaft, maker’s mark slightly rubbed, else very good, probably without a wrist leash. Cornelius Whitehouse & Sons were foremost manufacturers of wooden handled tools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the Second World War the War Department placed an order for ice axes, probably for issue to mountain troops, of which the present ice axe is an example.

2. [Mountaineering.] An Ice Axe, ‘Himalaya-Pickel Modell Kuno Rainer’. F. Ralling Hammerwerk Fulpmes Made in Austria n.d. c. 1960s £125 An ice axe, approx. 33 “ tall. (84cm.), wooden shaft, steel head with ‘scooped’ adze and serrated pick, steel ferrule at foot with pointed spike; minor rust spots, somewhat marked on shaft, model name slightly rubbed, else very good, probably without a wrist leash. Felix Ralling manufactured ice axes from a base in Fulpmes, in Austria. This model was named after Kuno Rainer, who climbed with Hermann Buhl in the Alps and took part in the expedition to Nanga Parbat when Buhl made his extraordinary solo ascent.

3. Alpine Club. The Alpine Club Winter Dinner. Horace Walker, Esq., President, in the Chair. Tuesday, 15th December, 1891. N.p., n.d. [1891] £45 A menu for the dinner, 8vo, pp. [2]; a little creased, else good. The Alpine Club’s 1891 Winter Dinner was held at the Whitehall Rooms in the Hôtel Métropole. The menu is printed on the back of the card.

4. Alpine Club. 1900 Winter Dinner James Bryce President in the Chair. N.p., n.d. [1900]

£45

A menu for the dinner, 8vo, pp. [4]; illustration to front page; partly split along spine, minor adhesion damage to central pages, else very good in self-wrappers. The Alpine Club’s 1900 Winter Dinner was held at the Whitehall Rooms in the Hôtel Métropole, Tuesday December 18th, 1900. The front cover illustration reproduces a pen and ink view of Mount Fuji. The central pages list the wines, menu, and toasts made on the occasion.

5. Alpine Club. The Alpine Club Centenary Dinner 1857-1957 … November 6th, 1957, Dorchester Hotel, London, W.1. N.p., n.d. [1957] £25 4to. pp. 8; fine in original stiff pictorial card wrappers.

A menu printed for the dinner, at which were present Lord Hunt, Queen Elizabeth II, and many luminaries of the climbing world.

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6. [Alps.] Chemins de Fer Paris-Lyon-Mediterannée. Le Guide P.L.M. des Alpes. Centres de Tourisme et d’Alpinisme. [Paris: J. Barreau], n.d. c. 1910 £25 8vo. pp. 35; numerous photo. vignettes and maps, extending photo. panorama taken from the summit of Goléon; very good in the original stiff pictorial card wrappers. A descriptive and illustrated guide to the mountains of Savoy and Dauphiné, with sections on Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Mont Pelvoux, and elsewhere.

7. [Alps.] Chemins de Fer Paris-Lyon-Mediterannée. Le Guide P.L.M. des Alpes. Centres de Tourisme et d’Alpinisme. [Paris: J. Barreau], n.d. c. 1910 £20 8vo. pp. 35; numerous photo. vignettes and maps, extending map at rear; very good in the original stiff pictorial card wrappers, tourist bureau inkstamp to front wrapper and prelims. A descriptive and illustrated guide to the mountains of Savoy and Dauphiné, with sections on Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Mont Pelvoux, and elsewhere.

8. [Alps.] Chemins de Fer Paris-Lyon-Mediterannée. Centres de Tourisme et d’Alpinisme. Combinaisons de Voyages Billets. Horaires d’Accès dans les Alpes Françaises. [Paris: J. Barreau], n.d. c. 1912 £25 8vo. pp. 35, 16 (Billets), 16 (Horaires); numerous photo. vignettes and maps, extending photo. panorama of the chain of Mont Blanc at rear; age-toning to Billets and Horaires sections (poor quality paper), else good in the original stiff pictorial card wrappers, lettered to upper wrapper ‘Le Guide P.L.M. des Alpes’, slightly soiled. A descriptive and illustrated guide to the mountains of Savoy and Dauphiné, with sections on Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Mont Pelvoux, and elsewhere.

9. [Bonatti, Walter.] ‘L’Heroique Calvaire de Bonatti.’ An article in Paris Match, no. 831, 13 March 1965, pp. 72-97. [Paris: U.P.E.M.], 1965 £25 Large 4to. pp. 154; numerous illusts. relating to the Bonatti and other articles; good in the original pictorial wrappers with image of Bonatti in his hammock on the Matterhorn, rather frayed to spine with slight loss. In 1965 Bonatti and two companions attempted a new route on the Matterhorn north face. A storm forced them to turn back, and Bonatti decided to return to the attempt alone; he accomplished the ascent over the course of five days. This article for Paris Match includes an interview with Bonatti, and images taken by telephoto during his climb.

10. [Everest 1921.] Alpine Club. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Photographs from the Mount Everest Expedition 1921. With Introduction by A.E.W. Mason. Arranged by the Mount Everest Committee of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club January 1922. N.p. [?London], n.d. c. 1922 £425 First and only edition. 8vo. pp. 24; 8 photo. illusts. on 4 plates; heavy spotting throughout, previous owner’s initials and the inscription “Oxford. 1923. ‘Mallory’s’ Lecture” to title-page, a very good copy in the original printed wrappers, fraying to margins of wrappers. S & B A09; not in other bibliographies. On the return of the 1921 Everest reconnaissance expedition, an exhibition of photographs taken by its members was held at the Alpine Club Hall in London. The catalogue lists 144 photographs and identifies the photographer in each case - Howard-Bury, Wollaston, Heron, and Mallory. 24 select images were made available in autotype which could be ordered at the exhibition. Proceeds from the sale of catalogues and photographs were put towards the 1922 Everest expedition. Copies of the catalogue are now scarce, and we have traced otherwise only the Alpine Club copy and those at Yale and the National Library of Scotland.

11. [Everest 1933 Flight. Ephemera.] A full set of Flight Over Everest 1933 playing cards. The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, n.d. c. ?1933 £350 52 playing cards, together with Joker, Contract Scoring card and portrait card of Hubert Marsh (Master of the Worshipful Company), each edged in silver and with an image from an original sketch of a plane approaching Everest, slight rubbing or soiling, else VG in the original box, slightly rubbed. Not in Le Montagne per Gioco. A nicely produced set of playing cards, details of production of which we have been unable to ascertain.

12. [Everest 1951.] The Times. Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 Special Supplement. The Times Publishing Company, December 1951 £95 First edition. Large 4to. pp. 16; 16 photo. illusts., 2 sketch maps; creased where sometime folded, slightly worn on fold across front page, small closed tear to front page, minor fraying to spine, very good in original self-wrappers, previous owner’s details in ink to front page. S & B p. 117; not in other bibliographies. A special supplement to The Times newspaper with text largely by Shipton on the 1951 Reconnaissance.

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13. [[Everest 1953.] ‘The Victorious Everest Team returns to London. Hunt - Hillary and Tensing. 3-7-53.’ Keystone Photo., [1953] £25 A b&w press photograph showing the leader of the expedition and the two summitters, approx. 15 x 21cm., agency inkstamp and typed explanation to verso, minor crease to one corner. An evocative photograph of the three men, taken on their return to London Airport from the first ascent of Everest.

14. [Everest 1953.] The Times. The First Ascent of Mount Everest Supplement. The Times Publishing Company, July 1953 £75 First edition. Large 4to. pp. 32; 37 photo. illusts., 3 sketch maps; slight age-toning, minor fraying to spine, good in original self-wrappers, horizontal crease with slight wear to front wrapper where sometime folded. S & B p. 117; not in other bibliographies. A special supplement to The Times newspaper, with contributions by Hunt, Hillary, and The Times Special Correspondent i.e. James Morris. The rear cover advertises the book of the expedition as John Hunt’s The Conquest of Everest; in the event, this was the book’s US title, the English version appearing as The Ascent of Everest.

15. [Everest 1953.] ‘Conquest of Everest. ILLUSTRATED presents the full inspiring story in pictures of the year’s most heroic exploit’. An article in the weekly magazine ILLUSTRATED, July 4, 1953, pp. 1-19. [London: Odhams Press Ltd.], 1953 £15 Large 4to. pp. 40; numerous illusts., route map to Everest article; a little age-toning, else good in the original pictorial wrappers, rather frayed to extremities. An article by Maurice Goldsmith on the successful ascent of Everest, illustrated with photographs from the expedition.

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16. [Everest 1953.] The Times. Everest Colour Supplement 1953. The Times Publishing Company, September 1953 £25 First edition. Large 4to. pp. [22]; 22 coloured and 27 b & w photo. illusts., 1 sketch map; some creasing, good in the original coloured wrappers, chipped to margins of wrappers. S & B p. 117; not in other bibliographies. A special supplement to The Times newspaper with text largely by the paper’s Special Correspondent, James Morris.

17. [Everest 1953.] Ascent of Everest 1953. N.p., n.d. [1953]

£175

First edition. 4to. pp. [20, including wrappers]; 10 photo. illusts., route map inside front wrapper; some time folded vertically, else good in the original pictorial wrappers, small tear to lower margin of rear wrapper. Signed to front wrapper by E. P. Hillary (a little faint). Not in the usual bibliographies. This programme for the Gala Premier Lecture held at Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 15th September 1953, at 8pm, contains a foreword by Prince Philip, an introduction by the Presidents of the Alpine Club and the R.G.S., and text by Wilfrid Noyce. This copy is signed to the upper cover by Hillary, who with Tenzing made the first ascent.

18. [Everest 1972.] British Everest Expedition 1972. An official expedition card.

£375

A folded card, image of South West Face to front, list of team members to back with signatures of Chris Bonington, Jimmy Roberts, Dave Bathgate, Mick Burke, Nick Estcourt, Dougal Haston, Kelvin Kent, Hamish MacInnes, Doug Scott, Barney Rosedale and Graham Tiso; slightly creased, together with the accompanying folding leaflet offering a summary of the expedition Singer & Gould p. 58. A signed expedition card from the unsuccessful attempt on Everest via the South West Face. Bonington repeated the attempt in 1975, when Haston and Scott reached the summit.

19. [Everest 1982.] The British Mount Everest Expedition to China. [Hill and Knowlton Asia Ltd.], n.d. [1981] £75 4to. pp. 8; photo. illusts., 3 sketch maps, 6 portrait photographs of the expedition members at rear; fine in the original pictorial card wrappers, signed by Chris Bonington at head of p. 3, with loosely inserted a photocopied Expedition Report by Chris Bonington, 6pp. + 3 ll. of maps, stapled to one corner as issued. Not in the relevant bibliographies. A rare promotional brochure published for the expedition sponsors, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd Hong Kong.

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20. [Himalayas.] Jackson, John A. ‘Tibetan Traders on the Nangpa La - 1954’ [so captioned to verso]. £25 A b&w photograph, approx. 8 1/2 x 6 1/4” (215 x 158mm), with a message from Jackson and his wife Eileen (“Jacko and Eileen” to George and Mary [Lowe] to verso, dated Dec 7th 2000, browned to verso. The photograph was probably taken during the Abominable Snowman expedition of 1954, in which Jackson took part. The message on the back mentions the financial input to the Himalayan Trust, of which George Lowe was a trustee, and confirms “that I am very pleased to be invited to supply a photograph … for the Calendar”.

21. [Hunt, John (1910-1998).] A typed letter, signed, to Miss Parsons, Alpine Club, 4th February, 1959. £50 8vo. 1p., signed “John Hunt”. Hunt led the successful 1953 Everest Expedition, and in 1958 led a mountaineering party in the Caucasus. The present letter may relate to this latter expedition, since Hunt sends his correspondent an extract “from a paper on the subject” and asks her to “Omit references to any names of Soviet citizens mentioned in the paper”.

22. [Kangchenjunga 1955. 50th Anniversary.] Kangchenjunga Climbed. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First Ascent 25th May, 1955. N.p. ?London, 2005 £10 8vo. pp. [8]; illusts. from photos.; fine in original card wrappers (printer’s error to photo. on rear). A booklet issued for the celebration at the Royal Geographical Society on 7th June, 2005.

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23. [Kangchenjunga.] Victor Coverley-Price. ‘Kanchenjunga from the South.’ n.d. ?1950s £195 An original watercolour by Coverley-Price, approx. 53 x 38cm, author’s name in white ink to lower right of image, captioned in pencil beneath, sold with a copy of Coverley-Price’s book An Artist among Mountains (London: Robert Hale, 1957), 1st edition, 8vo. pp. 231, VG in the original cloth, in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. Coverley-Price (1901-1988) joined the diplomatic service in 1925, and his various postings allowed him to develop his interest in mountaineering and painting. In 1937, during a voyage round the world on his return from service in Canada, Coverley-Price visited Darjeeling, where he had the opportunity to sketch Kangchenjunga through the clouds (see An Artist among Mountains, pp. 212-5). In the early 1950s, the editor of The Sphere commissioned from Coverley-Price sketches of Everest, based upon expedition photographs and personal advice from Everest climbers. These images were shown to, and approved by, Eric Shipton, and subsequently published in The Sphere. It seems likely that Coverley-Price produced the watercolour of Kangchenjunga included here at around this time, since the verso has the printer’s instructions and The Sphere inkstamp.

24. [Kongur.] Kongur China’s Elusive Summit. First Ascent 12th July 1981. 25th Anniversary Lecture Thursday 16th November 2006 Royal Geographical Society, London SW7. N.p. ?London, 2006 £45 4to. 8pp. ports., photo. illusts.; very good in the the original pictorial card wrappers, slightly rubbed, signed by Chris Bonington to front wrapper, and additionally signed by Charles Clarke to his portrait. The first ascent of Kongur was achieved by an expedition led by Michael Ward, and a climbing party led by Chris Bonington that included Pete Boardman and Joe Tasker; Charles Clarke was the team doctor.

25. [Kongur.] First Ascent of Mount Kongur 1981. The 25th Anniversary Lecture. N.p. ?London, 2006 £25 A gatefold prospectus for the 25th Anniversary lecture, 8vo, 6pp., ports., photo. illusts., sketch map, folding into self-wrappers, slightly creased. Signed by Chris Bonington to front wrapper, and additionally signed by Charles Clarke to his portrait.

26. [Mont Blanc.] [MacGregor, John.] A Climb up Mont Blanc and a Walk through Pompeii, will be described by John MacGregor, Esq. and Illustrated with Colored Diagrams, Pictures, &c., at Myddelton Hall, on Tuesday Evening, 11th Feb., 1862, In aid of the Funds of the Islington and North London Shoe-Black Brigade and Refuge. Islington Green: Seeley, 1862 £525 A large handbill, approx. 10 x 12 1/2”, printed in red to one side only, minor creasing, else VG. MacGregor - known also as ‘Rob Roy’ - is best known for his solo canoe cruises of the 1860s. Less familiar is his ascent of Mont Blanc, made in September 1853, and which he described in text that accompanied four oil colour illustrations by George Baxter. After the ascent, MacGregor continued his tour of the Continent to Vesuvius and Etna in Italy and, according to his biographer Edwin Hodder, “While the incidents of the Swiss and Italian tour were still fresh in memory, MacGregor prepared a popular lecture, or rather a series of lectures, on Mont Blanc, Vesuvius, and Etna, for which he drew a set of huge diagrams from the rough sketches he had taken abroad” (John MacGregor p. 139). MacGregor was also a philanthropist, and in 1851 “he helped found the Shoeblack Brigade to provide employment for boys rescued by ragged schools” (ODNB). The present handbill advertises one of MacGregor’s popular lectures, in Myddelton Hall, Islington, on behalf of the Shoeblack Brigade.

27. [Mountaineering.] W. F. Donkin.] The Committees of the Alpine Club and the Photographic Society have the honour to invite … to a Private View of a Collection of Photographs by the Late Mr. W. F. Donkin at the Gainsborough Gallery 25 Old Bond St. on Saturday 16th March 1889. N.p., n.d. [1889] £275 An invitation, approx. 23 x 19cm., printed to one side only in sepia, inset portrait of Donkin from a sketch, addressee completed by hand (F. E. Blackstone); adhesion marks to verso where some time contained in an album, else VG. William Frederick Donkin (1845-1888) began to photograph the Alps in 1877, and according to one commentator established “first-rate alpine landscape” photography (C. Douglas Milner ‘A Century of Mountain Photography’, AJ 62, 1957, p. 159). He travelled around Chamonix, Zermatt, and Grindelwald, and made two visits to the Caucasus with Clinton Dent. He died in the Caucasus on Koshtantau in 1888, and a posthumous exhibition of his photographs was held at the Gainsborough Gallery on London’s Old Bond Street, jointly hosted by the Alpine Club and the Photographic Society. This very rare invitation to the event has been addressed by hand to F. E. Blackstone, probably the Alpine Club member who climbed with, among others, F. F. Tuckett.

28. Stead, Richard; John F. Campbell & Ernest Fraser, illustrators. Daring Deeds of Great Mountaineers. True Stories of Adventure, Pluck and Resource in Many Parts of the World [with original artwork and correspondence]. London: Seeley Service, 1921 £950 First edition thus. 8vo. pp. 259; col. frontis. and 8 plates; very good in the original decorative cloth, rubbed and slightly faded on spine; together with: 1. the original artwork for the illustrations comprising the original watercolour of the frontispiece by Campbell (approx. 23 x 32cm.), 6 pen and wash illustrations by Campbell (each approx. 24 x 32cm.), 2 pen and wash illustrations by Fraser (approx. 18 x 22 cm.), and the artwork for the front cover design; 2. printed proofs for each illustration; 3. 11 letters or notes from Stead to the publisher in 1906-7 relating to the original appearance of his book (Adventures on High Mountains, 1907); 4. Copy letter from the publisher to the printers Billing & Sons with instructions for the reprinting of part of Stead’s original work, and three related items. Occasional foxing to some letters or artwork. Neate S159. Stead’s Adventures on High Mountains appeared in 1907 (the book was dated 1908), and in 1920 Seeley Service decided to reprint the greater part of it under a new title, Daring Deeds of Great Mountaineers (the reprint omitted the final six chapters of the original work). The present copy of the latter book is sold with the original artwork for the illustrations that appeared in this volume, together with proofs and related material. The letters from Stead relate to the original appearance of the book, and discuss content, permissions (notably with regard to Lady Stanley), and recommendations for inclusion. The illustrations include those relating to Tyndall’s ascent of the Weisshorn, and the Matterhorn accident of 1865.

29. [Skiing.] Ne résistez pas à l’appel de la Neige! Partez P.L.M. Paris: Ocea, n.d. c. 1936 £15 4to. pp. 8; photo. illusts., maps; good in the original pictorial wrappers, central vertical crease throughout. A brochure for the 1936-7 season issued by the Chemins de Fer ParisLyon-Mediterannée, with brief details of ski resorts in Auvergne, Jura, Savoie, and Dauphiné.

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30. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Spedizione Polare del Duca degli Abruzzi al Polo Nord.’ Società Editries Cartolina, Torino, n.d. c . 1900 £45 A matt b&w postcard, composite image incorporating portraits of the Duke and expedition members Cagni, Querini and Cavalli, scene from an original drawing showing the Stella Polare in the ice at top right, postally unused, minor browning to verso, VG. C&G p. 30. The Duke of the Abruzzi attempted to reach the North Pole on his ship the Polar Star (Stella Polare) in 1899.

31. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Il Duca degli Abruzzi al Polo Nord.’ L. Amadori, Milano, n.d. c . 1900 £35 A matt b&w postcard, composite image incorporating portrait of the Duke, the Stella Polare in an icy landscape, and an inset map of the pole at top right, postally used (16.9.00), slightly soiled, else VG. C&G p. 29.

32. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Il Duca degli Abruzzi al Polo Nord.’ L. Amadori, Milano, n.d. c . 1900 £35 A matt b&w postcard, composite image incorporating portrait of the Duke surmounting the globe, the Stella Polare in ice at top right, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 29.

33. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Cav. Umberto Cagni.’ Società Editrice Cartolino, Torino, n.d. c 1901 £45 A matt b&w port. photo. postcard of Cagni, postally used (27.3.01), slightly soiled, else VG. Not in C&G.

34. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Viaggio al Polo Nord 13 Agosto 1899.’ Armanino, Genova, n.d. c. 1900 £25 A matt b&w postcard, composite image incorporating port. of the Duke, the Stella Polare in ice at top right, text printed in red to lower right, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 29.

35. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Giugno MDCCCIC.’ Gussoni, Milano, n.d. c. 1900 £25 A matt b&w postcard, image showing the Duke taking leave of two women, the Stella Polare in ice at top right, postally used (cancel indistinct), VG. C&G p. 29.

36. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Al Principe diletto Reduce glorioso dai perigli del Polo la Patria in lutto per la recente sventura tende affettuosa le braccia.’ A. Guarneri, Milano, n.d. c. 1900 £35 A matt b&w postcard, image of woman bidding farewell to the Stella Polare, inset port. of the Duke at top right, postally used (19.9.00), VG. C&G p. 30.

37. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘A Perpetuo Ricordo spedizione al Polo Nord 1899-1900. S. A. R. Il Duca degli Abruzzi. Stela Polare. Club Alpino Italiano.’ Enrico Genta, Torino-Monaco-Amburgo, n.d. c. 1900 £35 A matt b&w postcard, port. of the Duke, image of the Stella Polare, Italian Alpine Club Logo at bottom left, postally unused, VG. Not in C&G.

38. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Hilsen fra Tromsö. “Stella Polare” paa Tromsö Havn 6.9.1900.’ W. Holmboes Forlag, n.d. c. 1900 £25 A matt b&w photo. postcard showing the Stella Polare off Tromso, postally used (19.VI.05), slightly foxed. Not in C&G.

39. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] An untitled card from a painting of the Stella Polare in the ice. Sansaini, Roma, n.d. c. 1900 £10 A sepia postcard from an original painting of the Stella Polare by E. de Martino, text to verso, postally unused, a little rubbed. Not in C&G. The text to the verso reads: “Che va la? Le Stella Polare verso il Polo Nord al Commando di S. A. R. il Principe Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi”. The original painting hangs in the Naval Academy in Livorno.

40. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘Luigi di Savoia Ducca degli Abruzzi. XIV Gennaoi 1901.’ R. Rimoaldi, Romano, n.d. c. 1901 £35 A matt b&w postcard, image with port. of the Duke, the Stella Polare in ice to right, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 30. This card records the meeting given at the Collegio Romano in Roma for the Duke’s expedition to the North Pole.

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41. [Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, H.R.H. The Duke of the. Postcard.] ‘“Samoyede Dog” Duke of Abruzzi’s Polar Expedition owned by Kilburn Scott.’ Rotary Photo. E.C., n.d. c. 1910? £25 A gloss b&w photo. postcard of a Samoyede, postally used (sent from Denmark to Angola, 21/7/1910!), browned to verso, else G. Not in C&G. The Duke of the Abruzzi used samoyedes on his expedition, having received advice on the subject from Nansen. The breed was introduced to Britain by Ernest Kilburn-Scott, who purchased dogs from various expeditions, including two from the Duke’s pack of dogs.

42. [Alaska.] North of the Arctic Circle. White Pass and Yukon Route. N.p. [Printed in U.S.A.], n.d. c. 1949 £50 Oblong small 12mo. pp. 40; photo. illusts., sketch map to rear wrapper; very good in the original printed wrappers, small tear to spine. An attractively produced booklet intended as a guide to some of the scenic and historic points along the Yukon River Circle Tour, starting in Dawson and continuing via Fort Yukon to Tanana and Nenana.

43. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘The Gjoa. The First Vessel That Made the Great Northwest Paassage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Commanded by the Hardy Norseman, Capt. Roald Amundsen.’ Copyright 1906, Lowman & Hanford Co. [Seattle]. £20 A coloured postcard from a painting, postally used (cancelled Seattle, Wash. July 1 1909, and with a ‘World Fair Seattle 1909’ cachet), image cropped to top in production, else VG. C&G p. 33.

44. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Norges Flag plantet paa Sydpolen … Amundsen in Polar dress - Fram leaving the Icebarrier.’ N.p. [Oslo]: Mittet & Co., n.d. c. 1912 £35 A coloured postcard after an original sketch, captioned to verso, message to verso (dated 17-1-1914) but postally unused, image a little chipped to extremities, foxed to verso. Wharton JA-2. This is one of several cards issued to mark Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole on December 14th, 1911.

45. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Norges Flag plantet paa Sydpolen … The Flag being planted on Jaakon VII Plateau.’ N.p. [Oslo]: Mittet & Co., n.d. c. 1912 £35 A coloured postcard after an original sketch, captioned to verso, message to verso (dated 24-10-12) but postally unused, VG Wharton JA-5. The image on the card bears the initials AS.

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46. [Amundsen, Roald.] ‘A Soixante Lieues du Pole Nord. L’Expédition de Roald Amundsen.’ An article in Le Journal des Voyages, Nº 39 (Nouvelle Série), 28 Janvier 1926, pp. 681-3. Paris: Georges Lang, 1926 £12 Large thin 8vo. pp. [ii], 681-698; illusts. to Amundsen and other articles; some age-toning, good in the original pictorial wrappers, a little worn, central vertical crease affecting contents. An account of the Amundsen-Ellsworth attempt to reach the North Pole by plane in 1925. The illustrations for the article were provided by Films Kaminsky, and record Amundsen’s preparatory expeditions of 1922-3.

47. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Roald Amundsen.’ [Oslo:] Mittet & Co., n.d. c. 1920s

£25

A real photographic portrait postcard of Amundsen, postally used (23.12.26) with part of message to margin of image, oxidisation to margin of image. See Wharton 2nd ed. JB-3 and JE-2 for the same image. This card has no printed information to the reverse.

48. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Roald Amundsen.’ [Oslo:] Mittet & Co., n.d. c. 1920s

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A real photographic portrait postcard of Amundsen, postally used (14.12.28) with Oslo cancels and Roald Amundsen Cachet “Roald Amundsen 14. Desember 1928”, heavy finger marking to right margin, creased. See Wharton 2nd ed. JB-3 and JE-2 for the same image. This card has “Nr. 3” printed beneath the printer’s details on the front, but has no printed information to the reverse. The cachet was specially stamped on the official Norwegian day of remembrance for Amundsen, lost during the search for Nobile since June 1928. December 14th was the anniversary of Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole.

49. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Roald Amundsen.’ Bredr. Halvorsen, Oslo, n.d. c. 1928 £25 A coloured postcard, composite image incorporating scenes from Amundsen’s Polar expeditions, special cachet to verso with “Roald Amundsen 14. Desember 1928” to verso and Oslo cancels, VG. The cachet was specially stamped on the official Norwegian day of remembrance for Amundsen, lost during the search for Nobile since June 1928. December 14th was the anniversary of Amundsen’s attainment of the South Pole.

50. [Amundsen, Roald. Postcard.] ‘Roald Amundsens hjem, Svartskog.’ Copyright by Statens Bygningsinspektør, n.d. c. 1930s £20 Two real photograph postcards with different interior views of Amundsen’s home, postally unused, minor oxidisation to images. Amundsen purchased his house Urnanienborg, in Svartskog, in 1908. When he failed to return in 1928 from the search for Nobile, Uranienborg was kept just as he had left it, and it can still be visited today.

51. [Amundsen, Roald.] Raid Arctico Lualdi, 1953. A cover flown by Maner Lualdi to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Roald Amundsen. £125 An envelope, approx. 170 x 130mm., with the Italian and Norwegian Flags, captioned ‘Raid Artico Lualdi mnel 25º Anniversario del Sacrificio di Roald Amundsen e dei Naufraghi del Dirigibile “Italia” 1953’, two Italian stamps with Milan (4.3.1953) and Tromsø (2.5.53) cancels, expedition cachet of Milan cathedral and an Arctic scene, signed by Lualdi to the front. In 1953 Maner Lualdi and Max Peroli flew an Ambrosini Girfalco from Norway to a point on the 82nd parallel and back. Their turning point was the presumed region in which Amundsen had lost his life during the search for Nobile and the Italia. The plane crew dropped on to the ice flowers and medals that had been blessed by the Pope before reutrning to Norway.

52. [Antarctic. Postcard.] ‘La Belgica dans la mer polaire.’ Aug Zoll, Antwerp, n.d. c. 1899

£75

A composite matt blue-black postcard, showing a small vignette of the Belgica in the ice, an inset portrait of Gerlache, a rope flying the national flags of expedition members, and a banner reading “Carte commémorative du retour du Pôle-Sud de l’Expédition scientifique Belge de Gerlache de la ‘Belgica’” (text also in Flemish); postally used, a little surface abrasion to front, discolouration to verso. Wharton AB-22. This is one of two cards printed by Zoll in Antwerp to celebrate the return of the Belgica expedition.

53. [Antarctic. Postcard.] ‘Great Scott!’ N.p., n.d. c. 1912?

£95

A coloured postcard, from an original sketch showing a group of explorers and dog team looking on at a group of penguins arranged to form the words “CWS Pelaw Polish”, postally used (May 15th 1913), slightly browned and rubbed. Not in Wharton. Pelaw Polish was manufactured by the Co-operative Wholesale Society. This advertising card refers to the Captain Scott expedition, but seems to predate news of the deaths of Scott and his companions.

54. [Antarctic. Poster.] A Shell Picture Story. South Pole. N.p., 1962

£50

A large poster, approx. 96 x 72cm., with 13 b&w photo. illusts. from Antarctic expeditions, sketch map of the Antarctic, text printed in blue and black; some creasing and a few marginal tear and chips, else good. This poster was one of several printed for the Shell International Petroleum Company in the early 1960s. The photographic illustrations are taken from the expeditions of Scott and Amundsen, with four later images (one from the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, three supplied by the US Navy). The text underlines the contribution made by the development of transport and fuels to the work of Antarctic exploration.

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55. [Antarctic. Trade card.] ‘A La Conquête du Pôle Sud. Le Concert au Pingouins.’ La Lithographie Parisienne, n.d. c. 1910 £35 A chromolithographed card for Cacao Poulain, approx. 70 x 106 cm., showing penguins listening to a gramophone with an explorer sitting by, explanatory text in French to verso, VG. The text to this card explains that the expeditions of Shackleton and Charcot were supplied with a “graphophone” to while away the long winter hours. When the instrument was set up on the ice and played, penguins arrived in groups to hear it.

56. Arctic Club. Arctic Club Dinner menu for 1971. N.p.,

£75

4to. pp. [4]; front cover illustration from “an Eskimo woodcut”, VG in self-wrappers, loosely inserted seating plan. Signed to the rear by Malcolm Slesser, Andrew Croft, J. W. Wright, Steve (Alfred Stephenson), Hal (W. E. Hampton), and Peter Mott, and with the initials of Quintin Riley to upper cover. The signatures belong to those who sat next to Riley at the dinner.

57. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘Baffin’s Bay - A November Gale.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. c. 1900s £15 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, postally unused, slightly rubbed else VG C&G p. 57. “Wide Wide World” Series - In the Arctic Regions Ser. III. Postcard 7484. The publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons,which specialised in colour printing, produced a large number of so-called Oilette postcards on different themes at the start of the 20th c. As part of their “Wide Wide World” series, Tuck reproduced paintings by Albert Operti, an Italian American who accompanied Robert Peary’s Greenland expeditions of 1896-7 as artist.This card shows the Hope during Peary’s 1897 expedition.

58. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘The Arctic Regions. Danish-Greenland Man, Half-Breed, and Eskimo Dogs.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons. N.d. c. 1905 £10 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, showing a man with his dwelling and dogs in the background, postally unused but slightly stained to verso, G. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

59. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘The Arctic Regions. The Aurora.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.d. c. 1905 £12 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, showing a pole bear in silhouette against the aurora, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

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60. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘On the Way to the North Pole. The Aurora.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.d. c. 1905 £12 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, showing a pole bear in silhouette against the aurora, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

61. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘On the Way to the North Pole. Danish Eskimo Woman, Greenland.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.d. c. 1905 £12 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, showing a woman standing in front of her dwelling, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

62. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘On the Way to the North Pole. North-West Greenland. The Highway to the Pole. ’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.d. c. 1905 £12 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by A. Operti, showing a team of men and dogs making their way across the ice, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

63. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘The Arctic Regions. Musk Oxen.’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.d. c. 1905 £12 A coloured postcard from the original sketch by Maude Scrivenor, showing a small group of Musk oxen amid the snow, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard 7339.

64. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘Slightly Mistaken …’ Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. c. 1905

£20

A coloured postcard after an original humorous sketch by Arthur Gill, showing a young polar bear on top of the “North Pole” with a hunter in the background taking aim, postally unused, VG. This card, which appeared in Tuck’s “Humorous Series 6080”, features an illustration after Arthur Gill’s original. The image has some wording which reads: Mother Polar Bear - in agony - “Oh Bertie, do come down!” Bertie “Naw, Mammaw! This chap’s just discovered the Pole, and he’s takin’ a snapshot picture postcard to send home, and I’ll be in the picture!”

65. [Arctic. Postcard.] Sandon Perkins. ‘Whalers at Albert Harbour, Davis Straits.’ N.p. [?London], n.d. c. 1908 £50 A b & w matt photographic postcard, captioned on front and with printed text on verso ‘“Midst Arctic Snows.” From a Photograph taken by Sandon Perkins During his recent trip to the Far North on the Dundee Whaler “Morning”’, postally unused, very good. Sandon Perkins sailed to the Arctic aboard the Morning in 1906, taking photographs and meeting the local Inuit. On his return to Britain, his photographs formed the basis for a lecture - ‘Midst Arctic Snows’ - with which he toured the country. Presumably this and other postcards were on sale at the lectures.

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66. [Arctic. Postcard.] ‘At the Icefield hauling Seals to the Steamer.’ Dicks & Co., n.d. c. 1910 £25 A b&w photographic postcard showing sealers on the Arctic ice, postally unused, VG. No. 3 in Dicks & Co’s Sealing series.

67. [Arctic. Sheet Music.] Leipzig Valse Brillante Composed expressly by Thomas Troman … for William Creamer, Manufacturer of Seal Skin Mantles, Fur Lined Cloaks & Furs of every description, Leipzig House, 98, New Street … Birmingham. Birmingham: Rogers & Priestly, n.d. c. 1881 £50 Piano sheet music. 4to. pp. 7; very good in the original pictorial lithographic wrappers, minor fraying to fore-edge. The firm of William Creamer, the Birmingham-based furrier, was established in 1840. According to the wording at the start of the score, the waltz was composed “to celebrate the forty-first anniversary of the founding of his establishment”. The front wrapper shows two scenes, the upper a snowscape with figures wearing fur garments, the lower showing seals and birds in an Arctic landscape. We can find only two other examples of the music (BL and the Bodleian).

68. [Arctic. Trade card.] ‘Un Village d’Esquimaux.’ H&C (?Paris), n.d. c.1900

£15

A chromolithographed card, approx. 114 x 80 mm., showing an Eskimo village with figures and dog sledge, explanatory text in French to verso, slight age-toning else VG.

69. [Arctic. USSR. Postcard.] ‘Geroi Sobemskogo Soyza. Lemchiki - Liapidevsky, Levanevsky, Molokov, Kamanin, Slepnev, Vodopianov, Doronin. - Spasshie Cheluskintse.’ Soyuzphoto, Moscow, 1934 £75 A gloss b&w composite postcard by Chornomordik, portraits of seven rescuers alongside a stylised view of the North Pole, postally unused, VG. A postcard celebrating the rescuers of the Chelyuskin.

70. [Arctic. USSR. Postcard.] ‘Otvazniye Sini Strani Sotsializma.’ Moscow, 1936

£50

A gloss sepia photographic composite postcard, showing portraits of Papanin, Krenkel, Fedorov and Shirchov, and a stylised view of the globe with Soviet flags planted at the North Pole; postally unused, but creased to one corner with slight loss to image. Papanin and the three others depicted on this card were chosen to man the North Pole-1 expedition, during which they spent 234 days on the drifting floes of the Arctic. Though dated 1936 to the rear, it is likely that it was actually printed in 1938 on their return, when all four men were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

71. [Arctic. USSR. Postcard.] ‘Zvakyatseya Pagerya Papaninche.’ Soyuzphoto, Moscow, 1938 £95 A gloss b&w photo. postcard after the original by Yakov Khalip, postally unused, minor staining to verso, crease to upper right corner.

74 73 A scene showing the evacuation of the NP-1 Station. The Russian photographer Yakov Khalip, who sailed aboard the ice-breaker Taymir to the rescue of Papanin and his colleagues on the ice station, was present when the four men were reached, and he photographed the rescue. His images were developed on the ship and sent by plane to Murmansk, appearing the next day in newspapers.

72. [Arctic. USSR. Postcard.] An uncaptioned postcard of the NP-1 ice station. Soyuzphoto [Moscow], 1938 £75 A gloss b&w photo. postcard, postally unused, inkstamp to upper right margin of image, slightly browned to verso, else VG.

73. Burley, M. K., leader. Joint Services Expedition Elephant Island 1970-71. [Printed in the FONAC Printing Office by the Royal Marines Staff], n.d. [1971] £50 First edition. Small folio. pp. [v], 30, [46, Annexes]; 96 photographic illusts., 7 maps and plans; a nearfine copy in the original cloth-backed printed boards, with, loosely inserted, 2 first day covers posted from Elephant Island base camp. Signed by Malcolm Burley to the upper cover. This expedition to Elephant Island was the first to revisit Point Wild since Shackleton had been forced to put in there after abandoning the Endurance in 1916. A few pages of the present report discuss the remains of the Shackleton expedition found, and 20 or so photographs compare the location as it was when recorded by Hurley and others and the site in 1970-71.

74. [Byrd, Richard. E.] E. T. Paull. Top of the World March. Descriptive March and Two Step. New York: E. T. Paull Music Co. Inc., 1926 £75 “Souvenir edition”. 4to. pp. 7; a few minor marginal tears, else very good in the original pictorial wrappers, inset port. of Byrd to upper wrapper superimposed over an image of Byrd’s plane Josephine Ford and a schematic map of the North Pole, partly split on spine. This piano sheet music celebrates Byrd’s North Pole flight of 1926.

75. [Byrd, Richard E. Postcard.] ‘Hauling Equipment Eighty Miles by Man-Power.’ N.d. [1934] £35 A photographic postcard with a scene from the Byrd expedition to recto, large purple cachet for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II to verso, signed by Robert A. J. English, bearing 3 cent BAE II stamp, Little America Antarctic cancel (Jan 31 1934), and San Francisco cancel (Mar 25 1935), in very good condition. Wharton PA-11. A postcard carried by the S.S. Bear of Oakland during Byrd’s second Antarctic expedition, and signed by its captain, English. The image, in common with other cards from this series, derived from Byrd’s first Antarctic expedition (1928-30).

76 76. [Byrd, Richard E.] With Byrd in the Antarctic in Picture and Story. [Buffalo and New York: J.W. Clement], n.d. [c. 1935] £35 Square 8vo. pp. [48]; numerous illustrations from photographs; some embrowning, lower outer corners chipped with loss, good in the original printed wrappers titled “The Romance of Antarctic Adventure”. Renard 258; Not in Spence or Conrad. This celebration of Byrd’s Second Antarctic Expedition (19335) reprints from the New York Times “Alone - in the Antarctic Night” by Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, Byrd’s second-in-command. Many of the illustrations show images from the expedition, including the use of products advertised in the booklet by their manufacturers.

77. [Charcot, J.-B. Postcard.] ‘147 Le Havre. - “Le Français”, en partance pour le Pôle Sud.’ L.L. [i.e. Louis Levy], n.d. c. 1903 £35 A matt b&w photographic postcard of Charcot’s expedition ship Français, postally used (date indistinct), stamp to recto of card, VG. Wharton FD-147. This was one of two cards by Levy showing the Français shortly before she departed for the South Pole.

78. [Cook & Peary. Postcard.] ‘Arrived at Last!’ F. A. Moss, Denver, Colo., c. 1909

£15

A b&w matt postcard, with a cartoon of the American eagle wearing an ‘Uncle Sam’ hat, perched on a frozen pillar atop the globe, small figures of a walrus and polar bear looking on, postally used (postmark indistinct), VG. C&G p. 61. North Pole Series 6440. A humorous take on the Cook/Peary attainment of the pole.

79. [Cook & Peary. Postcard.] ‘Aint My flag A Beaut.’ F. A. Moss, Denver, Colo., c. 1909

£15

A b&w matt postcard, with a cartoon of a figure forming the North Pole and holding the US flag, used but not sent, , VG. C&G p. 61. North Pole Series 6437. Another humorous take on the Cook/Peary attainment of the pole.

80. [Cook and Peary. Postcard.] ‘I’m Roosting Here Now!’ F. A. Moss, Denver, Colo., 1909 £15 A humorous matt b & w cartoon postcard, showing the American eagle perched on the North Pole atop the globe, postally used, crease to one corner, chips to upper margin of image. C&G p. 61. North Pole Series 6433.

81. [Franklin, Sir John.] George Baxter. [The Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin.] [George Baxter, 1850] £275 Baxter process colour print, size 155 x 203 mm., minor spotting, mounted (?as issued), soiling to the mount. Mitzman George Baxter and the Baxter Prints, no. 193. This uncommon print shows a group of sailors on the ice being attacked by two polar bears, with the expedition ships ‘Enterprise’ and ‘Investigator’ in the background - the ships were then engaged in the search for the lost Franklin expedition. Most copies we have seen are usually faded, but the colours here are still bright.

84 82 83 82. [Franklin, Sir John.] George Baxter. [The Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin.] [George Baxter, 1850] £95 An uncoloured Baxter print, size 148 x 203 mm., a little foxing, mounted (?as issued), a little creased to mount partly affecting image. This is an uncoloured version of the previous item, and shows the plate before the application of the Baxter colour process.

83. [Franklin, Sir John.] A Goss ware miniature vase with the crest of Sir John Franklin. W. H. Goss, n.d. c. 1900 £95 A small china vase, approx. height 2” (5cm.) and diameter 1 1/2” (4cm.), gilded lip, crest of Sir John Franklin in colour transfer with caption “From a Brass in Parish Church Spilsby”, Goss’s mark to base with additional caption “Model of Vase at Botanic Gardens, Southport”; slight loss of gilt to lip, else very good. W. H. Goss produced small china souvenirs from his pottery in Stoke-on-Trent for distribution in different towns around Britain. This souvenir vase features the crest of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, who was born in Spilsby.

84. [Franklin, Sir John.] ‘Franklin Square, Hobart.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1900s

£5

A coloured photographic postcard, postally used (hand-dated to front Tasmania 30-8-06) but without a stamp, slightly rubbed. Sir John Franklin was governor of Tasmania from 1837 to 1843. In 1866, a statue of Franklin was erected in London, and a replica sent to Hobart, Tasmania, as shown in the present postcard.

85 87 85. [Greenland.] Telefonbog Grønland 1968. Godthåb: Sydgrønlands Bogtrykkeri, [1968]

£15

First edition. 8vo. pp. 100; loosely inserted map of Nûk Godthåb; very good in the original printed wrappers, soiled. A telephone book for Greenland in 1968, with numbers for individuals, officials, churches, etc.; the majority of the numbers are for Godthåb.

86. [Krasin icebreaker.] A telegram, sent from Archangel to the Krasin in Murmansk. N.p., n.d. c. 1930 £50 A telegram, approx. 14 x 10.5 cm, printed to one side only with message pasted over, somewhat browned. This telegram was sent from the Regional Executive committee (Kryispolkom) to the Krasin congratulating it on overcoming difficult Arctic conditions.The Krasin had previously taken part in the search for Nobile (see items 92-98).

87. Lefroy, John Henry. A signed letter from Lefroy to “Major Smythe, 69th Regt.”, Mt. Langton, March 18 1873. £100 8vo. 3pp., written in a neat hand, folded, two staple holes to margin not affecting text. Lefroy (1817-90) followed a military career, with a special training in magnetic work. He was selected to accompany HMS Terror on her voyage to the Antarctic, during which Lefroy disembarked at St. Helena and from 1840 to 1842 took magnetic observations. On his return he was transferred to Toronto, and in 1843-4 undertook a remarkable journey for magnetic research: Lefroy travelled from Toronto to Fort Chipewyan and Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River, taking a series of observations which “long remained the chief authority for the determination of the approximate position of the forces of magnetic intensity in North America” (Oxford DNB). In the 1870s, Lefroy was governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda, from where this letter was written. Lefroy thanks Smythe for the specimen of coral that he has sent him, and regrets not being able to visit the location he sourced it due to the weather and work. He continues: ”Governor Rawson writes in great spirits at having just procured a noble specimen of Pentacrinites caput medusae and I do not despair of the ‘Challenger’ discovering them off these shores” (a reference to the Challenger oceanographic expedition).

88. [Malmgren, Finn.] ‘Dr. Finn Malmgren.’ Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, n.d. c. 1928 a matt b&w three quarter-length photo. portrait postcard of Malmgren, postally used (7/9/1928), VG. Malmgren was meteorologist with Amundsen’s Maud expedition, 1922-5. He later joined Nobile’s Italia expedition, and was among the 10 men thrown from the airship during the storm on its return from the Pole. Malmgren, Mariano and Zappi decided to leave the otherwise immobile group to reach land. Malmgren died en route, and there were persistent rumours that Mariano and Zappi had killed and cannibalised him.

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89. [Nansen, Fridtjof.] Fridtjof Nansen Nordpolar-Expedition. Frankfurt a/M: Rosenblatt, n.d. c. 1890s £850 A complete set of 4 postcards commemorating Nansen’s Farthest North expedition, printed in colour so as to form a composite scene of the globe showing the tracks of the expedition, inset portrait of Nansen, vignettes of the Fram in ice, polar bear hunting, and walrus hunting; postally used “20.8.03”, addressed on the versos to the same recipient and with a message written by the sender to the four corners of the globe on the rectos, otherwise in VG condition. This attractive set of cards depicts scenes from Nansen’s Fram expedition, and were designed to be displayed together to form a 28 x 18 cm. image. The cards were produced after the return of the first Fram expedition, led by Nansen, but these examples were not used until after the return of the second Fram expedition under Otto Sverdrup.

90. [Nansen, Fridtjof.] An uncaptioned card of Nansen at his writing desk. N.p. n.d. c. 1906 £50 A real photographic postcard of Nansen, signed by him in the negative, message to verso (dated 7/1-06) but postally unused, image a little faded. An uncommon image of Nansen. The card bears a manufacturer’s number O248.

91. [Nares Arctic Expedition 1875-6.] The expedition logo, clipped from a letterhead.

£50

A small embossed logo, approx. 30 x 25mm., showing the expedition ships Alert and Discovery amid the ice above a banner with their names, clipped form a larger sheet (remainder approx. 11 x 9cm.), affixed to a contemporary album leaf. This small emblem, probably taken from a sheet of letterheaded paper or an envelope, shows the two ships in the ice, and dated 1876.

92. [Nobile, Umberto. Postcard.] Il Dirigibile “Italia” in Esplorazione al Polo Nord.’ G. B. Falci, Milano, n.d. c. 1928 £25 A matt b&w photographic postcard of the Italia, inset ports. of Nobile and his dog Titina, postally unused, VG. Not in C&G. Titina, Nobile’s dog, accompanied him on both the Norge and Italia expeditions.

93. [Nobile, Umberto. Postcard.] ‘Un componente la spedizione Nobile con due cani esquimesi.’ Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, n.d. c. 1928 £20 A b&w real photo. postcard, postally unused, image slightly oxidised to margins. Not in C&G. One of several views from the Italia expedition and the subsequent searches, this card no. 2306.

94. [Nobile, Umberto. Postcard.] ‘La baleniera “HOBBY” pronta per le ricerche della spedizione.’ Ballerini & Fratini, Firenze, n.d. c. 1928 £20 A b&w real photo. postcard, postally unused, image slightly oxodised to margins. Not in C&G. Another of the views from the Italia expedition, this card no. 2310.

95. [Nobile, Umberto. Postcard.] ‘I Polarhavet.’ A postcard with a message sent from Spitsbergen during the search for Amundsen. [Oslo:] Mittet & Co., n.d. c. 1920s £45 A b&w real photo. postcard, showing a polar bear on an ice floe, postally used (4.VIII.28), slight finger marking and oxidisation to image. Mittet & Co. 18/10. This card was sent to an address in the USA with the following message: “Spitzbergen July 29, ’28. Stopped at King’s Bay first, & saw the hanger from which Byrd, Amundsen & Nobile flew, as the North Pole is only 600 mi. away. Some of the rescuers were still there. Thrilling. Went on to the Ice Barrier, as far north as any steamer can go. Top of the World really. 11 day of daylight & 8 of mid-night sun … & icebergs & glaciers …”

96. [Nobile, Umberto. Postcard.] ‘Spitzbergen - Svalbard.’ A postcard with a message sent from Spitsbergen during the search for Amundsen. PP, n.d. c. 1920s £45 A gloss b&w photo. postcard, showing a ship on the coast of Spitsbergen, postally used (18.VII.28), some staining to foot of image, creased to one corner. PP. 1563. This card was sent to an address in the USA with the following message: “Dear Miss Ross, This is the place they are looking hard for Amundsen. We are all hoping he will be found. I met a lady whose husband was with Amundsen to the South Pole. She showed me many pictures & books from there.”

97 97. [Nobile. Krasin icebreaker. Postcards.] A group of postcards from the series Ledovoy Pochod [Ice Campaign] of the Krasin. Izv. Tsik SSSR i Vtsik, Moscow, n.d. c. 1928 £275 Fourteen (of 20) b&w matt photo. postcards, captioned in Russian to versos, postally unused, a little rubbed else VG. In 1928 Umberto Nobile reached the North Pole aboard the airship Italia, but on its return the airship crashed just short of the coast of eastern Svalbard. The first ever Polar sea and air rescue mission, made up of several nations, went in search of the expedition crew. The searchers included the Soviet icebreaker Krasin, which found and rescued five of the surviving crew members. These official postcards were published to record the Krasin’s achievement. A total of twenty postcards were issued; offered here are numbers 1, 3-5, 8-12, 14-17, & 19.

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98. [Nobile. Krasin icebreaker. Postcards.] Nine real photograph postcards of the rescue of the Italia crew by the Krasin. N.p., n.d. c. 1928 £150 Together nine gloss sepia photographic postcards, uncaptioned, five sometime contained in an album with adhesion marks to versos, else VG. These photographs show stages in the rescue of five crewmembers of the Italia by the Soviet icebreaker Krasin.

99. Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52. E. F. Roots. ‘The NorwegianBritish-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52.’ An article in Science News 26, pp. 9-32. London: Penguin Books, [1952] £10 First edition. 8vo. pp. 128; 16pp. of photo. illusts. inc. 25 relating to the article; some marginal embrowning (poor paper quality), lower outer corners bumped, good in the original printed wrappers. Not in Spence. The author was chief geologist on the expedition.

100. [Peary, Robert E. Postcard.] ‘Peary’s Arctic Ship “Roosevelt” in Boston Harbour.’ The Metropolitan News Co., Boston [etc.] n.d. c. 1907 £15 A blue tinted photographic postcard, with overprinted caption (“in Boston Harbour” added), postally used (Sep. 1907), stain to upper section of image. C&G p. 44. Card no. 1625, with overprinting.

101. [Peary, Robert E. Postcard.] ‘Commander R.E. Peary. C.E. United States Navy’. Raphael Tuck & Sons. n.d. c. 1908 £10 A b&w postcard from the original painting by A. Operti, postally unused, VG. C&G p. 57. Tuck postcard no. 3333. The printer Tuck reproduced paintings by Albert Operti, an Italian American who accompanied Robert Peary’s Greenland expeditions of 1896-7 as artist. The present postcard shows Peary, the leader of the expedition, with a map of the west coast of Greenland in his hand. The card also exists in a coloured version for Tuck’s “Oilette” series.

102. [Peary, Robert E. Postcard.] ‘Lieut. Robert E. Peary, Arctic explorer, and the Steamer Roosevelt …’ N.p., n.d. [1909] £10 A gloss sepia photographic postcard of Peary’s expedition ship, with inset portrait of Peary himself, a little browned to verso, else G. C&G p. 48. Card no. 39319.

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105 103. [Peary, Robert E. Postcard.] ‘Robert Peary.’ J. I. Austen Co., Chi[cago], n.d. c. 1910

£15

A portrait postcard of Peary from an original sketch, set within a border incorporating classical motifs and figures, biographical text to verso, postally unused, VG. Though without any Polar references, this card presumably was published in celebration of Peary’s claim to have attained the North Pole.

104. [Peary, Robert E. Postcard.] ‘The North Pole. From a Photograph taken by Commander Peary on the day of discovery, April 6th, 1909.’ N.p., n.c. c. 1910 £50 A matt b & w photographic postcard, split back with printed information to left, postally unused, cropped in production at top edge, VG. Peary lectured before the RGS on May 4th 1910, and his story was published in Nash’s Magazine.

105. [Ponting, Herbert G.] With Captain Scott in the Antarctic and Animal Life around the South Pole. [T. Whittingham & Co., Ltd.], n.d. c. ?1914 £150 A programme for Ponting’s film, approx. 19 x 25cm., 4pp., two ports. of Ponting, descriptive text to central pages; good in self-wrappers, very creased with slight damage to first page, small tear to lower margin of first leaf. This is a programme for the Philharmonic Hall advertising Ponting’s “kinematograph record” of Scott’s last expedition. The central pages feature not only a synopsis of the film, but also advertise “Post cards of some of the Pictures shown during the Lecture” (six in a pack, two series at a shilling per packet), and a 16pp. souvenir booklet.

106. Ross Sea Committee. The Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the International Geophysical Year. Issued by the Ross Sea Committee. [Wellington: Ross Sea Committee], n.d. c. 1955 £50 First edition. 8vo. pp. [8]; sketch maps to front and rear covers; very good in self-wrappers. An overview of New Zealand’s role in Antarctic activities for the years 1955-9, with details of Hillary’s involvement and mention that he has already gone south with the United Kingdom advance party to Vahsel Bay. We can locate only a few copies of the pamphlet, in Australasian libraries.

107. [Ross, John.] [Cruikshank, George, caricaturist.] Arrival at the North Pole. Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket [London], Augt. 1st 1835 £150 A black and white etching, image size approx. 138 x 195mm, plate size approx. 275 x 408mm, depicting a British sailor scaling a large pole, his colleagues at the foot of the pole celebrating his achievement, an icy seascape to the background with two ships at anchor; minor marginal tears, a little creased, but the image very clean. Reid 894. This uncommon caricature by Cruikshank originally appeared in 1818, shortly before the departure of Ross’s first expedition in search of a north west passage. The plate was reissued by Thomas McLean in 1835, when it commemorated the return in October 1833 of Sir John Ross’s second Arctic expedition. Ross departed England in 1829, and the expedition discovered the North Magnetic Pole. As the time in which Ross failed to return increased, fears arose in Britain that the expedition was lost, but its successful return was greeted with public acclaim.

108. Savage Club. Forty-Eighth Anniversary Dinner. Rt. Hon. Lord Alverstone, G.C.M.G., in the Chair. Grand Hall, Hotel Cecil, December 9th, 1905. N.p. [?London], n.d. [1905] £45 A large seating plan, approx. 68 x 34cm., folding into self-wrappers approx. 12 x 24cm.; sometime contained in an album with adhesion damage along one edge, minor fraying and soiling, pencilled notes to front panel by previous owner, else very good. This seating plan for the Annual Dinner of the Savage Club contains a list of those who attended on one side, and the plan to the other. The guests on this occasion included Captain Robert F. Scott and Fridtjof Nansen, both of whom sat at the high table. Other guests included the cartographer E. G. Ravenstein, and the scientist Oliver Lodge. Both Nansen and Scott had previously been guests of the Club, Nansen in 1897 on his return from the Arctic, and Scott in 1901 before his departure to the Antarctic.

109. [Scott, Captain Robert F.] ‘Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912’. A memorial plaque for Scott and his companions. N.p., n.d. c. 1913 £1,750 An embossed and engraved bronzed copper memorial plaque, approx. 27 x 37 cm., comprising four panels with scenes from the expedition surrounded by a border of decorative scroll work incorporating the names ‘Wilson’, ‘Oates’, ‘Scott’, ‘Bowers’, and ‘Evans’, roundel to each corner with portraits of Scott, his wife Kathleen, their son Peter, and the Scott monument, small roundel of the Terra Nova cat to centre, all set within the original ebonised frame, small engraved label with Horace’s lines “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”; slight surface abrasion to the panels, some chipping to the frame with loss, but still in good order. An elaborate memorial to Captain Scott and the four men who perished on their return from the South Pole in 1912. The panels are based on photographs taken during the expedition.

110. [Scott, Captain Robert F.] Herbert G. Ponting. ‘Dr E. A. Wilson’, ‘E. Evans, R.N.’, and ‘H. R. Bowers’. [London: The Fine Arts Society], n.d. [1913] £7,500 Together three large brown toned carbon print photographs, approx. 305 x 460mm., photographer’s blindstamp in the image, Fine Art Society label and titled on reverse of each, respectively numbered ‘141’, ‘145’ and ‘144’ in ink to verso, inscribed ‘Simpson’ on verso of each, all recently framed and glazed. Three iconic portraits by Ponting, the photographer with Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition. These fine examples of Ponting’s images belonged to George Simpson, a member of the expedition’s scientific staff who took command of the base camp at Cape Evans when Scott and the polar party left for the South Pole in October 1911. Simpson later compiled a three-volume work on the meteorology of the expedition. Simpson’s family sold these and several other Ponting photographs at auction over ten years ago.

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111. [Scott, Captain Robert F. Postcard.] ‘Capt. Scott’s South Pole Expedition. A Meal on the March (in the tent).’ Fine Art Society [London], n.d. [1913] £35 A matt monochrome photographic postcard after the original by H. G. Ponting, postally unused, VG. Wharton KA-11. The photograph shows Scott, Wilson, Bowers, and Evans in their tent.

112. [Scott, Captain Robert F. Postcard.] ‘Capt. Scott’s South Pole Expedition. The “Terra Nova”.’ Fine Art Society [London], n.d. [1913] £35 A matt monochrome photographic postcard after the original by H. G. Ponting, postally unused, VG. Wharton KA-12.

113. [Scott, Captain R. F. Scott.] [E, R. G. R. Evans.] Nottm. Mechanics Institute. Autumn Lectures 1913 … Tuesday, November 11th, Commander Evans, C.B., R.N., will tell the full story of Captain Scott’s Expedition. N.p. ?Nottingham, n.d. [1913] £375 A large poster, approx. 22 x 35” (56 x 89cm.), heavily creased where sometime folded, laid down on Japanese paper, overall in very good condition. A poster advertising a course of lectures at the Nottingham Mechanics Institute in November, 1913. Evans had been second-in-command on Scott’s Terra Nova expedition, and on his return to Britain from the Antarctic Evans toured the country, lecturing almost daily from October for several months. His lecture in Nottingham is here advertised along with other lectures at the same venue.

114. [Scott, Captain Robert F.] A crested china statue of Scott. N.p., n.d. c. 1915

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115. [Scott, Captain Robert F.] Captain Scott. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., n.d. c. 1940s £35 First edition. 16mo (approx. 60 x 90mm.). pp. 32; 6 illusts.; staples rusted, central leaves loose, else good in the original pictorial wrappers, small stain. Issued in “Tuck’s Better Little Books” series, this brief life of Scott was published during the Second World War and was intended for use in air-raid shelters, hence its small size.

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117 116. [Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-4. Postcard.] ‘“Music Hath Charms”. This Photo was taken off Coats Land Lat. 74º01’S, Long. 22ºW discovered by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.’ P. & W. M. Ltd., n.d. c. 1905 £75 A coloured photographic postcard, captioned at foot and with “Season’s Greetings” to upper margin, used but not posted, VG. Wharton EI-1 (“reprinted” version). This postcard features an image taken during the SNAE, when piper Gilbert Kerr played the bagpipes to an Emperor penguin to test the effects on it of music. The expedition was at the time beset in ice in the Weddedll Sea. Not visible in this version of the image is the string that tethered the penguin to Kerr’s foot!

117. [Sedov Expedition, 1912-13.] Polyariaya Ekspeditsiya G. Ya. Sedov [so titled to upper cover]. N.p., n.d. c. ?1915 £250 A small booklet, approx. 10 x 17cms., containing 14 phototype illusts. on 8 leaves, each captioned to margin, inkstamp to blank recto of first leaf, small seal with central price pasted inside rear cover, VG in the original ribbon-tied wrappers, together with 11 sepia postcards, most from photos., postally unused, with small roundel to verso of each similar to the seal inside the booklet but with a stylised skier with dog to the centre. George Yakovievich Sedov (1877-1914) in 1912 proposed an expedition that would attempt to reach the North Pole by sleigh. A failure to obtain government funding led the organisers to raise funds in other ways, including by the sale of postcards. The present unrecorded booklet illustrates the various stages of the expedition, including the departure of the expedition ship St. Phoka from Archangel, scenes on board and during the voyage to Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land, and the sleigh team with Sedov prior to departure. Sedov died before the team reached Rudolf Island, and was buried there. The postcards with the booklet were among those sold to raise funds for the expedition; they show portraits of musicians and entertainers such as Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Mussorgsky, and similar.

118. [Shackleton, Ernest H. Postcard.] ‘The “Nimrod” in Lyttelton Harbour. To sail for the Antartic [sic] regions on New Year’s Day, 1908.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1907/8 £45 A matt photographic postcard, postally used (Lyttelton 23 DE 07), a little soiled, still VG. Wharton GB-2-a.

119. [Shackleton, Ernest H.] Souvenir of the “Nimrod” after a Thrilling Expedition. By W. W. Boyes. N. Z. Times Col. Ltd., n.d. c. 1909 £375 8vo. pp. [4]; ports. of Shackleton, Prof. David and Lieut. Evans (captain of the Nimrod) and three images from photos. of the expedition to central pages; creased and soiled, splits to edges of folds, good in self-wrappers with image of the Nimrod to front. Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition returned aboard the Nimrod to Lyttelton, New Zealand in March, 1909, and was met by an enthusiastic crowd. The present item was printed as a souvenir of the Nimrod’s return. It features a poem by Boyes ‘The “Nimrod’s” Return’ (dated 28/3/09), images from the expedition, and a list of the expedition members on the final leaf (which incorrectly gives Marston, not Mawson, as a member of the South Magnetic Pole party).

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120. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘Lieut. Sir E. H. Shackleton, C. V. O. Arctic Explorer 1909 Nearest to the South Pole.’ Rotary Photo. E.C., n.d. [1909] £15 A sepia glossy photographic postcard of Shackleton’s waxwork, postally unused, corner crease with some wear. Wharton GD-7181A-a. This portrait of the Antarctic explorer is actually an image of Shackleton’s waxwork as displayed at Madame Tussaud’s, and contains an error in the caption - Shackleton becomes the “Arctic Explorer”, not ‘Antarctic’.

121. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘E. H. Shackleton C.V.O.’ N. p. c. 1909

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A matt black and white photograph portrait postcard of Shackleton, postally used (cancelled Liverpool 18 Jun 12, no stamp), slightly rubbed, and with to the verso a facsimile letter from Shackleton endorsing Plasmon Biscuits, and a two-line advertisement for Plasmon printed in red above Shackleton’s note. Wharton GA-1. This portrait of Shackleton, from a photograph by Beresford, shows him at the time of the British Antarctic Expedition. The postcard was one of a series of 12, issued for sale on the Nimrod when she was on display after her return on the Thames Embankment. Wharton notes that the endorsement can appear on the verso of any of the postcards from this series, though most examples we have seen are without it.

122. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘Dr. Forbes McKay.’ N.p., c. 1909

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123. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘Farthest South, Queen’s Flag Hoisted Lat. 88º 23’S., Long. 162ºE.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1909 £175 A matt b & w photographic postcard, captioned in black, postally unused, rubbed. Signed by Frank Wild (“F. Wild”) to the recto above his figure. Wharton GA-9. This card shows Adams, Wild, and Marshall at the farthest point of their attempt on the pole - the fourth member of the party, Shackleton, took the photograph.

124. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘Farthest South, Queen’s Flag Hoisted Lat. 88º 23’S., Long. 162ºE.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1909 £35 A matt b & w photographic postcard, captioned in black, postally unused, VG. Wharton GA-9.

124 125. [Shackleton, Ernest E. Postcard.] ‘The Return of the Southern Party.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1909 £175 A matt b & w photographic postcard, captioned in black, postally unused, rubbed. Signed by Frank Wild (“F. Wild”) to the recto above his figure. Wharton GA-12. This image shows the four-man party of Wild, Shackleton, Marshall and Adams on the ‘Nimrod’ after their return from the expedition’s ‘farthest south’ in March 1909.

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127. Shackletonj, Ernest H. My South Polar Expedition by Lieut. E.H. Shackleton. Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.: National phonograph Co., [recorded 30 March, 1910] £2,000 A wax cylinder recording, approx. 105 x 55mm, contained within original paper-covered cardboard tube with cover titled ‘Edison Amberol Record’, title of recording to top of lid, the lettering to the latter slightly rubbed, as are the edges of the tube, else in very good condition. This rare ephemeral item contains a 4-minute recording of Shackleton’s voice, made in London on March 30, 1910, after his return from the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-09). Shackleton describes the expedition and its achievements. A mp3 version of the recording will be supplied with the cylinder.

128. [Shackleton, Ernest H.; Robert E. Peary. A Description of the Dash for the South Pole/The Discovery of the North Pole. Hayes, Middlesex: The Gramophone Co., Ltd., n.d. after 1922 £375 A 78 rpm record by HMV, with Shackleton’s recording to one side and Peary’s to the other, minor surface marks but overall in very good condition, contained in the original printed paper sleeve. HMV catalogue number D377. On his return from the Antarctic in 1909, shortly after his expedition ship Nimrod docked in New Zealand, Shackleton was asked to describe his attempt to reach the pole for the purposes of a recording. The track was laid down on June 23, 1909, and issued by HMV with a recording of Robert Peary’s description of his attainment of the North Pole (a recording made in 1910). The record remained on the HMV catalogue until 1939, and this example, which refers to “The Late Sir Ernest Shackleton”, is a reissue, the stamper numbers being GD for the Shackleton recording, and GG for Peary - i.e. the 20th and 11th pressings respectively. Any example of the recording is uncommon.

129. [Shackleton, Ernest H.] Southward on the Quest. Shackleton’s Last Antarctic Expedition [so titled to upper cover]. Scala Souvenir, [?London], n.d. c. 1922 £2,250 First edition. Oblong folio. 8 phototype plates each approx. 227 x 290mm; some minor foxing to several plates, else very good in the original printed wrappers, excision to upper wrapper as issued to reveal Shackleton’s portrait from the first plate, minor creasing, a scarce item. Renard 1477; not in other bibliographies. This scarce ephemeral item seems to have been printed as a memorial to ‘The Boss’, and was possibly issued in tandem with the film of Shackleton’s last expedition. The brochure contains 8 images: ‘Farewell’ (a knee-length portrait of Shackleton doffing his hat, cigarette in hand); ‘The late Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Crew of the “Quest”’; ‘Frozen in the ice’; ‘The Ship’s Dog’; ‘Penguins on the Ice’; ‘Iceberg and Floe Ice’; ‘In Antarctic Garments’; ‘We left him under the Southern Cross’ (a view of the Shackleton memorial cairn).

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131. [Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-3. Postcard.] ‘Triunfo de la Marina Argentina. Recuerdo de la Expedicion al Polo Sud.’ N.p., n.d. [1904] £95 A composite blue-toned photographic postcard, incorporating portraits of the crew of the Uruguay and an image of the ship, postally used (Buenos Aires cancel), in very good condition. Wharton CF-1. The Uruguay was an Argentinian gunship sent to the rescue of the Swedish Antarctic expedition in 1903. Numerous postcards celebrated the success of the Uruguay in bringing back the expedition, and this example features portraits of the captain Irizar, senior crew members Hermelo, Yalour, Bertodano and Carminatti, and a group portrait of the seamen on board.

132. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] Share Certificate (£1). Offset by C. M. Banks Ltd., n.d. [1955] £25 An unused share certificate for a One pound (£1) subscription towards the cost of the expedition, approx. 30 x 26 cm., printed in green with a schematic map of the Antarctic showing the expedition route, inset portrait of Hillary and Antarctic motifs all within a rope border, slightly creased, contemporary newspaper cutting for U.S. Victoria Land Traverse pasted to verso, else VG. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was funded in a variety of ways, and among the most striking was the issue of the “Share in Adventure” certificates, an idea first proposed by A. S. Helm, Secretary of the Ross Sea Committee. According to Helm’s account, “Three varieties of share certificates could be purchased; one of 5s. for school children, one for £1, and one for any amount over £1” (Helm & Miller, Antarctica … The story of the New Zealand Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1964, p. 61)

133. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] Share Certificate (over £1). Offset by C. M. Banks Ltd., n.d. [1955] £25 An unused share certificate for a greater than One pound (£1) subscription towards the cost of the expedition, approx. 30 x 26 cm., printed in blue with a schematic map of the Antarctic showing the expedition route, inset portrait of Hillary and Antarctic motifs all within a rope border, slightly creased, contemporary newspaper cutting relating to the Antarctic Treaty pasted to verso, else VG. An example of the certificate “ for any amount over £1”.

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135. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] Share Certificate for schools (5/-). Offset by C. M. Banks Ltd., n.d. [1955] £50 An unused share certificate for a Five shilling (5/-) subscription towards the cost of the expedition, approx. 30 x 26 cm., printed in purple with a schematic map of the Antarctic showing the expedition route, inset portrait of Hillary and Antarctic motifs all within a rope border, very frayed and worn with loss, but signed by Edmund Hillary and George Lowe. Edmund Hillary and George Lowe were both members of the expedition.

136. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] An unused sheet of Expedition Ross Sea Committee letterhead. N.p., n.d. c. 1955 £10 A single sheet, map of Antarctica at head with “Trans-Antarctic Expedition Ross Sea Committee” and details at head, slightly creased, else VG.

137. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58. Postcard.] ‘Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Husky sledge dog.’ World Copyright of Trans-Antarctic Expedition, n.d. c. 1956 £25 A glossy b&w real photographic postcard, MS note to verso (“Hulton’s Exhibition 1957 London”), image slightly marked, minor foxing to verso. Wharton TA-2. One of seven postcards produced by the expedition, all of them fairly uncommon.

138. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] Miles Campbell. ‘A New Task for Hillary.’ An article in Everybody’s Weekly, January 21, 1956, pp. 23 & 36. London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1956 £20 First edition. Large 4to. pp. 40; port. and sketch map to Hillary’s article, other illusts.; very good in the original pictorial wrappers with a portrait of Hillary before the Antarctic ice to front wrapper. A discussion of the proposed Trans-Antarctic Expedition, much of the success of which “depends on the New Zealander who conquered Everest”. This issue of the magazine also includes an article by Bertrand Russell, ‘How to Avoid a Nuclear War’.

139. [Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-58.] A photograph of Fuchs and Hillary, reproduced from the original in the Royal Geographical Society, signed. c. 1990s £300 A b & w photograph, approx. 25 x 20cm., RGS inkstamp to verso, captioned by hand to label on verso, signed by Ed Hillary and Vivian Fuchs to the image. An image taken during the expedition, captioned ‘Dr. Fuchs talking to E. Hillary’.

140. [Ziegler Polar Expedition.] The Sole Survivor! This Esquimaux Dog accompanied the Ziegler Polar Expedition which sailed on July 4th, 1903, on the Steam Yacht “America,” from Vodo, Norway … The Dogs were fed on Spratt’s Patent Dog Cakes.’ N.p., n.d. c. 1905 £45 A matt b&w photographic postcard, postally unused, VG. Anthony Fiala’s Ziegler Polar Expedition attempted to reach the North Pole, using dogs. This image shows the only dog to survive the expedition, which failed to attain its goal.

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