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Polar II; India and Beyond, Travel and Photography

4 December 2012 | starting at 11:00 GMT

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DEWHURST (WILLIAM HENRY) The Natural History of the Order of Cetacea and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic Regions

[GILLIES (ROBERT PIERCE)] Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean, 3 vol.

INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Danish-Esquimaux Women" and "Group of Arctic Highlanders",

INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Family"; "Villagers"; and "Native Hunters",

INUITS HEUSTIS (LOUISE LYONS) "Esquimaux Child"; "Women and Child of Arctic Highlanders"; and "A Winter House",

LAING (JOHN) A Voyage to Spitzbergen containing an Account of that Country, of the Zoology of the North; of the Shetland Isles; and of the Whale Fishery

NORDENSKIÖLD (ADOLF ERIK) Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa, 12 parts in 10 vol. [complete]

PEARY (ROBERT) "Peary's Proofs! "If Peary could get to the Pole, why was it impossible for Cook?" Peary tells in the July Hampton's"

PEARY (ROBERT) The North Pole... with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, NUMBER 64 OF 500 EDITION DE LUXE COPIES

PETERS (G.W.) "On the march, hunting musk ox"; "Making preparations for the start",

SCORESBY (WILLIAM) Journal of a Voyage to a Northern Whale-Fishery

WATKINS (HENRY GEORGE, 'Gino')

"ARCTIC SCENERY" TUREEN BASE An earthenware tureen base, with wasted edges, blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, a scene of Inuits building an igloo and being watched by an armed European to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY 9" igloo motif transfer on base

"ARCTIC SCENERY" SOUP BOWLS A pair of earthenware soup bowls, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound with a dog sled in the foreground to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base, diameter 270mm.

"ARCTIC SCENERY" SOUP BOWLS A pair of earthenware soup bowls, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound with a dog sled in the foreground to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base

"ARCTIC SCENERY" SIDE PLATES A pair of earthenware side plates, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels around the rim, Inuits building igloos being watched by armed Europeans to the centre, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on underside of rim

"ARCTIC SCENERY" SAUCE TUREEN UNDERSTAND An earthenware understand, with wasted edges, green transfer decoration of wild flowers alternating with wild animals in panels on the rim, with a marine scene to the centre depicting sailors in boats and figures in canoes, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base

"ARCTIC SCENERY" PICKLE DISH An earthenware dish, with wasted edges, brown transfer lace-style decoration to the rim, and an Inuit family and dogs beside igloos, in a mountainous scene with boats, to the centre

"ARCTIC SCENERY" DINNER PLATE A pair of earthenware dinner plates, of circular form, with blue transfer decoration, wild flowers alternating with wild animals to the rim, with Hecla and Griper wintering in Melville Sound, with dog sled in the foreground, "ARCTIC SCENERY" igloo motif transfer on base

ROYAL NAVY EXPLORATION EXPEDITION, 1773

PARRY (WILLIAM EDWARD) Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific... with an Appendix, Containing the Scientific and Other Observations

ROSS, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1829-1833 ROSS (JOHN) Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage

ROYAL NAVY, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837 BACK (GEORGE) A small wooden keepsake from the Terror in the form of a book

ROYAL NAVY, NORTH WEST PASSAGE, 1836-1837 CHAMBERS (GEORGE) "H.M.S Terror in frozen strait"

FRANKLIN SEARCHING EXPEDITION, 1851-1853 CRESSWELL (SAMUEL GURNEY) A collection of 7 chromolithographed plates, from "A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour...of the Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator"

SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION, 1853 OPERTI (ALBERT) "Farewell", depicting some crew members of the abandoned brig Advance, in Rensselaer Harbour, Greenland, 1855

SWEDISH SPITZBERGEN EXPEDITION, 1861 CHYDENIUS (JAKOB KARL EMIL) Svenska Expeditionen til Spetsbergen år 1861 Utförd under Ledning af Otto Torell, bound in 2 parts

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A soup bowl, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rim with blue transfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rim, the base with three impressed maker's marks and "DISCOVERY" printed in blue

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A stone china drainer, of oval form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the edge with blue tranfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt to the centre, the base with four maker's marks, three transferred and of fouled anchor design, the other impressed reading "Copeland 84" with a crown, "ALERT" printed on base, and evidence of "DISCOVERY" which has since been removed

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A circular stone china sauce tureen and cover by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the twin handles and finial with blue handpainted details, the body and cover with blue transfer decorations of plaited rope design, and bearing the expedition logo, "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt surround a polar bear, maker's mark, in the form of a fouled anchor, and "DISCOVERY" printed on underside of cover and base

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A stone china milk jug by W.T.Copeland & Sons, with blue transfer decoration on white background, rope design around neck and rim, the expedition logo to the front, "Arctic Expedition 1875" on a belt surrounding a polar bear, maker's mark, in the form of a fouled anchor, and "DISCOVERY" printed on base

Bonhams logo

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A dinner plate, of circular form, by W.T. Copeland & Sons, the rim with blue tranfer decoration of plaited rope design, with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, three transferred maker's marks, of fouled anchor design, to underside of rim, the base with four impressed maker's marks and "DISCOVERY" printed in blue

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 Two photographs, each with portraits of all of the crew members of the Discovery and the Alert identified by surname

PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION, 1892 STOKES (FRANK WILBERT) "Redcliffe House, Winter Quarters of the Peary Party, and Eskimo encampment, Peary Relief Expedition",

PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION, 1892 STOKES (FRANK WILBERT) "Head of McCormick Bay, showing point where Peary made the ascent to the ice-cap of Greenland, Peary Relief Expedition",

PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION, 1892 TAYLOR (WILLIAM LADD) "View on the Coast of Greenland - Icebergs,"

NORWEGIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1898-1902 Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902... at the Expense of the Fridtjof Nansen Fund for the Advancement of Science, 4 vol.

BALDWIN-ZIEGLER EXPEDITION, 1901-1902 FIALA (ANTHONY) View towards Ziegler Island with sledges and dogs in the foreground

PEARY POLAR EXPEDITION, 1905-1906 OPERTI (ALBERT) "Nearest the Pole",

CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1913-1916 Eight images of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916,

NORTH GREENLAND EXPEDITION, 1952 - CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Two typed letters signed ("Winston S. Churchill"), one to Commander C.J.W. Simpson, leader of the British North Greenland Expedition, the second to Sir Algernon Willis, Admiral of the Fleet

BELLINGSHAUSEN (FABIAN GOTTLIEB von) The Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas 1819-1821, 2 vol.

ROYAL NAVY EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1839-1843 ROSS (JAMES CLARK) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, 2 vol.

DUNDEE WHALING EXPEDITION, 1892-1893 BURN MURDOCH (WILLIAM GORDON) A view of three whalers with icebergs and penguins in the foreground

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