Fr.-A. COOK / G.W. DE LONG / I. J. HAYES... - Lot 447 - Morel de Westgaver

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Fr.-A. COOK / G.W. DE LONG / I. J. HAYES... - Lot 447 - Morel de Westgaver
Fr.-A. COOK / G.W. DE LONG / I. J. HAYES - A collection of 4 reports of travels in the polar regions. In-8, edition bindings. - Fr.-A. COOK - To the South Pole. The Belgica Expedition, 1898-1899. French adaptation by A.-L. Pfinder. Accompanied by 142 photogravures out of text and a map. Brussels, Falk Fils, 1902. Red half-percaline with corners (spine faded). [6], 320 pp. 2 out-of-text frontispiece portraits, 62 out-of-text plates and 1 map of the Belgian Antarctic expedition showing the provisional sketch of the Gerlache Strait surveyed by de Gerlache and Lecointe. pp. 305-320 unbound. - Commander G. W. DE LONG - Voyage de la Jeannette. Journal of the expedition. Work containing 62 engravings and 10 maps. Paris, Hachette, 1885. Publisher's red half-chagrin boards, five-ribbed spine, gilt edges (Ch. Magnier) (upper jaw cracked over 5 cm). [4], iv, 686, [1] pp. Edited by the author's widow Mrs. Emma De Long and translated from English with her permission by Frederic Bernard. Portrait of the author on the frontispiece, illustrations and maps included in the pagination except for 3 folding maps (1 torn). Some foxing. - J. J. HAYES - The Free Sea of the Pole. Voyage of discovery in the Arctic seas carried out in 1860-1861. Illustrated with 70 woodcuts and accompanied by 3 maps. Paris, L. Hachette, 1868. Publisher's red half-chagrin boards, spine with four raised bands. [6], xii, 517 pp. Translated from the English and accompanied by additional notes by Ferdinand de Lanoye. Frontispiece portrait of the author, full-page and in-text illustrations, 3 maps. Scattered foxing. - I. J. HAYES - The Land of Desolation. Summer excursion to Greenland. Work translated from English... by J. M. L. Reclus and containing 43 engravings and a map. Paris, Hachette, 1874. Bound by the publisher. [4], iv, 360 pp. Full-page plates included in the pagination, a folding map of the western coast of Greenland. Scattered foxing, marginal spotting affecting only the last few leaves.
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