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A Private Library of Polar & other Exploration History- Books, Maps, & Prints
AUCTION
Sale: IT145
25 June 2026, 10:00am
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)
VIEWING
Viewing by appointment.
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
Tel: 03 8825 5635
Lot 1
FOUR ANTIQUE MAPS OF ST HELENA
Sold for $400
Lot 2
FOUR 18th AND 19th CENTURY VIEWS OF ST HELENA
Sold for $300
Lot 3
van LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen, VERA EFFIGIES ET DELINEATIO INSULÆ ASCENSCIO (1596)
Sold for $250
Lot 4
van LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen, VERA EFFIGIES ET DELINEATIO INSULÆ SANCTÆ HELENÆ (1596)
Sold for $450
Lot 5
SPEED, John, BUCKINGHAM, BOTH SHYRE AND SHIRE TOWNE (1610)
Sold for $280
Lot 6
TWO 18th AND 19th CENTURY VIEWS IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND SOUTH GEORGIA
Sold for $100
Lot 7
THREE ANTIQUE MAPS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND VICINITY
Sold for $100
Lot 8
TWO ANTIQUE FRENCH MAPS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Sold for $50
Lot 9
BOWEN, Emanuel, AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY (1760s)
Unsold
Lot 10
BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas, ISLES DE FALKLAND (1771)
Sold for $220
Lot 11
MURRAY, J. & G. MARSTON, ANTARCTIC DAYS 1915, limited Edition de Luxe, signed by Shackleton and the authors
Sold for $5,000
Lot 12
MAWSON, Douglas, THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD 1915, first US edition, first state, in dust jackets
Sold for $3,600
Lot 13
AMUNDSEN, Roald, THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE First edition in English, 1908
Sold for $1,100
Lot 14
TAYLOR, T. Griffith, WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING First edition, second issue, 1916
Sold for $600
Lot 15
BORCHGREVINK, C.E., FIRST ON THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT First edition, 1901
Sold for $900
Lot 16
NANSEN, Fridtjof, FARTHEST NORTH (2 vols, Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1897)
Sold for $500
Lot 17
GORDON HAYES, J., ANTARCTICA (Richards Press, London, 1928) and THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE (Thornton Butterworth, London, 1932)
Sold for $150
Lot 18
PRINCE LUIGI AMADEO, ON THE POLAR STAR IN THE ARCTIC SEA (2 vols, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1903), together with Roald AMUNDSEN, T...
Sold for $300
Lot 19
AMUNDSEN, Roald, THE SOUTH POLE (2 vols, John Murray, London, 1912)
Sold for $1,700
Lot 20
STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur, MY LIFE WITH THE ESKIMO (Macmillan Co., Mew York, 1913) and THE FRIENDLY ARCTIC (George Harrap & Co, London,...
Sold for $220
Lot 21
CHARCOT, Jean, THE VOYAGE OF THE WHY NOT? IN THE ANTARCTIC (Hodder and Stoughton, London [etc.], n.d.)
Sold for $750
Lot 22
SHACKLETON, Ernest, THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC (2 vols, William Heinemann, London, 1909)
Sold for $1,600
Lot 23
NANSEN, Fridtjof, Ernest, IN NORTHERN MISTS (2 vols, William Heinemann, London, 1911)
Sold for $300
Lot 24
HIDES, J.G., PAPUAN WONDERLAND (Blackie & Son, London and Glasgow, 1936) and SAVAGES IN SERGE (Angus & Robertson, Sydney and London,...
Sold for $50
Lot 25
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP OF DIVERSE INTEREST INCLUDING NAPOLEONS EXILE ON St HELENA AND MOUNTAINEERING (5 vols)
Sold for $300
Lot 26
DAVIS, J.K., WITH THE AURORA IN THE ANTARCTIC 1911–1914 (Andrew Melrose, London, n.d. [but circa 1919]) and Frank WILD, SHACKLETON...
Sold for $1,600
Lot 27
[SCOTT, R.F.], SCOTTS LAST EXPEDITION (2 vols, Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1913)
Sold for $150
Lot 28
SCOTT, R.F., THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY (2 vols, John Murray, London, 1905), together with Robert PEARY, THE NORTH POLE (Frederic...
Sold for $750
Lot 29
PEARY, Robert E., NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE (2 vols, Methuen & Co., London, 1898) and NEAREST THE POLE (Doubleday, Page, & Co....
Sold for $220
Lot 30
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP OF VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OF EXPLORATION (5 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 31
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP OF VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OF POLAR AND OTHER EXPLORATION, AND SIMILAR (6 vols)
Sold for $250
Lot 32
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH (10 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 33
BOOKS: A GROUP ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ANTARCTIC AND ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING SEVERAL ON PENGUINS (13 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 34
BOOKS: A GROUP ON WHALES AND WHALING, AND SIMILAR (19 vols)
Sold for $150
Lot 35
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION (16 vols)
Sold for $300
Lot 36
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP OF ACCOUNTS OF 1920s AND EARLY 1930s EXPEDITIONS TO MOUNT EVEREST (4 vols)
Sold for $1,600
Lot 37
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION, WHALING, etc. (6 vols)
Sold for $1,500
Lot 38
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON ANTARCTIC AND OTHER EXPLORATION (7 vols, including a two-volume set)
Sold for $300
Lot 39
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION, MOSTLY ANTARCTIC (15 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 40
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION, MOSTLY ANTARCTIC (20 vols)
Sold for $100
Lot 41
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR AND OTHER EXPLORATION, INCLUDING SEVERAL ON CAPTAIN SCOTT (12 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 42
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION (16 vols)
Sold for $100
Lot 43
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING, MOSTLY IN THE HIMALAYAS (18 vols)
Sold for $800
Lot 44
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION AND RELATED INTEREST (16 vols, including a two-volume set)
Sold for $50
Lot 45
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ASSORTED EXPLORATION (10 vols, including a two-volume set)
Sold for $50
Lot 46
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR AND OTHER EXPLORATION AND RELATED INTEREST (13 vols)
Sold for $100
Lot 47
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ASSORTED EXPLORATION AND RELATED INTEREST (19 vols)
Sold for $300
Lot 48
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION (6 vols)
Sold for $150
Lot 49
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON ASSORTED MOUNTAINEERING, EXPLORATION, AND RELATED INTEREST, TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLAN...
Sold for $200
Lot 50
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION (about 7 vols)
Sold for $400
Lot 51
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION (12 vols)
Sold for $200
Lot 52
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION INCLUDING SEVERAL ON SHACKLETON (9 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 53
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING, INCLUDING COPY OF JOE BROWN, THE HARD YEARS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (10 vols)
Sold for $1,200
Lot 54
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING, INCLUDING A COPY OF ARNOLD LUNN, THE MOUNTAINS OF YOUTH INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (12 vols)
Sold for $1,000
Lot 55
BOOKS: A GROUP ON CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST (7 vols)
Sold for $400
Lot 56
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING, INCLUDING SEVERAL ON MOUNT EVEREST (11 vols)
Sold for $350
Lot 57
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION (13 vols)
Sold for $150
Lot 58
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION (16 vols)
Sold for $300
Lot 59
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION (15 vols)
Sold for $300
Lot 60
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING, INCLUDING SEVERAL ON MOUNT EVEREST (18 vols)
Sold for $700
Lot 61
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION AND RELATED INTEREST (about 13 vols, including a duplicate, and others)
Sold for $50
Lot 62
BOOKS: A GROUP ON MOUNTAINEERING INCLUDING SEVERAL ON MOUNT EVEREST (20 vols)
Sold for $1,200
Lot 63
BOOKS: A GROUP ON ASSORTED EXPLORATION, MOSTLY MARITIME, AND RELATED INTEREST (23 vols)
Sold for $250
Lot 64
BOOKS: A DIVERSE GROUP ON ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION, MOUNTAINEERING, AND RELATED INTEREST (25 vols)
Sold for $200
Lot 65
BOOKS: A GROUP ON POLAR EXPLORATION, MOSTLY ANTARCTIC, AND RELATED INTEREST (about 17 vols, together with auction catalogues, etc.)
Sold for $50
Lot 66
BOOKS: A LARGE AND DIVERSE GROUP, LARGELY ON POLAR EXPLORATION AND RELATED INTEREST (over 40 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 67
MENDELSSOHN, Joanna, THE ART OF SIR LIONEL LINDSAY: WOODCUTS (Vol. 1) and ETCHINGS (Vol. 2, in two parts) (Copperfield Publishing C...
Sold for $450
Lot 68
BLOOMFIELD, Lin, NORMAN LINDSAY WATERCOLOURS, 1897–1969 (Odana Editions, NSW, 2003) and NORMAN LINDSAY OIL PAINTINGS 1889–1969 (Odan...
Sold for $1,300
Lot 69
BOOKS: A GROUP ON CRICKET HISTORY INCLUDING A COPY OF J.B. HOBBS, MY CRICKET MEMORIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (10 vols)
Sold for $450
Lot 70
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP OF MONOGRAPHS ON VARIOUS ARTISTS, MOSTLY AUSTRALIAN, AND RELATED INTEREST (10 vols)
Sold for $200
Lot 71
BOOKS: A SMALL GROUP ON HANS HEYSEN (6 vols)
Sold for $50
Lot 72
Christopher Wayne BELL (1948–1998) Fur seal cove Bronze, mounted on a shaped hardwood base 34cm high, 35cm wide, 24.5cm deep
Unsold
Lot 73
A WATERFORD CUT CRYSTAL SCULPTURE, OCEAN DEEP, ENGRAVED BY THOMAS HAYES Dated 1993
Unsold
Lot 74
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS AND ENVELOPES IN NINE ALBUMS, INCLUDING FALKLAND ISLANDS 1984-2002, ASCENSION ISLAND 1953-94, S...
Unsold
Lot 75
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS AND ENVELOPES IN ELEVEN ALBUMS, INCLUDING FALKLAND ISLANDS 1953-81, NEW ZEALAND 1990-91, AUSTRA...
Unsold
Lot 76
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS IN NINE ALBUMS, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND 1967-84 IN FOUR VOLS, FALKLAND ISLANDS 1980S, ASCENSION I...
Sold for $50
Lot 77
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS AND ENVELOPES IN EIGHT ALBUMS, INCLUDING FALKLAND ISLANDS 1910s-1980s, SOUTH GEORGIA 1972-2000,...
Sold for $50