* [ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. A group of 5 works, comprising: HAYES, Isaac Israel (1832-1881). An Arctic Boat Journey, in the Autumn of 1854. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. 8vo. 2 folding maps (1 heavily repaired). Modern brown quarter calf, cloth. -- HAYES, Isaac Israel. The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner 'United States.' New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 colour-printed maps, 6 engraved plates. -- MELVILLE, George Wallace (1841-1912). In the Lena Delta. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1885. 8vo. 4 double-page maps, numerous plates. (One leaf trimmed at upper margin otherwise fine). -- AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933). On the 'Polar Star' in the Arctic Sea. London: Hutchinson, 1903. 2 volumes, 4to. 5 maps (2 folding in rear cover pocket), 2 folding panoramas, 16 photogravure plates. Publisher's green cloth gilt, Vol. 1 in the plain second issue binding, Vol. II in the decorated first issue binding. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- HAYES, James Gordon (1877-1936). The Conquest of The North Pole. Recent Arctic Exploration. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1934. 8vo. 11 maps, 22 photographic plates. -- All FIRST EDITIONS, all in original publisher's cloth except where indicated, condition generally good. Estimate $400-600
* [ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. A group of 5 works, comprising: HAYES, Isaac Israel (1832-1881). An Arctic Boat Journey, in the Autumn of 1854. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. 8vo. 2 folding maps (1 heavily repaired). Modern brown quarter calf, cloth. -- HAYES, Isaac Israel. The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner 'United States.' New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 colour-printed maps, 6 engraved plates. -- MELVILLE, George Wallace (1841-1912). In the Lena Delta. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1885. 8vo. 4 double-page maps, numerous plates. (One leaf trimmed at upper margin otherwise fine). -- AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933). On the 'Polar Star' in the Arctic Sea. London: Hutchinson, 1903. 2 volumes, 4to. 5 maps (2 folding in rear cover pocket), 2 folding panoramas, 16 photogravure plates. Publisher's green cloth gilt, Vol. 1 in the plain second issue binding, Vol. II in the decorated first issue binding. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- HAYES, James Gordon (1877-1936). The Conquest of The North Pole. Recent Arctic Exploration. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1934. 8vo. 11 maps, 22 photographic plates. -- All FIRST EDITIONS, all in original publisher's cloth except where indicated, condition generally good. Estimate $400-600
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