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Auction archive: Lot number 9

BERNACCHI, LOUIS C. 1876-1942.

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 9

BERNACCHI, LOUIS C. 1876-1942.

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

To the South Polar Regions. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1901. 8vo. Title printed in red and black, 47 plates, illustrations in text, two folding maps (one color), 4 pages of advertisements at end. Publisher's gilt-titled dark green cloth. Tears to color folding map with tape repairs, text block separating, browning to paste-downs and endpapers. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Bernacchi was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. He included both the story of the Southern Cross expedition (the first to include a planned overwintering in Antarctica), and the scientific results in this well written account. Rosove 35.A1; Spence 123; Taurus 25.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
25 Sep 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

To the South Polar Regions. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1901. 8vo. Title printed in red and black, 47 plates, illustrations in text, two folding maps (one color), 4 pages of advertisements at end. Publisher's gilt-titled dark green cloth. Tears to color folding map with tape repairs, text block separating, browning to paste-downs and endpapers. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Bernacchi was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. He included both the story of the Southern Cross expedition (the first to include a planned overwintering in Antarctica), and the scientific results in this well written account. Rosove 35.A1; Spence 123; Taurus 25.

Auction archive: Lot number 9
Auction:
Datum:
25 Sep 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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