J & SL Bonham Antiquarian Booksellers

• AMUNDSEN Roald. HOW I DISCOVERED THE SOUTH POLE. Daily Chronicle, 9 March, 1912. [11093]
  Front Page of the Newspaper, in poor state with a quarter detached, including 3 photos of the crew on the 'Fram'. £15
  
  

• ANON. AT THE SOUTH POLE. Robert Swan (left), Roger Mears (centre) and Gareth Wood (right) travelled the same route across Antarctica in 1985 as Captain Scott. np, 1985. [10089]
  PHOTOGRAPH, 210 x 140 mm. £35
  
  

• ANON. THE IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Rarenterprises, nd [9579]
  Reprint, quarto, pp 32, map, plate ('Endurance'), original brown wrapper. £75
  Limited to 1,000 copies.
  

• ANON. PENGUINS. Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52. International News Photos, nd, [1952.] [10080]
  PHOTOGRAPH, sepia Press photograph, 200x 165 mm, small piece torn off left-hand lower corner. £25
  
  

• ARMITAGE Albert B. PHOTOGRAPH OF ALBERT B. ARMITAGE IN HIS NAVAL RESERVE UNIFORM. np, 1935. [9561]
  Mounted Studio Photograph, (c 1935) 190 x290 mm. £500
  Albert Armitage was second-in-command of the first 'Discovery' voyage to the Antarctic. He had previously been on the Jackson-Mansworth Expedition exploring Franz Joseph Land. He ended his career as Commodore of the P & O Lines fleet.
  

• BACK George. LETTER TO MR COPPOCK. 45 Gr Marlborough St, 25 July, 1838. [10684]
  ALS, pp 3. £350
  "My dear Coppock. If you should not have seen Mr Stanley I may mention that honors are conferred at private Courts, as in the case of Colonel Arthur - for if we wait for the next Levee, it will look as if special interest had been used, whereas now Government would have the credit of having bestowed it opportunely.
  Do you think Mr Stanley would have any objection to speak to Lord Gleneig, for amidst his many occupations he will scarcely remember this affair. If you choose you might say that I have been thirty years in the Service and that when taken prisoner, fifteen were killed out of nineteen - I say this because People do not think I have been half so long employed.....Very faithfully yours Geo Back"
  

• BAIN J Arthur. LIFE AND ADVENTURE OF NANSEN, the Great Arctic Explorer. Walter Scott, nd [1900.] [10791]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xix, 450, illustrations, original decorative blind stamped cloth. £35
  
  

• BARROW John. LIEUTENANCY COMMISSION Signed by Barrow as Admiralty Secretary for the Mate of HMS 'Blenheim'. np, nd [10174]
  £45
  Barrow held the post for 40 years and sponsored a number of Arctic expeditions, eg by Franklin, Ross and Parry. Barrow Strait in the Canadian Arctic and the town of Barrow in Alaska, are named after him.
  

• CHERRY-GARRARD Apsley (Ed). THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES IV. Scott Polar Research Institute, J & S L Bonham 2011. [9274]
  FIRST EDITION, quarto, 4 photographic plates, 4 plates, coloured textual illustrations, blue decorative cloth, vignette (Scott's Hut) on upper cover. £250
  This is a facsimile of the original manuscript, which is held by the Scott Polar Research Institute. There is an extensive introduction by Ann Savours, detailing the production of the South Polar Times. Ann has also included in this volume a comprehensive biography of the explorers who contributed to the South Polar Times. There is also a small section on polar publications.
  

• CHILTON Chas. THE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND; Reports on the Geo-Physics, Geology, Zoology, and Botany of the Islands Lying to the South of New Zealand. John MacKay, 1909. [10287]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, quarto, pp xxxv, 388; 389-848; folding map in pocket Vol II,numerous illustrations, original black decorative cloth, inner joint cracked in parts, a very good set. £200
  
  

• CONWAY Martin. THE FIRST CROSSING OF SPITSBERGEN. J M Dent, 1897. [9898]
  FIRST EDITION, large 8vo, pp xii, 371, 2 folding maps, 7 coloured plates, 56 plates, illustrations, original two-toned cloth (tan spine and green boards), very clean. £340
  
  

• DOBELL Peter. TRAVELS IN KAMCHATKA AND SIBERIA; with a Narrative of a Residence in China. Henry Colburn, 1830. [9992]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 12mo, pp x, 341; ix, 351; coloured frontispieces, contemporary half calf, spines faded. £950
  
  

• DOUGLAS M. ACROSS GREENLAND'S ICE-FIELDS. Thomas Nelson, 1907. [10806]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 218, frontispiece, plates, original blue decorative cloth, small corner of the half-title excised not affecting text. £20
  
  

• HAMILTON Vesey. LETTER; to an indecipherable name about obtaining a position: "I can only wish you good luck...but have nothing to do with appointments." February, 1879. [7733]
  ALS, (February 1879), pp 3. £45
  Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton was the First Lord of the Admiralty who had previously served in Newfoundland on HMS 'Vesuvius'.
  

• HERMELO Ricardo S, SOBRAL Jose M & FLIESS Felipe. WHEN THE CORVETTE 'URUGUAY' WAS DISMASTED. Adélie Books, 2004. [10228]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xi, 19, (4) appendix, coloured frontispiece ('Uruguay'), 2 textual illustrations, original grey boards, fine. £30
  
  

• HINKS Arthur (Editor) THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL; Vol LVIII, No 3. Stanford, 1921. [10690]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp vi, 161-248, original blue cloth, small wear to base of spine. £35
  Contains articles by J M Wordie on the Ross Sea Drift of the 'Aurora' in 1915-1916. Also a Memorial to Sir Clement Markham with a chart of the Ross Sea.
  

• JOHNSON Samuel. THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND'S ISLANDS. T Cadell, 1771. [9923]
  Second Edition, 8vo, pp 75, recent brown calf, red morocco label. £350
  A detailed history of the Islands up to 1771.
  

• JOYCE Ernest. JOYCE WITH DOGS & PENGUINS. np, nd [10117]
  POSTCARD. £20
  
  

• JOYCE Ernest. SOUTH POLAR TRAIL. Duckworth, 1929. [10144]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 220, illustrations, original blue cloth, library label on front endpaper Patrick Lort-Phillips, a WWI VC, near fine. £650
  
  

• KLENGENBERG Christian. KLENGENBERG OF THE ARCTIC; an Autobiography. Edited by Tom MacInnes. Jonathan Cape, 1932. [11365]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 360, illustrations, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, excellent. Rare. £250
  The author is notable for opening trade routes for copper in Inuit territory. He is also credited with the discovery of a blonde Eskimo and recounting the experience to the anthropologist, Vilhjalm.
  

• LEADER-WILLIAMS N. REINDEER ON SOUTH GEORGIA. UP, 1988. [10781]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xiv, 319, illustrations, original blue decorative boards. £50
  
  

• McWHAN Forrest. THE FALKLAND ISLANDS TO-DAY. Tract Enterprise, 1952. [11343]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 88, map, illustrations, original blue cloth. £15
  
  

• MARKHAM Clements R. ARCTIC PAPERS FOR THE EXPEDITION OF 1875. John Murray, 1875. [10984]
  FIRST EDITION, pp xii, 292, 2 maps, original blue decorative cloth, fine. £400
  
  

• MARKHAM Clements R. A LIFE OF JOHN DAVIS; the Navigator 1550-1605. Discoverer of Davis Straits. Geo Philip, 1889. [10782]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp viii, 301,frontispiece, maps (4 folding), 4 plates, illustrations, contemporary brown calf, upper joint cracked and worn, small loss at head of spine. £50
  The World's Great Explorers series.
  

• MILLER Francis Trevelyan. BYRD'S GREAT ADVENTURE; One Thousand Years of Polar Exploration.... Stanley Paul, 1930. [8620]
  First UK Edition, 8vo, pp 384, coloured frontispiece, maps, illustrations, original blue cloth. £25
  
  

• MONTEVANS Edward. ADVENTUROUS LIFE. Hutchinson, 1946. [10054]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 259, illustrations, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, very good. £220
  Presentation copy from Elsa and Edward Montevans to Victoria Osborne "The one and only "Princess Victoria" with love and Best Xmas Wishes. 1946. "Victoria Osborne worked for Admiral Lord Mountevans and is mentioned in his book.
  There is a Letter from Osborne to Major Best along with a Card signed by Mountevans promoting his election as Chamberlain of London.
  Another Letter to Mountevans from Jane Huttenback (American Ambulance of Great Britain).
  

• MURRAY George. THE ANTARCTIC MANUAL for the Use of the Expedition of 1901. RGS, 1901. [10677]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp xvi, 586, 3 folding maps, original blue cloth, corners lightly rubbed, excellent, one of the best copies we have ever seen. £5500
  
  

• NARES G S. VOYAGE TO THE POLAR SEA DURING 1875-6 IN HM SHIPS 'ALERT' AND 'DISCOVERY'. Sampson Low, 1878. [10761]
  Second Edition Vol I, FIRST EDITION Vol II, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xl, 395; viii, 378, advertisements; lacks 1 folding map only, 6 Woodbury prints, 8 illustrations, woodcuts, recent black morocco. £350
  
  

• OSBORN Sherard. SHIRLEY BROOKS Inviting Her to Dinner with the "Geographers", a paper will be read on a scientific expedition to the South Seas to observe the transit of Venus, a repetition of Cook's visit. np, 15 February 1869 [10163]
  ALS, (15 February 1869), pp3. £350
  Osborn was born in Madras in 1837 and is best known for his voyage on the 'Pioneer' in search of Franklin, in the course of which he performed a remarkable sledge journey to the western extremity of Prince of Wales Island.
  

• OSBORNE Sherard & MCDOUGALL George F. FACSIMILE OF THE ILLUSTRATED ARCTIC NEWS; Published on board HMS 'Resolute': Captn Horatio T Austin CB. In search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin... Orskey, Bonham & Niner, 2002. [9760]
  150th Anniversary Edition, folio, numerous illustrations (many coloured), original blue decorative cloth, gilt vignette on upper cover. £125
  The publishers have pleasure in announcing the reprinting of the Illustrated Arctic News originally published in 1852. It is a faithful facsimile of the original edition with all the illustrations reproduced. This edition is strictly limited to 250 copies.
  Osborne & McDougal were the editors and the work is a compilation of the activities held on board during the winter period. The format is in the style of the London Illustrated News. There are poems, songs, notes, all written in fine copperplate; and we read accounts of the plays and fancy dress balls they held to keep the morale of the crew at a high level, and drive away the bogey of monotony.
  The work is similar in content to The South Polar Times which was written 50 years later in the Antarctic.
  

• OSBORNE Sherard & McDOUGALL George F. FACSIMILE OF THE ILLUSTRATED ARCTIC NEWS; Published on board HMS 'RESOLUTE': Captn Horatio T Austin CB. In search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin... Rochester: Orskey, Bonham & Niner, 2002. [11411]
  150th Anniversary Edition, folio, numerous illustrations (many coloured), original blue decorative cloth, gilt vignette on upper cover. £125
  The publishers have pleasure in announcing the reprinting of the ILLUSTRATED ARCTIC NEWS originally published in 1852. It is a faithful facsimile of the original edition with all the illustrations reproduced. This edition is strictly limited to 250 copies.
  Osborne & McDougal were the editors and the work is a compilation of the activities held on board during the winter period. The format is in the style of the London Illustrated News. There are poems, songs, notes, all written in fine copperplate; and we read accounts of the plays and fancy dress balls they held to keep the morale of the crew at a high level, and drive away the bogey of monotony.
  The work is similar in content to THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES which was written 50 years later in the Antarctic.
  

• OSBORNE Sherard & MCDOUGALL George F. THE ILLUSTRATED ARCTIC NEWS; Published on board HMS 'RESOLUTE': Captn Horatio T Austin CB. In search of the expedition under Sir John Franklin... With the Promotional Flyer. Ackerman, 1852. [11419]
  FIRST EDITION, folio, pp 57, numerous illustrations (many coloured), light foxing on last sheets, original blue decorative cloth, gilt vignette on upper cover, small wear to head and tail of spine. £5500
  Osborne & McDougal were the editors and the work is a compilation of the activities held on board during the winter period. The format is in the style of the London Illustrated News. There are poems, songs, notes, all written in fine copperplate; and we read accounts of the plays and fancy dress balls they held to keep the morale of the crew at a high level, and drive away the bogey of monotony.
  The work is similar in content to THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES which was written 50 years later in the Antarctic.
  

• PONTING Herbert G. THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1913. Exhibition of the Photographic Pictures of Mr Herbert G Ponting, FRGS now Open at the Free Trade Hall Manchester. Women's Printing, nd [1914.] [9570]
  FIRST EDITION, small 8vo, pp 24, 7 illustrations, original light green wrappers, loose, mark on upper wrapper, clean internally. £395
  
  

• ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. DISCOVERIES OF THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION (to the Northward of Sir Thomas Smith Sound) in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853-4-5 under its Command and to Illustrate the Paper of Dr E K Kane, US Navy. np, nd [10189]
  MAP, 270 x 235 mm. £75
  
  

• ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. JOURNALS (Extracts). NANSEN Fridtjof. THE SEA-ROUTE TO SIBERIA.
  SCOTT Robert. SECOND EXPEDITION.
  MAWSON Douglas. AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION.
  PRZYBYLLOK Eric. GERMAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1911.
  WORDIE J M. THE ROSS SEA DRIFT OF THE 'AURORA' 1915.
  WATKINS Henry G. LIFE of HENRY WATKINS. RGS, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1932. [10081]
  FIRST EDITIONS, 4 Journals, 8vo, maps, photographic plates, original blue wrappers, May 1914 Journal lacks lower cover, £76
  
  

• RYMILL John. SOUTHERN LIGHTS; the Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937. Travel Book Club, 1939. [10293]
  Second Edition, 8vo, pp xi, 296, map, illustrations, original blue cloth, spine faded. £18
  
  

• SCOTT Robert F. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S MESSAGE TO ENGLAND; their Shields are as Bright and Shining as the Snow that Covers their Graves. St Catherine's Press, 1913. [11355]
  FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp 32, 4 plates, original grey wrappers, inner joint cracked, corner of title-page frayed. £35
  Spence 1060
  
  

• [SCOTT Robert F.] 'DISCOVERY'. Captain Scott's Polar Barque. np, [1905.] [10153]
  Black and white ETCHING by Tom Whitehead, 295 x 240 mm, captioned to lower left outside plate mark, signed by artist to lower right, 2 small spots to upper area outside of plate mark, framed and glazed. £650
  This fine etching shows 'Discovery' from Scott's First Antarctic Expedition moored at a quayside, possibly in London, on her return from the Antarctic.
  

• SCOTT Robert F. SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION; Vol I being the Journals of Captain R F Scott, Vol II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr E A Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Smith, Elder, 1915. [10477]
  SECOND EDITION, 2 vols, large 8vo, pp xxvi, 633, advertisements; xvi, 534; 8 photogravure plates, 18 coloured plates, 11 folding panoramas, 3 double-page plates, numerous further plates, 8 maps (4 folding), original blue decorative cloth, very good and clean. £350
  
  

• [SHACKLETON Ernest H.] THE SOUTH POLAR TIMES. Orskey, Bonham & Niner, 2002. [8884]
  Centenary Edition, 3 vols, quarto, numerous illustrations (many coloured), original blue decorative cloth, vignette on upper covers.
  Accompanied by a facsimile of the rare original prospectus for volumes 1 and 2. £600
  The publishers have pleasure in announcing the reprinting of the three volumes of The South Polar Times as originally printed - volumes 1 and 2 in 1907, and volume 3 in 1914.
  Started in 1902, The South Polar Times was produced in Antarctica on Captain Scott's epic expeditions on the 'Discovery' and 'Terra Nova' - the latter being the disastrous "Last Expedition". It is a periodical written, illustrated and edited by members of the expedition - including the heroic Ernest Shackleton. It gives a fascinating insight into the life and work of the polar explorers in Antarctica.
  The South Polar Times is one of the scarcest and most desirable books of polar literature, with copies selling for many thousands of pounds on the rare occasions when a set comes on the market.
  The Centenary Edition is strictly limited to 350 copies. In three volumes, it is a faithful facsimile of the original edition with all the colour and monochrome illustrations reproduced. The set is uniformly bound in blue cloth, with gilt decorations, and pictorial inlays. A handsome addition to any collection of Antarctica.
  

• SIMPSON George. A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD; during the Years 1841 and 1842. Henry Colburn, 1847. [7256]
  FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, pp xi, 438; vii, 469; portrait (minimal foxing), folding map, original purple blind stamped cloth, spine faded. £480
  
  

• TURNER-TURNER J. THREE YEARS HUNTING AND TRAPPING IN AMERICA AND THE GREAT NORTH WEST. Maclure, 1888. [10029]
  FIRST EDITION, quarto, pp viii, 182, advertisements, portrait frontispiece, maps, illustrations, original blue decorative cloth, very good. £380
  
  

• VOLTAIRE POLAR EXPLORATION. LETTER. Copy in another hand written during Voltaire's time at 'Aux Delices' (1755-60). Voltaire writes that he has been engaged np, nd [1755-60] 1755. [11092]
  £125
  Voltaire writes that he has been engaged by the government of Russia to compile information on the North Pole. He also refers to the need to find out more about the South Pole. He was in regular correspondence with Catherine the Great.