* [ARCTIC EXPLORATION]. A group of 6 works, comprising:
RICHARDSON, John (1787-1865). The Polar Regions. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861. 8vo. Folding engraved map (slightly stained). -- HALL, Charles Francis (1821-1871). Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux: being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin... New York: Harper Bros., 1865. 8vo. Hand-colored folding route map, numerous wood-engravings, full-page plates and in-text engravings. Contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- TYSON, George E. (1829-1906). Arctic Experiences: containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on the Ice-Floe... E. Vale Blake, editor. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. 8vo. Frontispiece, sketch map and numerous wood-engravings (8 full-page). FIRST ISSUE. -- WALSH, Henry Collins (1863-1927). The Last Cruise of the Miranda. A Record of Arctic Adventure. New York: Transatlantic Publishing Company, 1896. 8vo. frontispiece, map, numerous photographic plates and in-text illustrations. -- MIKKELSEN, Ejnar (1880-1971). Lost in the Arctic. Being the Story of the 'Alabama' Expedition, 1909-1912. London: Heinemann, 1913. 8vo. Large folding route map, frontispiece portrait, numerous photographic plates. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, second issue binding. -- BRAINARD, David L. (1856-1946). The Outpost of the Lost. An Arctic Adventure. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1929. 8vo. All FIRST EDITIONS except where indicated, all in original publisher's cloth except where indicated, condition generally good.
Estimate $200-300