* [GREENLAND]. A group of 9 works about Greenland, comprising:
SCORESBY, William (1789-1857). Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery...on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland. Edinburgh: and London, 1823. 8vo. Numerous maps and plates (some folding). Tan half calf and marbled boards. -- HAYES, Isaac Israel (1832-1881). The Land of Desolation. Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland. New York, 1872. 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved plates and in-text vignettes. -- FRIIS, Achton (1871-1939). Danmark Ekspeditionen til Gronlands Nordostkyst. Copenhagen, 1909. 8vo. Folding map, numerous plates and half-tones. -- RASMUSSEN, Knud Johan Victor (1879-1933). Greenland by The Polar Sea. London, 1921. 8vo. Folding map, numerous plates. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- GEORGI, Johannes. Mid-Ice. The Story of the Wegener Expedition to Greenland. London, 1934. 8vo. Frontispiece, map, numerous half-tones. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- BOYD, Louise Arner (1887-1972), et al. The Fiord Region of East Greenland. New York, 1935. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous plates and maps. -- LINDSAY, Martin (1905-1981). Sledge. The British Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1934. London, 1935. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, 5 maps (one folding), numerous illustrations. -- STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962). Greenland. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1942. 8vo. Numerous plates and in-text illustrations. Original dust jacket. -- KENT, Rockwell (1882-1971). Greenland Journal. New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1962. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original dust jacket. -- Together, 9 works in 10 volumes, all first editions, all in original publisher's cloth except where noted, condition generally good.
Estimate $500-700