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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  28 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 617
  29 Nov 2020 ~ 11am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 618 - 1216
• Lot #:
  1003
• Lot Description:
  CONWAY, Sir William Martin: “THE FIRST CROSSING of SPITSBERGEN; Being an Account of an Inland Journey…
  …of Exploration and Survey, with Descriptions of Several Mountain Ascents, of Boat Expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a Voyage to North-East-Land, and Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island”. With contributions by J.W. Gregory, A. Trevor-Battye, and E.J. Garwood. Together with eight coloured plates reproduced in facsimile from sketches by H.E. Conway, two maps, and about one hundred full-page and text illustrations from photographs and sketches. [J.M.Dent, London, 1897]. First edition. 371pp. Plates, folding maps. Gilt-stamped decorated two-tone cloth, top edges gilt., others untrimmed;
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 500
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Collectables

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