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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian History
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2017 ~ 10am
• Lot #:
  440
• 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. 371 pp. Plates, folding maps. Gilt-stamped decorated two-tone cloth, top edges gilt., others untrimmed.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 750
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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