Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J - L14412

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Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library Of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J

30 September 2014 • London

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Sale Number: L14412

399. Dixon, James

Narrative of a Voyage to New South Wales, and Van Dieman's Land, in the Ship Skelton. Edinburgh: John Anderson, 1822

Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP

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400. Dobbs, Arthur

An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay.... containing a description of their lakes and rivers, the nature of the soil and climates, and their methods of commerce, &c... with an abstract of Captain Middleton's Journal, and observations upon his behaviour during his voyage, and since his return... the whole intended to shew the great probability of a North-west Passage. London: J. Robinson, 1744

Estimate: 5,000 – 8,000 GBP

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401. Articles of Agreement, for carrying on an Expedition, by Hudson's Streights, for the Discovery of a North-West Passage to the Western and Southern Ocean of America. London: [Privately printed], 1745

Estimate: 6,000 – 9,000 GBP

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402. A complete collection of all seven octavo works in the Dobbs-Middleton controversy, bound in 3 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (200 x 122mm.), contemporary manuscript contents list on blank leaf at beginning of volume 1 (see footnote), uniform contemporary speckled calf gilt, red labels, dampstain to upper outer corner of volume 1 (and also slightly in vol.2)

Estimate: 60,000 – 90,000 GBP

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403. Reasons to Shew, that there is a great Probability of a Navigable Passage to the Western American Ocean, through Hudson's Streights, and Chesterfield Inlet. London: J. Robinson, 1749

Estimate: 6,000 – 9,000 GBP

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404. A Short Narrative and Justification of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed by the Adventurers, to Prosecute the Discovery of the Passage to the Western Ocean of America. London: J. Robinson, 1749

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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405. A Short State of the Countries and Trade of North America. London: J. Robinson, 1749

Estimate: 5,000 – 7,000 GBP

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406. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a Narrative of a Residence in China. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830

Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP

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407. A Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger. London: John Murray, 1829, FIRST EDITION, [viii], 196pp., 3 folding maps

Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP

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408. The Voyages of the Morning. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,000 GBP

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409. Dougall, William

Far South. Stewart Island, The Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, and Bounty Islands. Invercargill [New Zealand]: W. Dougall, photographer, 1888

Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP

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410. Doughty, Charles Montagu

Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: University Press, 1888

Estimate: 1,500 – 2,500 GBP

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