Lot 22

CHARCOT, Jean-Baptiste. The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic. The Journal of the Second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910. L, NY and Toronto: Butler & Tanner for Hodder and Stoughton, [1911]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.

Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 - $400

Sold for $284

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CHARCOT, Jean-Baptiste (1867-1936). The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic. The journal of the second French South Polar expedition, 1908-1910... London, New York and Toronto: Butler & Tanner for Hodder and Stoughton, [1911].


Large 8vo. Half-title (disbound); folding frontispiece, 41 photographic plates, one map. Publisher's blue-gray cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt, spine stamped in gilt and white (some soiling and rubbing, slight wear to extremities, hinges starting). Provenance: The Royal Cruising Club (bookplate bearing the name of the librarian, W. S. Draycott, library card on lower pastedown); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Charcot's work, translated by Philip Walsh. "Hodder and Stoughton produced an especially attractive volume, one of the nicest of the heroic era literature, in large octavo format with generous margins, with high quality full-page plates, in a beautiful binding" (Rosove 67.A1).

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