Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration, 178, Chicago

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Auction Date
April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025
Page Size: 348 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BLIGH, William (1754-1817)

A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh...

London 1792 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
2 DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765)

An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America...

London 1744 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,520.00
3 PARRY, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855)

A Complete Set of Parry's Four Voyages, Comprising: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper

London 1821 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,200.00
4 SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), PEARY, Robert (1856-1920), AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

Menu Signed at a Special Dinner, "In honour of Captain Roald Amundsen" SIGNED BY SHACKLETON, PEARY, AND AMUNDSEN...

1913 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 14,400.00
5 SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), his copy]. RYUKEI, Yano (1850-1931)

Young Politicians of Thebes: Illustrious Tales of Statesmanship

Tokyo(?) 1881-84 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,120.00
6

[NASA ASTRONAUTS]. All 10 Easton Press Limited Editions Signed by Astronauts, All with Easton Press COAs...

[Norwalk, CT] [1990s-2000s] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,360.00
7

[NASA MEMORABILIA]. [APOLLO 11]. Flown Swatch of Kapton Polymide Tape Taken from the Command Module, "Columbia"

[Ca. 1969] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
8 RAY, P. H. (1842-1911)

[ALASKA]. Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska in Response to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of Dec. 11, 1884...

Washington, D. C. 1885 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
9 AMADEO, PRINCE LUIGI, DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI (1873-1933)

Farther North than Nansen Being The Voyage of the Polar Star

London 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
10 AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933)

On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea

London 1903 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
11 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

"The Northwest Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907...

London 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
12 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

My Life as an Explorer

Garden City 1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,020.00
13 [AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928) and ELLSWORTH, Lincoln (1880-1951), subjects]

Air Pioneering in the Arctic. The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth

New York 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
14 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

Pair of First Editions, including: My Life as an Explorer...

Garden City 1927 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
15

[ANTARCTIC WHALE FISHERY]. [VARIOUS AUTHORS]. Four Volumes of This Monumental Report on the Antarctic Whale Fishery in 25 Original Parts...

Cambridge 1934-56 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
16 STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962)

[ARGONAUT PRESS]. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher In search of a passage to Cathay and India by the North-West...

London 1938 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
17 ARMSTRONG, Sir Alexander (1818-1899)

A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage; with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure...

London 1857 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,020.00
18 BACK, George (1796-1878)

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

London 1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
19 BACK, George (1796-1878)

Narrative of an Expedition in H. M. S. Terror, Undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on The Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7

London 1838 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,020.00
20 BARRINGTON, D[aines] (1727 (?)-1800)

The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted...

New York 1818 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
21 BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848)

A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; Undertaking Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific

London 1818 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
22 BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848)

Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time...

London 1846 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
23 BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856)

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific in Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom...

London 1831 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
24 BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856)

A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, Under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R. N.; 1818...

London 1843 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
25 BELCHER, Captain Sir Edward (1799-1877)

The Last of the Arctic Voyages; Being a Narrative of The Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance... in Search of Sir John Franklin, During the Years 1852-53-54

London 1855 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
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