(Travel) - 8 volumes. - Lot 247

(Travel) - 8 volumes. - BONVALOT (Gabriel). From the Caucasus to India via the Pamir. Paris, Plon, Nourrit, 1889. Quarto, red half-shagreen, spine with 5 raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons. XII, 458 pp., [1 f.], 1 fold-out map, 250 drawings and sketches by Albert Pépin. NANSEN (Fridtjof). Toward the Pole. Translated and abridged by Charles Rabot. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. [1897]. In-8, publisher’s marbled half-basane, smooth spine with decoration. VIII, 484 pp., 200 illustrations. - SVERDRUP (Otto). Nansen’s Second Voyage on the “Fram.” Four Years in the Polar Ice. Translated and abridged by Charles Rabot. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. [1903]. 8vo, publisher’s marbled half-basane, plain spine with decorative lettering. [2 ff.], III, 430 pp., 100 illustrations. - JONVEAUX (Frédérick). Travels and Adventures in Alaska (formerly Russian America). Translated from the English with the author’s permission by Émile Jonveaux. Paris, Hachette, 1871. In-8, half-maroquin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons in blind-stamped panels, speckled edges. [2 ff.], II, 412 pp., fold-out map, 37 woodcuts -LÉRIS (G. de). Northern Italy. Paris, Quantin, 1889. In-4, red half-shagreen with corner caps, ribbed spine decorated, gilt head, original illustrated cover preserved. [2 ff.], XI, 469 pp., [1 f.], numerous vignettes in the text.- CHARCOT (Jean). "Why Not?" in Antarctica. Journal of the Second Expedition to the South Pole, 1908–1910. Followed by the scientific reports of the members of the expedition staff. Preface by Paul Doumer. Paris, Flammarion, (1910). In-4, VII, 428 pp., brown half-maroquin, smooth spine with title in gilt letters, gilt fillets and fleurons, gilt head (Flammarion-Vaillant). Illustrated with 250 photographs, including 60 inset plates and more than 60 full-page plates; 3 inset maps, including one full-page map and two fold-out maps; maps and figures in the text. A fine copy. - ABRUZZES (Duke of). Expedition of the Étoile Polaire in the Arctic Sea, 1899–1900. Paris, Hachette, 1904. Large 8vo, [4 ff], 288 pp, red half-morocco with corner pieces, ribbed spine, gilt head (contemporary binding). Illustrated with separate plates and numerous photographs in the text. - ROUCH (J.). The North Pole: A History of Arctic Voyages. Paris, Flammarion, (1923). 12mo, 249 pp, bottle-green half-basane, ribbed spine. Illustrated with photographic reproductions and maps.