Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[ANTARCTIC]. SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874?1922). ?? WHITEHOUSE, John Howard (1873?1955). A Visit to Nansen [and] Adventure. London: Oxford University Press for Humphrey Milford, 1928. 2 works in one, 8vo. Portrait frontispieces in both sections. Original publisher?s green cloth?backed boards, printed spine and cover labels, uncut (light foxing to cover label, else fine). FIRST EDITION, a scarce and important work containing the article by Ernest Shackleton which describes the spirit that moved him to explore. Spence 1255; Taurus 132; Renard 1691; Rosove 1343.