B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S A U G U S T 2 0 2 3 34 WITH THIRTY STRIKING LARGE FOLIO SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS, INCLUDING IMAGES OF SHACKLETON AND SCOTT ON THE 1901-04 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION AND THE 1921 EVEREST EXPEDITION 34. PHOTOGRAPHY. Photographs from the Royal Geographical Society. Portfolio 1. No place: Atlas Limited Editions, 2001. Large folio, 30 loose silver gelatin prints, images measuring approximately 12 by 16 inches, sheets measuring 16 by 20 inches, in individual glassine sleeves; original cloth clamshell box. $17,500 Limited "Collector's Boxed Edition," number 3 of only 300 copies, with 30 stunning large folio silver gelatin prints "printed using the original negatives in the possession of the Royal Geographical Society, London, being 30 of the most important and historic images from The Society's Photographic Collections." The images, often taken from expeditions and surveys directly financed by the Royal Geographical Society, include four from the 1901-04 Antarctic Expedition that launched the exploration careers of Robert Falcon Scott (leader of the expedition), Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson (pictured together in one of the images here); one from the 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, showing Shackleton with a dog on board the Endurance before the ship's destruction in the ice and Shackleton's heroic journey to South Georgia Island to save his crew; and three from the 1921 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition led by Charles Howard-Bury (and, de facto, George Mallory). A number of the images are of subjects in Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet and the Caribbean; one image, by an unknown photographer, is perhaps the best-known image of the ill-fated 1929 Ikhwan revolt in Saudi Arabia, displaying camel raiders going into battle against the forces of Ibn Saud at the Battle of Sabilla. Photographers include C.R. Ford, Frank KingdonWard, Charles Howard-Bury, A.F.R. Wollaston, Max and Bertha Ferrars, J.B. Thurston, R. Skelton, Harry Hamilton Johnston, C.J. Morris and Everard im Thurn. With a list of photographs laid in. Bit of discoloration to one image only ("Ikwan Revolt"). An exceptional production in fine condition.
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