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Robert Falcon Scott (Captain Scott) | First Editions
1868 - 1912
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Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. [Polar Exploration] FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 497; [11]; pp.x; 431; [1]. With eight photographic plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and..... More
Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., Vol. II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1913. [Antarctic Exploration] FIRST EDITION. In two volumes. Large octavo, pp.[2] xxvi, 633 [3]; pp.xvi, 534 [2]. With eight photogravure plates, including a frontispiece portrait for each volume, 18 coloured plates, and 260 photographic plates taken by members of the expedition. Handsomely bound in dark..... More
The Voyage of the Discovery.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. [Polar Exploration] RARE DUST-JACKETS, the first pocket edition. Two volumes. Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.478; [2]; pp.477; [3]. With eight photographic plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of volume I. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles..... More
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