Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 1092 (1398) Category Antarctic; Author Scott, Captain Robert F., C.V.O., R.N. Title SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. 2 VOLUMES 4th Edition 1913 Publishing Information London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Description 4th Edition; Vol 1, xxvi, 636 pages. Similar collation, edges and formatting, with changes of 2nd edition, addition of 3 pages to appendix of volume I, an additional map at page110 and table of distances in volume I expanded, no tipped in slip, some new authorship attributions in Vol 2 (with changes made accordingly in contents, extending preliminaries by 2 pages. Vol 2, xvii, 534 pages, 84 plates including photogravure frontispice plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers, top edges gilt. Shelf wear, covers slightly stained, some foxing, contents clean. Considered by Rosove & Spence to be the best with typograhical errors and mistakes of the earlier editions corrected. Vol. I. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Price £150.00 Keywords Antarctic, expedition, Wilson, Ross sea, Shackleton, polar S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket