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    Reference 1230 (1854)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Gwynn, Stephen
    Title CAPTAIN SCOTT.
    Publishing Information London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929.
    Description 1st Edition, 3rd impression 1929; A volume in 'The Golden Hind Series' of biographies of great explorers edited by Milton Waldman: ix, (1), 240, 4 pages publisher adverts, illustrated 7 plates, folding letter facsimile, folding map. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear to covers, front end papers tanned, previous owners signatue dated 1929 on front end paper and private bookplate on verso front cover, contents clean. "Chapters on his early life, parentage, voyage of the 'Discovery', sledge journeys from the 'Discovery' and much more." The first biography of Scott. Gwynn was an admirer of Scott's wife Kathleen, and later edited a book of illustrations of her sculptures, Hommage.Spence 545; Renard 635; Rosove 158.
    Price £12.00
    Keywords Scott, expedition, polar, Terra Nova, S1-Ant
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