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    Reference 3145 (1172)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Priestley, Raymond E
    Title ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE: Scott's Northern Party.
    Publishing Information London: Fisher Unwin, 1914.
    Description 1st Edition: 382 pages, illustrated 97 plates, 149 photographs in all, 4 diagrams in text, 3 folding maps. Original covers, shelf wear, covers slightly marked, spine sunned, softening, hinges splitting, text block loosening, odd page loose but all complete. Contents clean. An account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, here covering the wild adventures and amazing survival of the Northern Party. A letter from Priestley survives in which he says that many copies of this first printing were destroyed in a warehouse fire. A gripping read covering two winters, Cape Adare and Inexpressible Island,and the journey back to Ross Island to rescue themselves after the second winter.
    Price £300.00
    Keywords Scott, expedition, polar, Terra Nova, polar book, antarctic book S1-Ant
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