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 1089 (1337) Category Scott; Author Huxley, Leonard & Markham, Clements R & Captain Scott, R F Title SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION. VOLUME 2 ONLY. 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. Publishing Information London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Description 2nd Edition; Vol 2, xii, 534pages. 84 plates including photogravure frontispiece plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers. Ex Libri. Shelf wear, covers grubby, worn, bumped, ex libris bookplate on verso front cover. Contents clean. Volume 2 contains a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today: Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey, Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party, Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys, Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus, preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. Price £40.00 Keywords Antarctic, expedition, Wilson, Ross sea, Shackleton, polar S1-Sco ISBN Add this to your basket