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    Reference 248 (1545)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Murdoch, William Gordon Burn
    Title FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC: An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee expedition of 1892-1893 by W.G. Murdoch with a chapter by W.S. Bruce naturalist of the Barque 'Balaena'.
    Publishing Information London: Longmans, Green and Co.,1894.
    Description 1st Edition; ix, 364 pages, 2 maps (1 folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text). 120 illustrations (8 full-page), 32pages publisher's advertisements. Original decorative cloth covers with silver titling. Shelfware, spine softening, covers bumped and corners beginning to fray but overall still good. Some foxing throughout, more so to prelims. A nice copy. "This was an important whaling expedition to the Weddell Sea, the first of its kind since 1843. This expedition helped to revive an interest in the Antarctic and provides a fascinating insight into shipboard life in that era.
    Price £450.00
    Keywords Whaling, Weddell, Antarctic, expedition, S1-Ant
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