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 4253 (2492) Category Antarctic; Author Seaver, George Title EDWARD WILSON: NATURE-LOVER. Publishing Information London: John Murray,1947. Description 6th printing December 1947; vii, 219 pages, illustrated with 14 colour photos, 49 line drawings in text. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. With a brief foreword by his wife Orianan F. Wilson to whom the book is dedicated. Illustrated by Wilson's paintings & sketches. Shelf wear, covers worn, splitting at spine. Discrete bookseller stamp, bookplate to front end paper otherwise contents clean. Spine label worn. A handsome book profusely illustrated by Wilson's paintings & sketches. Noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. By far the scarcer of the two Seaver Wilson biographies. Price £10.00 Keywords Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar. S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket