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 1075 (2573) Category Antarctic; Author Scott, Captain Robert F., E A Wilson, L Huxley Title Scott's Last Expedition.VOLUME 2 ONLY: Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken By Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition. Publishing Information London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. Description 1913 3rd Edition, (Similar collation to the 1st): Vol 2, xii, 534 pages, illustrated 84 b/w plates, 7 folding maps, 8 sketches in text. Original covers. Shelf wear, covers are damp stained, marked. 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 £25.00 Keywords Antarctic, polar, Ponting S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket