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    Reference 1090 (2574)
    Category Antarctic;
    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, 534 pages, illustrated, 84 plates plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers, no dustjacket, top pages edges gilt. Shelf wear, covers slightly marked, bumped. Previous owners contemporary bookplate otherwise contents clean, there is a wrinkle to all pages due to the paper quality used, the book is over 100 years old. Volume 2 contains a host of first-hand accounts including 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 along with preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff, illustrated with the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. A very good copy.
    Price £60.00
    Keywords Antarctic, expedition, Wilson, Ross sea, Shackleton, polar S1-Ant
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