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    Reference 1087 (2577)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Scott, Captain Robert F., E A Wilson, L Huxley
    Title Scott's Last Expedition, Two Volume Edition: Vol. I The Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, Vol.II 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 1st Edition: Vol 1, xxvi, 633 pages, illustrated 7 photogravure plates, (6 by Wilson) 10 colour plates (9 by Wilson), 120 b/w plates, 2 folding panoramas, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves, tipped in note prior to the folding map. illustrations in text, 2 adverts. Vol 2, xii, 534 pages, 7 colour plates by Wilson, Autochrome photo by Ponting, 84 b/w plates (some double page), 7 maps, 8 sketches in text. Original covers, top page edges gilt, no dust jackets. Original covers, no dust jackets,top page edges gilt. Contents clean, some spotting, minor shelf wear, split to spine Volume 1. A Nice Set. This is undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Readers, having absorbed Scott's account of the expedition in the first volume, would have discovered in the second volume 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. - Taurus. Taurus 77; Books on Ice, 6.10; Rosove 290.A1; Spence 1056; Conrad p188.
    Price £125.00
    Keywords Antarctic, expedition, Wilson, Ross sea, Shackleton, polar S1-Ant
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