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    Reference 596 (822)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Mountevans, Admiral Lord
    Title THE DESOLATE ANTARCTIC.
    Publishing Information London: The Travel Book Club,circa 1950.
    Description Travel Book Club Edition; xv, 172pages, endpaper maps, 6 b/w illustrations. Green cloth cover with black titling to spine in pictorial dustjacket. An anthology of Polar incidents written by an enthusiast. This is a book that tells the tale of travels in the desolate lands of the Antarctic, from the earliest visitors to this unknown land to more modern day adventurers and explorers. Dust wrapper torn, repaired with sellotape, also cover had been stuck to front and rear cover with sellotape at some stage, marking the covers. Pages age toned, minor foxing to page edges, contents clean.
    Price £2.50
    Keywords Scott, expedition, South Pole, polar book, Antarctic book S1-Ant
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