Scott’s Last Expedition
( SCOTT of the ANTARCTIC ) SCOTT, Robert Falco
Vol. I: The Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Vol. II: The Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E. Wilson and the surviving Members of the Expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements Markham.
BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Published: Smith Elder & Co., 1913
Stock code: 37053
Price: £660.00
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispieces in photogravure (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, 6 plates in photogravure, 18 coloured plates, 2 large folding panoramas, 3 double-page plates, very numerous full-page plates, 2 facsimiles, 6 full-page maps and 2 large folding maps, fore-edges very lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpapers; blue ribbed cloth, upper boards lettered in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy.
With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end of first volume. Bright copy of the original editions of perhaps the most poignant account of the exploration of Antarctica. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spence 1056.