£ 295
Brown, R. N. Rudmose
A NATURALIST AT THE POLES: THE LIFE, WORK & VOYAGES OF DR. W. S. BRUCE, THE POLAR EXPLORER.
Seeley, Service.
1923
First edition.
The biography of W.S. Bruce written by his friend and Scotia expedition mate that contains a valuable account of the expedition's preliminaries and biographical details of the officers not found in "The Voyage of the Scotia". The book was based upon Bruce's own papers and interviews with his family and mates on the expedition.
SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. Contains on the front endpaper as well the signature of ‘S. N. Bruce’ the father of the expedition leader W.S. Bruce. No other inscriptions. 316pp with 12 pages of adverts at end, frontispiece, 3 maps and 29 photographic plates as called for. Rebound with original cloth relayed of front and rear board and spine. New endpapers fitted. Small rectangular section of cloth missing (4cm by 2cm) from top left corner of spine.
     
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