£ 195
Scott, Robert Falcon.
SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION.
Smith, Elder & Co.
1913
Third edition.
Two Volumes, Vol. I Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, Vol. II Being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition Arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Volume 1 is 633pp and volume 2 is 534pp.
In original blue cloth, bright gilt title to spines and front boards. With photogravure frontispieces, 6 original sketches in photogravure by Doctor E. A. Wilson, 18 coloured plates (16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 full-page and smaller illustrations, from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition, panoramas and 8 folding maps. No inscriptions. Text block, tight and square. A near fine clean, tight set of books with some occasional light wear to cloth extremities. Scott and his remaining party never returned from the expedition. He did, however, manage to preserve his notes where others would find them, and in so doing left the world this vivid record of courage, endurance and tragedy.
     
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