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1913 Scott's Last Expedition: Being the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R. N., C. V. O; Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition
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Description
Colour Plates, Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The second edition, published the same year as the first.
Complete in two volumes.
In the publisher's original cloth binding.
Volume I comprises Scott's journals and Volume II comprises the reports and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the expedition's surviving members. Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two major expeditions to the Antarctic regions, known as the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13, the latter of which this work covers.
Copiously illustrated throughout, including photogravure frontispieces, eighteen colour plates, three double-page plates, six further photogravure plates and eight folding maps.
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Backstrip to Vol I has a tear running down the tail of the spine. Marks to the cloth, more so to Vol I. Slight fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout. Offsetting to the endpapers.
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