Scott's Last Expedition, in two volumes; Volume I: Being the journals of Captain Scott. Volume II: Being the reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition
By Scott, Captain R.F.; arranged by Huxley, L.
SKU# 19701
Pp. xxiv, 443; pp. xiv, (i), 376; 2 engraved frontispieces (portraits), 8 folding maps, including one in color, 4 folding panorama, numerous plates, 18 in color (some from Wilson's watercolors), 8 photogravures, 100+ other illustrations. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines, lg thick 8vo. This set documents the tragic story with considerable detail of the second expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving a month after Amundsen, but perishing before completing their return trip to base camp. This is the first issue of the first American edition. See also Antarctic Bibliography 23-6320 (American edition), Spence 1058 and Conrad, 188.
Publisher |
Dodd, Mead and Company |
Publisher Place | New York |
Date Published | 1913 |
Date Published Estimated | No |
Edition | First American edition, first issue |
Number of Volumes | 1 |
Reprint | |
Condition | Very good |
Condition Description | A few rub marks to the spine cloth of volume one; a tight and clean copy in very good condition. |
ISBN | |
Limited Edition |