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Scott's Last Expedition in Two Volumes

by Scott, Captain Robert F. ; Huxley, Leonard

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London: John Murray 1947. 12mo. 2 volumes. xxviii, 497 pp. [+map]; xxviii, 431 pp. [+map], [6]. Publisher's gilt lettered dark blue cloth in paper jacket (not price clipped). Reprint of the cheap edition with 8 illustrations and maps. Volume 1 being 'the journals of Captain R. F. Scott'. Volume 2 being the 'reports of the journeys and their scientific work undertaken by Dr E. A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition'. Areas of loss and marking to jackets. Minor bumping to book extremities and light rubbing. Foxing. Ink inscription to volume 1 and ownership stamps to both. With a preface by Sir Clements Markham and a biographical introduction by J. M. Barrie. . Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1947.

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Bookseller
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
71190
Title
Scott's Last Expedition in Two Volumes
Author
Scott, Captain Robert F. ; Huxley, Leonard
Format/Binding
Gilt Lettered Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Poor
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Murray 1947
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1947
Size
12mo.
Keywords
Scott,Expedition,Antarctica,Barrie
Bookseller catalogs
Diaries, Letters, and Essays; Travel; Naval and Maritime;
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...

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