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SOUTH WITH SCOTT
by Admiral Sir Edward R.G.R. Evans
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W.Collins Sons & Co, London, 1945. Early Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. The "With 31 photographs" issue, no date, issued 1938; xii, 284 pages, illustrated, (photographs by Herbert Ponting). Original covers, no dust jacket, 31 photographs as stated, maps to 'to illustrate Journeys of the Western Geological Parties' tipped in at rear. Covers stained, spotting to page edges, not affecting text. A nice copy This is the story of this ill fated expedition. There is a list of all the personnel on the expedition (with their nicknames). It includes both the shore parties and the ship parties. The first illustrated edition, with the now well-known selection of photographs by Ponting, was published in 1938 and has been several times reissued. Early issues are scarce. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2547. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2547
- Title
- SOUTH WITH SCOTT
- Author
- Admiral Sir Edward R.G.R. Evans
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.Collins Sons & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Antarctic, expedition, Wilson, Terra Nova, polar Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Admiral Sir Edward R.G.R. Evans SOUTH WITH SCOTT.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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