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Macmillan Company, New York, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 1st US Edition: xxi, 292 pages, photographic frontispiece, 32 photographic illustrations on nineteen plates, two photographic panoramas on one folding plate, double page meteorological table and three sketches to text. Two young and inexperienced junior team members stayed to winter on a tiny islet in the Antarctic in a disused boat, a handful of instruments and a scanty stock of provisions. Not only did they survive, but they also carried out scientific work. Previous owners signature (in pencil) on front fly page. Dust jacket has some very minor closed edge minor tears and there is strengthening on the inside. PLUS Transactions of the Zoological Society of London - NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GENTOO AND RINGED OR ANTARCTIC PENGUINS. 1938 reprint of the above article; pages 186 to 307. Illustrated with many b/w photos of penguins plus some b/w diagrams and maps. Fascinating study of the Gentoo…
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by Bagshawe, Thomas Wyatt (Foreword By Frank Debenham)
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Two Men in the Antarctic - An Exploration to Graham Land 1920-1922
by Bagshawe, Thomas Wyatt (Foreword By Frank Debenham)
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. xxi, [1], 292pp, original cloth in DJ, cartographical endpapers. DJ rubbed, several small closed nicks and tears, larger closed tear to head of upper panel, corners and foot of spine chipped with small amount of loss. Light foxing to edges of text block, running on to fore-edge of index leaves, but not text, internally quite bright and clean. With photographic frontispiece and thirty-two photographic illustrations on nineteen plates, two photographic panoramas on one folding plate, double page meteorological table and three sketches to text. Taurus Collection 111; Spence 79; Rosove describes it as a "well-written narrative, by one of two plucky and enthusiastic youths who should have known better but didn't", calling the book 'scarce' with the dustwrapper 'uncommon', Rosove 23. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Good. 8vo.
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- Keywords Noisbn, Antarctic, Polar, Travel, Exploration, Ebay
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TWO MEN IN THE ANTARCTIC; An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922 PLUS Transactions of the Zoological Society of London - NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GENTOO AND RINGED OR ANTARCTIC PENGUINS
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