Two Years in the Antarctic Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition
by Armitage, Albert B
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- Condition
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold, 1905. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xix,315pp. + 16pp. (publisher's ads dated October, 1905)pp. Octavo in original pictorial green cloth with gilt lettered spine and white lettered front, with plates (including frontispiece), illustrations in text from drawings and folding map (at end). An attractive copy. Rosove 17.A1; Spence 67. Narrative of Scott's 'Discovery' expedition, by the second-in-command. One of the scarcest of the heroic age narratives. 1905
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104706
- Title
- Two Years in the Antarctic Being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition
- Author
- Armitage, Albert B
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Polar|Armitage|Captain Scott|Heroic Age|Robert Falcon Scott
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