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THE VOYAGE OF THE "WHY NOT?" IN THE ANTARCTIC: The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910
by Charcot, J. B. (Welsh,P. Translator)
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Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition; Association Copy - Rudmose-Brown. English Version translated by Philip Walsh. viii, 315 pages, folding photographic frontispiece plus 47 photographs, 3 sketches and 1 map. Original blue-grey cloth binding, embossed with gilt illustration of a ship and titling on front cover, white a penguin and gilt titling to spine. "Ex Libri Rudmose Brown" stamp of verso front cover and signed R N Rudmose Brown may 28th 1912 on Front end paper. Spine faded, endpapers browned, Bubbling and bowing to covers. Contents clean. Exploration & mapping of 3000km of the Antarctic Peninsula (Graham Land) by a French expedition. Charcot continued exploring and recording data in the polar water until his death in 1936 in a storm-induced shipwreck on the coast of Iceland. Provenance: Library stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown with his signature dated May 28, 1912 on front end paper. Rudmose Brown was a botanist and polar explorer who was on The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902 - 1904. This is the first English edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 794. .
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- 794
- Title
- THE VOYAGE OF THE "WHY NOT?" IN THE ANTARCTIC: The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910
- Author
- Charcot, J. B. (Welsh,P. Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- BZDB349 South Pole, expedition, polar, Antarctic. Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Charcot, J. B. (Welsh,P. Translator) THE VOYAGE OF THE "WHY NOT?" IN THE ANTARCTIC: The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908
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