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BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-1904
[Scientific Results]. London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd., 1907-1912. Volumes III, IV, and VI only (of 11), 4° (304 x 230mm.) 1 lithographic map, 88 plates (82 lithographs [37 tinted], 6 after photographs). Original red buckram-backed cloth, spines gilt (spines of vols. III and V slightly faded).
A SELECTION FROM THE VERY RARE SPECIAL EDITION. Each volume bears a small format letterpress label on the front pastedown, reading: 'British Museum (Natural History). This is No. '24' [in ink manuscript] of 25 copies of Vol. III [...V; ...VI] of the "Natural History of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4," printed on Special paper'. This part set includes: vol. III Zoology and Botany (Invertebrata: Marine Algae, Musci); vol. V Zoology and Botany; vol. VI Zoology and Botany. (3)
[Scientific Results]. London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd., 1907-1912. Volumes III, IV, and VI only (of 11), 4° (304 x 230mm.) 1 lithographic map, 88 plates (82 lithographs [37 tinted], 6 after photographs). Original red buckram-backed cloth, spines gilt (spines of vols. III and V slightly faded).
A SELECTION FROM THE VERY RARE SPECIAL EDITION. Each volume bears a small format letterpress label on the front pastedown, reading: 'British Museum (Natural History). This is No. '24' [in ink manuscript] of 25 copies of Vol. III [...V; ...VI] of the "Natural History of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4," printed on Special paper'. This part set includes: vol. III Zoology and Botany (Invertebrata: Marine Algae, Musci); vol. V Zoology and Botany; vol. VI Zoology and Botany. (3)