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SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1902-1904 -- WILLIAM SPEIRS BRUCE (1867-1921)
Report on the Work of the Scottish National Expedition. Edinburgh: Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, [n.d. but circa 1904]. 8° (247 x 156mm.). Frontispiece, 5 plates, 1 map. (Plates faintly crinkled, small red streak from damp front wrapper onto verso of frontispiece.) Original red paper wrappers (lightly soiled). Provenance: presentation copy stamped 'With compliments' and dated August 1906, in ink. RARE. In this paper, originally read 'at the Meeting of the British Association, Section E, Cambridge' on 23 August 1904, Bruce outlines what the expedition achieved. Not in Spence or Rosove.
[With:] Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y. 'Scotia'. Edinburgh: The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907-1920. 5 vols (of 8), large 4° (307 x 234mm). Numerous plates, map, charts and illustrations. Original brown cloth, blocked in gilt on covers and spine, spine blocked with the Saltire in blue and white. [And:] Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN (1879-1957). A Naturalist at the Poles. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923. 8° (215 x 140mm.). Half-title, 12pp. publisher's advertisements. Portrait frontispiece, 2 folding coloured maps, plates, illustrations. Original black cloth, blocked in blue on upper cover and spine. FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY. A biography of W.S.Bruce 'written by his friend and Scotia expedition mate' (Rosove). Conrad p.73; Rosove 51.A1e ('Uncommon'); Spence 194. Sold with 5 other related works; see www.christies.com for more information. (12)
Report on the Work of the Scottish National Expedition. Edinburgh: Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, [n.d. but circa 1904]. 8° (247 x 156mm.). Frontispiece, 5 plates, 1 map. (Plates faintly crinkled, small red streak from damp front wrapper onto verso of frontispiece.) Original red paper wrappers (lightly soiled). Provenance: presentation copy stamped 'With compliments' and dated August 1906, in ink. RARE. In this paper, originally read 'at the Meeting of the British Association, Section E, Cambridge' on 23 August 1904, Bruce outlines what the expedition achieved. Not in Spence or Rosove.
[With:] Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y. 'Scotia'. Edinburgh: The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907-1920. 5 vols (of 8), large 4° (307 x 234mm). Numerous plates, map, charts and illustrations. Original brown cloth, blocked in gilt on covers and spine, spine blocked with the Saltire in blue and white. [And:] Robert Neal Rudmose BROWN (1879-1957). A Naturalist at the Poles. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923. 8° (215 x 140mm.). Half-title, 12pp. publisher's advertisements. Portrait frontispiece, 2 folding coloured maps, plates, illustrations. Original black cloth, blocked in blue on upper cover and spine. FIRST EDITION. FINE COPY. A biography of W.S.Bruce 'written by his friend and Scotia expedition mate' (Rosove). Conrad p.73; Rosove 51.A1e ('Uncommon'); Spence 194. Sold with 5 other related works; see www.christies.com for more information. (12)
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