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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904 and the Dundee Whaling Expedition, 1892-1893
William G.Burn MURDOCH. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93... with a chapter by W.S.Bruce Naturalist of the barque 'Balaena'. London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. 8° (221 x 140mm). Half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements. 2 maps, one folding, illustrations. (Folding map creased, some light soiling.) Original cloth (some soiling, small tears to joints, spine chipped at head and foot).
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[R.N.Rudmose BROWN, R.C.MOSSMAN, J.H.Harvey PIRIE]. The Voyage of the "Scotia" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas by Three of the Staff. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1906. 8° (218 x 142mm). Frontispiece and 58 plates, 3 maps, 2 coloured and folding. Original cloth, top edge gilt (spine rubbed and slightly discoloured). Provenance: R.L.Harmsworth, M.P.(presentation inscription from the author: 'R.L.Harmsworth Esqr, M.P.,/with compliments from/Wm.S.Bruce./Edinburgh,/1910'). Author's presentation copy of the first edition. Conrad p.128; Spence 193; Taurus 51.
R.C.MOSSMAN and others. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y."Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903, and 1904, under the leadership of William S.Bruce.. Volume II.- Physics. Edinburgh: The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907. Large 4° (309 x 235mm). Half-title. 12 plates (5 printed in two colours [1 folding]), 2 folding maps (1 coloured). (Creased, occasional ownership stamps). Modern cloth. Provenance: The Earl of Carlisle (author's presentation inscription: 'The Right Honourable/The Earl of Carlisle/with compliments from/Wm.S.Bruce/Edinburgh, 1910.'); together with five other volumes of related interest (W.S.BRUCE. The Log of the Scotia Expedition, 1902-4... edited by Peter Speak, Edinburgh, 1992; [Various Authors]. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1909-1914, 4 vols. various, large 4°). (8)
William G.Burn MURDOCH. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic An Artist's Notes and Sketches during the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93... with a chapter by W.S.Bruce Naturalist of the barque 'Balaena'. London & New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. 8° (221 x 140mm). Half-title, 32pp. publisher's advertisements. 2 maps, one folding, illustrations. (Folding map creased, some light soiling.) Original cloth (some soiling, small tears to joints, spine chipped at head and foot).
[With:]
[R.N.Rudmose BROWN, R.C.MOSSMAN, J.H.Harvey PIRIE]. The Voyage of the "Scotia" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas by Three of the Staff. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1906. 8° (218 x 142mm). Frontispiece and 58 plates, 3 maps, 2 coloured and folding. Original cloth, top edge gilt (spine rubbed and slightly discoloured). Provenance: R.L.Harmsworth, M.P.(presentation inscription from the author: 'R.L.Harmsworth Esqr, M.P.,/with compliments from/Wm.S.Bruce./Edinburgh,/1910'). Author's presentation copy of the first edition. Conrad p.128; Spence 193; Taurus 51.
R.C.MOSSMAN and others. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y."Scotia" during the years 1902, 1903, and 1904, under the leadership of William S.Bruce.. Volume II.- Physics. Edinburgh: The Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 1907. Large 4° (309 x 235mm). Half-title. 12 plates (5 printed in two colours [1 folding]), 2 folding maps (1 coloured). (Creased, occasional ownership stamps). Modern cloth. Provenance: The Earl of Carlisle (author's presentation inscription: 'The Right Honourable/The Earl of Carlisle/with compliments from/Wm.S.Bruce/Edinburgh, 1910.'); together with five other volumes of related interest (W.S.BRUCE. The Log of the Scotia Expedition, 1902-4... edited by Peter Speak, Edinburgh, 1992; [Various Authors]. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1909-1914, 4 vols. various, large 4°). (8)
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