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ALBERT BORLAGE ARMITAGE (1864-1943)
Two Years in the Antarctic. Being a narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. London: Edward Arnold, 1905. 8° (220 x 143mm.). Half-title, 16pp. publisher's advertisements dated October 1905. 1 folding map printed in colours, 16 leaves of plates, illustrations. (Some spotting, clean tear to folding map.) Original green pictorial cloth, upper cover blocked in black and white, spine titled in gilt (spine browned).
PROVENANCE:
Maurice H. Hirst (signature).
FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.110; Rosove 17.A1a 'Scarce'; Spence 67; Taurus 43.
[With:]
A.B. ARMITAGE. Cadet to Commodore. London, N.Y., [etc.]: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1925. 8° (214 x 135mm). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth, blocked in black and gilt.
PROVENANCE:
Leonard P. Moore (presentation inscription by the author, dated 17 September 1925).
FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Conrad p.110; Rosove 18.A1 'Uncommon'; Spence 68. (2)
Two Years in the Antarctic. Being a narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. London: Edward Arnold, 1905. 8° (220 x 143mm.). Half-title, 16pp. publisher's advertisements dated October 1905. 1 folding map printed in colours, 16 leaves of plates, illustrations. (Some spotting, clean tear to folding map.) Original green pictorial cloth, upper cover blocked in black and white, spine titled in gilt (spine browned).
PROVENANCE:
Maurice H. Hirst (signature).
FIRST EDITION. Conrad p.110; Rosove 17.A1a 'Scarce'; Spence 67; Taurus 43.
[With:]
A.B. ARMITAGE. Cadet to Commodore. London, N.Y., [etc.]: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1925. 8° (214 x 135mm). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth, blocked in black and gilt.
PROVENANCE:
Leonard P. Moore (presentation inscription by the author, dated 17 September 1925).
FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Conrad p.110; Rosove 18.A1 'Uncommon'; Spence 68. (2)
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