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LOUIS CHARLES BERNACCHI (1876-1942, EDITOR)
The Polar Book. London: E. Allom & Co.Ltd. [1930]. 8° (212 x 138mm.). 1 folding map. (Some spotting.) Original pictoral wrappers.
FIRST EDITION of this selection of papers by some of Britain's most noted Polar experts of the time, 'written for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930' (Rosove). Rosove 1026; Spence 125; Taurus 134.
[With:]
L.C. BERNACCHI. Saga of the "Discovery". London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1938. 8° (215 x 137mm.). Half-title. 3 maps (2 folding, 1 double-page), 48 plates. Original blue cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket.
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Conrad; Rosove 37.A1 ('Common. Dust-wrapper scarce'); Spence 129; Taurus 129.
L.C. BERNACCHI. A Very Gallant Gentleman. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1933. 8° (206 x 138mm.). Frontispiece, 2 double-page maps, 7 plates. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in white, dust-jacket (spine very slightly faded, small tears to backstrip of dust-jacket).
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Conrad p.171; Rosove 36.A1; Spence 126; Taurus 137. (3)
The Polar Book. London: E. Allom & Co.Ltd. [1930]. 8° (212 x 138mm.). 1 folding map. (Some spotting.) Original pictoral wrappers.
FIRST EDITION of this selection of papers by some of Britain's most noted Polar experts of the time, 'written for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930' (Rosove). Rosove 1026; Spence 125; Taurus 134.
[With:]
L.C. BERNACCHI. Saga of the "Discovery". London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1938. 8° (215 x 137mm.). Half-title. 3 maps (2 folding, 1 double-page), 48 plates. Original blue cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket.
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Conrad; Rosove 37.A1 ('Common. Dust-wrapper scarce'); Spence 129; Taurus 129.
L.C. BERNACCHI. A Very Gallant Gentleman. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1933. 8° (206 x 138mm.). Frontispiece, 2 double-page maps, 7 plates. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in white, dust-jacket (spine very slightly faded, small tears to backstrip of dust-jacket).
FIRST EDITION. A FINE COPY. Conrad p.171; Rosove 36.A1; Spence 126; Taurus 137. (3)
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