British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909: oblong 2° (265 x 360mm.) album containing 165 photographs mounted on the recto and verso of 26 cream card leaves, the photographs all numbered and captioned in pencil on the mounts. Contemporary roan gilt by Turner and Henderson, Sydney, boards with gilt- and lined-ruled borders, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (lightly rubbed and scuffed, lower joint partially split, upper board detached).

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British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909: oblong 2° (265 x 360mm.) album containing 165 photographs mounted on the recto and verso of 26 cream card leaves, the photographs all numbered and captioned in pencil on the mounts. Contemporary roan gilt by Turner and Henderson, Sydney, boards with gilt- and lined-ruled borders, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges (lightly rubbed and scuffed, lower joint partially split, upper board detached).

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Lot Essay

Brocklehurst was taken on the expedition as photographer (as well as assistant geologist and surveyor) but numerous cameras were taken and various members of the expedition, including Edgeworth David, took photographs.

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