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ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
The Voyage of the 'Discovery', London: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd. for Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 163mm.). Half-titles, titles in red and black. 2 folding maps, loose in pockets at back, plates and maps, some double-page, or coloured, publisher's slip at front of vol.II. (Occasional light marginal spotting to text.) Original blue cloth gilt, upper covers with gilt 'medallions' blocked in semi-relief, top edges gilt ('medallions' slightly rubbed as usual, extremities slightly bumped). A GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of Scott's description of his first expedition. Conrad p.121; Rosove 286.A1a 'Scarce'; Spence 1051; Taurus 41.
R. F. SCOTT and others. Scott's Last Expedition, London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. 2 volumes, 4° (237 x 165mm.). Title printed in red and black, photogravure portrait frontispieces, 9 folding maps, numerous plates after H. Ponting, E. Wilson and others, 14 coloured, 3 double-page, 2 folding. Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: early inscription, dated 'Xmas 1913'. A GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTT'S SECOND ILL-FATED EXPEDITION. Conrad p.188; Rosove 290.A1; Spence 1056; Taurus 77. (4)
The Voyage of the 'Discovery', London: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd. for Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 163mm.). Half-titles, titles in red and black. 2 folding maps, loose in pockets at back, plates and maps, some double-page, or coloured, publisher's slip at front of vol.II. (Occasional light marginal spotting to text.) Original blue cloth gilt, upper covers with gilt 'medallions' blocked in semi-relief, top edges gilt ('medallions' slightly rubbed as usual, extremities slightly bumped). A GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of Scott's description of his first expedition. Conrad p.121; Rosove 286.A1a 'Scarce'; Spence 1051; Taurus 41.
R. F. SCOTT and others. Scott's Last Expedition, London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. for Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. 2 volumes, 4° (237 x 165mm.). Title printed in red and black, photogravure portrait frontispieces, 9 folding maps, numerous plates after H. Ponting, E. Wilson and others, 14 coloured, 3 double-page, 2 folding. Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines lettered in gilt, t.e.g. (extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: early inscription, dated 'Xmas 1913'. A GOOD COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTT'S SECOND ILL-FATED EXPEDITION. Conrad p.188; Rosove 290.A1; Spence 1056; Taurus 77. (4)
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