SCOTT, ROBERT FALCON. 1868-1912.
The Voyage of the "Discovery." London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.
The Voyage of the "Discovery." London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.
2 volumes. 8vo. Photogravure frontispieces, numerous maps and plates (including 12 colored reproductions after Dr. Wilson), 1 folding map in pocket at the end of each volume, with the extra slip tipped in at the front of Volume I. Publisher's blue cloth gilt with relief facsimile of the Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal to Scott on the covers, top edges gilt. Shelfwear, especially to corners, cover gilding typically worn at high points, light staining and creasing to a few pages.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Scott's remarkable, well illustrated account of the journey of the Discovery. Rosove 286; Spence 1051; Taurus 41.
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The Voyage of the "Discovery." London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.
The Voyage of the "Discovery." London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905.
2 volumes. 8vo. Photogravure frontispieces, numerous maps and plates (including 12 colored reproductions after Dr. Wilson), 1 folding map in pocket at the end of each volume, with the extra slip tipped in at the front of Volume I. Publisher's blue cloth gilt with relief facsimile of the Royal Geographical Society's Gold Medal to Scott on the covers, top edges gilt. Shelfwear, especially to corners, cover gilding typically worn at high points, light staining and creasing to a few pages.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Scott's remarkable, well illustrated account of the journey of the Discovery. Rosove 286; Spence 1051; Taurus 41.
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