SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)
SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)
The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Mrs Schuster with the author's best wishes, Robt. F. Scott, Oct 12th 1905" on the front free endpaper of volume 1, photogravure frontispieces, numerous maps and plates (including 12 coloured reproductions after Dr. Wilson), a folding map in pocket at the end of each volume, with the publisher's slip tipped into volume 1, occasional light spotting, publisher's blue cloth with gilt medallions on sides, t.e.g., joints neatly refurbished, preserved in purpose-made solander box [Conrad, p.121; Rosove 286; Spence 1051; Taurus 41], 8vo, Smith Elder, 1905
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SCOTT (ROBERT FALCON)
The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Mrs Schuster with the author's best wishes, Robt. F. Scott, Oct 12th 1905" on the front free endpaper of volume 1, photogravure frontispieces, numerous maps and plates (including 12 coloured reproductions after Dr. Wilson), a folding map in pocket at the end of each volume, with the publisher's slip tipped into volume 1, occasional light spotting, publisher's blue cloth with gilt medallions on sides, t.e.g., joints neatly refurbished, preserved in purpose-made solander box [Conrad, p.121; Rosove 286; Spence 1051; Taurus 41], 8vo, Smith Elder, 1905