The Land of Magellan

W S Barclay

Published by Methuen and Co, London, 1926

About this Item

A very scarce first edition of this travel work regarding South America and its explorers. A very scarce work, in a very scarce 1920's dustwrapper.This work discusses Magellan, The Buccaneers, Darwin's South American Missions, Drake's discovery of Cape Horn.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of exploration. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper is generally smart. Small loss to the bottom of the front wrap. Minor chips to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the spine. Bookplate to the verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 748L30

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Land of Magellan

Publisher: Methuen and Co, London

Publication Date: 1926

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Various

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book