The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901

Murray F. R. S., George

Published by London Royal Geographical Society 1901, 1901

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[i-vii],viii-xvi, 586 pp. Octavo. Original blue cloth with blind decoration on the boards. Gilt title and spine motif. Pale yellow endpapers. Browned as usual and a bit chipped. Half title has offsetting from the endpapers. Text block is generally clean. Few signatures have an old mild corner crease. Thirty-eight illustrations and diagrams in text. Three folding maps in a pocket mounted to the rear board. Maps in very good condition. A very nice and attractive, superior copy of this rare title. Rosove 235.A1; Spence 829. Manual on the exploration of Antarctica and various branches of science for the use of members of the British National Antarctic Expedition under Capt. R. F. Scott. This copy is an unusual presentation copy to Miss Eleanor P. Whitting, the proof reader of the manual. She is mentioned in the preface. The presentation inscription is on the half title, probably in Murray's hand, and dated July 1901. There is a later inscription giving the book to another recipient in 1942. A very collectable copy. Seller Inventory # 141889

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Title: The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the ...

Publisher: London Royal Geographical Society 1901

Publication Date: 1901

Binding: Hardcover

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