Diary of the "Discovery" Expedition to the Antarctic 1901-1904
by Wilson, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Blandford Press, 1966. Undetermined. near fine. 1st Edition. 416pp. Quarto, bound in blue boards with gold gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Frontispiece portrait of Wilson, and illustrated with his watercolours and drawings as well as maps and other materials from the Scott Polar Research Institute. Faint rubbing to extremities, else near fine. Unclipped dust jacket has small closed tear to back panel. near fine A lovely copy of this first UK edition, lavishly illustrated. Edward Wilson - physician, zoologist, and talented amateur artist - would die with Scott on the Terra Nova expedition in 1912. 1966
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140787
- Title
- Diary of the "Discovery" Expedition to the Antarctic 1901-1904
- Author
- Wilson, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Blandford Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Antarctic|Diaries|Discovery Expedition|Edward Wilson|Robert Falcon Scott
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