$800 THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY, Captain Robert Scott, 2 Volumes, 1st edn., 1905, Smith Elder & co., London, both volumes in original dark blue cloth, bindings solid, gilt titles fine
THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY, Captain Robert Scott, 2 Volumes, 1st edn., 1905, Smith Elder & co., London, both volumes in original dark blue cloth, bindings solid, gilt titles fine with two different gilt embossed devices on front covers - gold bright but worn, fold-out chart of Discovery's route in Antarctic Ocean Vol 1 in rear pocket. minor tear along folded edge but complete, fold-out map Vol 11 of sledging routes out from Hut Point complete, B&W and colour plates complete - Scott's official account of the 1901-03 British Antarctic Expedition that wintered at Hut Point largely aboard Discovery and subsequently made the first sledging journey southward on the Ross Ice Shelf. Overall, a good set of an increasingly hard to find book - $800 Ex libris Graeme Claridge
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