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Mountevans, Admiral Lord

South with Scott : New Illustrated Edition

Collins, 1949

12.50 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1949
Place of printing
London
Author
Mountevans, Admiral Lord
Publishers
Collins
Size
7.25 x 4.5 inches
Keyword
Exploration, Antarctic, 1910s
Cover description
Very Good
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Very Good
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked but foxed medium blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Lightly foxed dust jacket price clipped but not torn or creased with nicks to ends of sunned spine and to lower rear edge. 288pp. The author was second in command of Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole in 1910. He survived because he fell victim to scurvy and was dragged to to a deserted camp on the Great Ice Barrier. From there he was taken back to England to recover. With maps at the end and photographs throughout.