Scott's Last Expedition (Two Volumes)
by Scott, Captain R. F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. Fair with no dust jacket. 1913. First Thus. Hardcover. Missing the two folding maps. Splitting and tears to cloth along rear joint of Volume Two. Hinges broken. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper of each volume " W G Grave / Oamaru". Some foxing.; Colonial Edition, "Macmillan's Empire Library". Two volumes (complete). Volume One: xviii, 497 pages + 8 pages advertisements + frontispiece + 3 plates, lacking the folding map at rear. Volume Two: viii, (9)-431, [2] pages + frontispiece + 3 plates, lacking the folding map at rear. Decorative blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 189 x 121mm. Title continues: "Vol I. Being the Journals of Captain R. F Scott, R.N., C.V.O. Vol II. Being The Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and The Surviving Members of the Expedition."; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15303
- Title
- Scott's Last Expedition (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Scott, Captain R. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Fair
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- G
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- Jacket
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