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Under Scott's Command, Lashly's Antarctic Diaries
by Ellis, A. R. [Ed]
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1969. First Edition. Very Good/Good. 8vo, [8.75x6in]; 160 pp., nine images on four plates, full-page text map and diagram, lists of expedition members; Dark blue cloth on covers with gilt lettering on spine; Lime green dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, image of Lashly on front; Minimal shelf wear, dark stain on top text edge at spine with some spotting along top; Dust jacket shelf wear at edges and corners with several closed tears and chipping, dark stain on top front at joint running down spine, spine faded. [Rosove 198.A1, Spence 686]. William Lashly (1867-1940) was a Royal Navy sailor assigned to the two Scott expeditions. These are William Lashly's annotated sledging diaries from Scott's Discovery 1901-4 and Terra Nova 1910-13 expeditions. He provides an undistorted picture of what life was like during the expeditions and the joys and sorrows. He was part of the party to find Scott's tent with the bodies of Scott, Wilson and Bowers.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11263
- Title
- Under Scott's Command, Lashly's Antarctic Diaries
- Author
- Ellis, A. R. [Ed]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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