Scott's Last Expedition. In 2 Volumes.
Printed in the UK. Smith, Elder & Co., 1914. Fourth edition. Cloth over boards. Two volume set. Hardcover cloth (blue) over boards. Volume 1: xxvi + 636 + [123 plates] + [2 maps] pp; volume 2: xviii + 534 + [89 plates] + [8 maps] pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates -- volume 1: photographic frontispiece of Captain Scott, 6 sketches, 10 coloured full-page photographs, 2 fold-out photographic panoramas, 104 full-page photographs, and 2 fold-out maps; volume 2: photographic frontispiece of Edward A. Wilson, 7 water colour drawings, 1 coloured full-page photograph, 3 fold-out photographic panoramas, 77 full-page photographs, and 8 maps. Uniform binding. Title stamped in gilt with blind single line border on front board. Title, volume, publisher, and decorative rulings stamped in gilt on spine. Both text blocks have slight age browning to their edges, with the occasional brown mark in the body. Generally clean, unmarked and square with a strong binding. Both volumes show minor shelfwear to their edges, hinges, and spine. Lightly bumped corners. Volume 2 has a small white mark over the 'R' in Elder. Very good. Item #67176
Price: $500.00