Dr clements markham (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 4th Edition. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Some damp staining to the bottom of the textblocks of both volumes. Otherwise very good clean copies with some light repairs to fold out maps. Postage will be higher than quoted for outside NZ.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this firsthand account of Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole, arranged by Leonard Huxley, and extensively illustrated throughout. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Volume I contains the bookplate of Mr. Justice Ridley, and Volume II contains the bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, the 8th Baroon Howard de Walden. Both works feature a frontispiece, followed by ten colour plates to Volume I, eight colour plates to Volume II, and 260 further illustrations across both volumes to plates and in the text. Volume I also features a folding map and two panoramas, and Volume II contains seven further folding maps and three double-page plates. Collated, complete. Including original sketches by Dr. E. A. Wilson, and photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition. The official account of the famed expedition to Antarctica led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, which aimed to become the first party to reach the geographic South Pole. The expedition met a tragic end, Scott and his party dying on the return journey from the Pole. Their journals and photographs were later discovered by a search party. Volume I comprises Scott's journals, with Volume II including the reports and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the expedition's surviving members. Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Volume I contains the bookplate of Mr. Justice Ridley, and Volume II contains the bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, the 8th Baroon Howard de Walden, both to the front paste down. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in reasonable loss of cloth to the extremities and a few small tears to the spine heads and tails, more moderate to Volume II. Light marking to the boards, and subtle sunning to the spines. Hinges are a little weak. Internally, generally firmly bound, a little more fragile towards the front and rear, with periodical weakness. Generally bright and clean with occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Dr. E. A. Wilson; Herbert G. Ponting, and other Members of the Expedition (illustrator). book.…