scott robert f captain (49 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. pp. 512.

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Colonial Edition. Fair to Good. Foxing particularly to first few and last few leaves. Edges browned. Covers a little rough (See scans) Fold-out map. 387 pages.

Blue Cloth. Zustand: Good. Reprint. 478, 477 pages, 2 frontispieces, 6 plates. Most of the map at the end of vol. I is missing, front endpaper and half-title page of vol. I a little creased.

xxiv+720pp. 8vo. B/w plates. Original illustrated cloth in defective dustwrapper, A very good copy. Single volume edition.

Reprint. 1929 reprint with sepia illustrations; tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and black lettering and design to front; very light wear to edges and corners and a couple of tiny spots to back hinge. page fore-edges yellowed and foxed - foxing slightly encroaches onto edges of pages internally. A few discolouration marks scattered throughout - mainly to outer pages; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

xxiv+720pp. 8vo. B/w plates. Original illustrated cloth in defective dustwrapper. Browning to htp., otherwise a very good copy. Single volume edition.

Reprint. 8vo. xxiii + 720pp. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations, map. E.ps. slightly browned. Original boards. Pictorial dark green d/w. lettered in white, rubbed and slightly chipped to edges. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley. US$22.

Broché. Zustand: Assez bon. Ed. Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1913. 477 pages. Volume relié. Format : 11 x 16. BE intérieur. Etat extérieur assez bon.

With Biographical Introduction by Sir J.M. Barrie and a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. With 19 gravure photo illustrations by Herbert G. Pointing and others. (illustrator). Front endpapers a little toned. Barely visible stain at bottom of cover. Otherwise a book in fine condition. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". Blue pictorial cloth cover. 519 pp. Map endpapers of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG+. Eighth Printing. F-/VG+. 12mo. original white cloth (top edge slightly dusty, one fore-corner a little bumped) in dustwrapper (edges a trifle frayed, else bright and complete) pp. 188, with illustrations & endpaper map. An attractive copy, near fine. Abridged juvenile edition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 16mo (approx. 60 x 90mm.). pp. 32; 6 illusts.; staples rusted, central leaves loose, else good in the original pictorial wrappers, small stain. Issued in "Tuck's Better Little Books" series, this brief life of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott was published during the Second World War and was intended for use in air-raid shelters, hence its small size.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & bumped, faint leaf edge speckling; upper panel of dustwrapper tipped to verso FFE) pp. xxviii, 522 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt, pictorial front cover, gilt Penguin design to spine (slightly rubbed & flecked, occ. spotting/offsetting, a couple of tapemarks and a little tearing to FFE, prev. owner's name and date to half-title, small RSMs to vero FFE; lacks dustwrapper) pp. xxviii, 522 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F-. Facsimile. nd (c. 2000). F/F-. 8vo. original blue textured papwer boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. [xiv (last blank)], 522 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A fine copy.

Cloth. No Jacket. Reprint. Hardback Reprint Written on his return to England Scotts Voyage of the Discovery provides a detailed and fascinating account of Antarctic exploration in the early twentieth century Handsomely bound in light blue cloth with printed detail and titles to the front and gilt titles to the spine The cloth is in a very clean bright condition with just a little fading to the spine Internally the binding is tight with no loose pages The pages are very clean throughout photographic images accompany the text pp xx 720 Overall a very good copynbsp. book.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A b&w postcard with inset portrait of Scott and a view of the Terra Nova from sketches, quotation from Scott at foot of card, minor soiling, postally unused. A memorial card for Scott.

Hard Cover. Zustand: G. No Jacket. First Thus. Undated, [c. 1913]. 2 vols. 16mo. original blue cloth gilt, teg (ex-Trinity College Library, with spine labels, RSMs to fore-edges & outer leaves, extensive notation to endpapers, lower hinges starting, slightly rubbed & bumped with some fraying at spine ends); pp. i-xvi, 17-480 (last blank), with frontispiece, 3 illustrations + folding chart (toned and torn, tape repaired, loosely enclosed); i-x, 11-478 (last colophon), [2 (pubs. list)], with frontispiece + 3 illustrations. A good reading copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: G. Reprint. VG/G. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & sunned, toning & leaf edge spotting, prev. owner's name to half-title) in unpriced dustwrapper (rubbed & frayed with occ. chipping, much tape strengthening, some marking); pp. xxiv (last blank), 720, with 15 illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: F-. Twelfth Printing. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (slightly bumped, top edge a trifle sunned) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a trifle rubbed & nicked) pp. xxx, 522 (last blank), with illustrations & endpaper map. A near fine copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. Re-issue, Second Impression. VG/VG-. 8vo. original pale blue boards gilt (a little rubbed & sunned, some toning & spotting, gutter separation at title page) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & frayed, some chipping, tape repairs); pp. xxiv (last blank), 720, with 15 illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: G. First Colonial. Volume Two only. 12mo. original blue cloth gilt (ex-library with occ. RSM and notation, fraying at spine ends and splitting to hinges (esp. upper), rubbed & sunned, some marks and spots, a little toning and offsetting, else internally clean); pp. x, 432 (last blank), with 4 illustrations + a folding map (closed tearing, no loss). A reading copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. New York, Cooper Square, 2001 (first thus)/ 1905. Octavo, two volumes; quarter contrasting papered boards; an excellent set with the fine dustwrappers. 'An unabridged republication of the deluxe edition' lacking the large folding map but with the Foreword by Fridtjof Nansen (from the later cheap edition) and a new Introduction by Ross McPhee (unique to this edition).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Two-volume set, as photographed; 2nd impression, published in the same year as the first edition with same binding, formatting, pagination etc.; Vol I: xx + 556 + 93 pls [i.e. photogravure frontispiece from an E A Wilson painting, + 7 watercolour paintings by Wilson +1 double-page with 2 panoramas + 84 single-page pls], with 16 in-text illustrations +3 maps, 1 double-pg, 1 folding in rear paste-down pocket. Volume 2: xii + 508 pages + 93 pls [i.e. photogravure frontispiece , 6 watercolour paintings by Wilson, 4 double-page with 8 panoramas + 82 single-page] +2 maps,1 folding in rear paste-down pocket. Private ownership. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, gilt medallions to front bds, top edges gilt; gift inscription (Xmas 1905) to Sir Andrew Noble (Ardmore, Dunbartonshire) from his wife on vol I ffep, Noble's bookplate and case/shelf label to both front paste-downs; slight foxing to text-block front edges and to vol I contents pages; in general unmarked and clean throughout; a handful of lightly sprung pages, as photographed in vol I - pp.352-3, but binding remains firm. Further photographs/information on request. This is a pleasing, sound set. Note: the set once packed weighs a little over 3 kg and an extra charge will be requested if shipping outside the UK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Fifth edition. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. xxvi, 636 & xvi, [1, poem "The Barrier Silence"], 534; port. frontis. to both volumes, numerous black and white photographic plates, several coloured plates, panoramas, 10 maps to both volumes & maps to text; some spotting, else good in original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., slight chipping to head of spines. Scott's journal from the 1910-13 Antarctic expedition during which he and 4 companions died on their return from the South Pole. The book went quickly through editions, each up to the fourth edition adding new matter and map; the fifth edition adds no more additional matter.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. xxvi, 633 & xiv, [2], 534; port. frontis. to both volumes, numerous black and white photographic plates, several coloured plates, large folding maps to both volumes & maps to text; some foxing, occasionally heavy, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., in the original d.-w.s, which are non-uniformly browned on spines, d.-w. to vol. II chipped at head of spine with slight loss and split along joints. Provenance: with the ownership inscriptions of Julia Warde-Aldam, of Hooton Pagnell Hall, 1913. An association copy of the official narrative of Scott's 1910 -13 expedition during which he, Edward Wilson and three companions died on their return from the South Pole. The books were once the property of Julia Warde-Aldam, of Hooton Pagnell Hall, Yorkshire, and she and her family developed a friendship with Edward Wilson through Wilson's brother Bernard (estate manager of the hall). Letters between the Wilsons and the Warde-Aldams were sold at auction.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A gloss sepia photographic postcard, showing Scott beside one of the motor sleighs in front of a wooden building, postally unused (dated Fe.25.13), VG. One of a group of four Scott images printed by Batchelder Bros.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. Reprint. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed, spine a little marked, some leaf edge spotting, prev. owner's details to title page) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & toned, a few marks, a little fraying at spine ends, tape strengthening on both sides with associated staining, still presentable) pp. xxviii, 522 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.)], with illustrations & endpaper map. A very good copy.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A gloss sepia photographic postcard, showing the Terra Nova with an inset portrait of Scott, divided back, message to verso but not postally used, in very good condition. One of four postcards issued by the Croydon firm.