Scott's Last Expedition.

Publication date: 1913

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First edition. Frontispieces, 269 images on 203 plates (18 coloured, 4 double-page, 2 panoramas), photogravures and folding maps. 2 vols. 4to. Original blue ribbed cloth, gilt, extremities elightly rubbed, ownership inscription on front free endpaper of vol 1. xxvi, 633; xiv, 534pp. London, Smith Elder and Co., It "is sufficient to state that Scott's eloquent prose propelled him into the realm of greatness despite his flaws. What Scott wrote at the end of his life was an inspiration in meeting death with supreme dignity, and his words entreat reading again and again" (Rosove). Arranged by Leon Huxley and with a preface by Clements Markham, this work is an account of Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition on the Terra Nova.The first volume comprises Scott's journal and reprints the farewell letters found by his side. The second contains Wilson's account as well as the results of the scientific work completed by the surviving members of the crew. Huxley's accompanying notes are both sober and informative. Rosove, 290.A1; Spence, 1056.…

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Title
Scott's Last Expedition.
Author
[SCOTT (Robert Falcon).]
Publication year
1913
Binding
Soft cover

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Established in 1853, Maggs Brothers is one of the world's oldest antiquarian booksellers still operating today. We sell books worldwide through the internet as well as from our regularly published catalogues, and we are delighted to welcome customers to our two premises in Bloomsbury and Mayfair.

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