Scott Barrie Introduction (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. This is a Good Copy of this Book in full blue leather boards with all pages in gilt and with gilt initials to the front cover which I believe maybe Malvern School as the front pastedown contains a Malvern Girls College bookplate to the front pastedown.This copy contains no previous ownership inscriptions.Well illuistrated although this copy is lacking the 2 maps at front and rear.Rubbed and worn to head and tail of spine and corners,slight crack to front hinge join,8vo 521pp Reprint of Cheap Edition [1929].

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. 1929 Reprint of 1923 "cheap" 1 Volume Edition: xxviii, 521 pages, illustrated with b/w photos, majority by Ponting, map end papers. Original covers. Shelf wear, text block shaken, one section (front to page 4) loosening but all complete, covers fraying, sunned, holes in spine. Spotting to page edges and prelims and map end papers. School award bookplate.Sold as a reading copy. As well as the introduction by J.M. Barrie there is a chapter on "The Finding of the Dead" by Atkinson and another with the farewell letters of the party and final message by Scott and an appendix. Undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4246.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Offered here is a 1927 reprint of Scott s Last Expedition, published by John Murray. This edition presents the poignant and historic personal journals of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, documenting his ill-fated journey to the South Pole during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910 1913. Captain Scott s firsthand account provides a gripping narrative of endurance, discovery, and tragedy, culminating in his final, moving diary entries before his death on the return journey. This book preserves the integrity of the original 1913 publication and includes beautiful photographs, offering readers a direct connection to one of the most legendary expeditions in polar exploration. Scott's Last Expedition; The Personal Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., On His Journey to The South Pole. With Biographical Introduction by J.M. Barrie and a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. Published by John Murray, London. June 1927 reprint of the 'Cheap Edition', first published by John Murray in September, 1923, following the first edition, in 2 Volumes, by Smith, Elder & Co., in November, 1913. A good hardback copy with pictorial cloth cover. Worn and bumped, with the pine heavily faded and frayed to extremities. With printed map endpaper designs. Endpapers and first few pages at either end of the book with some spotting. A little weak in the spine, but all still soundly bound. Text is generally bright and clean, with clear, high-quality plates that resonate with the human drama of the expedition. Text in English. xxviii + 519pp (including 2 illustrated pages) +(2) Publisher's Advertisements + 17 Plates (including frontispiece). All Plates as called for. Dimensions: Approximately 202mm high x 139mm wide x 50mm deep. Weight: Approximately 604g (unpacked). More photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cheap edition, ninth printing. Octavo. 20×13cm; xxviii,521,[3]+[34 plate]pp. Light blue buckram boards with gilt title and decoration to spine, dark blue title and decoration to upper board. Dust jacket with general wear. Some soiling to top edge, light foxing to fore-edge. Clean within. Maps printed on endpapers. B+w plates. With biographical introduction by J. M. Barrie and preface by Sir Clements Markham. A 'Good+' copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1954 Printing. 'Cheap Edition'. Reprint. 8vo. Pictorial jacket (showing Ponting's famous ice-cavern photograph). 521 pp. B/w plates (photographs by Ponting). Pictorial endpapers (maps). One old inscribed gift plate to half-title page. Book and jacket very clean. Jacket has just a small area of loss at heaf of spine, but is overall sound and bright. VG+ / VG+.

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.