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Published by Cheltenham: Reardon Publishing, 2004., 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Reardon Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pp. 168. Profusely illustrated. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS.
Published by Reardon Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Book First Edition
Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pp. 168. Profusely illustrated. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS.
Published by Reardon Publishing, 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: Wordhoard Books, Clevedon, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edward Wilson's Nature Notebooks by D.M Wilson and C.J. Wilson. Reardon Publishing, 2004. First edition, first impression. Quarto. 168pp. This book is in near fine condition. The green boards and spine are fine, with only a very minimal bump to the bottom edge of the spine. The silvered titling to the front board and the spine is bright. The closed page block shows some minor foxing to the top edge. Otherwise, the pages are clean and the binding is tight. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with very minor bumping to the edges. Internally, there are some small light foxing spots towards the top edge of the jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped.
Published by Reardon Publishing, 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: The Secret Book and Record Store, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Corners, edges and spine bumped but overall in excellent condition.
Published by Reardon Publishing, United Kingdom, Cheltenham, 2004
ISBN 10: 1873877706ISBN 13: 9781873877708
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Edward Wilson is remembered as the artist of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The "Terra Nova" sailed via Madeira, South Trinidad, South Africa and Australia, to New Zealand; from where she set sail for the Antarctic on 24 January 1911. During the expedition Wilson studied and drew biological specimens, and made finished watercolours. The expedition reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912 after a journey of nearly a year. On the return journey the expedition hit unseasonably bad weather and Wilson died along with team members Scott and Bowers on 29 March. The specimens, diaries and sketchbooks were recovered by the search party the following Spring. It is probable that Edward Wilson's place in the history of art is as the last major painter of exploration art, an art form largely created by the fusion of science, cartography and art by William Hodges who had accompanied Captain Cook's second expedition from 1772-75. Hodges' work had been admired by Turner who was in turn admired by Wilson. With the death of Wilson, the major media for recording feats of exploration passed primarily to photography and film and the aesthetic technique and vision was subsumed. Edward Wilson drew all his life, collecting his drawings into indexed volumes he called his "stock in trade". He used them as the basis for his illustrations of Barrett-Hamilton's "A History of British Mammals", and started to use them for illustrating W. Eagle Clarke's "A History of British Birds", a cancelled publication. After his death, his wife, Oriana, arranged the notebooks and distributed many of them amongst the family. Two books - the "Nature Notebooks" were given to his nephew, Michael Wilson, whose sons have edited this volume. It contains the bulk of Edward Wilson's non-Antarctic work - from the Notebooks and other sources - reproduced here in chronological order, showing his development as an artist. There is also a selection of quotations from the Notebooks' observations and annotations, in keeping with the scrapbook flavour of many of the pages. Additionally, there is a short biography at the start of each chapter, concentrating on his scientific and artistic progress, and a selection of the Antarctic work so the reader can see the continuous artistic and scientific development. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.