Scott's last expedition. Volume I being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott. Volume II being the Reports of the Journeys and the Scientific Work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, arranged by Leonard Huxley. With a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1913. First American edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxiv, 443, [1]; xiv, [2], 376; photogravure frontispieces, 6 photogravure plates, 18 colored plates, 5 folding photographic panoramas, 2 facsimiles, 8 maps (4 folding), and 260 full page and smaller photographic illustrations; original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, t.e.g.; a very good, sound copy. "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. One does not have to wonder why Scott's Last Expedition has gone through so many editions and printings: few stories of exploration touch the soul so deeply" (Rosove). Rosove 290.B1; Spence, 1058. Item #61097
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