Dr clements markham (22 resultados)

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Cloth Bound Boards. Condición: Very Good. Second Edition. 1913 The second edition. Complete in Two volumes. Size quarto, 633 and 534 pages. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the front cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges unevenly trimmed, marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good, corners spine ends and hinges a bit rubbed, cloth a little chipped at the head and tail of spine on volume I, front hinges a bit loose on volume I, contents are very clean throughout. With Photogravure Frontispiece, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson), 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations, from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting, and Other Members of the Expedition; Panoramas and Maps. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. With Photogravure Frontispiece, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure By Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 Coloured Plates (16 from Drawings By Dr. Wilson), 260 Full-page and Smaller Illustrations, from Photographs Taken By Herbert G. Ponting, and Other Members of the (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 4th Edition. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Some damp staining to the bottom of the textblocks of both volumes. Otherwise very good clean copies with some light repairs to fold out maps. Postage will be higher than quoted for outside NZ.

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Cloth. Condición: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this firsthand account of Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole, arranged by Leonard Huxley, and extensively illustrated throughout. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Volume I contains the bookplate of Mr. Justice Ridley, and Volume II contains the bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, the 8th Baroon Howard de Walden. Both works feature a frontispiece, followed by ten colour plates to Volume I, eight colour plates to Volume II, and 260 further illustrations across both volumes to plates and in the text. Volume I also features a folding map and two panoramas, and Volume II contains seven further folding maps and three double-page plates. Collated, complete. Including original sketches by Dr. E. A. Wilson, and photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition. The official account of the famed expedition to Antarctica led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, which aimed to become the first party to reach the geographic South Pole. The expedition met a tragic end, Scott and his party dying on the return journey from the Pole. Their journals and photographs were later discovered by a search party. Volume I comprises Scott's journals, with Volume II including the reports and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the expedition's surviving members. Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Volume I contains the bookplate of Mr. Justice Ridley, and Volume II contains the bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, the 8th Baroon Howard de Walden, both to the front paste down. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, resulting in reasonable loss of cloth to the extremities and a few small tears to the spine heads and tails, more moderate to Volume II. Light marking to the boards, and subtle sunning to the spines. Hinges are a little weak. Internally, generally firmly bound, a little more fragile towards the front and rear, with periodical weakness. Generally bright and clean with occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. Dr. E. A. Wilson; Herbert G. Ponting, and other Members of the Expedition (ilustrador). book. …

First edition: two volumes, octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and rules and blind rules to the upper boards; 1,209pp. [xxvipp. + 633pp. + xvipp. + 534pp.], untrimmed, top edges gilt, with two monochrome portrait frontispieces, 2 folding panoramas, 3 double-page plates and 181 plates likewise, plus 8 maps (6 folding and 1 in colour), 18 colour plates and 2 black-and-white illustrations. Moderate wear; both volumes shaken; spine extremities softened; spine of Volume I cracked; spines sunned with some chipping to Volume I; boards lightly rubbed with some mild sunning; text block edges spotted; mild offset to the endpapers; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaves. No dustwrappers. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "Scott's legacy has been buffered to and fro like the Antarctic wind over the past 100 years. In the aftermath of his death, which was not known about back home for almost another year, he was hailed as a hero by a declining Empire desperately in need of one. In later years, he has been traduced as an incompetent, indecisive amateur. Somewhere between the two, a middle ground can be found, emphasising his team's scientific discoveries and the extreme conditions they faced, without either condemning or cheerleading. Regardless, it is difficult not to feel a small Edwardian lump rising at the back of your throat when you read one of the final diary entries: 'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.'" - Iain Hollingshead.…