Publicado por Beacon Press, 1957
Librería: Cape Cod Booksellers, Yarmouth, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Paperback. Condición: Good_. No Jacket. First Edition. Beacon Press, 1957, First Beacon Soft Cover edition. First published in two volumes, this edition comprises only volume 1. The second volume consisted of the reports of the journeys and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition. Light edgewear else good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
Publicado por Macmillan 1913, 1913
Librería: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nueva Zelanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Publicado por Macmillan & Co 1913, 1913
Librería: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nueva Zelanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Two-volume set, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, extensive blue decorative rule to spine & front boards, frontispiece, xviii + 498pp (vol.1, )vii + 431pp (Vol.2), illus + large folding map to rear of each volume, VG- (browning & fading to spines, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, splits to cloth of spine sides, some browning to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminal).
Publicado por Macmillan and Co 1913, 1913
Librería: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nueva Zelanda
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
2 VOLUME SET, FOLDING MAPS TO REAR OF BOTH VOLUMES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue decorative rule to spines & front boards, frontispieces, x-xviii + 431-497pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing/fraying/discolouration to spines, heavy cracking to hinges of vol 1 boards, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & pgs throughout, owner's name in ink to feps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, sm random closed tears to foldingmap of vol 1, heavy scuffing to terminals to vol 2, folding map to vol 2 completely detached but present with moderate foxing & sporadic closed tears).
Publicado por John Murray, London, 1935., 1935
Librería: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
2 volumes: 497 pp, 431 pp, b&w photographic plates, fold-out map at rear of each volume, previous owner's name stamped on front end-papers, edges foxed, 8cm piece missing from d/j spine vo vol. 2, else very good set in very good and good, price-clipped d/j's.
Publicado por MacMillan & Co, London, 1913
Librería: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Original o primera edición
Hard Cover. Condición: VG-. First Colonial. 2 vols. 12mo. original blue cloth gilt (rubbed & sunned, a little fraying to sppines, marks and stains to cloth and outer leaves, endpapers a little offset, leaf edge spotting, inscription in both volumes); pp. xviii, 498 (last colophon), 8 (pubs. cat.), with 4 illustrations & a folding map; x, 432 (last blank), with 4 illustrations + a folding map. A good set. Ex-libris Sydney climber Warwick Williams, with his ownership signature and label to both volumes.
Publicado por John Murray 1947, London, 1947
Librería: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, Reino Unido
Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 2 volumes. xxviii, 497 pp. [+map]; xxviii, 431 pp. [+map], [6]. Publisher's gilt lettered dark blue cloth in paper jacket (not price clipped). Reprint of the cheap edition with 8 illustrations and maps. Volume 1 being 'the journals of Captain R. F. Scott'. Volume 2 being the 'reports of the journeys and their scientific work undertaken by Dr E. A. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition'. Areas of loss and marking to jackets. Minor bumping to book extremities and light rubbing. Foxing. Ink inscription to volume 1 and ownership stamps to both. With a preface by Sir Clements Markham and a biographical introduction by J. M. Barrie. 12mo.
Publicado por John Murray, 1935
Librería: Bookcase, Carlisle, Reino Unido
Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. Reprint. Vol 1 lacks rear folded map. Jackets grubby and rubbed with heavy chipping and loss. Some foxing, light wear, a few page corners creased, otherwise contents clean and tidy. Size: 8vo.
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1914
Librería: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Arte / Grabado / Póster
Arranged By Leonard Huxley. Preface By Sir Clements R. Markham. Frontispiece In Each Volume., with 6 photogravures and 18 colored plates, many full-page black & white plates; maps Scott reached the South Pole on Jan. 18, 1912, after being beaten Ilustrador. Very Good (little wear covers; contents clean & tight, hinges tight). A pretty nice copy!! Two thick, tall 8vos., blue cloth stamped in gilt Fourth Edition of the famous official expedition account, arranged from Scott's journals which were retrieved when his tent was discovered in 1912.
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1914
Librería: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condición: G. Mixed Set. 1913/1914. 2 vols. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt, teg, others uncut (cloth rubbed with some marks & blemishes, trifling wear tio extremities, occ. spotting, else clean internally); Vol. 1 First Edition 1913. pp. xxvi, 634 (last blank) + [2 (pubs. advt.)], with 7 photogravure plates, 10 colour plates, 4 panoramas, 136 plates & a folding map; Vol. 2. Fourth edition 1914. pp. xvi, 534, with photogravure portrait, 8 colour plates, 7 double-page plates, 108 plates & 8 maps. Very heavy set (3.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A good mixed set.
1913. Antarctic, Exploration. Smith, Elder & Co. London. Vol. 2 only 534p. Good+ brown full leather binding with embossed stamp work and gold monogram on front, brown watered silk on end sheets. Fine end-maps.
Publicado por John Murray, 1914
Librería: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condición: Acceptable. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Both published in 1914. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on fronts and spines.
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913
Librería: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition; Vol. I. Journals of Captain Scott. Vol.2. Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work by Dr.Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition arranged by Leonard Huxley, Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.Vol 1, xxvi,633 pages,7 photogravure plates including frontispiece, 10 coloured plates from water-colour drawings by Dr. Edward Wilson, 2 panoramas from photographs by Herbert G. Ponting, 100 plates, majority from photographs by Ponting, 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves, folding map, illustrations in text, 2 advertisements. Vol 2, xii,534 pages, 84 plates including photogravure frontispiece, 8 coloured plates by Wilson and 3 double-page plates plus 7 folding maps and 8 sketches in text. Original covers. Discrete bookplate and booksellers label inside front cover both volumes, otherwise contents clean. Pages very slightly rippled and spotting to edges as expected due to paper quality in 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear, fraying, bumping as usual for this volume. Slight ripple to spine Volume 1, overall A very nice set. This is undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Readers, having absorbed Scott's account of the expedition in the first volume, would have discovered in the second volume a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today: Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey, Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party, Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys, Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus, preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. - Taurus. Taurus 77; Books on Ice, 6.10; Rosove 290.A1; Spence 1056; Conrad p188. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 298. This is a SET of books, therefore heavier than a standard volume, and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913
Librería: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good - (Book condition). Third Edition. A very nice set of two volumes (price is for both) bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spines. Top-edges gilt. Hinges very lightly starting but binding solid. A spattering of foxing throughout, not affecting text. Corners lightly bumped. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913
Librería: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good - (Book condition). Third Edition. A very nice set of two volumes (price is for both) bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spines. Top-edges gilt. Hinges very lightly starting but binding solid. A spattering of foxing throughout, not affecting text. Corners lightly bumped. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.
Publicado por Smith Elder & Co, London, 1914
Librería: The Secret Bookshop (FREE POSTAGE IN NZ), Tararua, Nueva Zelanda
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.
Publicado por . New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913, First American edition, first issue., 1913
Librería: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
thick 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxiv, 443; xiv, [i], 376 pp, 2 engraved frontispieces (port), 8 fldg maps, including one in color, 4 fldg panorama, large number of plates, 18 color (incl from Wilson's watercolours), 8 photogravures, 100+ other illus. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, spine is lightly faded with few small scratches, interior is quite clean and near fine, bookplate on endpaper, overall a very good+ set, tight and sound. Antarctic Bibliog 23-6320 (Amer edition), Spence 1058. Conrad, 188: 'This is the place to begin for this expedition. Read this first, then supplement, compare and decide'. There were three issues of the American edition in 1913, this being the first issue (one of the issues had no illustrations). The London edition was also published in 1913. The tragic story with considerable detail, especially scientific, of the second expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving a month after Amundsen, but perishing before completing their return trip to base camp. Six of the photogravures and 16 of the color plates are from sketches by Edward A. Wilson. The photos were taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition. A classic of polar travel, very well-illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request.
Publicado por . New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913, First American edition, first issue., 1913
Librería: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
thick 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xxiv, 443; xiv, [i], 376 pp, 2 engraved frontispieces (port), 8 fldg maps, including one in color, 4 fldg panorama, large number of plates, 18 color (incl from Wilson's watercolours), 8 photogravures, 100+ other illus. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, top edge gilted, discoloration stains at edges of covers, especially rear of volume II, minor foxing, interior is quite clean, overall a very good set, tight and sound. Antarctic Bibliog 23-6320 (Amer edition), Spence 1058. Conrad, 188: 'This is the place to begin for this expedition. Read this first, then supplement, compare and decide'. There were three issues of the American edition in 1913, this being the first issue (one of the issues had no illustrations). The London edition was also published in 1913. The tragic story with considerable detail, especially scientific, of the second expedition to reach the South Pole, arriving a month after Amundsen, but perishing before completing their return trip to base camp. Six of the photogravures and 16 of the color plates are from sketches by Edward A. Wilson. The photos were taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition. A classic of polar travel, very well-illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request.
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. None Ilustrador. An early edition of perhaps the most influential piece of writing regarding the Antarctic, detailing Captain Scott's expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. First published by Smith, Elder and Co. in 1913 with this work being the first John Murray edition of the work and the fifth edition overall.Complete in two volumes, in the original publisher's cloth.With a frontispiece to each volume, six sketches in photogravure, eighteen plates, folding plates to the end of each volume, and numerous other illustrations. Collated complete.With the bookplate of B. W. Waters to front paste down and a tipped in newspaper clipping regarding the Scott Polar Research institute inauguration at Cambridge.Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Detailing the Terra Nova Expedition, in which Captain Robert Falcon Scott led a team with the ambition to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Upon reaching their destination the team realised that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had beaten them by more than a month. The team of five tragically died during the return from the Pole with the later discovered journals the source material for this work.An early edition of this important work of Polar exploration. In publisher's blue cloth. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities and the odd light mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and marginal age toning due to paper used. Bookplate to front paste down of both volumes and newspaper clipping to front free endpaper of volume two. Several pages remain unopened. Very Good. book.
Publicado por Smith Elder & Co. Ltd., London,, 1913
Librería: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
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.
Librería: Librairie Chat, Beijing, China
Condición: Fine. Number of volumes: 2.
Publicado por Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913., 1913
Librería: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
2 volumes thick octavo: 636 pp, 534 pp, b&w frontispiece in each volume, 2 fold-out panoramas, numerous b&w photographic plates, 2 facsimile letters, 9 fold-out maps, 3 double-page plates, top edges gilt, edges foxed, bookplates on end-papers - very good set in blue, cloth boards. First edition.
Publicado por Dodd, Mead, New York, 1913
Librería: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. First American Edition. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes photogravure plates, folding photographic panoramas, several maps (4 folding of various sizes), and nearly 300 photographic illustrations (many full page). [Spence, 1058]. Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt lightly toned, discrete paper spine label near heel, library bookplate at front pastedown, discrete stamp at front pastedown, one map shows minor creases at edges and small closed tear near tab, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece(s), printed tissue guards, foldout maps and images, teg. 8vo. 443, 376pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Appendix. Index. Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued.
Publicado por Smith Elder. London First edition. 2 volumes, 1913
Librería: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, Reino Unido
pp. xxvi, 633, (i) blank, (ii) Advertisements; xiv, (ii), 534. 2 frontispieces, 6 photogravures, 18 coloured plates, 260 illustrations from photographs by HERBERT PONTING and others, panoramas and 8 maps. Original cloth, top edge gilt, uncut, spine ends bruised, joints intact and contents clean, a very good copy.
Publicado por London: Macmillan and Co., 1913, 1913
Librería: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
[Polar Exploration] FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 497; [11]; pp.x; 431; [1]. With eight photographic plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and blue stamped decoration to spines and upper boards. With dust-jackets showing an image of Captain Scott to the front cover. Some rubbing and spotting to edges. Light spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Light pencil annotations to contents page of volume II. A square cut-out of a newspaper column announcing the promotion of Sir E.R.G.R. Evans to Admiral taped to verso of illustrations list of volume I. Light occasional spotting. Tears to map joint corners. Cloth spines lightly faded. Jackets with chips from head and tail of spines and corners; toning to spines. Rarely seen in jackets. Near fine. Rosove 290.C1.a.