THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. With an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, D.Sc. An Account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by Professor T.W. Edgeworth David F.R.S.

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Complete in two volumes. (25 x 19 cm) First edition. Editor's original blue cloth lettered with silver lettering on boards and gilt on spines. both binding tight, spines lightly sunned with light wear at ends; there is a little visible several cm cut at the left side of the spine of vol. II, and one small scratch on each af the two spines; Top edges gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Volume 1: xlviiipp, 372pp; Volume 2: xvpp, 419pp. With 2 gravure frontispieces with guards, 12 colour plates with guards, 257 other plates, 49 diagrams and illustrations in text, 2 panoramas on folding sheet in very good condition, and 3 folding maps with some small cutting at folding cross; contained in pocket at rear of volume 2 (all plates, maps, illustrations, etc present as called for). Complete with the tipped in errata slip. Inside excellent foxing only on pastedown in both vol. inside very good with very few usage signs; no foxing; no ownership markings or other defects. unwritten postcard of capt. Scott's ship "Terra Nova" in the book; N° de ref. del artículo 5951

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