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The Voyages of Captain Scott: Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's Last Expedition'
by Charles Turley
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Voyages of Captain Scott: Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's Last Expedition'; by Charles Turley with an introduction by Sir J. M. Barrie.
Hardback, 1914, first edition, published by John Murray, London, with tipped in note of errata. Illustrated, with portrait frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 28 pages of half-tone illustrations (mostly from photographs taken by members of the 'Terra Nova' expedition) facsimile and map showing the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 track chart of main southern journey.
Considerable signs of wear. Pictorial front board and spine, with much fading, scuffing, tearing and edge-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding holding but outer and inner hinges cracked. Map has a tear. Page edges browned. A number and scribble on front pastedown. The odd creased page corner. A little foxing to endpapers. Apart from the odd mark page surfaces are clean, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-087
- Title
- The Voyages of Captain Scott
- Author
- Charles Turley
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First / First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Captain Scott; Antarctic; Expedition;
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Inverness, Highland
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- Facsimile
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- Cracked
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- Edges
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