Lot 121
  • 121

Bernacchi, Louis

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Bernacchi, Louis
  • To the South Polar Regions. Expedition of 1898-1900. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, [second, colonial, issue], 8vo, xvi, 348pp., [iv pp. adverts], half-title, 2 folding maps [1 coloured], 47 illustrations [45 photographic, 2 sketches] on 44 plates, 18 photographic illustrations in the text, original red cloth, slipcase

Provenance

[J.] Wantrup, book label

Literature

Rosove 35.A2; Spence 124; Taurus Collection 25 (footnote regarding binding)

Condition

A fine copy
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