Scott, Robert Falcon

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

The Voyage of the Discovery. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905
paper

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, 2 volumes, 8vo (235 x 160mm.), (vol.1) xx, 556pp.; (vol.2) xii, 508pp., 4 maps, 2 folding in rear cover pockets, 231 photographic illustrations on 156 plates, 34 reproductions of sketches on 17 plates, 12 coloured, original dark blue ribbed cloth with gilt medallions on the upper covers, top edge gilt, light blue printed dust-jackets

Literature

Rosove 286.A1; Taurus Collection 41 (without jackets); Spence 1051

Catalogue Note

Only one other copy in jackets is recorded at auction (and these defective).