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Lot 115

[BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS]. A group of 5 works regarding the Southern Cross Expedition, Discovery Expedition, and Terra Nova Expedition in 5 volumes, all 8vo, all illustrated, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally very good.

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[BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS]. A group of 5 works regarding the Southern Cross Expedition (1898-1900), Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), and Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1914), comprising:


ARMITAGE, Albert Borlase. Two Years in the Antarctic being a Narrative of the British National Antarctic Expedition. L, 1905. Later morocco-backed boards. -- BERNACCHI, Louis Charles. To the South Polar Regions Expedition of 1898-1900. L, 1901. Rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers. -- PONTING, Herbert George. The Great White South being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott’s South Pole Expedition and of the Nature of Life in the Antarctic. L, 1921. Later morocco-backed embossed cloth. -- BERNACCHI, Louis Charles. Saga of the “Discovery.”  L et al, 1938. Publisher's cloth. -- [SCOTT, Robert Falcon]. "Captain Scott's Trip to the South Pole From His Diaries." In: Everybody’s magazine, vol. XXIX, no. 1. NY, July 1913. Pp. 2-17, 97-104. Original printed wrappers. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, all illustrated, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally very good. Provenance for the lot: Collector’s bookplates, a few pencil marks.

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