preface by a s murray (5 risultati)

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Book Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. xv + 78 pages including index + 16 pages sepia/b/w plates with 1-4 figures per page to rear with 8 plates within text with tipped in colour with slightly yellowed tissue coverings. Book has a hint of a forward lean. Deep maroon binding, bright gilt titles & decoration to front, gilt titles to very slightly lightened spine, light wear with very tiny edge splits & creasing to spine-end, light wear to corenrs which have very tiny bumps, page-edges slightly darkened with age with a hint of foxing. Light grey end-papers. Text is very clean & in very nice soound condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Former owner's small bookplate to inner cover (along with name of scholar Ernest A. Dale written underneath). 2 small abrasions to front board with tiny puncture hole. Scratches to rear board. Internally VG.; XVI + 79 pp. + 36 Figures.; 79 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 219 Pp. Orange Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine, Touch Of Rubbing At Spine Ends, Previous Owner's Blindstamp On First Front Free Endpaper. Dj Near Fine, Tiny Ink Spot At Top Of Front Panel.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. London: Issued by Order of Trustees of British Museum (1888). 244 pages. Frontispiece. (9 plates in the back of the book. NearFine Hardcover (Black cloth, Gilt spine title, no dj). Minimal wear to the very ends of the spine. Perfectly Clean and Unmarked throughout. Uncut pages beginning from page 40. Strong binding. 7.8"x5.25"x0.75". be26430.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. 1994 Reprint Limited Edition of 500; xvi, 586 pages with 3 large folding maps and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text. Hardback cloth covers. Appears unread. Reprint of the 1901 edition prepared for Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Contains valuable and wide-ranging scientific and practical Antarctic data by acknowledged authorities. It includes a particularly extensive bibliography of Antarctic exploration and research compiled by Hugh Robert Mill (formerly librarian to the RGS). Spence, 829 (recording the scarce original edition of 1901). Manual on the exploration of Antarctica and various branches of science for the use of members of the British National Antarctic Expedition under Capt. R. F. Scott. This book was prepared with the intention of giving easy access of information, otherwise inaccessible, which was required by officers in their scientific investigations. Includes pages and extracts gathered together under various headings: geography; Antarctic climate; the Aurora; Instructions for collecting rocks; Antarctic sledge travelling etc, Includes the first printing of the Journal of the John Biscoe, 1830. Limited Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 193. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.