SOLD $650 THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY, Captain Robert Scott, 2 Volumes, 1st edn., 1905, Smith Elder & co., London, both volumes in original dark blue cloth,

THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY, Captain Robert Scott, 2 Volumes, 1st edn., 1905, Smith Elder & co., London, both volumes in original dark blue cloth, spines a bit tired and bumped top edges, rubbed corners, gilt titles fine with two different gilt embossed devices on front covers - gold bright but rubbed, previous owner's signature on title page both Vols, hinges starting but holding, fold-out chart of Discovery's route in Antarctic Ocean Vol 1 in rear pocket. minor tear along folded edge but complete, fold-out map Vol 11 of sledging routes out from Hut Point complete, B&W and colour plates complete - Scott's official account of the 1901-03 British Antarctic Expedition that wintered at Hut Point largely aboard Discovery and subsequently made the first sledging journey southward on the Ross Ic Shelf. An acceptable set of an increasingly hard to find book -$NZ650

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THE VOYAGE OF THE DISCOVERY, Captain Robert Scott, 2 Volumes, 1st edn., 1905, Smith Elder & co., London, both volumes in original dark blue cloth, spines a bit tired and bumped top edges, rubbed corners, gilt titles fine with two different gilt embossed devices on front covers - gold bright but rubbed, previous owner's signature on title page both Vols, hinges starting but holding, fold-out chart of Discovery's route in Antarctic Ocean Vol 1 in rear pocket. minor tear along folded edge but complete, fold-out map Vol 11 of sledging routes out from Hut Point complete, B&W and colour plates complete - Scott's official account of the 1901-03 British Antarctic Expedition that wintered at Hut Point largely aboard Discovery and subsequently made the first sledging journey southward on the Ross Ic Shelf. An acceptable set of an increasingly hard to find book -$NZ650