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London: Duckworth, 1923. Spine top slightly worn; spine edges rubbed; nick in front cover.. "Fourth edition". Original Cloth. Good.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

New. .

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First US Edition. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering; gilt to spine is very rubbed and darkened. Light edgewear and soil; spine ends with small chips/tears; corners only slightly bumped. Binding shaken and somewhat tender; interior lightly toned and considerably foxed. B/w photos. Small bookshop label to ffep. No ownership marks or stamps. Not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 306 pages .

NY: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1923. Lightly foxed throught. Age staining to end pages. Otherwise clean and tight. Light fraying at head and foot of spine, light shelf wear to binding, bumped corners. lacks dust jacket; 305p.. Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Black & White Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1923. Second American Edition. Near Fine. 8vo [1 on p. 1], [8.75x6in]; [2], xxvi, 306 pp., [2], memoriam, 51 plates of 173 images, including frontispiece image of Terra Nova ice-bound without tissue guard, 2 illustrations, facsimile image of diary and 1 map in text; Orange cloth covers with black ink lettering between ruled lines on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges, spine slightly darken, several spots to top edge, Steve Fossett bookplate on front end paper. [Rosove 251.B2 variant b binding, Conrad p.183]. Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was a professional war and nature photographer before Scott selected him to be part of his last expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition 1910 - 1913. From Rosove, "Ponting was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition.... Ponting dragged as much as two hundred pounds of equipment on his sledge .... Ponting's photographic are was more than sufficient contribution, but… Read More

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 1947. Later Edition. Illusd. 305pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern polishewd mottled calf, black leather tiyle label and marbled boards. Fine. Later Edition. Illusd. 305pp. 8vo.