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London: John Murray, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Previous owner's name on the first free end paper. Some shelf wear to the dust jacket. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1937. First U. S. Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. 301 pages, plus plates. Solid and clean copy with general signs of use and light wear. Dust jacket shows heavy chipping, though text and image are good. Jacket is clean and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.

London: John Murray, 1950. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 310 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Owner's name front end paper. Acceptable dust jacket with chips and edge tears.

london: john murray, 1947. First Edition . Cloth. Good. Edward Wilson Of The Antarctic By John Murray, School Book. An interesting school book with an unknown history. The front seal reads "Timaru High School Board", and it is the first Australian Edition. Timaru is in New Zealand. I haven't researched the inscriptions but thought the book was good looking, a fun topic, and has an interesting history. Let me know if you have any questions or if you desire more photos. Thank you.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1937. Red Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Minimal wear at corners and spine ends, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows wear, small tears, spine yellowed, a little creasing bottom front. Illus with maps and B&W photos. Photo on request.

New York : Transatlantic Arts. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 301 pages. Gift inscription, dated 1951; otherwise unmarked pages. Illustrated including a color frontispiece. Includes the fold out map. The spine is darkened. Undated. VERY GOOD +++.

London: John Murray, 1933. 8vo, pp. [6], vii-xxxiv, 301, [1]; original blue cloth; gilt cloth label on spine; colored frontispiece of Edward Wilson; 26 illustrated and photographic plates, 1 folding; very good. Spence 1081; Rosove 296.A1.

New York: E P Dutton, 1937. 301pp on thick paper, 16 pp ills, 3 Maps (one fold-out) and Facsimiles of some pages from his Diary. With 16 Half-tones and a Four-color Frontispiece.. Red hardboard, title in black. Life of the South Polar explorer & naturalist who died on the trip back from the Pole with Scott and Oates. Previous owner name on ffep otherwise clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Dutton, 1937. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Wilson was a physician, naturalist, ornithologist, painter and naturalist on both of Robert Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of three who undertook a winter expedition to the rookeries of the Emperor penguin, the subject of Cherry Apsley-Garrard's book "The Worst Journey in the World". On the "Terra Nova" voyage, he was one of the group who raced to reach the South Pole, only to find that Amundsen had beat the British there. On the return journey, he and his companions died, a national tragedy in England at the time. 8vo, (xxxiv), 301pp on thick paper, 16 pp ills., 1 map. Red hardboard, title in black. Fine in vg dj, slt. edge rubbed. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Rosove 296.B1.a. See Spence 1080 UK ed.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1937. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Wilson was a physician, naturalist, ornithologist, painter and naturalist on both of Robert Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of three who undertook a winter expedition to the rookeries of the Emperor penguin, the subject of Cherry Apsley-Garrard's book "The Worst Journey in the World". On the "Terra Nova" voyage, he was one of the group who raced to reach the South Pole, only to find that Amundsen had beat the British there. On the return journey, he and his companions died, a national tragedy in England at the time. 8vo, xxxiv, 301 pp. Color frontispiece portrait, 16 black and white plates (15 from sketches by Wilson and one photo portrait), and 3 maps (1 folding). Original blue cloth in the illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket chipped at head and tail of spine, and triangular loss top of rear panel, ruffled at edges. Previous owner bookplate at front paste down. Rosove 296.B1.a. Spence 1080.

London: John Murray. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket separated in halves at spine. Few open tears. Rubbing along panel edges. .

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1937. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Wilson was a physician, naturalist, ornithologist, painter and naturalist on both of Robert Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of three who undertook a winter expedition to the rookeries of the Emperor penguin, the subject of Cherry Apsley-Garrard's book "The Worst Journey in the World". On the "Terra Nova" voyage, he was one of the group who raced to reach the South Pole, only to find that Amundsen had beat the British there. On the return journey, he and his companions died, a national tragedy in England at the time. 8vo, xxxiv, 301 pp. Color frontispiece portrait, 16 black and white plates (15 from sketches by Wilson and one photo portrait), and 3 maps (1 folding). Original blue cloth in the illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket chipped at edges, marked at back panel. Internally, lacking the front free end paper, and with two previous owner inscriptions at the half title. Introduction by Apsley… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1937. 1st US edition. Hardcover. 8vo, xxxiv, 301pp. Color frontispiece portrait, 16 black and white plates (15 from sketches by Wilson and one photo portrait), and 3 maps (1 folding). Original blue cloth; dust jacket little rubbed. Very Good condition. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Rosove 296.B1.a. Spence 1080.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company Inc, 1937. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Good. [8.75x6in]; xxxiv, 301 pp., frontispiece color illustration of Wilson in Antarctica from image, 16 illustrations (all but one from sketches by Wilson), three maps (one folds out), index; Grayish-blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, blind embossed illustration of rising sun over ocean on front, all edges trimmed; Grayish-blue dust jacket with black lettering on front with white bordered black and white illustration of winter travel under the aurora australis, black lettered title in bordered cream field on spine, advertising on back, not priced clipped; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, spine slightly darken, some foxing spots and age toning on text block edges, three red ink star stamps and a remove seller label on rear end paper, no other prior owner marks; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with several chips and and closed tears along edges, some rubbing spots and soiling to… Read More