Bonhams 1793 : PRIESTLEY (RAYMOND E.) Antarctic Adventure: Scott's Northern Party, FIRST EDITION, Fisher Unwin, 1914

Antarctic Adventure: Scott's Northern Party, first edition, 98 plates, 3 folding maps, several diagrams, occasional light spotting, publisher's pictorial blue cloth gilt, t.e.g. [Conrad, p.186; Renard 1254; Rosove 256.A1a; Spence 939; Taurus 80; OCLC 8443263], GOOD, BRIGHT COPY, 8vo (227 x 150mm.), Fisher Unwin, 1914

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Footnotes

In this account, written by the expedition geologist, "one reads about the wild adventures and amazing survival of the so-called Northern Party - an episode which may in our time achieve greater popularity than the dour tragedy of Scott's polar march" (Taurus). The six men of the Northern Party spent 21 months separated from the rest of their companions, firstly at Cape Adare, and later in the ice cave. A number of copies were destroyed in a warehouse fire, caused by a Zeppelin attack, during the War.

Provenance: Martin L. Greene (Seattle) from Julien Renard (of Gaston Renard).

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