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Lot 203

EVANS (EDWARD, LATER LORD MOUNTEVANS)
South with Scott, FIRST EDITION, W. Collins, 1921

6 February 2019, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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EVANS (EDWARD, LATER LORD MOUNTEVANS)

South with Scott, FIRST EDITION, second impression (issued in same month as the first impression), photogravure frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps, one folding diagram, 6 pages of advertisements at end, UNOPENED in publisher's blue cloth lettered in red on spine, dust-jacket printed in black priced "10/6 net" without the word "by" above Evans' name [Renard 496; Rosove 117; Spence 432; Taurus 83], 8vo, W. Collins, 1921

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FINE COPY, UNOPENED, WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION.

Evans accompanied Scott on both of his Antarctic expeditions, starting the Terra Nova Expedition as his second-in-command. His book proved hugely successful, Rosove noting that there have been at least 80 further editions.

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