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MURRAY, ed. George - The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901. Edited by George Murray. With a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Presented to the Expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society. [Facsimile reissue]. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED

[Explorer Books, Plaistow, Sussex],, [1994]. 8vo., with 3 large folding maps and very numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. This work, prepared for Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, contains a valuable and wide-ranging storehouse of scientific and practical Antarctic data by acknowledged authorities. It includes a particularly extensive bibliography of Antarctic exploration and research compiled by Hugh Robert Mill (formerly librarian to the RGS). Spence, 829 (recording the scarce original edition of 1901).
GBP 148.00 [Appr.: EURO 171 US$ 195.4 | JP¥ 29415] Book number 38888

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