SOUTH POLE. Captain Robert SCOTT. The "Discovery" at the Sou - Lot 238

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SOUTH POLE. Captain Robert SCOTT. The "Discovery" at the Sou - Lot 238
SOUTH POLE. Captain Robert SCOTT. The "Discovery" at the South Pole. Paris, Hachette, 1908. 2 large volumes in-4, stapled. - Le Pôle meurtrier. Diary. Paris, Hachette, 1914. In-4, green illustrated percaline of the publisher. I. VIII-390-(1f.) / II. (2f.)-342 /// X-370-(1f.) // (7f.)-XXXVII-486-(1f.). Journal of the two expeditions that Captain Robert Falcon Scott made to the South Pole. During the second voyage, he reached the Pole on January 17, 1912 and discovered that Roald Amundsen's expedition had preceded him by four weeks. He died on the way back. 263 engravings and maps and 16 drawings in the text for the first book. Translation by Charles Rabot and 91 engravings and a folding map for the second one. Covers damaged for the first book. Attached : Jean-Baptiste CHARCOT. The "Frenchman" at the South Pole. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, s.d. (1906). Large in-8, paperback, illustrated cover. First edition illustrated with a folding map and 300 illustrations in the text. One booklet partially unclipped.
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