Antarctica: The Story of a Continent

Frank Debenham

Verlag: Herbert Jenkins, London, 1959

A fascinating account of Antarctica, written by the first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Frank Debenham (1883-1965) travelled with Robert Falcon Scott on his Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition between 1910 and 1913, but did not join him on the ill-fated journey to the South Pole due to an injury. He was a prolific author, writing 'In the Antarctic: Stories of Scott's Last Expedition 1952', as well as works on map-making, geography and his other travels. He served as Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration.Contains a number of full plate photographs, as well as vignette diagrams.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper, and the publisher's original full cloth binding. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a dent in the spine, a red mark to the foredge. Dust wrapper is price clipped, also with minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a dent in the spine. Ownership bookplate to front endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 751R48

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Antarctica: The Story of a Continent
Verlag: Herbert Jenkins, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1959
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: None
Zustand: Very Good Indeed
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
Art des Buches: book