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[BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION]. DEBENHAM, Frank (1883-1965). British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. Report on the Maps and Surveys. London: Harrison and Sons for the Committee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund, 1923.
4to. Numerous illustrations in the text, 15 folding maps in rear pocket. Original red-violet pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine gently sunned, light rubbing at corners, discrete evidence of library call number on spine). Provenance: Derby Technical College (stamps on half-title verso, title-page and pastedown); Captain Richard Campbell (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. “A geologist on Scott’s second journey, Debenham was a member of both western geological parties. His map-making skills are best displayed in this publication, with all maps bar one drawn from the expedition, offered together with his description and criticism of the instruments used to take measurements” (Taurus). Renard 186; Rosove 293-10.A1; Spence 357; Taurus 92.