ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912) The Voyage of the 'Discovery' . London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. 2 vols, 8° (236 x 162mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black. 2 folding maps, loose in pockets at rear, plates and maps, some double-page or coloured, publisher's slip at front of vol. I. (One folding map reinforced with linen tape at folds and edges, tiny splits at folds to both, half-title, frontispiece and flyleaves detached and loose with old tape marks, tape repairs to contents leaves of vol. II, occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth gilt, upper covers with gilt 'medallions' blocked in semi-relief, top edges gilt ('medallions' lightly rubbed as usual, extremities rubbed, hinges weak and cracked, vol. I with small holes at foot of spine, headcap to vol. II split and repaired). Provenance : Hugh Robert Mill (inscription from Scott) -- Scott Polar Research Institute (very small cancelled stamps to front pastedowns and titles). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SCOTT TO THE LIBRARIAN OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY signed and dated November 1905. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY of Scott's account of his Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. H.R. Mill (1861-1950), geographer, accompanied the expedition as far as Madeira, where he instructed Ferrar and Shackleton in the measurement of the density and salinity of seawater. Initially engaged in marine research, he became a lecturer at Heriot-Watt College and the universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, before moving to London in 1901 to take up the position as R.G.S. Librarian. There, he 'assisted in organizing and advising on Antarctic research, including the scientific equipping of ships and preparation of the bibliography in The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901 ... He was an acknowledged expert on Antarctic exploration though he had never been to polar regions, and became a friend, adviser, and inspirer of many explorers, as well as a storehouse of information' (ODNB). He cemented a strong friendship with Shackleton on Discovery 's outward voyage to Madeira, and would write Shackleton's first biography, The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton , published in 1923. The Mill Glacier, a tributary glacier of the Beardmore Glacier, discovered on Shackleton's Nimrod expedition is named for him. Conrad p.121; Rosove 286.A1a ('scarce'); Spence 1051; Taurus 41. (2)
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912) The Voyage of the 'Discovery' . London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. 2 vols, 8° (236 x 162mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black. 2 folding maps, loose in pockets at rear, plates and maps, some double-page or coloured, publisher's slip at front of vol. I. (One folding map reinforced with linen tape at folds and edges, tiny splits at folds to both, half-title, frontispiece and flyleaves detached and loose with old tape marks, tape repairs to contents leaves of vol. II, occasional light spotting.) Original blue cloth gilt, upper covers with gilt 'medallions' blocked in semi-relief, top edges gilt ('medallions' lightly rubbed as usual, extremities rubbed, hinges weak and cracked, vol. I with small holes at foot of spine, headcap to vol. II split and repaired). Provenance : Hugh Robert Mill (inscription from Scott) -- Scott Polar Research Institute (very small cancelled stamps to front pastedowns and titles). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SCOTT TO THE LIBRARIAN OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY signed and dated November 1905. AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY of Scott's account of his Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. H.R. Mill (1861-1950), geographer, accompanied the expedition as far as Madeira, where he instructed Ferrar and Shackleton in the measurement of the density and salinity of seawater. Initially engaged in marine research, he became a lecturer at Heriot-Watt College and the universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, before moving to London in 1901 to take up the position as R.G.S. Librarian. There, he 'assisted in organizing and advising on Antarctic research, including the scientific equipping of ships and preparation of the bibliography in The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901 ... He was an acknowledged expert on Antarctic exploration though he had never been to polar regions, and became a friend, adviser, and inspirer of many explorers, as well as a storehouse of information' (ODNB). He cemented a strong friendship with Shackleton on Discovery 's outward voyage to Madeira, and would write Shackleton's first biography, The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton , published in 1923. The Mill Glacier, a tributary glacier of the Beardmore Glacier, discovered on Shackleton's Nimrod expedition is named for him. Conrad p.121; Rosove 286.A1a ('scarce'); Spence 1051; Taurus 41. (2)
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