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BROWN, R[obert] N[eal] Rudmore
A naturalist at the Poles the life, work & voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the polar explorer ... with five chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch.
Seeley, Service, London 1923. First edition. 8vo., INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. 316 pp., 12 pages ads at end, frontispiece, 3 maps, 29 photographic plates, illustrations in text, original black cloth lettered in light blue, pictorial vignette to upper cover, light discolouration to spine and upper cover.
Inscribed: "With kind regards from R. N. Rudmore Brown". The biography of Bruce written by his friend and Scotia expedition mate. Contains a valuable account of the expedition's preliminaries and biographical details of the officers not found in "The voyage of the Scotia." The work was based upon Bruce's own papers and interviews with his family and mates on the expedition. Rosove 51.A1; Spence 195.
Price: £ 850
US Dollar Price: $ 1690
Stock Number: 54702