Scott’s Last Expedition Volume 1 Being the Journal of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O.; and Volume 2 Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. 2 Volumes Second Edition 1913

 

 

 

 

 

Note About Captain Robert Falcon (R.F.) Scott aka Scott of the Antarctic

 

Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) was a British Royal Naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. During this second venture Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 18 January 1912, to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian party in an unsought "race for the Pole". On their return journey Scott and his four comrades all perished, due to a combination of exhaustion, hunger and extreme cold.

 

Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in peacetime Victorian Britain, where opportunities for career advancement were limited, and keenly sought after by ambitious officers. It was the chance for personal distinction that led Scott to apply for the Discovery command, rather than any predilection for polar exploration.  However, having taken this step, his name became ever after associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final twelve years of his life.

 

Following the news of his death, Scott became an iconic British hero.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published by Smith, Elder & Co., both volumes are uniformly bound in their original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front boards and spines, with each volume measuring 9.75 x 6.75 inches (approx).

 

The boards to Volume 1 are in Very Good condition with bright gilt lettering to the front board and spine; a small mark to the front board and other much lighter marks; and shelf wear to the top and bottom of the spine.  The boards are very bright and attractive

 

Volume 1 has 633 numbered pages; top edge gilt and remaining edges untrimmed; a Frontispiece being a three quarter length photograph of Scott dressed in ceremonial naval uniform with sword.  This volume has 20 Chapters and is packed with a large number of photogravure plates, coloured plates, very large fold-out panorama views of the Antarctic, full page plates, and a fold-out map to the end.  Bound in and immediately preceding the fold-out map is the original slip that reads:

 

“It should be noted that the first stages in this map represent the marches of the Motor-party until they were joined by the main Southern party on November  21^st”

 

This volume ends with a two-page advertisement for the Dictionary of National Biography

 

This volume has an extremely interesting bookplate adhered to the front pastedown for The Seafarers Education Service in London which has the additional printed note:

 

“Any unauthorised person found in possession of this book is liable to prosecution.  Aboard ship it should be returned to the Librarian when finished with.  Ashore it should be returned (postage will be refunded) to MANSBRIDGE HOUSE, 207 Balham High Road, London S.W.17”

 

There is a blue “Withdrawn” stamp to the bookplate

 

The opposite front free endpaper has a retailer’s catalogue for this book priced at £350 and dated in a hand as “Aug ‘95”

 

The pages are in Very Good to Near Fine condition being very clean and firmly bound-in, with foxing to the early pages and then mainly to the edges of the pages

 

 

The boards to Volume 2 are in Very Good condition being complete with bright gilt lettering to the front board and bright gilt lettering and decoration to the spine.  However, this volume has more wear and marks, with discolouration to the spine due to sunlight and to the back board due to rubbing or dampness.  Nevertheless, these boards are still attractive

 

Volume 2 has 534 numbered pages, top edge gilt and remaining edges untrimmed; a Frontispiece of Edward A. Wilson, Chief of the Scientific Staff & Zoologist; 5 Chapters and is packed with a vast number of coloured plates; Double Page Plates; Full Page Plates; and large Fold-out Maps.  The pages are in Very Good to Near Fine condition with foxing being very light and very occasional

 

 

 

This is a lovely example of this rare set of books, being a detailed account and record of one of the greatest modern-day explorers this world has seen and the extraordinary exploration and conquering of the Antarctic that took Scott’s life

 

 

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