Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, Naturalist and Friend BY George Seaver.
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, Naturalist and Friend BY George Seaver.
Publisher: John Murray, London, 1938. Very good hardback, no jacket. Cloth boards are faded and marked with a little rubbing and bumping to edges. Name blacked out to ffep. Binding firm, light scattered foxing to pages. 301 pages with photos.
CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION FOREWORD I EARLY YEARS AND CHELTENHAM COLLEGE II CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE III ST. GEORGES HOSPITAL AND LIFE AT BATTERSEA IV NORWAY AND SWITZERLAND V FROM LIFE AT STANMORE TO MARRIAGE THE DISCOVERT EXPEDITION VI THE VOYAGE VII THE FIRST WINTER. VIII FARTHEST SOUTH. IX THE SECOND WINTER X RELIEF AND RETURN XI GROUSE DISEASE : BRITISH MAMMALS AND BIRDS XII SOME ANTARCTIC CORRESPONDENCE XIII WHALING EXPEDITION THE LAST EXPEDITION XIV THE VOYAGE XV THE DEPOT JOURNEY . XVI WINTER QUARTERS.