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Silas. The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles S. Wright.

Name: Silas. The Antarctic Diaries and Memoir of Charles S. Wright.
Author: [Wright, Charles S.] Colin Bull & Pat F. Wright, eds.

Book Description

First edition. Large 8vo. pp. xxx, [2], 418; illusts. from sketches by Pat F. Wright, sketch maps; bumped to head of spine, else good in the original cloth, d.j., which is chipped and creased to extremities. Loosely inserted obituary for Wright.

Dealer Notes

Wright was the physicist and glaciologist on Scott's last expedition. An obituary of Wright, by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, offprinted from the Journal of Glaciology, is included with the book.

Author [Wright, Charles S.] Colin Bull & Pat F. Wright, eds.

Date 1993

Binding HArdback, original cloth, in original d.-w.

Publisher Columbus: Ohio State University Press

Condition See below

Pages pp. xxx, [2], 418

Reserved

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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