The voyage of the 'Discovery'
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3043893
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates, port., ill., maps, 26cm. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: "Courtauld Thompson" [i.e. Lord Courtauld-Thomson (1865-1954)]; authorial inscription in pencil to vol. 1 half-title: 'To my friend Courtauld Thomson / the author has a vivid recollection of a voyage in / a singularly comfortless passenger boat from / San Francisco to Victoria C.C. in the spring of / the year 1890 ... R. F. Scott June [19]06' [i.e. Captain Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912) ; black ink stamp on flyleaf: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Navy blue publisher's cloth, as issued.
Makers and roles
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)