SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1902-1904 [BROWN (ROBERT NEAL RUDMOSE, etc.) The Voyage ...

SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1902-1904 [BROWN (ROBERT NEAL RUDMOSE), R.C. MOSSMAN and J.H.H. PIRIE] The Voyage of the 'Scotia'. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in Antarctic Seas. By Three of the Staff, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ONE OF THE AUTHORS, 'With kind regards from R. N. Rudmose Brown' on the half-title, frontispiece and 58 photographic plates, 3 maps (one large folding at end), one plate loose, publisher's grey pictorial cloth, upper cover with image of penguins, seal and ship, the spine with a man on skis, t.e.g., spine slightly rubbed as usual, but otherwise a good copy [Rosove 50.A1.a; Spence 193; Taurus 51], Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1906--BROWN (ROBERT NEAL RUDMOSE) A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work & Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar Explorer, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, plates and maps, TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY W.S. BRUCE (1 page, on Scottish National Antarctic Expedition headed paper, sending the Scottish female recipient (possibly one of W.G. Burn Murdoch's daughters) 'a box of Arctic Plants... I shall be glad if your gardener can make anything of them', dated 3 November 1907, in original envelope), publisher's pictorial cloth, Seeley, Service & Co., 1923, 8vo--[BRUCE (WILLIAM SPIERS)] Life in the Antarctic. Sixty Photographs by Members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, FIRST EDITION, photographic illustrations, publisher's pictorial wrappers, 12mo, London and Glasgow, Gowans & Gray, 1907 (3) Footnotes: An attractive copy of the major narrative of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04, together with a biography of the Expedition leader W.S. Brown. 'The entire crew and scientists were virtually all Scottish, and the funds came from Scottish subscribers... This highly successful expedition returned to Scotland with large scientific collections which formed the basis of the Scottish Oceanographical Institute, founded by Bruce in Edinburgh in 1907' (ODNB). Provenance: Dr. Ronald Lewis-Smith. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing