xiv, 508pp, with several sections of plate illustrations. White paper covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original, price clipped dust wrapper, bumped at edges and a little shelf worn.
A vivid biography of Captain Scott, one which examines the man and his life as much as this career as an explorer.