Books

London: Smith Elder & Co., 1907-14. Three volumes. Bound in the original vertical grained blue cloth. Volumes 1 and 2 are numbered 121 of 250 copies with volume three being 196 of 350 copies. Volume 4 limited to 500 copies. The first two volumes have a mounted image of the Discovery in Winter Quarters on the front board. The third volume has a mounted image of the hut on the front board. Spine titles in gilt as well as on boards. All edges gilt. Gilt rope work around illustration. A minor touch of foxing on the limitation pages and very faint offsetting to the title leaves. Numerous plates and illustrations including mounted images, full page and in text. Illustrations are both colour and black and white. The coloured illustrations all appear to be chromolithographs. Volumes are very slightly worn on the bottom edges with corners very slightly bumped. A little foxing on the endpapers otherwise a very attractive clean bright set. Also included with the set is the new Volume…