London to Ladysmith via Victoria antarctic First UK edition

First UK edition

half Saxon" (Guardian

was the second wife of Sir Kinahan Cornwallis (1883-1959)

Many photographs throughout the text

Sir Michael Parkinson passed in 2023 at the age of 88

London to Ladysmith via Victoria antarctic First UK editionLondon: Longmans, Green, 1900. New impression. Rebound in later, mid brown, half calf, gilt lettering to spine, with the original front wrapper of the jacket bound in at the back. 8vo. (20 x 14 cms); pp. xii + 498 + 32 publisher's catalogue. New endpapers. Half title and titlepage present. Coloured folding map tipped in opp t p with short tear near spine not affecting the map. Three further maps and four plans. Half title browned otherwise pages clean