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PHILIP L. BROCKLEHURST'S COPIES

BROUWER, H. A. [editor]. Practical hints to scientific travellers.

The Hague. Martinus Nijhoff, 1925-26 The first volume is the revised second edition, all others are first editions.
12mo. Four volumes of six only. Numerous illustrations, maps, and charts throughout. Original publisher's grey cloth, black-blocked lettering-pieces. Without glassine dustwrappers. Light rubbing, some slight spotting/marking. Book-labels of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst to all FEPs.
The first four volumes of a series issued between 1925 and 1929 compiling the experiences of scientific explorers in various climates, from the deserts of Africa to the icy wastes of Antarctica.

Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975), Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition.
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref: 23746