Description
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE EXPEDITION, 8vo, pp. xix, [i], 187, [1] + colour frontispiece, 4 further colour plates, 16 black and white plates (containing 32 images). Maps and diagrams within text. Original black cloth, spine and front board blocked in gilt, cream dustjacket printed in black and pale blue. Dustjacket with short tears and chips to top edge, lamination lifting a bit in places, a crease to front flap. Flyleaf inscribed by the author ‘To Capt. Mackenzie with kind regards from us all, 6.12.56’, half-title additionally signed by the author and 7 other members of the expedition.
