First American edition. Book and dust jacket each have some wear to the spine ends. Illustrated with b & w photos and drawings and 3 maps. Contains notes, bibliography and index. The successful journey (reaching the South Pole) and tragic end (not masking it back) to the British expedition of 1911-12, that tried to beat Amundsen to the pole. Human frailty in the midst of indomitable courage. Well written.

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Titre: A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
�diteur: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date de parution: 1998
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0395933498
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780395933497
Reliure: Hardcover
�dition: 1st American edition
�tat de l'article: Near Fine
�tat de la jaquette: Near Fine

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