Bernacchi, Louis C.

A Very Gallant Gentleman.

London: T. Butterworth. 3rd impression. Hardcover. Story of Capt. Lawrence Edward Grace Oates in the Antarctic, who died in the race for the South Pole with Scott. Disabled by frostbite & slowing his companions, he left the tent to die, saying to his friends, "I'm just going outside, and may be sometime..."



8vo, 240pp, frontispiece, b&w ills in text. Signature & date at ffep. Purple cloth covers, slightly sunned at spine, with slight damage to title. See Spence 127. Good + condition. Item #9373

Price: $30.00