{"product_id":"borchgrevink-report-natural-history-1902-first-edition-123171","title":"Report on the Collections of Natural History","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003epresentation copy from the British Museum\u003c\/h4\u003ePresentation copy from the Trustees of the British Museum to the Royal Institute of Cornwall, dated July 24th 1908 (withdrawn stamp October 13th 2025).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scarce collection of zoological and botanical reports of the under-appreciated Southern Cross Expedition. Contains extracts from the diary of zoologist Nicolai Hanson, who was in charge of the seal and bird specimen hunting and the only member of the crew to die on the expedition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; royal 8vo (25.5 x 17 cm); 53 plates including 9 in colour, 30 in-text photographs, 1 figure \u0026amp; 10 tables in text, bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper, very light foxing to a few plates; publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, a fine copy; ix, 344 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenard 865; Rosove 46; Spence 968.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"[BORCHGREVINK, Carsten Egebert]; [LANKESTER, Edwin Ray \u0026 BELL, Jeffrey (editors)].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307077181815,"sku":"123171","price":3778.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123171_c59fc3ca-a8b5-4c2f-bec9-8eba30628a9d.jpg?v=1784221053","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/borchgrevink-report-natural-history-1902-first-edition-123171","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}