Public School Explorers in Newfoundland

£45.00

CLARKE, Dennis SKU: 20529

First Edition. 8vo. pp. xii, [1], 294; 48 photographic plates. Mapped pastedowns and endpapers. With the slightly chipped and browned dust-jacket. Deals with the third expedition of the Public Schools Exploring Society to the then unknown interior of Newfoundland, including chapters on food, mammals, birds, etc., by other members of the Expedition. The party was led by Surgeon-Commander Murray Levick, R.N. founder and organiser of the Society, who contributes the introduction to this work.