MOUNTEVANS, Edward Evans, Baron (1880-1957). South with Scott. London, 1921. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY.
8vo (222 x 140 mm). Frontispiece portrait, 3 folding maps, folding diagram. Publisher's red-lettered blue cloth (cloth slightly bubbled). Provenance: Publisher's review copy (publisher's slip and blind stamp).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, A VERY RARE PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review slip tipped to front free endpaper and blind stamp to title-page. Evans's memoir of Scott's triumph, reflecting the hero status Scott had attained by the close of World War I. Conrad, p. 176; Rosove 117.A1 (very scarce, and noting that it is unlikely that more than 20 review copies were circulated of this first issue); Spence 432; Taurus 83 (second impression).
