Nicholas Wollaston — The Man on the Ice Cap

London, The Travel and Quality Book Clubs , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this biography of Arctic explorer Augustine Courtauld, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this biography if Augustine Courtauld by Nicholas Wollaston. A bright copy in the unclipped dust wrapper, illustrated with a frontispiece and other plates throughout. Courtauld was a British yachtsman and Arctic explorer, best known for being the solo meteorologist at Icecap Station, winter observation post in the interior of Greenland between 1930 and 1931.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is lovely and unclipped with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bund. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.