Brouwer, H.A. (ed.) — Practical Hints to Scientific.

1925-1929 (2nd ed.) Six volumes (complete). xlviii, 978 p., 59 plates, publisherâÇÖs cloth (volumes 1-3), paperbound (volumes 4-6). Previous ownerâÇÖs names and volume two with ex libris of Dieter Tappenbeck. Good set. This is a valuable and detailed compilation written by expert scientific explorers giving their experiences in different countries (practical advise for equipment and important information relating to everyday life, customs and manners among different peoples). There are chapters on Netherlands East Indies, South & East Africa, The Philippines, Polar Regions, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Turkestan, Mexico, Indo-China, India, New Zealand, New Guinea, Morocco, Egypt, Angola, Australia, Antarctica, Venezuela, Haiti, Ecuador, Congo, the Malay-peninsula, Canada, Oceania, Tropical West Africa, etc. Authors include: Percy Wagner, Warren Smith, W. Werenskiold, A. Hoel, O, Holtedahl, E. R. Stanley, and many others. The section on Antarctica is by Griffith Taylor who travelled with Scott.