Author: Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
Title: The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913. Two Volumes
Description: New York City, George H. Doran Company, 1922. 1st edition. Hardcover. Pagination: lxiv, 300, [4]; viii, 301-585, [blank leaf]. 8vo. Two volume set in publisher's original binding. Both volumes bound in the same manner as the Constable first printing: blue-grey papered boards with linen spines. The blue-grey endpapers do not appear original, but consistent with the original endpapers. The paper spine labels are chipped, more so to volume I, but are quite legible. Spines darkened. Light discoloration to edges of boards, with some edge-rubbing. Frontispiece tissue guard present in both volumes. Bottom edge of text block of volume II scored, but with no significant affect to contents. Binding tight, contents bright and unmarked. Similar collation to the Constable printing, but without the ten panoramas. All plates and maps are present and placed as stipulated. Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clarke, Edinburgh. 'Being an account of Scott's last Antarctic expedition 1910-1913, especially of the winter, polar, and search journeys; with the diaries of those who took part, panoramic and other illustrations and sketch maps by the late Dr. Edward A. Wilson and others.' Rosove 71.C1, not in Spence. Ill.: maps, colour and b&w plates.
Keywords: Antarctica; Robert Falcon Scott; South Pole; Amundsen; Sledging maps, colour and b&w plates
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Title: The Worst Journey in the World / Antarctic 1910-1913. Two Volumes
Description: New York City, George H. Doran Company, 1922. 1st edition. Hardcover. Pagination: lxiv, 300, [4]; viii, 301-585, [blank leaf]. 8vo. Two volume set in publisher's original binding. Both volumes bound in the same manner as the Constable first printing: blue-grey papered boards with linen spines. The blue-grey endpapers do not appear original, but consistent with the original endpapers. The paper spine labels are chipped, more so to volume I, but are quite legible. Spines darkened. Light discoloration to edges of boards, with some edge-rubbing. Frontispiece tissue guard present in both volumes. Bottom edge of text block of volume II scored, but with no significant affect to contents. Binding tight, contents bright and unmarked. Similar collation to the Constable printing, but without the ten panoramas. All plates and maps are present and placed as stipulated. Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clarke, Edinburgh. 'Being an account of Scott's last Antarctic expedition 1910-1913, especially of the winter, polar, and search journeys; with the diaries of those who took part, panoramic and other illustrations and sketch maps by the late Dr. Edward A. Wilson and others.' Rosove 71.C1, not in Spence. Ill.: maps, colour and b&w plates.
Keywords: Antarctica; Robert Falcon Scott; South Pole; Amundsen; Sledging maps, colour and b&w plates
Price: US$ 1000.00 Seller: Bison Books
- Book number: 9900043979
- Book number: 9900043979
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