Travel
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley
The worst journey in the world. Antarctic 1910-1913.
Constable, London 1929. Second edition, reissued, 2 volumes, 8vo. FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER, ALBERT B. ARMITAGE, numerous illustrations including 6 coloured plates, 5 maps (3 folding), original blue cloth gilt, a very good set.
Both volumes inscribed on the pastedowns: " A[lbert] B[orlase] A[rmitage] from J[oy] A[rmitage] 1930." "The best written and most enduring account of exploits in the Antarctic." - Taurus. "It was perhaps the only real stroke of luck in Scott's ill fated [Terra Nova] expedition that Cherry-Garrard, the one survivor of the winter journey, happened to be able to describe it so effectively that the reader forgets how comfortable he is in his arm-chair, and remembers the tale with a shiver as if he had been through it himself." - George Bernard Shaw. "Cherry-Garrard's book has often been referred to as the finest polar book ever written. Scott's diary left many facets of the expedition and the experiences of its men untold: it was Cherrry-Garrard who pulled the entire story together. He was uniquely suited to do so. He was a member of the main party fpr the expedition's entire duration, had access to unpublished sources, and was the only member of the Winter Journey to survive the expedition. Most of all, he had the sensibilities and extraordinary literary genius necessary to cope with the complex and tragic subject of the Polar Journey." - Rosove. Rosove 71.C2 ("uncommon"); Cf. Taurus 84; Conrad p173; Spence 277.
Price: £ 1500
US Dollar Price: $ 2980
Stock Number: 54260