Travel
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley
The worst journey in the world. Antarctic 1910-1913.
Constable, London 1922. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo. pp.lxiv, 1-300, [4] appendix,viii, 301-585, 6 coloured plates, 10 folding panoramas, 5 maps, 3 folding, scattered spotting throughout, pages uncut, original linen-backed blue boards, slightly marked, paper labels; a very attractive set.
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. Taurus 84; Books on Ice, 6.12; Conrad p173; Rosove 71.A1; Spence 277.
Price: £ 3750
US Dollar Price: $ 7440
Stock Number: 76687