Cherry Garrard Apsley Introduction (13 results)

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Softcover. Condition: As New. "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised," wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard in a deceptively jaunty introduction to this classic story of bravery and fortitude first published in 1922. The story he relates is of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, from its departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913; it is one of the most famous and tragic in the annals of exploration. Driven by an obsession for scientific knowledge, these brave polar explorers embarked on a journey into the unknown, testing their endurance by pushing themselves to the ultimate physical and mental limits as they surveyed the striking and mammoth land that lies far to the south.Cherry-Garrard was himself a member of the expedition that had two goals: to discover as much as was scientifically possible about the terrain and habitat of Antarctica, and to be the first to reach the South Pole. The party was plagued by bad luck, weather conditions of unanticipated ferocity, and the physical deterioration of the party on the last part of the journey. Confronted by the shattering knowledge that Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole a month before them, Scott's party then had to negotiate the last, heroic part of their journey, a doomed attempt which has entered modern mythology. The Worst Journey in the World is the inside story of this most famous of journeys and is truly one of the best and most moving books of travel ever written. Join Scott's expedition as he and his team venture deep into the frozen unknown.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. "Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time that has ever been devised," wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard in a deceptively jaunty introduction to this classic story of bravery and fortitude first published in 1922. The story he relates is of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, from its departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913; it is one of the most famous and tragic in the annals of exploration. Driven by an obsession for scientific knowledge, these brave polar explorers embarked on a journey into the unknown, testing their endurance by pushing themselves to the ultimate physical and mental limits as they surveyed the striking and mammoth land that lies far to the south.Cherry-Garrard was himself a member of the expedition that had two goals: to discover as much as was scientifically possible about the terrain and habitat of Antarctica, and to be the first to reach the South Pole. The party was plagued by bad luck, weather conditions of unanticipated ferocity, and the physical deterioration of the party on the last part of the journey. Confronted by the shattering knowledge that Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole a month before them, Scott's party then had to negotiate the last, heroic part of their journey, a doomed attempt which has entered modern mythology.The Worst Journey in the World is the inside story of this most famous of journeys and is truly one of the best and most moving books of travel ever written. Join Scott's expedition as he and his team venture deep into the frozen unknown.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. penguin classics edition. 640 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. penguin classics edition. 640 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 1944 Reprint. Size octavo, 266 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on cream panel to the spine, no dust jacket. Book condition good, corners and edges rubbed, hinges a bit loose, a few spots to first and last few pages else contents clean. The story of one of the lesser known participants in Scott's epic venture in Antarctica, with an Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Softcover. Condition: Good Reading Copy. No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. 1963 Paperback Unabridged Edition: xxxiv, 228 pages, 8 plates including 2 maps plus 1 folding map. Well read but still complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4247. …

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 6th Edition or Higher. June 1948 reprint: xxxiv, 301 pages 18 plates (including colour frontispiece) 3 maps (1 folding). Original covers in later PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers sunned, ink signature dated 1950 on front end cover, contents clean. Noted artist, ornithologist, and companion of Scott who perished with him on the return from the South Pole. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1255.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Early Edition. 1st Edition, 5th printing May 1934; xxxiv, 301 pages, 26 plates (7 in colour including frontispiece), 3 maps (1 folding), 49 drawings in text. (All illustrations In this edition are by Wilson with the exception of the frontispiece and the final portraits. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Original covers in a later PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection, previous owners bookplate on verso front cover, some minor spotting, mainly to page edges. This copy also has a very lovely tipped in water colour plate on the rear of the frontispiece entitled Mt. Erebus 1911, Ed. Wilson. Wilson was a physician, naturalist, ornithologist, painter and naturalist on both of Robert Scott's expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of three who undertook a winter expedition to the rookeries of the Emperor penguin, the subject of Cherry Apsley-Garrard's book "The Worst Journey in the World". On the "Terra Nova" voyage, he was one of the group who raced to reach the South Pole, only to find that Amundsen had beat the British there. On the return journey, he and his companions died, a national tragedy in England at the time. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1243.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Front free endpaper torn out. Gutter split at front hinge. 3/8" missing at head of dustjacket spine. A couple of 3/8" chips to front panel of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1947 reprint. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards. White panel and gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216mm x 138mm. Travel, Polar.; 8vo.…