DOORLY (GERALD S.) The Voyages of the "Morning", FIRST EDITION, Smith Elder, 1916
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DOORLY (GERALD S.)
The Voyages of the "Morning", first edition, introduction by Leonard Huxley, half-title, frontispiece, 16 plates, one folding map, 6 pages of music, publisher's pictorial cloth with image of penguin and chick on upper cover, preserved in purpose-made box [Conrad, p.112; Renard 450; Rosove 96.A1; Taurus 142; OCLC 12012934], 8vo (235 x 187mm.), Smith Elder, 1916
Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

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  • A fine copy of a scarce title, "... it must have been a rarity to find someone interested in reading the title in the midst of the First World War" (Taurus).

    Gerald Doorly was a junior officer on board the two voyages of the Morning, the relief ship for the Discovery expedition. As Colbeck, the ship's captain, did not write an account Doorly's book is the main eye-witness source.

    Provenance: Martin L. Greene (Seattle) from Bob Finch (High Latitude), 1999.

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