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CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)
The Worst Journey in the World, first one volume edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "... To Commander Tony Barley by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, June 20th 1950" on the front free endpaper, Produced by the Author, and Published for Him by Chatto & Windus, 1937

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CHERRY-GARRARD (APSLEY)

The Worst Journey in the World, first one volume edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED "... To Commander Tony Barley by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, June 20th 1950" on the front free endpaper, half-title, 10 plates, 4 folding maps, some light spotting, publisher' cloth, spine sun soiled, 8vo, Produced by the Author, and Published for Him by Chatto & Windus, 1937

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AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY of a true classic of Antarctic literature, recounting the "Winter Journey in 1911 to obtain specimen eggs from the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier.... a hazardous round trip of 120 miles in darkness, at temperatures in excess of -70 °F, an exploit which is still without parallel in the annals of polar exploration... later Scott described their journey as 'the hardest that has ever been made'" (ODNB). First published in 1922, this single volume edition was produced at the instigation of the author, retaining the full text, and with a new preface by Cherry-Garrard noting that the production of a book "is fun - paper, print, margins, maps...", but mostly devoted to a eulogy of his companion on the "Worst Journey" E.A. Atkinson who had died in 1929, and a plea to avoid a further war.

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