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Frank Arthur WORSLEY. Endurance An Epic of Polar Adventure. London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. 8 (22.4 x 14.5cm.) Half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates. Original cloth (spine worn, hinges split). Provenance: E.M. Shackleton (signature); by descent. FIRST EDITION.
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Thomas Griffith TAYLOR(1880-1964) Scott: the silver lining. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916. 8 (23.6 x 16.3cm.) Half-title. Two folding maps, one printed in colours, plates, illustrations, extra-illustrated with a loosely inserted map, and three mounted photographs on rear endpapers. (Small tear to the coloured map.) Original cloth (somewhat soiled and bumped). Provenance: Sir Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1974, bookplate and inscriptions to mounted photographs); Winterbourne Library (inscription). FIRST EDITION, the photographs include one captioned 'R.E. Priestley & Cis [a husky] Cape Royds January 1909', and two group shots including various Antarctic veterans at the wedding of the geologist Charles Wright in 1914.
Frank Arthur WORSLEY. Endurance, An Epic of Polar Adventure. London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. 8 (22.4 x 14.5cm.) Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, plates. Original cloth (spine worn, hinges split). Provenance: E.M. Shackleton (signature); by descent. FIRST EDITION.
Charles TURLEY. The Voyages of Captain Scott.n London: 1914. 8 (20 x 13cm.) Half-title. Folding map, plates, some coloured, extra-illustrated with numerous related cuttings mounted on endpapers. Original cloth (spine lightly soiled and bumped at head and foot). Provenance: Sam L. Priestley (inscription dated 1927); Winterbourne Library (inscription). (3)
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Thomas Griffith TAYLOR(1880-1964) Scott: the silver lining. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916. 8 (23.6 x 16.3cm.) Half-title. Two folding maps, one printed in colours, plates, illustrations, extra-illustrated with a loosely inserted map, and three mounted photographs on rear endpapers. (Small tear to the coloured map.) Original cloth (somewhat soiled and bumped). Provenance: Sir Raymond Edward Priestley (1886-1974, bookplate and inscriptions to mounted photographs); Winterbourne Library (inscription). FIRST EDITION, the photographs include one captioned 'R.E. Priestley & Cis [a husky] Cape Royds January 1909', and two group shots including various Antarctic veterans at the wedding of the geologist Charles Wright in 1914.
Frank Arthur WORSLEY. Endurance, An Epic of Polar Adventure. London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. 8 (22.4 x 14.5cm.) Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, plates. Original cloth (spine worn, hinges split). Provenance: E.M. Shackleton (signature); by descent. FIRST EDITION.
Charles TURLEY. The Voyages of Captain Scott.n London: 1914. 8 (20 x 13cm.) Half-title. Folding map, plates, some coloured, extra-illustrated with numerous related cuttings mounted on endpapers. Original cloth (spine lightly soiled and bumped at head and foot). Provenance: Sam L. Priestley (inscription dated 1927); Winterbourne Library (inscription). (3)