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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-1913
APSLEY GEORGE BENET CHERRY-GARRARD (1886-1959), EDITOR
The South Polar Times. Volume III: April-October 1911. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1914. Volume III only (of 3), 4° (277 x 210mm.). Half-title. Title and text in red and blue. 3 coloured frontispieces and 34 plates (including 6 mounted photographs), text-illustrations and sketches, after Herbert Ponting, Edward Wilson and others. (Gatherings loose from pp.42-92.) Original dark blue ribbed cloth, inset coloured-plate to upper board, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, head- and tailcaps frayed, hinges repaired). Provenance: Apsley Cherry-Garrard (editor's presentation inscription dated July 1914 to his mother:) -- Evelyn Edith Cherry-Garrard, neé Sharpin.
EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MOTHER. The first two volumes of the South Polar Times were issued during Scott's Discovery expedition for the amusement and recreation of the shore party during the long Antarctic winter. This third volume, produced during the Terra Nova expedition, follows the same format, comprising stories, anecdotes and semi-serious essays, with Cherry-Garrard as editor. This facsimile edition of the South Polar Times was published in a limited edition of 350 copies, of which this is number 2. Conrad p.173; Rosove 291.A2.a; Spence 1094.
APSLEY GEORGE BENET CHERRY-GARRARD (1886-1959), EDITOR
The South Polar Times. Volume III: April-October 1911. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1914. Volume III only (of 3), 4° (277 x 210mm.). Half-title. Title and text in red and blue. 3 coloured frontispieces and 34 plates (including 6 mounted photographs), text-illustrations and sketches, after Herbert Ponting, Edward Wilson and others. (Gatherings loose from pp.42-92.) Original dark blue ribbed cloth, inset coloured-plate to upper board, gilt edges (extremities rubbed, head- and tailcaps frayed, hinges repaired). Provenance: Apsley Cherry-Garrard (editor's presentation inscription dated July 1914 to his mother:) -- Evelyn Edith Cherry-Garrard, neé Sharpin.
EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS MOTHER. The first two volumes of the South Polar Times were issued during Scott's Discovery expedition for the amusement and recreation of the shore party during the long Antarctic winter. This third volume, produced during the Terra Nova expedition, follows the same format, comprising stories, anecdotes and semi-serious essays, with Cherry-Garrard as editor. This facsimile edition of the South Polar Times was published in a limited edition of 350 copies, of which this is number 2. Conrad p.173; Rosove 291.A2.a; Spence 1094.