The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913 by Cherry-Garrard, Apsley - 1951

Guilford CT: Lyons Press, 2004. Paperback. Near Fine. Cherry-Garrard accompanied Robert F. Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, and recounts the unforgettable journey. 607 pages, introduction by Paul Theroux. This is Volume 2 in the Explorers Club Classics Series. ; 6 x 9

General Books, 2010. Softcover. Like New. 0x0x0. 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… Read More

NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers. Very Good. 2003,Ja-uary. second edition,11p. Paperback. 5x8" thick. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright; Blue, black & red titles on glossy white paper covers showing old photo of 10 men in classic garb.. ; 607pg heavy pages; Garrard, who accompanied Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic on the explorer's doomed quest for the South Pole, recounts the unforgettable journey across forbidding, inhospitable terrain. He was also a member of the search party that ultimately discovered Scott's frozen body along with his last notebook entries .

Paperback / softback. New.

Chatto & Windus, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. Reprinted. 585 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Staining overall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1948 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, spine a little toned; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 570, [6 (pubs. list)], with 4 maps. A very good copy of the one volume edition.. First Thus. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

The Folio Society, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Slipcase missing; Two date stamps in blue ink on front and rear endpapers; Previous owner name and date stamp on blank page opposite half-title; Previous owner name plate on title page; Single line highlighted in pink on copyright page; Interior pages are unmarked; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939 1939 reprint of the 'One Volume' edition. Blue cloth on boards with black titles. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown, otherwise free of inscriptions with clean contents. All plates and fold-outs are present with firm binding.

London: The Folio Society, 2012. Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). Quarto, lxiv, 591 pages with several maps plus numerous plates (some in colour, most from photographs). Pictorial papered boards; very slightly bumped at the foot of the spine; a near-fine copy in the slightly rubbed slipcase. An account of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous final expedition to the South Pole. 'This is the single greatest book in the literature of polar exploration. There are others that are beautiful. There are others that are exciting. There are some that are more revealing about the whys and wherefores of expedition leadership ... But there are none that have anything like "The Worst Journey in the World's" power to evoke a time and a place, and to bring us intimately, almost eerily inside the small world of an expedition...' (from the introduction by Francis Spufford). This edition follows the text of the 2003 Pimlico edition, with minor emendations.

London: Folio Society, 2012. v-lxiv, 591pp; illustrated; blue pictorial boards, in blue slipcase, some scuffs to slipcase; pictorial eps.; fine copy.. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.