CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the World. London: Constable & Co., 1922. FIRST EDITION.
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Sold for $2,835
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the World. London: Constable & Co., 1922.
2 volumes, 8vo (224 x 143 mm). 2 frontispieces, 46 plates (6 colored), 5 maps (4 folding), 10 folding panoramas. (Slight minor marginal spotting.) Publisher's tan linen-backed boards uncut, printed spine labels (some light staining and wear, labels lightly soiled and chipped, horizontal tear along lower portion of spine panel linen vol. II). Provenance:Florence Tyson (signatures, June 1923); collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.
FIRST EDITION of one of the classics of exploration literature and a highly readable account, the title of which was suggested by its unacknowledged editor and the author's friend, George Bernard Shaw. Conrad, p.173; Rosove 71.A1 ("The finest polar book ever written...uncommon"); Spence 27.
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