Scott Silver Lining by Griffith Taylor (40 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a captivating glimpse into the daily life and scientific endeavors of the Terra Nova Expedition, Captain Scott's legendary journey to the Antarctic. Through the author's vivid firsthand account, we witness the camaraderie and resilience of the crew as they navigate treacherous seas, endure harsh conditions, and forge lasting bonds amidst the frozen wilderness. The author, a geologist, sheds light on the expedition's scientific goals, particularly the study of glacial erosion and its impact on shaping the Earth's surface. Drawing parallels between the Antarctic landscape and glaciated regions of Europe and New Zealand, the book highlights the expedition's contribution to understanding the profound influence of ice on our planet's history. With engaging anecdotes and detailed descriptions, the author paints a multifaceted portrait of the expedition, capturing both the lighthearted moments and the unwavering determination that fueled their scientific pursuits. Ultimately, this book serves as a testament to the human spirit of exploration and the enduring legacy of the Terra Nova Expedition in unraveling the mysteries of the frozen continent. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This wonderful First edition of Griffith Taylor's account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. is full of sketches, drawings, maps and photos, plus a very large colour folded map at page 448 see the photos Taylor (1880-1963) was a London-born Australian geologist. For anyone wanting first hand knowledge on Captain Scott's last expedition then this ins the book for you. His account contains substantial information for students of geology and glaciology backed up with maps sketches and photos. And I think the only Antarctic book of it's time to to list all the words to Ode to Tryggve.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition, xv 464 pages 45 plates including photographic frontispiece, 61 photographs, 7 drawings, 110 illustrations in text , 7 maps, (1 coloured folding). Original covers. This is the first edition first issue without the author's preface xv, 464 pages, illustrated, b/w photos, line drawings, charts, maps. (Includiong large colured mao at end of text) Shelf wear, some fading to front cover, spine splitting, spine and edges softening, bumping to corners. Contents clean. A nice copy. 'Taylor was a geologist on the 1910-12 expedition to the Antarctic which, despite the tragedy was of major scientific interest.' Spence 1183. An important and scarce primary account of Scott's last expedition, including many illustrations not included in Scott. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1977. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo, pp xv, 464, photo frontis, 61 b/w photos, 7 drawings, 105 text illus, 7 maps (2 folding, 1 colour), appendix, uncut, Original publisher's gilt lettered spine, yellow lettered front with Emperor penguin in yellow/black, green cloth. Intro by Leonard Huxley First issue without author's preface. Handsome copy with some fraying at edges of endpapers and corners of pastedowns with slight loss, probably caused by insect. Book itself has faint rubbing at spine and a few very small unobjectionable marks, prelims slightly foxed. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good - overall. First edition, first printing. "The scarcest of the expedition's firsthand narratives" (Rosove). This is the first edition, Smith Elder issue, 1st state, without the author's preface. It includes many excellent sketches that were not included in Scott. The Australian geologist T. Griffith Taylor was a student of Prof. T. W. Edgeworth David, who accompanied Shackleton to the Antarctic in 1907-9. He joined Scott's Terra Nova expedition (1910-13). "He had devices and notebooks hanging out of every pocket and a passion for being well equipped. He was enraptured with geology." His text was didactic, with substantial information for students of geology and glaciology. As such, it was more difficult to read, and less popular than other accounts. Later issues included the preface, which was inadvertently omitted from the first run of copies printed. Royal 8vo, (xiv) 464 pp, 44 pp ills. & fold. map, ills and maps in text. Slight bend in top leading corner. Publishers green gilt pictorial buckram with the Emperor penguin and chick on the front board. Spine bright although rubbed at tips. Boards a little rubbed, 2 sml. separations in cloth at rear hinge. Spence 1182. Rosove 324.A1.

, xiv, [2], 1-464 pages, nearly 200 maps and illustrations with 44 pages of plates First edition, second issue , rebacked with original spine, corners of the front and rear cover slightly rubbed, some fading on the front cover illustration, slight foxing, staining to bottom of front board, good condition , green cloth with gilt title on the spine and off-white title and illustration on the front cover , octavo, 24 x 17 cm Hardback ISBN:

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First edition of Taylor's account of Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. Taylor (1880-1963) was a London-born Australian geologist. His account is "illustrated by numerous excellent sketches, contains substantial information for students of geology and glaciology. The book was less popular than other primary accounts, probably because it was more difficult to read - but as a result, it is also the scarcest of the expedition's firsthand narratives" (Rosove). This edition is in the second state, which contains the author's preface. Rosove 324.A2. Large octavo. Half-tone photographic frontispiece, 43 half-tone plates, (one double-page), 2 folding maps (one colour), illustrations and maps to text. Original dark green cloth, rebacked, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, front cover lettered in pale yellow with central vignette of a penguin and her child in black, yellow, and white, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Contemporary ownership inscription dated June 1926 to front free endpaper. Cloth stained, contents foxed, folding map at rear with some linen tape repairs to rear causing toning to some folds. A very good copy.

London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1916. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt, vignette of penguin to upper cover, upper cover lettered in white; pp. xiv, [2], 464; plates after photographs, sketch maps, one folding map, illustrations in the text after drawings by the author; mimimal light toning to paper, else a very good copy.First edition, first issue without the inserted leaves containing the author's preface at pp. iv*-v*, "inadvertently ommitted from the first run of copies printed" (Rosove). This is an intriguing association and presentation copy with the author's original drawings tipped in, presented to one woman, Theo Gardner, and with his bookplate (which serves as an illustration in the book on p. 301) with Taylor's explanations of the topgraphical features relating to Scott's expedition in ink. Taylor first experienced the Antarctic as a member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition (1907-9), and returned in 1910 as geologist on Robert Scott's Terra Nova expedition. According to Rosove, Taylor was the expedition's "wittiest member. He had devices and notebooks hanging out of every pocket and a passion for being well equipped" (p. 412). His passion for geology is evident in the pages of the present book, which offers his account of Scott's last expedition. For this reason, it was perhaps harder to read than other books about the expedition, and Taylor's work is the scarcest of the first-hand narratives from the expedition. "Taylor provides us with one of the most substantial accounts of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, and one of its finest book productions" (Taurus Collection 81).Spence 1183; Renard 1575; Rosove 324.A1.Provenance: Title-page inscribed "To Theo Gardner, with congratulations from her Tropical "Sledge mate" Griffith Taylor", envelope with self-caricature in ink and inscribed "To Theo with apologies from her Long-head friend". Underneath a photograph of the author aboard Terra Nova (inscribed on verso captioned 'The rolling Terra Nova, Antarctica 1912. Theo from Grif'). One tipped-in leaf with a mounted original drawing in Japanese ink, as used by the printer to illustrate the opposite page with signed presentation inscription, dated 30/10/[19]20. - Despite having read Marie Sanderson's book Griffith Taylor. Antarcic Scientist and Pioneer Photographer (published without index in Ottawa, 1988) the cataloguer was not able to find any hint to a close friend of Taylor's with the name Theo[dora] Gardner. All we know about Griffith Taylor's whereabouts when one inscription was dated is that he resigned from the Australian Weather Service in August, 1920. "He set off for Honolulu to attend a Pan Pacific Congress by way of Java and Sumatra, since his lectures did not begin until March 1921" (Sanderson p. 102).

Smith, Elder & Co. London. 1916. First edition, first issue with Publisher's blind stamp "PRESENTATION COPY" to prelims. Original sea-green cloth gilt with father penguin and chick illustration to front cover. Edges of boards rubbed and slightly worn. All plates and maps present including large coloured folding map at rear. Pages foxed especially to prelims and some margins. Generally a clean and sound copy of a scarce first hand account by one of Scott's colleagues. Taylor was the senior geologist of the team.

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