Notes and Sketches made during two years on the Discovery Expedition 1925 -1927 . . . Reprinted from the Draconian for 1928.
Published by Oxford: Holywell Press, 1928
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Meridian Rare Books ABA PBFA, London, United KingdomMeridian Rare Books ABA PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
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First separate edition. 4to. pp. [iv, title, preface], 52; coloured frontispiece, 78 photographic illustrations, 4 other illustrations, 27 illustrations to text after original sketches by the author, 12 sketch maps; frontis. chipped and soiled to fore-edge, else very good in the original printed wrappers, neatly repaired to front joint. A presentation copy, with a loosely inserted note inscribed "With the author's compliments and Christmas Wishes E. R. Gunther", the ownership inscription of L. Harrison Matthews to title-page, and with pencilled annotations to several of the photographic illustrations (probably by Matthews). Gunther's Notes and Sketches were originally published in the 'Draconian', the school magazine of the Dragon School in Oxford. They comprise entries and drawings from his diary kept during the 2 years of the "Discovery" expedition. Gunther himself sailed the Discovery, which, together with the William Scoresby, spent 2 years in the South Atlantic Ocean for whaling research. The book includes details of visits to the Canary Islands, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia, the Falklands, and the Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica. This copy was presented by Gunther, and the likely recipient was another member of the Discovery expedition, L. Harrison Matthews (himself author of South Georgia, 1931, and reports from the expedition). This copy also has a few pencilled annotations to some of the illustrations, identifying the scientific crew of the expedition after p. 28, and others elsewhere in the illustrations, that are likely to be in Matthews' hand.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Notes and Sketches made during two years on the Discovery Expedition 1925 -1927 . . . Reprinted from the Draconian for 1928.
- Author
- Gunther, E. R.
- Publisher
- Oxford: Holywell Press
- Publication year
- 1928
- Condition
- Good
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Antarctic, Polar, Signed
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