Gerald s doorly (40 resultados)

Condición: New. pp. 288.

Condición: New. pp. 288.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: New. pp. 288.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book recounts the thrilling expeditions of the *Morning*, a relief ship sent to aid the *Discovery* during its early 20th-century exploration of the Antarctic. The narrative is deeply personal, interwoven with the author's lifelong friendship with Commander Evans, a key figure in Captain Scott's legendary Antarctic endeavors. The reader journeys alongside the crew through treacherous storms, encounters with majestic icebergs, and the unique challenges of navigating the icy southern seas. Vivid descriptions bring to life the camaraderie on board, the awe-inspiring beauty of the Antarctic landscape, and the dangers faced by these intrepid explorers. Beyond the adventure, this book delves into themes of friendship, loyalty, and the enduring human spirit of exploration. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical context of Antarctic exploration during the Heroic Age, highlighting the collaborative efforts and sacrifices undertaken in the pursuit of scientific discovery and geographic knowledge. Ultimately, this book serves as a testament to the courage and determination of those who dared to venture into the unknown, leaving an indelible mark on our understanding of the Antarctic and its enduring allure. 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.…

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Hardback facsimile edition of 1916 original in as new condition, no dust jacket as issued, blue cloth boards with white lettering on spine and top board which also has the image of a penguin in black and white. No signs of previous ownership. (Book ref. 9140).

hardcover. 1995 reprint. xx, 224pp, decorative boards, spine title partly erased, VG+. Only 500 copies produced. A lovely reprint capturing much of the character of the original with embossed penguin to front board matching that of the First Edition. Doorly was Third Officer on Scott's relief ship the Morning in 1902-3 and 1903-4, serving under Capt. William Colbeck, who had sailed with Borchgrevink, and under Second Officer Edward Evans. Colbeck was going to write an account of the voyages but when this didn't happen Doorly undertook the effort. He produced not only a very interesting, pleasant and readable first hand account but also one of the scarcest books of Antarctic exploration. The book records the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island, and personal impressions of the Southern party upon their return. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

hardcover. 1995 reprint. xx, 224pp, decorative boards, private bookplate, Fine. Only 500 copies produced. A lovely reprint capturing much of the character of the original with embossed penguin to front board matching that of the First Edition. Doorly was Third Officer on Scott's relief ship the Morning in 1902-3 and 1903-4, serving under Capt. William Colbeck, who had sailed with Borchgrevink, and under Second Officer Edward Evans. Colbeck was going to write an account of the voyages but when this didn't happen Doorly undertook the effort. He produced not only a very interesting, pleasant and readable first hand account but also one of the scarcest books of Antarctic exploration. The book records the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island, and personal impressions of the Southern party upon their return. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

1st edition original boards Very Good small octavo 311pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., One of the great Antarctic Mariners. Inc. accounts of his voyages with Scott, Shackleton, Wilson etc.

1st edition original boards Very Good small octavo 311pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., One of the great Antarctic Mariners. Inc. accounts of his voyages with Scott, Shackleton, Wilson etc. No dust jacket & nice engraved bookplate on front paste-down o/w a very good copy.

1st edition original boards Very Good small octavo 311pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., One of the great Antarctic Mariners. Inc. accounts of his voyages with Scott, Shackleton, Wilson etc.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Small 4to. pp. 18 + [14, music]; one plate showing the Morning and one full-page illustration showing the piano on which the songs were composed and the ship's crew; name erased inside upper wrapper, else very good in original stiff grey leathergrain printed wrappers, slightly rubbed and bumped. The relief ship S.Y. "Morning" made two voyages to Scott's expedition of 1902-4 under the command of William Colbeck, with E. R. G. R. Evans as Second and Doorly as Third. Doorly wrote the present songs at the onboard piano, with lyrics by John D. Morrison, the chief engineer.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner's signature. Some rubbing and marking to boards. 1/2" tear to cloth at head of rear spine joint. Some marks to page edges.; No date [1937]. x, 310 pages. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 222mm x 132mm. "Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean on his third voyage in charge of three vessels on a treasure-hunting expedition undertaken, ironically enough, in the name of the Most Blessed Trinity, and at Noon on July 31st, 1497, he sighted land. Three mountain peaks, merging their bases into one, gradually rose from the iris-blue sea, and these peaks symbolising 'The Holy Three,' Columbus named his discovery 'La Trinidad.' - the opening paragraph. [Reference: Rosove 97.A1.a]; 8vo. …

18pp+ 14pp of musical notations. 4to. Original stapled yapp wrappers.Black and white frontis and plates. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of this extremely scare Antarctic narrative. This book provides an interesting and highly readable accounting of the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island, as well as the personal impressions of the Southern party of the expedition upon their return. Written with warm wit and a sharp eye for detail, the author provides descriptions of the contemporary lives and friendships between the members about the Morning. Perhaps aiding the warm tone of this book is the fact that no crew members on the Morning died a frozen death, has limbs amputated, or irretrievably falls into a crevice. This marks the narrative as unique from its peers in both tone and content. Doorly paints a vivid picture of what the sailors and officers were thinking on their voyage of discovery and how he saw them in 1904, before the world began to regard them as "heroes", tragic or otherwise. First edition. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1916. 8vo. Original blue publisher's cloth. Pages: xx, 224. 16 Photographic and illustration plates (incl. frontis). 4 musical numbers. Fold-out map at rear. Bound in original blue publisher's cloth. Lettering and margins on cover and spine blocked in white. Illustration of penguins on cover blocked and stamped in black and white. Includes a panoramic set of photographs on the rear endpapers taken by W. Williams entitled: "Discovery II" Pole Cape Crozier, March 12 1978, John Lythgoe". Very Good. Spine ends slightly weathered and bumped. Mild sunning to spine. Some markings across bindings. Binding corners turned slightly. Binding has loosened a fraction between signatures towards the middle, but remains square and generally tight. Mild age toning to end papers. Contents in excellent condition. Some mild age toning at edges. Some foxing and spotting present here and there. Some foxing to fold-out map. Heavy tape markings on rear end papers from previously adhered photographs. Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xx, 223; plates from photos. and sketches, folding map; minor age-toning to endpapers, browning to verso of map, else near-fine in the original cloth, penguin vignette to upper cover, lettered in white. Described by Renard as "by far the rarest of all the primary accounts from the 'heroic period' of Antarctic exploration", Doorly's account escaped the attention of the bibliographer Spence. It relates the two voyages made by the S. Y. Morning, under the command of William Colbeck, to the relief of Scott's first expedition (1901-4), with E. R. G. R. Evans as second officer and Doorly as third.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. The 'Morning" was a relief ship to Scott's 'Discovery' 1902-04 and includes a first hand account of the discovery of Scott Island and the first landing on Beaufort Island. Small 8vo, 224 pp, b&w plates throughout & map at back. Bluntisham re-issue.

Hardback. Gerald S. Doorly, BLUNTISHAM BOOKS ERSKINE PRESS. Author: Gerald S. DoorlyBinding: HardbackPublished: BLUNTISHAM BOOKS ERSKINE PRESS, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the harrowing yet inspiring journey of the relief ship Morning during its crucial missions to resupply Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition in the treacherous Antarctic. Gerald S. Doorly, an officer aboard, vividly recounts the formidable challenges of navigating icy waters, the camaraderie among the crew, and the stark beauty of the polar landscape. The narrative presents a firsthand perspective on early 20th-century polar exploration, detailing the resilience required to survive in one of Earth's most unforgiving environments. It illustrates the vital role played by support vessels in the grand endeavors of scientific discovery, offering a gripping testament to human endurance and the spirit of adventure. Hardback.…

18, (12), pp. Octavo. Original grey printed wrappers. Stapled as issued. Frontispiece. One full page illustration in black and white line drawing. Numerous full page musical scores. A fine clean copy. Rosove 98.A1; Not in Spence. Doorly was third officer aboard the "Morning" during Scott's last expedition. "The songs of the "Morning" are unique in that they were written and composed in the Antarctic, and have hitherto never been published".…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Melbourne, Bread and Cheese Club, 1943. Small quarto, 32 pages with an illustration and 12 pages of musical scores plus a frontispiece. Saddle-stapled card covers slightly rubbed and creased at the extremities; an excellent copy. The SY 'Morning' (originally named 'Morgenen') was a Norwegian-built steam yacht, one of two relief vessels for Captain Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. The songs were 'Compiled and composed by Captain Gerald S. Doorly, One Time Third Executive Officer, S.Y. "Morning"'. Rosove 98.A1. …

First Edition. Pp. l8+[14](music score), one plate, one full page text illustration; cr. 4to; printed grey textured paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle creased and lightly rubbed, bookseller's sticker on verso of upper wrapper; text block faintly browned; Bread & Cheese Club, Melbourne, 1943. First edition. …

Softcover (Stiff Boards). Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition; 18 pages plus 14 pages of musical scores, illustrated, frontispiece b/w illustration of the ship 'Morning' in McMurdo Sound and comic b/w drawing "Dissecting the Piano". Original stiff grey leather grain printed wrappers as issued. Songs written on board the relief ship from Scott's Discovery Expedition with an explanation of the historical background to the songs by RH Croll. Small mark to the front cover (possibly old price tag) contents clean. This is the first Australian edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Music Sheets & Scores. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 427.…

Hardcover. Second Printing. Signed presentation copy from Doorly to Dot Morton with an ALS. "Dot Morton Signed with the affection of your old friend Gerald S. Doorly 1924". Dot has signed the front free endpaper M.A. Morton. With a single sheet note paper with the crest of the Commercial Travellers Club Melbourne, being a memo to Mab. Morton signed by Doorly, dated 1943. Rosove 96.A2; Rosove identifies this Murray edition as a take over of the first edition after the death of Reginald Smith and states that the title leaf is a cancel. The "Memo Mab Morton" goes "Sorry to miss you and sorry I couldn't get the original edition with the coloured prints. However it's all here except the bird paintings. All the best for Xmas & New Year 1843. Gerald S. Doorly". Doorly was a junior officer on board the two voyages of the Morning, the relief ship for the Discovery expedition. As Colbeck, the ship's captain, did not write an account, Doorly's book is the main eyewitness record. It was published some 10 years later as expedition second-in-charge Evans was going to co-write the account with Doorly but was unable to find time to do so. 8vo, xx, 224pp, frontispiece and 16 plates, 1 folding map, 6 pages of music. Publisher's pictorial cloth with image of penguin and chick on upper cover. Spine sunned, light foxing.…

Doorly was a junior officer on board the Morning, a relief ship used on Scott's Discovery expedition. It was the ship which took a disgruntled Shackleton back to England. 'not only a very interesting, pleasant, and readable firsthand account but also one of the scarcest books on Antarctic exploration.' - Rosove. This book was a prize from H. M. S. Worcester, a training vessel on which Doorly, along with Commander Evans, trained. First edition; 8vo; frontispiece and 21 illustrations (mainly photographic); near contemporary navy blue polished calf gilt, light wear to extremities, a very good copy; xx, 224pp. Taurus 142; Rosove 96.A1.…

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 294. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1916 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 294.…

Melbourne, Bread and Cheese Club Pulication, 1943. Large 8vo. 18 + 14 (music) pp. Frontispiece. 1 illustration. Original wrapper. Wrappers a little worn./Songs written and composed in the Antarctic by shipboard members of the relief ship Morning in the course of Scott?s Discovery expedition (1901-4). Rosove 98. .…

210x135mm, 223pages, illustrated, Hardcover. Book in very good condition. Envoi groupé : les frais de port sont calculés sur le poids total de la commande ; chaque livre supplémentaire coûte donc beaucoup moins cher à expédier. Commandez plusieurs livres et économisez sur le port ! / Combined shipping: postage is charged on the total weight of your order, so each additional book ships at a reduced rate. Order several books from us and save on postage ! / Envois Europe : Droits et taxes inclus - aucun frais à la livraison / Shipments to Europe: Duties and taxes included - no delivery charges.…