With Scott: The Silver Lining

One of the most uncommon of the autobiographical narratives relating to Scott's last expedition

First edition. Royal 8vo; tastefully re-bound in blue half morocco, with marbled boards; spine tooled in compartments, with second compartment lettered in gilt, and gilt centres to the remaining spine panels; new endpapers; pp. xiv + (ii) + 464, incl. index; plates, and numerous illustrations in text; 7 maps, including a large, folding map in colours.  With the leaf *iv-iv** providing the author's preface, absent from the first issue. Light to moderate foxing; archival tape repair to reverse of large, folding map.  A lovely copy of one of the most uncommon of the autobiographical narratives relating to Scott's last expedition. (Conrad, p. 190; AntBibl 23-63.29; Renard 1573 and 1574; Spence 1183; SPRI 12742)

"This contains an expedition narrative from Taylor's viewpoint. The account of the voyage south on Terra Nova was first published in the Melbourne Argus as a series of articles and some of the material first appeared in Scott's Last Expedition. The strength of this book is Taylor's account of the two Geological Journeys that he led to the Western Mountains (i.e., Royal Society Ranges and Dry Valleys). His parties explored and named many Taylor Valley features as well as being the initial explorers of the Granite Harbor area. This is an excellent first person account based on Taylor's journals. The first edition is difficult to find..." - Conrad: Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration.