worsley commander (11 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. Scuffing, creases affecting some pages and dust spotting on cover and spine. Book leans forward. Small fluid spotting on the first few pages, small tear on the last one. Reading copy only.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition book with slipcase. Some spotting to boards. Content is clean and bright throughout. Free from inscriptions or markings. Slipcase with some wear, toning.

8vo; pp. 148; endpaper maps, frontispiece plate, 8 pages of plates (9 illusts.), list of members of the expedition; original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, a fine copy in rubbed slipcase. First Folio Society edition.

8vo. 147pp. 10 ills. Hdbck in slipcase. Pictorial cloth. Bookplate from Andrew David Library. US$14.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-xii, 13 - 292,black and white frontispiece, , black and white illustrations. Navy blue cloth, minimal wear to the top and bottom of the spine but a very good copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: F. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: In Slipcase. First Thus. 8vo. original pictorial cloth gilt in slipcase (a trifle rubbed); pp. 148, with 10 illustrations & endpaper maps. A fine copy.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good in mylar. 2nd printing. 287pp, octavo, HC with jacket, tight binding, clean throughout, clean blue boards with clear backstrip titles, light foxing to the endpapers, jacket is heavily soiled on back, with mild wear all around.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. 299; photos. illusts., one large folding map; some foxing, else very good in original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed. Worsley took part in Shackleton's final two Antarctic expeditions, famously captaining the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia when Shackleton's expedition ship was lost in the Weddell Sea. In 1925 he was joint leader with Grettir Algarsson of the British Arctic Expedition, original intended as an attempt to reach the North Pole, but actually a reconnaissance for such an expedition. It was also one of the last expeditions to make the journey to Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land in a sailing ship. On the expedition was another member of Shackleton's last expedtion, Scout Marr, who provides a zoological report in the present work.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo. original grey cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed & sunned, slight offsetting and spotting, prev. owner';s details (part redacted with black texter), bookplate to FFE; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 192, with a map. A very good copy. [Spence 1279]. The first Hodder edition of this classic account.

F irst Edition. 299 pages. illustrated with photos and charts, including folding track chart at end. . 30 photos and four track charts and sketches. very good condition hardback. a little foxing to preliminary and end pages and page edges. the original navy blue cloth binding with gilt inset to front board is particularly bright. an account of the British Arctic Expedition of 1925 under the leadership of Commander Worsley and Grettir Algarsson of British Columbia. [please see our storefront page for shipping information].

From around 1913 the recipient of these two documents elected to go by the name of Ralph Tindal. On the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed captain of the destroyer Electra, and in 1917 was made captain of the torpedo gunboat Circe. Thereafter he worked with paddle minesweepers, retiring with the rank of Commander in 1921. He was the father of RAF Group Captain Nicholas Tindal-Carill-Worsley (1911-2006), one of the planners of the celebrated Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. The National Maritime Museum contains a collection of 'Documents relating to the Naval Cadetship of Charles N, and Ralph Tindal Carill-Worsley. / Examinations, correspondence and printed documents' (MSS/76/080). Two documents, in Admiralty 'On Her Majesty's Service' envelope, with frank dated 24 December 1895 and Admiralty anchor stamp, addressed to 'Mr. R. Tindal-Carill-Worsley - / Platt Hall / Rusholme / Manchester'. The documents are in good condition, on lightly aged paper, in discoloured and torn envelope. ONE: Printed standard commission, completed in manuscript, with cyclostyled facsimile of signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' Dated: Admiralty, 24 December 1895. 1p, folio. 'SIR, / I AM commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that, having passed successfully at the recent examination for Naval Cadetships, you are hereby appointed to H.M.S. "Britannia," from the 15th [January, 1896], and I am to direct you to join the Ship at Dartmouth, on the [25th. January] next. / You are to forward to the Captain of H.M.S. "Britannia," within a fortnight from this date, a Medical Certificate to the effect that you have been re-vaccinated since infancy. [the result of the operation being stated.] / A copy of the Regulations respecting Cadets while under training is enclosed, as is also a list of the various articles with which you must be provided previously to joining.' TWO: Printed document headed 'NAVAL CADETS. / REGULATIONS respecting Cadets while under Training. / (For the information of Parents and Guardians.)' With facsimile signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' 6pp, folio. Bifolium, with third leaf (paginated 5-6) attached at end. Pp.1-3 with fifteen numbered sections, beginning: '1. The Naval Cadets who join the "Britannia" are allowed Four Terms - two in each year - to complete their course of study; - at the expiration of which they go up for final examination.' P.4 headed: 'List of Articles required for a Naval Cadet on joining Her Majesty's Ship "Britannia." P.5 headed: 'List of Books required for a Naval Cadet on board H.M.S. "Britannia." The lower half of the page concerns the cadet's sextant. P.6 headed: 'The following Articles may be supplied to Cadets on board H.M.S. "Britannia.".