DOORLY, GERALD S. 1880-1956.
The Voyages of the "Morning." London: John Murray, 1916.
The Voyages of the "Morning." London: John Murray, 1916.
8vo. Half-title, 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.
WITH: DOORLY, GERALD S. Sons of the "Morning." Melbourne: Bread and Cheese Club, 1943. 8vo pamphlet. Original gray titled wrappers.
Evidently a remainder from the first edition run by Smith & Elder, with a new title page tipped in, so as to be retailed by John Murray. Gerald 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 source. Rosove 96.A1.; Taurus 142.
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The Voyages of the "Morning." London: John Murray, 1916.
The Voyages of the "Morning." London: John Murray, 1916.
8vo. Half-title, 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.
WITH: DOORLY, GERALD S. Sons of the "Morning." Melbourne: Bread and Cheese Club, 1943. 8vo pamphlet. Original gray titled wrappers.
Evidently a remainder from the first edition run by Smith & Elder, with a new title page tipped in, so as to be retailed by John Murray. Gerald 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 source. Rosove 96.A1.; Taurus 142.
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