The Voyages of Captain Scott.

(Scott.) BARRIE (J.M., Introduction) and Charles Turley.

The Voyages of Captain Scott.

Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's Last Expedition' [...] With an Introduction by Sir J.M. Barrie, Bart.

Description: FIRST EDITION, portrait frontispiece, four tissue-guarded colour plates from water-colours by Edward Wilson, 28 plates reproducing photos and drawings including one double-page, manuscript facsimile on onionskin, folding map at rear the edges of which a little foxed, offset to facing page, sometime crease to upper corner affecting plates facing p.246 and 252 but not touching the illustrations, errata slip present, a little light foxing, pp. viii, 440 + Plates, 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth, upper cover gilt lettered and blocked with graduated design (tan-light blue) outlined in navy, backstrip gilt-lettered and blocked in light blue, navy and gilt, top edge gilt, bottom edge roughtrimmed, fore-edge slightly foxed, very good

Publication Details: Smith, Elder and Co., 1914

Notes: A bright copy.Barrie's introduction serves chiefly as a memoir and obituary of Captain Scott, written with typical humour and evident affection. After meeting at a party the two became such close friends that Barrie was the godfather of Scott's son, Peter. Although a rift formed between them prior to Scott's embarkation on his doomed expedition, of the final letters Scott wrote before he died one was addressed to Barrie, declaring 'I never met a man in my life whom I admired and loved more than you' - a letter which Barrie apparently treasured so dearly he carried it on him for the rest of hi...moreA bright copy.Barrie's introduction serves chiefly as a memoir and obituary of Captain Scott, written with typical humour and evident affection. After meeting at a party the two became such close friends that Barrie was the godfather of Scott's son, Peter. Although a rift formed between them prior to Scott's embarkation on his doomed expedition, of the final letters Scott wrote before he died one was addressed to Barrie, declaring 'I never met a man in my life whom I admired and loved more than you' - a letter which Barrie apparently treasured so dearly he carried it on him for the rest of his life (Zaidman, p.36). Barrie writes here with equal admiration, recollecting that 'having found the entrancing man I was unable to leave him.'Barrie and Turley (Charles Turley-Smith) were likewise old friends, with the latter immortalised in 'Peter Pan' as 'Chay Turley, who laughed with the wrong side of his mouth (having no other)' and who promptly met his end on the wrong side of a tomahawak. They also played together in Barrie's amateur cricket team, the Allahakbarries (a portmanteau based on the mistaken belief that 'Allah akbar' meant 'Heaven help us'.) HIDE

Bibliography: (Garland II 8; Laura M. Zaidman, British children's writers, 1880-1914 (1994))

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Price: £150

Subject: Travel & Topography

Published Date: 1914

Stock Number: 75957

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