The Aura of the Antarctic. Antarctic Recollections of Captain Morton Moyes
Kent Town, [The Moyes Family], February 2016/ August 2014 (first edition).
Quarto, 124 pages with numerous maps and illustrations (some in colour); a later list of nine errata (two of them containing errors!) is loosely inserted.
Colour-pictorial card covers; tiny surface abrasion to the front cover; an excellent copy.
The short introduction by the author's niece, Monica Moyes, states that 'Some years ago my uncle sought to have his manuscript of twenty two stories published ... Difficulties arose and the years passed.... [but] we have, at last, been able to cary out his wishes.... We have taken the liberty of adding other stories that tell of his achievements, his life and work'. 'Captain Morton Henry Moyes OBE (1886-1981) was a teacher, naval officer and Antarctic explorer of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. Winner of three polar medals, Captain Moyes took part in the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914 under the leadership of Dr Douglas Mawson; the Shackleton Relief Expedition 1916-1917 under the leadership of Captain John King Davis; and the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) 1929-1930 again under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson.... His Antarctic recollections, recounted in his own words, in a wry and readable style, reveal a man of courage, of humility, of humour, and of determination; an intensely loyal man who never lost his fascination for living and working on the vast Antarctic continent' (rear cover blurb). We have established from receipts retained by the Moyes family that the print run of the first edition was 100 copies, with the reprint comprising a mere 50 copies.
Item #147319
Price (AUD):
$250.00