By Stephen Gwynn

Harper & Brothers Publications, New York, 1930. Stated First Edition. Hardcover, Fine Condition with rare unclipped dust jacket. copyright page shows “A- E" required for Harper’s First Editions. 8vo. 8 b/w illustrations (including frontispiece portrait and facsimile), 1 folding map. Original stamped blue cloth. 240 pages. Edited by Milton Waldman.

—Rosove 158.A1.

The first biography written and published after Scott’s death. It is well written and includes several complete personal letters written by Scott and demonstrating his sensitivities, passion and his articulate nature — a very good read. Scott’s supreme achievement was that he touched the imagination of his country as no other man has done during the course of this century; that he impressed on the public mind an example of heroic constancy exhibited in scenes where he was first only among his peers, yet always the directing mind and will. He showed to his countrymen all the stages of an epic adventure, on which he and his comrades risked and lost their lives. A very revealing read regarding Scott.