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SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON (1882-1958)
The Home of the Blizzard being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Philadelphia & London: Ballantyne Press for J.B. Lippincott Company and William Heinemann, [no date but ?1915]. 2 volumes, 8° (246 x 180mm.) 3-line errata slip before title in vol.I. Plates (some coloured, 9 folding), maps (3 folding in pocket at rear of vol.II), illustrations. (Some browning and spotting.) Modern dark blue/green half calf, spines gilt. First edition, ?remainder issue. This undated 2-volume issue is not recorded in the standard bibliographies; it most closely corresponds to the Lippincott issue of 1915. Cf. Conrad p.208; cf. Rosove 217.A2; cf. Spence 773.
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Roald AMUNDSEN (1872-1928). The South Pole: an account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912. London & New York: John Murray & Lee Keedick, 1913. 2 volumes, 8° (230 x 155mm.) 105 leaves of plates, 1 folding diagram, 1 folding chart and 2 folding coloured maps, illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: The Geographic Society of Chicago (stamps, lengthy presentation inscription from the author in vol.I 'To The Geographic Society of Chicago with my warmest thanks for all kindness. Chicago Feb. 15th 1913. Roald Amundsen'). First U.S. edition, a fine copy inscribed by the author. Conrad p.113; Rosove 9.B2. variant 'a'; Spence 18.
[And:]
Sir Vivian FUCHS & Sir Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1958. 8° (222 x 144mm.) Coloured double-page title opening, coloured plates, illustrations. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Dr Francis Leslie (signature, signature of Fuchs at front with related T.L.S. from Fuchs to Leslie tipped-in at back). First edition, signed by one of the authors. (5)
The Home of the Blizzard being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Philadelphia & London: Ballantyne Press for J.B. Lippincott Company and William Heinemann, [no date but ?1915]. 2 volumes, 8° (246 x 180mm.) 3-line errata slip before title in vol.I. Plates (some coloured, 9 folding), maps (3 folding in pocket at rear of vol.II), illustrations. (Some browning and spotting.) Modern dark blue/green half calf, spines gilt. First edition, ?remainder issue. This undated 2-volume issue is not recorded in the standard bibliographies; it most closely corresponds to the Lippincott issue of 1915. Cf. Conrad p.208; cf. Rosove 217.A2; cf. Spence 773.
[With:]
Roald AMUNDSEN (1872-1928). The South Pole: an account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912. London & New York: John Murray & Lee Keedick, 1913. 2 volumes, 8° (230 x 155mm.) 105 leaves of plates, 1 folding diagram, 1 folding chart and 2 folding coloured maps, illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: The Geographic Society of Chicago (stamps, lengthy presentation inscription from the author in vol.I 'To The Geographic Society of Chicago with my warmest thanks for all kindness. Chicago Feb. 15
[And:]
Sir Vivian FUCHS & Sir Edmund HILLARY. The Crossing of Antarctica The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58. London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1958. 8° (222 x 144mm.) Coloured double-page title opening, coloured plates, illustrations. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: Dr Francis Leslie (signature, signature of Fuchs at front with related T.L.S. from Fuchs to Leslie tipped-in at back). First edition, signed by one of the authors. (5)
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