Search Results: with the aurora in the antarctic by davis john king

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1919. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Binding firm pages have occasional spotting and there is a very faint water mark on the bottom front page corners throughout . Blue cloth has clear gilt text with some light scuffing on the front . Presentation inscription from the author to Mr A J Benjafield 1922 , owners name stamped on the ep's and title page . pp 183, tissue protected frontis, fold out map at the rear with small tears . Index, illustrated throughout , line drawings maps and a sectional plan of the ship

London: Andrew Melrose, Ltd., [1919]. xxi,183 pp. Octavo. Original blue gilt decorated cloth. Many illustrations in text from photos. 8 maps and diagrams including a folding map at the end. Off setting on the title page from the tissue guard as usual. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Edges a bit foxed otherwise a clean copy. Spine and front board lettering a bit dull as usual. A far better copy than normal, without the usual bubbling of the cloth. Rosove 87.A1.9; Spence 384. "As captain of the Aurora during Mawson's 1911-14 expedition, Davis was able to produce one of the few first-hand accounts available in print. His publishers, however, clearly had wartime difficulties with the book, most often seen today with its gilt lettering and decoration badly faded" (Taurus). A scarce account in collectable condition. 1919

Andrew Melrose 1919. First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

London: Andrew Melrose, 1919. vi-xxi, 183pp; frontispiece with tissue guard; illustrated, folded map and diagrams; random light foxing; blue boards in clear covering, gilt title dulled to front and spine; lightly rubbed edges; previous owner's stamped name to fep.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1919. London, Andrew Melrose, Ltd., [1919]. 8vo. Original blue buckram, image of Aurora blocked in gilt to upper cover, lettered in gilt; pp. xxi, 183; portrait frontispiece, numerous photographic illustrations, charts and diagrams to text, 7 single-page maps and one large folding map; gilt to spine a little faded, minimal rubbing to cloth, occasional spotting to text, else a good tight copy of one of the rarer Antarctic accounts; old ownership inscription to fron paste-down. First edition. 'As captain of the Aurora during Mawson's 1911-14 expedition, Davis was able to produce one of the few first-hand accounts available in print. His publishers, however, clearly had wartime difficulties with the book, most often seen today with its gilt lettering and decoration badly faded' (Taurus). Douglas Mawson led the Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) aboard the Aurora and Mawson's subsequent popular official account of the expedition, The Home of the Blizzard, offered an extensive overview. His book… Read More