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Lot 217

MAWSON (DOUGLAS)
The Home of the Blizzard. 2 vol., 1915; and 5 others

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MAWSON (DOUGLAS)

The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 vol., 20 colour plates, numerous photographic plates (mostly by Frank Hurley, some folding or double-page), maps and plans, 3 colour maps in pocket at end of volume 2, occasional light foxing, publisher's pictorial blue cloth, upper covers blocked in silver, a little rubbed, light dampstaining [Rosove 217.A1.a; Spence 774; Taurus 100], large 8vo, Heinemann, 1915--MURDOCK (W.G. BURN) From Edinburgh to the Antarctic, ... the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93, 2 maps (one colour, one folding), illustrations, contemporary black half morocco gilt, lettered 'Ducie' (Earl of Ducie) at foot of spine, [Rosove 234; Spence 825; Taurus 12], Longman's, Green, 1894--BORCHGREVINK (CARSTEN E.) First on the Antarctic Continent. Being an Account of the British Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900, photogravure portrait, 3 folding tinted maps (one with short tear at edge), numerous illustrations (many full-page), publisher's catalogue at end, light dampstain at foot of first few leaves, publisher's silver and gilt pictorial cloth, rubbed and slightly stained, George Newnes, 1901, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo; and 3 others (7)

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