ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGES AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
by Hurley, Frank
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
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New York:G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. New York:G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1925. 1st edition. xv+290pp. Illustrated with 75 photographs and 2 folding maps. Hardcover. Ex-library with only mark a large stamp, directly over title on title page. Green boards rubbed, soiled and worn, with wear to all edges. Spine ends worn with a tear to the bottom edge. Edge points bumped. Internally, end pages lightly soiled but pages free of previous owners marks or signatures. Paper is slightly age-toned, with an occasional smudge scattered throughout. All plates present as called for. Larger of the folding maps has a small tear where attached. The binding is holding, but cracked at the dedication page (with title page starting to pull away), as well as the rear hinge. Overall, a good solid copy. *Frank Hurley was the Official Photographer of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
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- Title
- ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGES AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
- Author
- Hurley, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- MARITIME; EXPLORATION; ANTARCTIC; DOUGLAS MAWSON; ERNEST SHACKLETON;
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