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With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914
Author:
DAVIS, JOHN KING
Title:
With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914
Publisher:
Andrew Melrose 1919
Description:
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)
Keywords:
John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history