Aurora Australis de Ernest H. Shackleton - 1988

Bay Books, 1988 Tanning to leaves due to age.

Bay Books, 1988. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. ANTARCTICAFacsim. reprint. First published: Antarctica : s.n., 1908. xxiii, [164] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909.Antarctica in literature.Discoveries in geography.Travel.Antarctica -- Exploring expeditions.Antarctica.Antarctica -- Description and travel.Antarctica -- Literary collections.Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. #191021R/201023 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Near Fine

Sydney / London: Bay Books, 1988 F-/VG+. 4to. original brown boards gilt (paperstock toned, as usual) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & sunned, some creasing to lowwer panel); pp. xxiv (last blank), unpaginated, with illustrations. A very good copy. [Not in Neate]. Contains an account of the first ascent of Mount Erebus by T.W. Edgeworth David.. Facsimile. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

Sydney, Bay Books facsimilie edition - h/c in d.j. Ernest Shackleton's 'Nirod' expedition to the Antarctic (1907-09) saw the first ascent on Mt Erebus, and the location of the South Magnetic Pole. During this expedition, the Shackleton team travelled to within 100 miles of the South Pole and produced - wrote, designed, illustrated, printed and bound - a book recording its exploits. 26 x 19.5cm., pp. xxiii + 184 (not numbered), b/w line draw., v.g. in d.j. ISBN: 1862563098