Aurora Australis. With an introduction by Mary P. Goodwin
SHACKLETON, E.H. (ed.)
$25.00
Publisher: Sydney, Bay Books, 1988. First edition
Description: ppxxiv, (210), 10 full-page plates; 4to, cloth. Very good in dustwrapper
Description: ppxxiv, (210), 10 full-page plates; 4to, cloth. Very good in dustwrapper
Reprint of the first book published in the Antarctic by Shackleton’s 1907-09 expedition. Produced under appalling conditions in order to occupy the men during the winter months, and by men with virtually no printing experience, only 60 copies or so of the first edition are known to exist
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