Home of the Blizzard, The Vols I and II
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company and William Heinemann, circa 1915. The Home of the Blizzard, Vols I and II, Sir Douglas Mawson, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and William Heinemann, London. No date, circa 1915. 10 x 7.5 inches, xxx, 349pp., xiii, 338pp.
Red cloth boards, black stamping on spine and front boards, some bumping on both volumes and slight wrinkling on vol II. Cracking to gutter in volume one. Two frontis, three folding maps back of vol II, 21 color pictures, 273 black and white pictures, 37 text maps and illustrations. Good condition.
A classic work of Antarctic exploration by Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson's first-hand account of the Australasian Antarctic expedition (1911-1914) with he led. It is considered one of the great survival stories in exploration history. Very Good / None. Item #2269
Price: $400.00