DAVIS, John King (1884-1967). With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic : 1911-1914 . London: Andrew Melrose, [1919.] The first edition. Davis served as Chief Officer under Shackleton on the Nimrod before captaining the Aurora on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. This copy is bound in orange cloth, “presumably a secondary binding, attractive, and far scarcer than the primary one” (Rosove). Renard 422; Rosove 87.A1.b; Spence 354. Octavo (236 x 167mm). 41 plates, 8 maps, numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's original decorated orange cloth. Provenance : Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books.
DAVIS, John King (1884-1967). With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic : 1911-1914 . London: Andrew Melrose, [1919.] The first edition. Davis served as Chief Officer under Shackleton on the Nimrod before captaining the Aurora on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. This copy is bound in orange cloth, “presumably a secondary binding, attractive, and far scarcer than the primary one” (Rosove). Renard 422; Rosove 87.A1.b; Spence 354. Octavo (236 x 167mm). 41 plates, 8 maps, numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's original decorated orange cloth. Provenance : Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books.
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