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12 volumes. Many illustrated. (8vo and 4to), cloth and boards, some with jackets. Various editions. A selection of works on polar exploration, many illustrated from photographs, maps, etc. Includes: Bayliss, E.P.; Cumpston, J.S. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. HANDBOOK AND INDEX. To Accompany a Map of Antarctica Produced by the Department of the Interior, 1939. Canberra: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer. 90pp. 1 map and tables. Stiff boards. Slight chipping and loss along spine. Doorly, Gerald S. IN THE WAKE. Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens Ltd., 1936. With a foreword by Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. Evans. Small 8vo. 311 pp with drawing and photo illustrations. Hardcover with laminated worn d/j. Drygalski, Erich; Raraty, M. M. (Translator). THE SOUTHERN ICE-CONTINENT. The German South Polar Expedition Aboard the Gauss, 1901-1903. UK: Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1989. 4to. xxi + [i] + 375pp with illustrations of figures, maps and photos. Pictorial cloth. Ellis, A. R. (ed.). UNDER SCOTT'S COMMAND: Lashly's Antarctic Diaries. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. 8vo. 160 pp with plates and map. Hardcover with d/j. Evans, Edward R. G. R. SOUTH WITH SCOTT. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921. Reprint. 284pp with diagram and 3 maps. Portrait frontispiece of author. Blue cloth. Slight discoloration at bottom of spine, still very good. Hall, Lincoln (research by Barbara Scanlan). DOUGLAS MAWSON: THE LIFE OF AN EXPLORER. Sydney: New Holland Publishers, 2000. 4to. 224pp. fully illustrated with photos. Hardcover with d/j. Hayes, J. Gordon THE CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH POLE. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1936. 1st Keystone edition. 8vo. 318pp. 22 photo illustrations. 11 charts and diagrams. Previous owner's inscription on free endpaper. Hardcover with d/j. Mahon, Peter Thomas. REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE CRASH ON MOUNT EREBUS, ANTARCTICA OF A DC10 AIRCRAFT Operated By Air New Zealand Ltd – 1981. Wellington, New Zealand: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer, 1981. 167pp with illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on front cover. Wrappers. Marr, Scout. INTO THE FROZEN SOUTH. London New York Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1923. 246 pp. 29 photo plates. Pictorial green cloth. Ponting, H. G. THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH: or with Scott in the Antarctic. London: Gerald Duckworth, 1950. Reprint. xxviii + 299pp. 82 pages of photographs. Hardcover with laminated d/j. Richards, R.W. THE ROSS SEA SHORE PARTY 1914-17. Cambridge: Scott Polar Research Institute, 1962. 1st edition. 44pp. Frontispiece, a plate and a map. Burgundy cloth with d/j. Sapin-Jaloustre, J. ENQUÊTE SUR LES GELURES: À Propos des Observation de la 1re Expédition Antarctique Française en Terre Adelie, 1948-1951. Paris: Hermann & Cle, Editeurs, 1956. 190pp. 7 photograph illustrations and many charts in text. Previous owner's stamp on front cover. Wrappers in black and red.