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.
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.
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