With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914. London: Andrew Melrose, [1919]. 8vo. Half-title, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, 40 photographic plates, 8 maps (one folding printed in colors), 70 illustrations in text. Publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth with gilt-blocked decoration of Aurora on upper board. Light wear and browning. FIRST EDITION. Davis was Captain of the Aurora, which supported Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. He had previously served with Shackleton on Nimrod 1907-09, Shackleton in 1916-17, and later with the Banzare expeditions in 1929-30. Rosove 87.A1.a; Spence 354; Taurus 101.
With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914. London: Andrew Melrose, [1919]. 8vo. Half-title, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, 40 photographic plates, 8 maps (one folding printed in colors), 70 illustrations in text. Publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth with gilt-blocked decoration of Aurora on upper board. Light wear and browning. FIRST EDITION. Davis was Captain of the Aurora, which supported Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. He had previously served with Shackleton on Nimrod 1907-09, Shackleton in 1916-17, and later with the Banzare expeditions in 1929-30. Rosove 87.A1.a; Spence 354; Taurus 101.
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