[Rarebooks] FS - Home of the Blizzard

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MAWSON, Douglas Sir. /THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD Being the Story of the 
Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914/. Complete two volume set, 
bound in original dark blue cloth. J. B. Lippincott Company, 
Philadelphia, PA. ND (1915). Thick 4to, pp. xxx, 349; xiii, 338.

Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was born in England, although educated in 
Australia. He was the physicist on Shackleton's 1907 "Furthest South" 
expedition to the Antarctic. In 1909 he reached the South Magnetic Pole, 
and in 1911 he led the
Australian Antarctic Expedition, the results of which eventually helped 
Australia to lay claim to suzerainty over 2.5 million square miles 
between the Ross Dependency and Enderby Land. As Mawson states in his 
Preface: "The object of this book is to present a connected narrative of 
the Expedition from a popular and general point of view". Numerous 
scientific reports of the Expedition's work were issued but this remains 
one of the most popular and thrilling accounts of Antarctic exploration 
ever published, and it is one of the cornerstones of any collection of 
such material. The numerous colour, and black-and-white, photographs 
were taken primarily by Frank Hurley, and the maps are by A. J. 
Hodgeman. All are present. This is the first American edition, although 
printed in England (where Heinemann published the first British edition 
in 1915). It contains the tipped-in errata slip. This set is bound in 
the publisher's original dark blue cloth with stamped silver lettering 
to the front boards and spines. The set appears unread, as many pages 
are uncut. The bottom edges of the boards show some light rubbing, and 
there is a small spot to the lower right of the front board of volume I, 
and a trace of scuffing to the spine. The binding is a bit shaken, but 
the hinges and joints are tight. Volume II is similarly rubbed at the 
bottom edge, but has no significant blemishes to the boards. The rear 
hinge (just before the map pocket) is cracked, and the binding is 
shaken. The contents are very clean throughout. A very good set. Digital 
photos available.

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