Hayes, J. Gordon

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (248 x 170mm.), half-title, 14 maps, 4 folding in pocket at rear, 16 photographic plates, original dark blue cloth, photo-illustrated dust-jacket (not price-clipped from inner fold), cloth very lightly rubbed and discoloured, jacket with minor soiling and loss, repairs to verso

Rosove 164; Spence 574

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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“A good survey of Antarctic exploration and science, and the first substantial one since Mill’s The Siege of the South Pole published in 1905, with critical discussions. A handsome book” (Rosove).

Gift inscription on front free endpaper