London, The Folio Society, 2012 (first thus). An account of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous final expedition to the South Pole. 'This is the single greatest book in the literature of polar exploration. There are others that are beautiful. There are others that are exciting. There are some that are..... More
London, The Folio Society, 1964 (first thus). Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996 (second impression)/ 1996/ 1930 (abridged edition). A 'facsimile edition of the text of the [1930] abridged popular edition, featuring original images from the Mawson Collection'. More
Sydney, Doubleday, 1986. Loosely inserted is a printed acknowledgement slip from Project Blizzard (supporting the conservation of Sir Douglas Mawson's Huts). More
London, John Murray, 1935. 'Perhaps nothing in mountaineering history can parallel the Expedition with set out last year to conquer Nanga Parbat, the highest peak (26,642 feet) of the Western Himalayas' (dustwrapper). More
London, Chatto and Windus, 1938 (first edition). The author was the leader of the expedition; he was born in Penola, a grandson of the pioneer John Riddoch. With two chapters by A. Stephenson and an Historical Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1962. More
Sydney, New Holland, 2000. More
Kent Town, Wakefield Press in association with the Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal, 1996 (first thus)/ 1930 (abridged edition). Number 23 of only 500 copies in boards; this copy is signed in ink by Mawson's two daughters, Patricia Thomas and Jessica McEwin, one of his grandsons (Andrew McEwin), and Dick Smith..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1956 (second reprint)/ 1948. '... sealed in containers, the negatives [of the] superb photographs ... were buried in the bowels of the 'Endurance' as she lay dying in the grip of the pack-ice, and were salvaged at great risk by Captain Hurley and one of the..... More
Melbourne, Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs Australia, 1966. More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2006. More
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Adelaide, RGSSA, 1934. This issue also contains MILLS, May and Helene RAFFELT: Geographical Observations on the South Mount Lofty Range (38 pages with 3 maps and a diagram plus 2 plates). More
![Item #53908 Macquarie Island. A Sanctuary for Australasian Sub-Antarctic Fauna. [Contained in]...](/pictures/thumb/53908_01.jpg?v=1643863505)
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1921. This issue also contains the annual address of the President, the Honorable John LEWIS (67 pages, comprising a detailed account of the voyage of Flinders, concentrating on South Australia west of Port Lincoln); and NEWLAND, Simpson: Reminiscences of Pioneer Life (22 pages). More
New York, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1977 (first American edition). The author's last book, documenting three voyages: a circumnavigation of Spitsbergen, and two eventful voyages around Greenland. More
London, Royal Geographical Society/ Allen & Unwin, 2003. More
Adelaide, The Gresham Studio, 5, King William St. 1903. Those featured in the photograph are (left to right, top to bottom) J.F. Bagot, J.A. Yuill, C.N. Mackenzie, S.D. Ronald, M.H. Moyes, and V.C. Cresdee; T.A. Caterer, Esq. (a master), F. Chambers, W.H. Job, W.G. Duncan, M.J.D. Murray, W.C. Sangster, W.H...... More
Melbourne, The Sears Studio, 1907. The Adelaide University Football Club was formed in 1906. 'During the three years 1908-1910, the Club existed in name only and, except for the annual match against Melbourne University, did not compete at all. This put the Club at a disadvantage in these matches as..... More
Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996 (fourth impression)/ 1996/ 1930 (abridged edition). This copy is signed by Mawson's two daughters, Patricia and Jessica, and one of his grandsons (Gareth Mawson Thomas). This publication comprises a 'facsimile edition of the text of the [1930] abridged popular edition, featuring original images from the Mawson..... More
Sydney, Harper Collins Publishers/ ABC Books, 2013 (second printing)/ 2013. Dated (12 April 2014), signed and warmly inscribed by the author in ink on the half-title. More
London, Academy Editions, 1975. More
London, Blandford Press, 1967. More
This photograph is reproduced in 'The Home of the Blizzard' (Volume 1, page 102), with the caption 'Adelie Land. Weddell seals asleep on pancake ice'. Several pages earlier, Mawson writes: 'Seals and penguins on magic gondolas were the silent denizens of this dreamy Venice. In the soft glamour of the..... More
![Item #122914 'A Terminal Moraine [At the wasting face of the great ice-sheet at Cape Denison]'....](/pictures/thumb/122914.jpg?v=1627267844)
This print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label of the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London is on the verso of this print, with the full title..... More
A striking view showing two unidentified expeditioners among the royal penguins at the colony on Nuggets Beach, Macquarie Island. This vintage print comes from the original 1915 Australian exhibition of Hurley photographs; this was a slightly larger version of the London exhibition held earlier in the same year. The label..... More