The Home Of the Blizzard

NY: St. Martin's. VG/Good+ only (see notes). 1998. 1st THUS reprt. hardcover. 12mo . 438pp . 1" tear, couple 1/4" tears to DJ. .

London: William Heinemann, 1915. Leading the renowned Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-1914, scientist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson proved himself a true hero. While Mawson set up a main base in what would become George V Land, his team "explored nearly 2000 miles of coastline while sledge parties traversed some 4000 miles in the coastlands and hinterlands gaining… Read more about this item

Wakefield Press, South Australia, 1996. Abridged Popular Edition. Soft cover. Good Condition/Good. Fourth Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 440 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and… Read more about this item

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Abridged Popular Edition. Illustrated with ninety-two photographs, eighteen diagrams and three folding maps. Blue patterned cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards browned and just a little marked. Endpapers and text block browned. A few scattered foxspots. All maps present.

Birlinn Publishers, 2000. First Edition THUS. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Published in the United Kingdom. No extraneous markings. All pages are… Read more about this item

Skyhorse, 2013-03-06. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Skyhorse Publishing; New York, 2013. Trade paperback. A Very Good, binding sturdy and intact, crease along front cover near spine, some handling/scuff marks to covers, bit of cover edge/corner wear, smudge mark on fore-edge and top text block edge, a nice, clean and unmarked copy in wraps. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934. abridged edition. Very Good. large octavo. hardback in original cloth xxxi + 438pp., frontis., b/w plates, fldg. maps, diags., appends., index, Cloth faded at spine & neat ownership inscription but internally excellent & a nice tight copy

Wakefield Press, South Australia, 1996. Reprint. Soft cover. Very Good. 438 pages. BOOK:Is in excellent condion. The book appears unread although the cover has a few minor bumps and bruises. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in strong condition. Items… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. (1938). Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address. Quite heavy foxing to page edges. A 20mm tear and 5mm chips at ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Series: Black Jacket Books. "This, the sixth edition of "The Home of The … Read more about this item

Skyhorse, March 2013. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Includes black and whaite photos and maps. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Corners bumped. Creasing to cover. Small green dot to the bottom of pages. Pages appear crisp clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look… Read more about this item

Wakefield Press South Australia 1996. #400 of 500 limited cloth editions printed. Facsimile of the popular edition with photographs. Signed by Jessica McEwan (Mawson). Cloth a little bumped in like jacket o/w fine.

Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996 (fourth impression)/ 1996/ 1930 (abridged edition). Octavo, xxxii, 438, [2] ('Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal') pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates (reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'). Pictorial card covers lightly marked and bumped; an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. This copy is signed… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1915. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Home Of The Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914. Two Volumes. Blue cloth over boards. Gilt lettering on front boards and spines. Illustration in silver on front boards. Name on front pastedown of both boards. B/W and… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback reprint with a new foreword by Randolph Fiennes, 1998, in overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - covers a touch rubbed to edges. Binding tight and appears almost unread. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright… Read more about this item

Facsimile edition of the text of the abridged popular edition 1930 featuring original images from the Mawson Collection. A tale of discovery and adventure in the Antarctic - pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic perseverance. Also a detailed account of the Expedition's daily subsistence, its scientific endeavours, and Mawson's epic sledge journey during which his two companions perished.… Read more about this item

The first thirteen chapters of the original version - a great story of human endeavour, this epic journey illustrates the courage and enterprise of the men who laid claim to Antarctica in Australia's name. 285 pages with 24 pages of black and white photographs and a map. Book in very good condition with previous owners stamp on title page and… Read more about this item

Palgrave Macmillan. Hardcover. Used.

William Heinemann. London. 1915 (Ist Edition). Thick 8vo, Vol 1 349pp, Vol II 338pp. Hardcover in dark blue original cloth with embossed gilt title and silver illustration on front board, title on spine has now faded but is still legible with appropriate shelf wear to corners and unevely cut pages - still in extremely good condition with … Read more about this item

Palgrave Macmillan, 1999-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931. Abridged popular edition. Very Good. large octavo. hardback in original cloth xxxi + 438pp., frontis., b/w pls., fldg. maps, diags., appends., index, Cloth mottled & neat ownership inscription but internally a very good copy