4to; unpaginated; illustrations throughout; bound in calf-backed timber boards to match the original presentation and housed in matching timber box tied with green cords. With publisher's introductory booklet enclosed. A fine copy. Faithful facsimile of the 'Julienne Soup' copy in the Turnbull Library in Wellington. It is limited to 375 copies for sale. Aurora Australis was the first book produced in Antarctica. It was Shackleton's hope to diivert and occupy his meen during the dark winter period of forced inactvity. They wrote, printed and bound the work (using the packing cases which had contained their supplies) in their winter quarters. Seller Inventory # 32552

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Title: Aurora Australis. From Sir Ernest ...

Publisher: Auckland, Seto Publishing, 1988.

Binding: Hardcover

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