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Mertz & I The Antarctic Diary of Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis

By: Mornement Allan & Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2014

Edition: 2014 First Edition

Seller ID: 71501

ISBN: 1852971169

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 448pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. Individually numbered, only 400 copies.

On 10 November 1912, the Far Eastern Party, consisting of three men and seventeen dogs set off on a sledging trip. The men were Douglas Mawson, Xavier Mertz and Belgrave Ninnis. Two of these men tragically died, and only the leader, Douglas Mawson, returned after what has been described as the greatest survival story in the history of exploration. It is evident from his diary that the young Ninnis was determined to follow in his fathers steps as a polar explorer. Inside the diary is the story of a young man and his determined and ultimately successful attempt to become a polar explorer. It is ...
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Mertz & I The Antarctic Diary of Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis

By: Mornement Allan & Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2014

Edition: 2014 First Edition

Seller ID: 71500

ISBN: 1852971169

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 448pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. Individually numbered, only 400 copies.

Mertz & I The Antarctic Diary of Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis

By: Mornement Allan & Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2014

Edition: 2014 First Edition

Seller ID: 71499

ISBN: 1852971169

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 448pp, hardback, New in dustwrapper. Individually numbered, only 400 copies.

Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition. The Voyage Of The Nimrod

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Bloosmbury: 2004

Edition: 2004 First US Edition

Seller ID: 46255

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 359pp, Fine in Fine dw

A detailed account of the British Antarctic Expedition.
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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition. The Voyage Of The Nimrod

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Bloosmbury: 2004

Edition: 2004 First US Edition

Seller ID: 46258

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 359pp, Fine in Fine dw

A detailed account of the British Antarctic Expedition.
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Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition. The Voyage Of The Nimrod

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £9.00

Publisher: Bloosmbury: 2004

Edition: 2004 First US Edition

Seller ID: 46257

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 359pp, Fine in Fine dw

A detailed account of the British Antarctic Expedition.
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The Antarctic Diary of Archibald Lang McLean

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.50

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2020

Edition: 2020 First Edition

Seller ID: 71063

ISBN: 1852971290

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 400pp, 100 illusts, folding map, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Archibald Lang McLean in 1911 applied to join Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition as the expeditions doctor and bacteriologist. On the expedition he studied the effects of the Antarctic environment on other members of the expedition and carried out medical tests and examinations. It has been suggested that through this work he laid the foundations for modern physiological research in the Antarctic. When Aurora returned to collect the expedition, Mawson, Ninnis and Mertz had not returned from their sledging expedition and McLean volunteered to stay and if necessary search for Maws...
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The Antarctic Diary of Archibald Lang McLean

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.50

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2020

Edition: 2020 First Edition

Seller ID: 71064

ISBN: 1852971290

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 400pp, 100 illusts, folding map, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Aurora. Douglas Mawson And The Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2011

Edition: 2011 First Edition

Seller ID: 71496

ISBN: 1852971088

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 525pp, folding map, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

In 1911 Douglas Mawson organised and led the Australasian Expedition a scientific investigation of the Antarctic on a scale never before considered. At the same time it was responsible for exploration of vastly more territory than any other Antarctic expedition. It consisted of three land bases operated by 32 men, seven major sledging journeys (as well as numerous shorter ones), and a full oceanographic programme in addition to its shore based scientific studies. Yet what was intended by Mawson to be a scientific exercise devoid of heroic adventure, also proved to be a tale of death, determin...
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Aurora. Douglas Mawson And The Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2011

Edition: 2011 First Edition

Seller ID: 71495

ISBN: 1852971088

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 525pp, folding map, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

Aurora. Douglas Mawson And The Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14.

By: Riffenburgh Beau

Price: £32.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2011

Edition: 2011 First Edition

Seller ID: 71494

ISBN: 1852971088

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 525pp, folding map, hardback, New in dustwrapper.

The Antarctic Diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy, together with The paintings of Charles Turnbull Harrisson

By: Watson, Andrew Dougald & Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer & Harrisson, Charles Turnbull [edited by Riffenburgh Beau & de Books Crispin]

Price: £72.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2018

Edition: 2018 First Edition

Seller ID: 71489

ISBN: 185297124X

Binding: hardcover

Condition: A stunning limited edition package containing - The Antarctic Diary of Andrew Dougald Watson - hardback, cloth bound, blocked on cover and spine, 192pp, 70 illusts. The Antarctic Diary of Alexander Lorimer Kennedy hardback, cloth bound, blocked on cover and spine, 168pp, 60 illusts. The Paintings and Drawings of Charles Turnbull Harrisson - 36pp + cover, softback, 55 illusts, full colour, on high quality art paper. Charles Turnbull Harrisson A Life - 16pp + cover, booklet, 15 illusts. Full Colour Map of Queen Mary Land. All encased in a rigid slip cover. This is a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. The books will not be available separately.

Harrisson, Kennedy and Watson were all members of Mawson's Western party led by the legendary Frank Wild, the only person to be awarded the Polar medal with four bars. Charles Harrisson was the biologist on Mawsons expedition and was also an enormously talented painter. He charted the life of the Western Party through his paintings and drawings. In 1914 he tragically lost his life when the ship he was on was lost with all hands when returning from Macquarie Island.
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The Antarctic Diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy, together with The paintings of Charles Turnbull Harrisson

By: Watson, Andrew Dougald & Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer & Harrisson, Charles Turnbull [edited by Riffenburgh Beau & de Books Crispin]

Price: £72.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2018

Edition: 2018 First Edition

Seller ID: 71488

ISBN: 185297124X

Binding: hardcover

The Antarctic Diaries of Andrew Dougald Watson and Alexander Lorimer Kennedy, together with The paintings of Charles Turnbull Harrisson

By: Watson, Andrew Dougald & Kennedy, Alexander Lorimer & Harrisson, Charles Turnbull [edited by Riffenburgh Beau & de Books Crispin]

Price: £72.00

Publisher: The Erskine Press: 2018

Edition: 2018 First Edition

Seller ID: 71487

ISBN: 185297124X

Binding: hardcover

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