Lot 189
[EXPLORATION -- POLAR] -- [AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914]. MAWSON, Sir Douglas A. et al. Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14… Scientific Reports. Adelaide and Sydney, 1916-1947. A COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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[EXPLORATION -- POLAR] -- [AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1911-1914]. MAWSON, Sir Douglas A. (1882-1958), and others. Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. Under the leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson...Scientific Reports. Adelaide and Sydney: [various printers], 1916-1947.
22 volumes in 91 original parts, 4to. A profusion of plates, maps and illustrations. Original wrappers (some with light wear, a few volumes cloth-backed).
A COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE REPORTS FROM "ONE OF THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS OF THE HISTORIC ERA" (Rosove)
The reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition were published from 1916 to 1947 (except for a hiatus from 1931-1937), with parts appearing fairly regularly. The 91 separately-published parts were arranged in three series spanning 22 volumes. "The cost of production was considerable; J. Gordon Hayes estimated it in 1932 at £8,000, with a substantial number of reports pending. Mawson struggled to obtain funding and finally surrendered the bulk of the scientific specimens and records to the Australian Museum and the Mitchell Library in Sydney in exchange for financing... The reports themselves are attractively prepared, with photographs and charts of high quality" (Rosove). Rosove 218-1.A1 to 218-91.A1 ("Complete sets of the reports are uncommon").
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