Andrew Melrose 1919. First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 216234
Title: With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914
Author: DAVIS, JOHN KING
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Andrew Melrose 1919
Keywords: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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