London, England: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, Reprint, 450gms, 222 pages, blank endpapers. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, mild page discolouration to some pages. Dust jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear. Dust jacket has been price clipped, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Synopsis

The thrilling story of an ill-fated expedition to the South Pole by the bestselling and award-winning author of Schindler's List. In the waning years of the Edwardian era, a group of English gentleman- adventurers led by Sir Eugene Stewart launched an expedition to reach the South Pole. More than sixty years later, Anthony Piers, the official artist of the New British South Polar Expedition, finally unveils the sobering conditions of their perilous journey: raging wind, bitter cold, fierce hunger, absolute darkness-and murder. The first two decades of the twentieth century were known as the "heroic era" of Antarctic exploration. In 1911, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. Weeks later, doomed British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrived-and then perished in a blizzard. And in 1914, Ernest Shackleton embarked on his infamous voyage to Antarctica. Set during this epic period of adventure and discovery, Victim of the Aurora re-creates a thrilling time in an unforgiving place and is a brilliantly plotted tale of psychological suspense.

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Bookseller: Reading Habit (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AUSFIC34
Title: Victim of the Aurora, A
Author: Keneally, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0002224933
ISBN 13: 9780002224932
Publisher: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd
Place of Publication: London, England
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: FICTION; DETECTIVE POLAR EXPEDITION; ADVENTURE=-POLAR
Bookseller catalogs: Australian Fiction;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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