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HAYES, J. Gordon
The conquest of the South Pole: Antarctic exploration 1906-1931
Thornton, London 1932. First edition. 8vo., INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM HAYES TO THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER ALBERT ARMITAGE, 318pp., 2 pages ads at end, frontispiece and 31 photographic illustrations on 24 leaves, 11 charts and diagrams, original green cloth gilt, covers discoloured, 1 plate slightly frayed on fore-edge.
Inscription reads: " To Captain Albert B. Armitage, discoverer of one of the earth's mightiest features, the Antarctic Plateau, form J. Gordon Hayes, Novr. 1932." "Review and commentary, written with the advice of H. R. Mill and J. M. Wordie, the benefit of conversations with surviving expedition members, and "read and approved by all living leaders of expeditions and by the comrades and relatives of the dead."" - Rosove. Rosove 165.A1 ("uncommon."); Spence 575.
Price: £ 1250
US Dollar Price: $ 2480
Stock Number: 54255