The Year 1914 Illustrated. A Record of Notable Achievements and Events
by Shackleton; Mawson
Price: $45.00
- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 8380
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Frederick Stokes,
- Place: New York:
- Date published: 1915.
Book Description
New York:: Frederick Stokes,. 1915.. Hardcover. Illustrated by Harold Copping et al. 4to, 224pp. White cloth covers with brown titles & decoration. Covers a little dusty, ow very good condition. Tissue guarded color frontis by Harold Copping, tipped-in on grey paper. Illustrated throughout with photos, sketches and maps. The first half of the book is devoted to a month by month account of the year of non-war events such as the return of Dr. Mawson, Shackleton's new expedition for the Antarctic (the Endurance expedition), wreck of Empress of Ireland, Mexican troubles, unrest and martial law in South Africa. The second half is devoted to events of WWI.
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