Fourteen Men, The Story of the Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island, Illustrated

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1952. [TRAVEL & ADVENTURE] [HISTORY]. First edition. 8vo; 314pp; blue cloth over board, pictorial of a mountain stamped in white on the front; pictorial eps; b&w photographic illustration fp, b&w plates throughout; boards have brown spotting from acidic burn of glue used to attach the cloth, rubbing to edges, light age-toning of paper, interior bright and binding tight; unclipped pictorial dj with a photographic group portrait of the men on the front, rear panel has book reviews; very good minus in vg dj. From the front flap "There is always fascination in tales of true, and lonely adventure. Even today there remain undeveloped frontiers and tremendous experiences that try the hearts of men. Sailing oceans on a raft, seeking the heights of unconquered mountains in the mid-twentieth century are epic tales that are thrilling mankind. Now comes another such chronicle, Fourteen Men, surely one of the most absorbing, the most gripping of recent experiences. It is the first hand account of the remarkable Australian expedition to Heard Island, a fragment of land separated from Australia by 2500 miles of the wildest and loneliest seas in the world, and so minute that it is not to be found on any but the largest of maps.".