Summary: | Some of the contents was first published in: Aurora australis. Antarctica, 1908. Cf. Goodwin, M.P. "The first book printed in the Antarctic" in Terra (Los Angeles, Calif.), v. 18, no. 3 ([1978]), p. 14-23. With six leaves of etchings, two signed: George Marston. The first leaf and the final page are blank. Signatures: a̲⁴b-g⁴. Signed by each member of the shore party. 300 copies printed by Ballantyne and Company. Constitutes v. [3] of E. Shackleton's The heart of the Antarctic. London, 1909. Erebus, a poem. By E.H. Shackleton.--Aurora Australis, a poem. By E.H. Shackleton.--Bathybia, or What might have been at the south pole. By D. Mawson. Mode of access: Internet. Bancroft Q115.B85: Provenance: From the library at San Simeon of William Randolph Hearst.
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