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[ANTARCTIC]. HURLEY, Frank (1885?1962). Argonauts of the So...

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[ANTARCTIC]. HURLEY, Frank (1885?1962). Argonauts of the South. New York and London: G.P. Putnam?s, 1925. 8vo. Numerous illustrations after photographs by the author, 2 folding maps. Original publisher?s gilt?lettered green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, photographic endpapers. Provenance: early gift inscription (?To George F. Gety / may your trip and your ship be a mighty one / C.M. O?Boyle?). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, narrative of Hurley?s voyages as the official photographer to Mawson?s Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911?1914) and the Shackleton Endurance Expedition (1914?1916). Rosove 178.A1.