[ANTARCTIC]. HURLEY, Frank (1885–1962). Argonauts

[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.