BERNACCHI, LOUIS C. 1876-1942.

To the South Polar Regions. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1901.

To the South Polar Regions. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1901.
8vo. Title printed in red and black, 47 plates, illustrations in text, two folding maps (one color), 4 pages of advertisements at end. Publisher's gilt-titled dark green cloth. Tears to color folding map with tape repairs, text block separating, browning to paste-downs and endpapers.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Bernacchi was the first Australian to set foot on the Antarctic continent. He included both the story of the Southern Cross expedition (the first to include a planned overwintering in Antarctica), and the scientific results in this well written account. Rosove 35.A1; Spence 123; Taurus 25.