DAVIS, JOHN KING. 1884-1967.

DAVIS, JOHN KING. 1884-1967.
With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914. London: Andrew Melrose, [1919].
8vo. Half-title, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, 40 photographic plates, 8 maps (one folding printed in colors), 70 illustrations in text. Publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth with gilt-blocked decoration of Aurora on upper board. Light wear and browning.

FIRST EDITION. Davis was Captain of the Aurora, which supported Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. He had previously served with Shackleton on Nimrod 1907-09, Shackleton in 1916-17, and later with the Banzare expeditions in 1929-30. Rosove 87.A1.a; Spence 354; Taurus 101.