HURLEY, FRANK. 1885-1962.

1. Argonauts of the South. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.

1. Argonauts of the South. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.
8vo. Pictorial endpapers, numerous illustration plates, 2 folding maps. Publisher's gilt-titled green cloth, top edge gilt. Lacking dust jacket, light wear. Rosove 178.A1; Spence 615.
2. Sydpolsfarare. Swedish edition, Stockholm: Hugo Gebers Förlag, 1927. 8vo. Later half purple cloth with marbled boards. Minor stains to first few leaves.
3. Sydpolsfarere. Danish edition, Copenhagen: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1928. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Slight yellowing, thumbed.

Liberally illustrated with photographs by Hurley. Described by Rosove "as one of the great Antarctic photographers of all time," Hurley gives an account of Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-14), and Shackleton's Endurance expedition, 1914-16, on both of which Hurley served. The story of saving his negative photographic plates from the sinking Endurance, and preserving only selected plates until they could return to civilization, is well known. Many of his best known images are present in this book.