The Home of the Blizzard

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. (1938). Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address. Quite heavy foxing to page edges. A 20mm tear and 5mm chips at ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Series: Black Jacket Books. "This, the sixth edition of "The Home of The Blizzard," is the first edition in this form". xix, [1], 21-348 pages. 10 maps and plans within the pagination (3 double page, 6 full page, 1 a small in-text illustration.) Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 176 x 111mm. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Plan and Preparation; The Voyage to Macquarie Island; From Macquarie Island to Adelie Land; New Lands; First Days in Adelie Land; Autumn Prospects; The Blizzard; Troglodytes; Domestic Life; Winter Activities; Spring Exploits; Across King George Land; Toil and Tribulation; Alone; Southward over the Plateau; Eastward over the Sea-Ice; Across Adelie Land - to East and West; The Ship's Story; A Home on Floating Ice; Winter and Spring in Queen Mary Land; Blocked on the Shelf-Ice; Linking up with Kaiser Wilhelm Land; The Second Year; The Homeward Cruise; Glossary; Index. .