Michael Rosove
Antarctica, 1772-1922: Freestanding Publications through 1999. Plus Additions and Corrections Supplement.
288 x 220mm, 537pp, Quarter brown buffalo, Colour illustrations. Plus 49pp Additions & Corrections Supplement
Book of the Month February 2009
Australian: $450 (Approx. US $470, Euro €357)
500 Copies
ISBN 0-9705386-0-X + 9780970538634
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About the Book
This bibliography is the latest word on Antarctica's classical and heroic periods, the result of ten years' research including the examination of private collections, booksellers' holdings, and the repositories of twelve of the world's most important libraries and archives (Scott Polar Research Institute, Royal Geographical Society, Royal Society, British Library, Bibliothèque Nationale, Mawson Collection, Baker Library at Dartmouth, Hill Collection, Scripps Oceanographical Institute, UCLA, Huntington Library, and Library of Congress), aided by bibliographies, twenty years' booksellers' catalogues, and computerized data bases. The bibliography contains many rare and virtually unknown publications and clarifies innumerable obscure points of interest. Included are all publications in the original language of the author and English-language translations. (Non-English translations are given in brief.) Given are all contemporary publications (prospectuses, narratives, science) and selected post-contemporary publications (memorials, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, analyses, bibliographies, references, humanities) in all identified editions, printings, and variants, with binding and collation details, bibliographical references, ISBN, rarity, original price, and referenced commentary. Less important post-contemporary publications are listed in brief. Author/editor, title, and subject indexes are provided. This long-awaited supplement, concerning the same subject period as the original bibliography, has resulted from the contributions of over fifty polar book collectors, booksellers, and historians. Heretofore unrecognized publications are now described, with much additional information about previously reported publications, with correction of errors.
About the Author
Michael Rosove has had an interest in Antarctica for over twenty-five years and has made several trips to high south latitudes. He is the author of Let Heroes Speak: Antarctic Explorers, 1772-1922 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2000), a critically lauded history recently released in paperback (New York: Penguin Putnam, Berkley Publishing, 2002). Dr. Rosove is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.