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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in red and black, with illustrated and printed titles, and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; beechwood boards printed on inner surface, calf back blocked and lettered in blind, hand-sewn as issued, Commentary volume in printed wrappers, sewed as issued, the whole housed in publisher's oatmeal cloth clamshell box, upper cover with leather label blocked in blind, back lettered in dark red, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 148). Published by FS to commemorate the centenary of Shackleton's death. A faithful and high quality facsimile, in text and binding, of Rudyard Kipling's copy, now housed in the library of Dulwich College. With a copy of the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted.

Aurora Australis was the first book written, printed, illustrated, and bound in the Antarctic during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907–1909 led by Ernest Shackleton. Printed at the winter quarters of the expedition in 1908 on a small printing press which Shackleton had brought with him, the book was limited to approximately 100 copies. It is a collection of essays, poetry, and illustrations created to give the men of the expedition a creative outlet during the long winter months.