![SHACKLETON (ERNEST) The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, prospectus, [1914]; with accompanying typed letter](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/17/94466480-15-2.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "SHACKLETON (ERNEST) The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, prospectus, [1914]; with accompanying typed letter Sold for £4,000 inc. premium")
30 Mar 2012
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Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
Back to auction 19552
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, prospectus printed in red and black, tipped-in frontispiece map of proposed route and scale drawing of the Endurance, sewn as issued in original stiff outer wrappers, 4to (281 x 214mm.), Privately Printed, [1914]; with accompanying typed letter, signed in a secretarial hand ("E.H. Shackleton"), to D.D. Fraser, enclosing the prospectus and asking for a contribution of £50 towards the cost of the expedition ("Therefore I feel that in approaching you I can do so with confidence in consideration of the importance of the undertaking which should redound to the prestige of our country and the general advancement of human knowledge"), 2 pages, on Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition headed paper, 4to, 12 June 1914
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£4,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Copies of the prospectus with its accompanying letter are scarce. The prospectus includes details of the ships, the expedition's members and its finances, expert opinions and press tributes, along with various mission statements.
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