SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)
The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 3 vol. (including "The Antarctic Book Winter Quarters 1907-09"), LIMITED TO 300 COPIES, WITH SIGNATURES OF ALL THE SHORE PARTY, this set number 273, photogravure frontispiece, numerous plates (including 6 etched plates by George Marston, 16 tipped-in colour after George Marston, others mostly photographic) one folding panorama and 3 folding lithographed maps in pocket at end of volume 3, illustrations and diagrams in the text, occasional light spotting, volumes one and 2 publisher's vellum, volume 3 publisher's vellum-backed boards, volumes one and 2 blocked in gilt with a design of two penguins on upper cover, all lettered in gilt on spines, t.e.g., small tear towards lower margin of upper cover on volume 2 [Conrad p.148; Renard 1446; Rosove 305.A2; Spence 1096; Taurus 57], 4to (270 x 220mm.), William Heinemann, 1909
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