SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)
The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909 [supplement to The Heart of the Antarctic], FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE SHORE PARTY, 16 signatures on opening 2 leaves, 4 tipped-in colour portraits, 6 etched plates by George Marston, one small linocut, light spotting, inside upper cover scuffed where bookplate removed, ink ownership stamp "Park Home, Glasgow" inside lower cover and one leaf of text, publisher's vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., soiled [cf. Spence 1096; Taurus 57], 4to, William Heinemann, 1909
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