Shackleton’s Antarctica. [Comprising The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (2 volumes)[with] South. The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917]
SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest
First work with an Introduction by Alexandra Shackleton. Second work with Photographs by Frank Hurley. [With separate map-case.]
NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Published: Folio Society, 2021
Stock code: 50308
Price: £720.00
Together 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, plates, illustrations and charts in the text, and separate map case containing three folding maps coloured in outline and large folding panorama; navy cloth, upper boards blocked in silver, backstrips lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's cloth slip-case with mounted label lettered in silver.
Published by FS to commemorate the centenary of Shackleton's death. Shackleton's classic accounts were first published by Heinemann in 1909 and 1919 respectively. Spence 1097, 1107 (recording the first editions). Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK.