Travel
SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest.
South. The story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-1917.
Heinemann, London 1919. First edition. 8vo., errata slip, colour frontispiece, 5 maps (1 folding), 87 photographic plates (1 double-page), 2 sketch plans in text, usual toning to paper owing to poor paper stock, original black cloth lettered and decorated in silver, upper corner bumped else a fine copy.
Probably the most evocative narrative of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, telling of the survival of Shackleton and his crew under the most extreme circumstances. Taurus 105; Books on Ice, 7.8; Conrad p224; Rosove 308.A1.
Price: £ 2750
US Dollar Price: $ 5460
Stock Number: 65524