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SHACKLETON, E. H.
The Heart of the Antarctic.
Being The Story Of The British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. With An Introduction By Hugh Robert Mill, D. Sc. An Account Of The First Journey To The South Magnetic Pole By Professor T.W. Edgeworth David F.R.S. [together with;] The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters, 1907-1909.
Publisher: London: Ballantyne & Co. Limited for William Heinemann, 1909
Stock code: 45134
Price: £27,500 Currency Conversion
First signed limited edition. Heart of the Antarctic number 193 of 330, The Antarctic Book one of 300 unnumbered copies, this in the second (corrected) state with contents without reference to "Aurora Australis" and no signature "d" to p. 26. Signed by all the members of the shore party on two pages in the latter. The deluxe edition of Shackleton's account of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-9 on board Nimrod: "Their sledge journey to the south magnetic pole was one of the three foremost achievements of this expedition. The other two achievements were, first, the ascent and survey of Mount Erebus (12,448 feet), the active volcano on Ross Island and, second, the southern sledge journey, which reached within 100 miles of the south pole" (ODNB).
3 volumes, quarto. Original vellum, volumes I & II, and the supplement in vellum-backed grey paper boards, titles gilt to spines, upper boards of volumes I & II blocked in gilt with the twin penguin device, top edges gilt, others uncut, broad brown silk page-markers to I and II. Titles to Heart of the Antarctic in brown and black, 2 tipped-in photogravure frontispieces and 12 tipped-in colour plates after paintings by George Marston, all with captioned tissue guards, 4 double-page photographic plates, 271 photographic illustrations on 195 plates, diagrams, maps, plans & graphs in the text, including 9 full-page, 3 folding maps and 1 folding plate containing 2 panoramic views in end-pocket of vol. II; The Antarctic Book with 4 mounted colour portraits from crayon drawings and 6 original etchings by George Marston. Vellum of the first two volumes very slightly spotted, as usual, spines a touch lightened, some foxing to the fore-edges, free endpapers of the supplemental volume browned and the etching leaves mildly foxed as often, but overall a very good set indeed.
