Shackleton, Ernest
Rare books by Ernest Shackleton, including first editions and finely bound copies of travel narratives such as South.
SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest.
South 1919
£7,500
First edition, new [i.e. second] impression, one month after the first, printed on superior paper stock and so less prone to the heavy browning which tends to mar the first...
Octavo. Original midnight-blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in silver and with large block of the Endurance in silver to the upper board, publisher's device... Read more
SHACKLETON, Ernest Sir.
South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914–1917. 1919
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Shackleton embarked in 1914 on the Endurance to make the first traverse of the Antarctic continent; a journey of some 1800 miles from sea to sea. But...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine in silver, single rule to boards in silver, pictorial block of The... Read more
SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest.
Shackleton in the Antarctic 1911
£150
Adapted from The Heart of the Antarctic.
Octavo (176 × 115 mm). Contemporary red morocco, black morocco label, decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards with school emblem to front, marbled... Read more
