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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885, First Edition. Octavo – 21.7cm.. Frontispiece, [vii], 277 pp. 5 fold-out maps ar rear of text, illustrated with 13 black-and-white photographic images taken during the voyage of the Relief Expedition of 1884. Publisher's textured navy-blue cloth with bright gilt title on cover and spine; very light wear to extremities. Prior owner's attractive script signature on the ffe. An unusually bright and complete copy of the first edition. A near fine copy Arctic Bibliography 15483.
Contains a brief resumé of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, 1881-1884, and of the first relief expedition 1882; also a detailed account of the 'Yantic' and 'Proteus' relief expedition 1883 and the 'Thetis", 'Bear' and 'Alert" relief expedition, 1884 which rescued the original seven survivors near Cape Sabine, Smith Sound, and further details on the life of the survivors before the rescue. One of the seven survivors died on the return voyage after rescue. Studiously written as the events… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907–14, 1907. 3 Volumes, Quarto - 4to - 28.2 cm. Publisher's original navy-blue ribbed cloth, titles in bright gilt to spines and upper boards, inset coloured pictorial decoration to upper boards within gilt rope-twist borders, all edges bright gilt. Profusely illustrated with chromolithographic and black-and-white plates by Edward Wilson and others of the expedition with several being some mounted, numerous photographs by Herbert Ponting, illustrations in text including caricatures and silhouettes of expedition members. Collation is complete as per Rosove 287.A1. A remarkably well-preserved set. No prior ownership markings, no restoration, binding firm and secure. Volumes I and II limited to 250 copies, these both numbered 213, and Volume III limited to 350, this unique volume is unnumbered and penned "Presentation Copy". This is a very well-preserved set housed in individual custom slip cases. No loose pages or cracked hinges as is typically found with this… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1919, First Edition, First Impression. Royal octavo, [ii], xxii, 376 pages with 6 sketch maps (one full-page) with colour frontispiece by Frank Hurley with publisher's captioned tissue-guard, a double-page panorama of South Georgia and 86 full-page plates, a large fold-out color map and publisher's tipped-in errata slip. Original silver-pictorial dark blue cloth with bright silver foil image of the. "Endurance" on front cover, sliver lettering on spine; acidic paper and to a lesser extent, the outer margins of the plates tanned and common with this first impression; short professionally closed tear to the map near the stub; a near fine copy of a very scarce first printing of this important narrative. Rosove 308.A.1.
The captivating narrative of Ernest Shackleton's famous Endurance Expedition, and 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. "I think… Read More

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, First Edition, 1930.
Printed in Great Britain by William Cowles and Sons, London. 8vo – 25.0 cm. [i-v], vi, [vii-xii] 161pp, Index [5pp]. Photographic frontis, 2 graphs in text, 21 sketch maps – 5 full-page.
Publisher's maroon cloth boards with blind stamped ruled borders and bright gilt medallion of the British Museum of Natural History; spine with bright gilt title and date. A very clean copy inside or exterior with publisher's original glassine wrapper. An exceptional copy in fine condition. Taurus 113; Rosove 313.A1.

This volume contains the extent of the scientific results of Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition. The geological collections made relating to South Georgia were so considerable and important that Charles Tate Regan, the British Museum's director of natural history, undertook to collect the reports into the present volume.