FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (227 x 160mm.), half-titles, photographic plates, 2 folding maps, original maroon cloth gilt with Norwegian flag on upper covers, one map detached, minor spotting, lightly rubbed

Ernest H. Shackleton, typescript book label (not the polar explorer); Alec Miller, signatures

Rosove 9.A1; Spence 16; Taurus Collection 71

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The book was published before the tragic fate of Captain Scott's rival expedition was publicly known.