Shackleton (Ernest) South.
£295
The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917
New York, Macmillan, 1920.
First US edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt.
The first US edition of Shackleton’s famous recounting of his final expedition to the Antarctic.
Out of stock
Small ink stamp to preliminary; cloth a little rubbed and bumped at spine ends for fore-corners, but overall very good.
Plates and diagrams; folding map.
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