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SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry. South; the Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-19, London, William Heinemann, 1920, 8°, fourth impression, ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED BY SHACKLETON AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SHACKLETON-ROWETT EXPEDITION, and with inscription to Frederick Bridgland dated 9 Sept. 1921: "Cherioh [sic] Old Bridgland. Wish you were coming. Love from us all including the Parrot," with loosely-inserted, a collection of 30 press and private photographs of the team on board the "Quest", several apparently unpublished, including one inscribed on verso: "The Quest at St. Vincent taken from tug as I was leaving Oct. 28. 1921", plates, one folding map, original cloth (inner hinges split, upper joint slightly split, extremities rubbed).
Frederick Bridgland had intended to go on the expedition, bowing out at the last minute owing to family commitments, though he even piloted the boat from harbour on its departure. This ill-fated expedition to explore the little known region around Enderby Land in Antarctic, undertaken through the finances of John Quiller Rowett, ended with the death of Shackleton on the island of South Georgia on 5 January 1922.
Frederick Bridgland had intended to go on the expedition, bowing out at the last minute owing to family commitments, though he even piloted the boat from harbour on its departure. This ill-fated expedition to explore the little known region around Enderby Land in Antarctic, undertaken through the finances of John Quiller Rowett, ended with the death of Shackleton on the island of South Georgia on 5 January 1922.