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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1907-1909 -- ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1847-1922)
The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. London: William Heinemann, 1909. 2 volumes, 4° (246 x 182mm). Half-titles, titles in brown and black, errata slip to vol. II. 2 frontispieces printed in sepia, 211 plates (of which 4 double-page and 12 coloured), illustrations, 1 folding panorama and 3 folding lithographic maps in separate cloth portfolio. WITH THE SIGNED DOUBLE-LEAF FROM THE ANTARCTIC BOOK WITH ALL 16 SIGNATURES OF THE SHORE PARTY tipped in at beginning of vol. I. (Occasional light spotting, one plate in vol. II loose with fore-edge lightly frayed, the maps in portfolio with very short splits at folds, but without loss.) Original vellum, spines and upper covers lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (vellum very lightly soiled, covers a fraction warped, cloth portfolio spotted). Provenance: Raymond E. Priestley (business card loosely inserted, and presentation inscription to f.f.e.p. of vol.I to:) -- Charles Seymour 'Silas' Wright (stamps to endpapers and map portfolio).
UNIQUE COPY BOUND FOR PRESENTATION FROM ONE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER TO ANOTHER. The vellum binding is that of the deluxe edition, but the book here corresponds to the trade edition, usually found bound in blue cloth. Priestley almost certainly commissioned Heinemann to produce a special copy bound deluxe-style, and added the leaf signed by the shore party, as a special presentation copy to his brother-in-law, 'Silas' Wright. Conrad p.148; Rosove 305.B1; Spence 1097.
The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. London: William Heinemann, 1909. 2 volumes, 4° (246 x 182mm). Half-titles, titles in brown and black, errata slip to vol. II. 2 frontispieces printed in sepia, 211 plates (of which 4 double-page and 12 coloured), illustrations, 1 folding panorama and 3 folding lithographic maps in separate cloth portfolio. WITH THE SIGNED DOUBLE-LEAF FROM THE ANTARCTIC BOOK WITH ALL 16 SIGNATURES OF THE SHORE PARTY tipped in at beginning of vol. I. (Occasional light spotting, one plate in vol. II loose with fore-edge lightly frayed, the maps in portfolio with very short splits at folds, but without loss.) Original vellum, spines and upper covers lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (vellum very lightly soiled, covers a fraction warped, cloth portfolio spotted). Provenance: Raymond E. Priestley (business card loosely inserted, and presentation inscription to f.f.e.p. of vol.I to:) -- Charles Seymour 'Silas' Wright (stamps to endpapers and map portfolio).
UNIQUE COPY BOUND FOR PRESENTATION FROM ONE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER TO ANOTHER. The vellum binding is that of the deluxe edition, but the book here corresponds to the trade edition, usually found bound in blue cloth. Priestley almost certainly commissioned Heinemann to produce a special copy bound deluxe-style, and added the leaf signed by the shore party, as a special presentation copy to his brother-in-law, 'Silas' Wright. Conrad p.148; Rosove 305.B1; Spence 1097.
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