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[Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)]
Robert S.S. Baden Powell, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857-1941). Scouting for Boys A handbook for instruction in good citizenship... Revised Edition. London: William Brendon & Son Ltd. for C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1909. Small 8° in 16s (19.1 x 12.5cm.). Illustrations. (Browned.) Contemporary dark blue morocco, spine gilt, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, by Ramage of London.
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) (presentation inscription, 1909), and thence by descent.
A finely bound copy, with an inscription which recalls the popularity that Shackleton enjoyed after the return home from the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909. The inscription, possibly in the hand of Baden-Powell, reads 'Presented to Lieutenant/Shackleton F.R.G.S./on behalf of the Boy Scouts'/Organisation, on the/occasion of his opening/the Travel Exhibition/July 6th 09.'
Robert S.S. Baden Powell, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1857-1941). Scouting for Boys A handbook for instruction in good citizenship... Revised Edition. London: William Brendon & Son Ltd. for C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1909. Small 8° in 16s (19.1 x 12.5cm.). Illustrations. (Browned.) Contemporary dark blue morocco, spine gilt, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges, by Ramage of London.
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) (presentation inscription, 1909), and thence by descent.
A finely bound copy, with an inscription which recalls the popularity that Shackleton enjoyed after the return home from the British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909. The inscription, possibly in the hand of Baden-Powell, reads 'Presented to Lieutenant/Shackleton F.R.G.S./on behalf of the Boy Scouts'/Organisation, on the/occasion of his opening/the Travel Exhibition/July 6th 09.'
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