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SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)
William Henry HUDSON (1841-1922). The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, London: W. Brendon & Son, Ltd. for Duckworth & Co., 1911. Small 8° (186 x 120mm.). Half-title, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at back. Original blue cloth (somewhat soiled, spine discoloured and bumped at head and foot). 'The Reader's Library' edition, third impression. Provenance: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (pencilled signature on half-title); by descent.
Alfred, Lord TENNYSON (1809-1892). Idylls of the King ... new edition. London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1863. Small 8° (164 x 100mm.). Contemporary green morocco gilt, arms of Trinity College Dublin stamped on covers, gilt edges (scuffed). Provenance: Dr. Henry Shackleton (prize label from Trintity College Dublin, noting that the book was awarded to Henry Shackleton in 1865, inscription to his daughter:); Gertude Alice Shackleton (partially obscured inscription 'G[. Alice Shackleton from her fath]er, [Nov. 24, 1919]'); by descent (Shackleton family armorial bookplate pasted over inscription). And one other (a Shackleton family copy of South in Hungarian).
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William Henry HUDSON (1841-1922). The Purple Land: Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Orientál, in South America, London: W. Brendon & Son, Ltd. for Duckworth & Co., 1911. Small 8° (186 x 120mm.). Half-title, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at back. Original blue cloth (somewhat soiled, spine discoloured and bumped at head and foot). 'The Reader's Library' edition, third impression. Provenance: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (pencilled signature on half-title); by descent.
Alfred, Lord TENNYSON (1809-1892). Idylls of the King ... new edition. London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1863. Small 8° (164 x 100mm.). Contemporary green morocco gilt, arms of Trinity College Dublin stamped on covers, gilt edges (scuffed). Provenance: Dr. Henry Shackleton (prize label from Trintity College Dublin, noting that the book was awarded to Henry Shackleton in 1865, inscription to his daughter:); Gertude Alice Shackleton (partially obscured inscription 'G[. Alice Shackleton from her fath]er, [Nov. 24, 1919]'); by descent (Shackleton family armorial bookplate pasted over inscription). And one other (a Shackleton family copy of South in Hungarian).
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