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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1907-1909 -- ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)
Six ephemeral items, comprising: 24pp. exhibition catalogue The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, small 4° (230 x 170mm). Printed in red and black. Portrait. Original wrappers, print of 'Nimrod' mounted on upper cover (small tears to extremities); 1p. menu card Crystal Palace July 17th 1909 (210 x 130mm) in blue, the meal including 'Crême South Pole' and 'Pêches Shackleton' [sic], with embossed J. Lyons & Co Ltd crest at head in red. Provenance: autograph signatures in ink of Ernest Joyce and Frank Wild (the first expedition's zoologists and printers of the Aurora Australis).; 8pp. pamphlet Souvenir of the lecture: 'Nearest the South Pole,' by Sir Ernest Shackleton. [1909] (200 x 120mm). Illustrations. Original green paper wrappers, portrait of Shackleton mounted on upper cover; and a menu (Boston, 1910), lecture notice and ticket. (6)
Six ephemeral items, comprising: 24pp. exhibition catalogue The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, small 4° (230 x 170mm). Printed in red and black. Portrait. Original wrappers, print of 'Nimrod' mounted on upper cover (small tears to extremities); 1p. menu card Crystal Palace July 17th 1909 (210 x 130mm) in blue, the meal including 'Crême South Pole' and 'Pêches Shackleton' [sic], with embossed J. Lyons & Co Ltd crest at head in red. Provenance: autograph signatures in ink of Ernest Joyce and Frank Wild (the first expedition's zoologists and printers of the Aurora Australis).; 8pp. pamphlet Souvenir of the lecture: 'Nearest the South Pole,' by Sir Ernest Shackleton. [1909] (200 x 120mm). Illustrations. Original green paper wrappers, portrait of Shackleton mounted on upper cover; and a menu (Boston, 1910), lecture notice and ticket. (6)