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Nabu public domain reprint, 2010, of the London, William Heinemann, 1910 edition (for vol 1), and the Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1909 edition (for vol 2). Thick quarto paperbacks. Vol 1:xvi+368pp. Vol 2: xvi+452pp. Facsimile reprint of the original books in as new condition.

London: William Heinemann, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in title-blocked cloth. Spine bands missing. Panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally bright and clean; text remains clear without blemish. Provenance: Bookplate of Col. Acland. Physical description: 418 pages. Subjects: Shackleton, Ernest Henry Sir 1874-1922. British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909). South Pole Discovery and exploration.Antarctica Discovery and exploration British.

London, William Heinemann, 1909.2 volumes. Original blue cloth, front boards lettered and illustrated in silver, rebacked with the original spines laid down (spines dicoloured), top edges gilt. With 2 folding panoramas on large folding sheet and 3 folding maps in pocket, 12 coloured plates and numerous photographic plates and illustrations. XLVIII,371; XV,419 pp.First edition. - The official account of Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition. Shackleton (1874-1922) organized the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition of 1907-09 to conquer the South Pole with the small whaler Nimrod. First of all he attempted to anchor in Whale Bay and go ashore, but he was prevented by the insurmountable masses of ice. His attemp to call at King Edward II Land was also thwarted. Eventually he managed to establish a camp on Ross Island. There one group climbed Mount Erebus and another proceeded in the direction of the South Magnetic Pole, which it reached on 16 January, 1909. In the meantime, Shackleton and his… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1909., 1909. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. liii, [1], 365, [1]; xvi, 450, [1]. with half-titles. 3 partly coloured folding maps & 2 panoramas on 1 folding sheet in rear pocket, 2 photogravure frontis., 12 colour plates, numerous b/w plates & text illus. original silver-stamped decorative cloth, t.e.g. (recased, spine & extremities rubbed & bit frayed). First American Edition of the account of Shackleton’s famous first expedition on board the Nimrod. The explorers passed the winter of 1908 in McMurdo Sound, and in the fall a party accomplished the first ascent of the volcanic Mount Erebus and surveyed its various craters. In the spring and summer of 1908-09, three sledging parties left winter quarters. One, travelling via a route along the newly discovered Great Beardmore Glacier, set a record for the farthest south, reaching 88?23’S, Shackleton deciding to turn back within only 97 miles of the pole rather than risk the lives of his men. Another… Read More