Search Results: the heart of the antarctic being by shackleton sir ernest

New York:: Carroll & Graf,, (1999). Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (appears unread).. Trade paperback. Shackleton's account of the first expedition he led to the Antarctic in an attempt to reach the South Pole, originally published in 1909. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xviii, 452 pp.

New York: Carroll & Graf, Publishers, Inc., 2002. 2nd Printing: 2002 . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. A. Knowlton (Cover Design); Corbis/Underwood & Underwood (Cover Photo). 452 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge.

London: Robinson Publishing, 1999. xviii, 452pp. A trifle handled otherwise a nice copy. paperback. V.g.. 8vo.

London: Robinson, 1999 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & a little creased); pp. xx (last blank), 452, with illustrations. A very good copy.. Reprinted. Soft Cover. VG+.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

William Heinemann, 1932. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Popular Edition. No jacket. Covers very faded. Corners bumped. Foxing to pages and page edges. Black and white illustrations and fold out map. 368pp..

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Toronto: : The Musson Book Company Limited, , N.d. . New and revised "Popular" edition. . 8vo, . Illustrated with plates and folding map at rear. blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Spine faded, name on ffep, map detached at rear but with no loss to image, else a very good copy. The great Antarctic exploration story.

London: William Heinemann, 1910. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Frontis., xv, 368 pp., + 1 fold-out map at rear. Frontis. tissue guard intact. teg. First edition of the popular edition with raised stamp on title-page stating Presentation Copy". Bound in black cloth with gilt decoration on front and gilt lettering on spine. Fore- and bottom-edge foxed and foxing has affected some pages.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1910. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of the popular one volume edition, clean and tidy and tight. Some rubbing to extremities, joints a little rubbed. Gilt design to front board. The edges of the China clay paper plates are slightly uneven sue to damp. A solid copy.

London: The Folio Society. 2021 . First combined folio edition. First combined folio edition. Three volumes. Publisher's original navy cloth and matching bound in ribbon, with silver titles to the spine and upper board alongside silver illustrations on each volume. Silver top edge. Navy card slipcase with three fold out maps and panorama. Fold out map to the rear of 'South'. All housed within a blue and white speckled cloth box, with silver titles to a navy card label. Illustrated throughout the text with black and white photographs and illustrations in both volumes, with 14 colour plates in 'The Heart of the Antarctic'. A fine set, the bindings square and firm, with bright gilt and clean cloth that is without fading. The contents are clean throughout, in the fine box. Published to commemorate the centenary of Ernest Shackleton's death and was the first time both 'The Heart of the Antarctic' and 'South' were published together. Includes the complete texts… Read More

Folio Society,, 2021. Together 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, plates, illustrations and charts in the text, and separate map case containing three folding maps coloured in outline and large folding panorama; navy cloth, upper boards blocked in silver, backstrips lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's cloth slip-case with mounted label lettered in silver. Published by FS to commemorate the centenary of Shackleton's death. Shackleton's classic accounts were first published by Heinemann in 1909 and 1919 respectively. Spence 1097, 1107 (recording the first editions).

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.

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

EB: J B Lippincott. Very Good. 1909. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by J B Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA. 1909. 2 Volumes. Liii, 365 pgs, xvi, 450 pgs. Illustrated with with half-titles. 3 partly coloured folding maps & 2 panoramas on 1 folding sheet in rear pocket, 2 photogravure frontispieces, 12 colour plates, numerous b/w plates & text illustrations First Edition/First Printing. Bound in blue cloth boards with silver titles present to the front board and the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards rubbed and worn). Hinges repaired. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. A well-told tale of arguably the most successful expedition from the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. The Nimrod expedition under Sir Ernest Shackleton achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus, reached the magnetic South Pole, discovered the path to the Central Antarctic Plateau over the Beardmore Glacier, and almost reached… Read More