ENDURANCE: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Lansing, Alfred - 1959

McGraw-Hill, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: viii, 282pages, 6 unlisted plate leaves [15 photographs and illustrations] plus 3 photographs in prelims, map end papers. 3/4 dark blue, 1/4 light blue boards with silver titling to spine, no dustjacket. Covers worn on edges and small splits to spine, some staining to edges of end paper maps otherwise contents clean. Description from Book-of-the-Month Club News (Clifton Fadiman): "Endurance" was the name of the ship on which Sir Ernest Shackleton began his ill-fated but strangely triumphant Imperial Trans-Antartic Expedition. Endurance was the single greatest trait of character on which he and his men drew during the whole of their voyage. It WAS incredible. Indeed, even readers old enough to remember newspaper accounts of the expedition will find themselves wondering, to the very last pages, how these men can possibly extricate themselves. As difficulty after difficulty arises - as one hope after another is blasted - the suspense builds up until it is well nigh unbearable. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1366. .