The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909; Volume 1 by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (Creator) - 2012-08-01

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

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