Aurora Australis : Published at the winter quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, during the winter months of April, May, June, July 1908. Illustrated with lithographs and etchings / 3212787

Aurora Australis : Published at the winter quarters of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, during the winter months of April, May, June, July 1908. Illustrated with lithographs and etchings /

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)

Date

1908

Materials

Collection

Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent

NT 3212787

Summary

Bibliographic description

6 preliminary leaves, 180 unnumbered pages, 10 leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 28 cm. Provenance: inscribed on first blank leaf: "To Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson from the editor E H Shackleton Jan 1910." [i.e. Arthur Nicolson, first Baron Carnock (1849–1928) and (Mary) Catherine Nicolson, Lady Carnock (1860-1951) from Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)]. Binding: twentieth-century quarter calf; with venesta wooden boards; pages attached with green silk cord. Stencilled on inside of upper board: Brit[ish] Anta[rctic] Exped[ition] 190[7]; on lower board: Bottled f[ruit?] ...

Makers and roles

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) George Edward Marston (1882-1940) British Antarctic Expedition

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