The heart of the Antarctic : being the story of the British Antarctic expedition 1907-1909 /
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)
Category
Books
Date
1909
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3212876
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates : ill. (some col.), ports., maps ; 25 cm. Numbered: 217 [of 300]. This copy does not have signatures of shore party and is not accompanied by supplementary volume "The Antarctic Book Winter Quarters 1907-09". Provenance: inscribed on fly leaf, v.1 "To Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson with best wishes from the author EH Shackleton in remembrance of the pleasant time and much kindness in St. Petersburg. Jan 1910." Binding: full vellum boards, gold lettered spines, gold blocked double penguin device on upper boards, gold tops.
Makers and roles
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922) Edgeworth David (1858 - 1934) Hugh Robert Mill (1861-1950)