South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
by SHACKLETON, Ernest
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
'This exploit, which has captured the modern imagination, certainly struck the world differently in 1919; in the aftermath of the First World War feats of extraordinary heroism were thick on the ground, and so Shackleton's truly remarkable tale of survival at the extremes of human endurance largely fell flat. This is emphasised in the book's production: the first issue contained cheap paper prone to severe browning, a poorly crafted binding likely to split at the joints with normal usage and silver printing on the binding subject to oxidizing' (The Taurus Collection, 2001). Rosove, when comparing the second impression (December 1919), the third impression issued a month later, and this fourth impression (see Rosove 308.A4) with the first, records they have 'similar binding, superior paper, errors corrected, without the errata slip'. He also notes that this impression has '2 additional pages in the preliminaries (pp. xxiii-xxiv) listing expedition members, plus an addendum on the last index page concerning honors given to Macklin and Orde-Lees'. Thus, a superior item for a fraction of the price! Provenance: E.F. Pollock, with his signature on the front free endpaper (above a date later overwritten incorrectly as 1918). We have previously handled a copy of a booklet by Randolph Bedford, 'The Great Barrier Reef.... A Series of Photographs by E.F. Pollock and Frank Hurley', published by Art in Australia Ltd. in 1928.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135029
- Title
- South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
- Author
- SHACKLETON, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
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