- 915
Murray, James, and George Marston
Estimate
3,000 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton's men. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913
- Paper
LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE, numbered 242 of 280 copies signed on the recto of the limitation leaf by E.H. Shackleton, James Murray and George Marston, 8vo (254 x 189mm.), [ii pp. limitation leaf], xxii, 200pp., 4 mounted coloured plates, 34 photo illustrations on 28 plates, original light blue cloth with a mounted colour illustration on the upper cover, top edge gilt, unopened, printed brown dust-jacket and original glassine outer wrapper, slipcase
Literature
Rosove 236; Spence 830; Taurus Collection 61
Catalogue Note
AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET AND GLASSINE WRAPPER.
"The deluxe edition is a beautiful production. The binding, high quality uncut paper, large margins, the mounting of the colour plates on thick, gray stock with overlying titled tissue paper guards, and the high quality of the photographic plates are all reminiscent of the deluxe edition of The Heart of the Antarctic" (Rosove). Shackleton used such de luxe limited editions in order to raise funds to finance his ventures.