Shackleton, Edward

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo (222 x 140mm.), [2], xvi, 372pp., folding map, 49 photographic illustrations on 41 plates, original blue cloth, pictorial dust-jacket

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Edward Shackleton was the son of Ernest Shackleton, and made several expeditions himself, before entering politics, where he adopted the slogan “With Shackleton to the poll”.

Shackleton has inscribed the book to Genatosan, the makers of Sanatogen, which the expedition ingeniously gave to their dogs as a supplement after polar bears had eaten much of their food.