Shackleton, Ernest--Murray, George

FIRST EDITION, SHACKLETON’S COPY, 8vo (220 x 145mm.), xvi, 586pp., 3 folding maps in the rear cover pocket, original blue cloth, somewhat used

Un-named consignor, sale, Wooley and Wallis, 18 June 1997, lot 204

Rosove 235; Spence 829; Taurus Collection 39

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Shackleton has written his name twice: once partly in block capitals on the front endpaper (“Ernest H. Shackleton. ‘Discovery’ 1901”), and then signed by him inside the rear cover. There are manuscript calculations on the rear flyleaf

"Conceived of by Sir Clements Markham as a primer for the participants of the British National Antarctic Expedition under Captain Scott, this volume contains articles on various branches of Antarctic science and exploration and a bibliography… The volume was distributed to expedition members and fellows of the Royal Geographical Society in July 1901, just before the expedition’s departure” (Rosove).