£1,764
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
The Story of the Quest. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin. London: Cassell and Company, 1923. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth, colour frontispiece, 50 halftone photographic plates (printed on both sides), inscribed by A. H. Macklin on the half-title 'G. H. Froggatt [...] A. H. Macklin', extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, foot of spine discoloured, a few marks to covers, front inner hinge slightly tender, text-block and plates toned, occasional spotting
Note: Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967) was surgeon on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition (the subject of the present account), during which he nursed Shackleton in his final illness. G. H. Froggatt, physician and dental surgeon, founded the school of dental surgery at the University of Sheffield in 1905. By family repute this book was inscribed for him by Macklin in Sheffield during a tour following its publication.
Provenance: By direct descent from G. H. Froggatt.