Shackleton, E. H.
South
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
First edition, second impression, large 8vo, original cloth, recased and relined, all plates as called for (plate facing p.228 loose; folding map at rear with closed tear in stub) [Rosove 308.A2.];
Worsley, Frank Arthur. Endurance. An Epic of Polar Adventure. London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931. First edition, signed by Worsley on the title-page in blue ink, 8vo, later salmon-pink pigskin, all plates as called for, retaining the initial flyleaf with map, bookplate (Gordon of Letterfourie) [Rosove 361.A1];
and 7 others, including Robert Beatson, Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, 1804 (6 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, not collated), and other polar exploration (16)
Provenance
From the library of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland.