10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Roger Casson Collection

 
  Lot 2
 

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Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic...

Shackleton (Ernest H.)
The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. Heinemann, 1909, two volumes, quarto, numbered limited edition of 300, portrait frontis, plates as called for, two panoramas (on one sheet) and three folding maps in rear pocket, original full vellum, [with]
The Antarctic Book, Winter Quarters, 1907-1909, Heinemann, 1909, limited edition of 300, sixteen signatures of the Shore Party, ten plates as called for, original quarter vellum (3)

Sold for £14,000
Estimated at £7,000 - £10,000


 

Uncut edges tanned. Occasional light foxing spot but generally near fine internally. Some offsetting in the Antarctic book which also has tanning to the end papers. Very light spotting to the vellum covers but otherwise remarkably clean. Antarctic book vellum a little marked with slight wear to the head. All free of ownership inscriptions.

 


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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019

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