18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Shackleton (Ernest H.)
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, London: William Heinemann, 1919. 8vo, original dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, recased, all plates as called for, folding map, binding rubbed, corners bumped, errata slip discarded, text-block toned as usual, spotting to a few leaves adjacent to plates, plate facing p. 8 nicked along fore edge, pp. 351-61 clumsily opened along fore edges, folding map with neatly repaired closed tear to stub not affecting image, small hole in front free endpaper, a few other minor nicks and marks.
Rosove 308.A1.
First edition, first impression. 'Shackleton's account is a classic and one of the finest in the Antarctic literature. With his inimitable style he chronicled a great tale - an epic of leadership, loyalty, and survival' (Rosove).
Sold for £950
Estimated at £500 - £800
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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