[ANTARCTIC]. SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874–1922).

[ANTARCTIC]. SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874–1922). –– WHITEHOUSE, John Howard (1873–1955). A Visit to Nansen [and] Adventure. London: Oxford University Press for Humphrey Milford, 1928. 2 works in one, 8vo. Portrait frontispieces in both sections. Original publisher’s green cloth–backed boards, printed spine and cover labels, uncut (light foxing to cover label, else fine). FIRST EDITION, a scarce and important work containing the article by Ernest Shackleton which describes the spirit that moved him to explore. Spence 1255; Taurus 132; Renard 1691; Rosove 1343.