MURRAY, JAMES. 1865-1914; and GEORGE MARSTON. 1882-1940.

MURRAY, JAMES. 1865-1914; and GEORGE MARSTON. 1882-1940.
Antarctic Days. Sketches of the Homely Side of Polar Life by Two of Shackleton's Men ... Introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913.
4to. 4 mounted color plates after watercolors by C. Day, with captioned tissue guards, 32 black and white photographic plates, and 18 illustrations in text. Publisher's cloth, color plate mounted on upper cover (as issued), top edge gilt. Wear to corners of binding, thumbed.
Provenance: J.E. Wightman (bookplate).

LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, number 205 of 280. An important account of the Nimrod expedition, SIGNED BY SHACKLETON, MURRAY, AND MARSTON. "For the first time an unofficial, and therefore more human document, is presented to the public ... I would advise anyone who wants to get to the kernel of the life of a Polar explorer to read the book" (Shackleton, Introduction). Rosove 236.A1.c; Spence 830.