SHACKLETON, ERNEST. 1874-1922.

SHACKLETON, ERNEST. 1874-1922.
1. South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917. London: William Heinemann, 1919.
8vo. Color frontispiece, numerous plates, large folding map, errata slip. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, upper cover lettered and stamped with image of Endurance in silver. Light browning, corners bumped.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Rosove 308.A2; Spence 1107; Taurus 105.
2. South. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1920. 8vo (224 x 150 mm). 380 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles. Corners bumped. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Spence 1109.
Provenance: Margaret and Edwin Paul Shattuck (New York Attorney, 1873-1964; bookplate).

Shackleton's epic story of leadership and survival is simply entitled South. The story of the sinking of Endurance, the journey to Elephant Island over ice and water and rescue of all 28 men by Shackleton after a dramatic open boat journey and climb over South Georgia Island, has become the best known story in Antarctic literature.