SHACKLETON, ERNEST. 1919 SOUTH FIRST EDITION IN ORIG. CLOTH

Polar interest. Shackleton, Ernest Henry. 1919 South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1918: by Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O. Publ. London: William Heinemann. First edition, first issue. Complete with errata slip opp. page 1, folding map to rear, colour frontispiece, panorama of Georgia to pages 208-209, collated and complete with all black & white illustrations. Publisher's original full cloth binding, silver titles & ship to front board as issued, bumped to the head & tail of the spine, bumped to corners particularly the upper right hand corner of the front board. Odd waterstain & paint stain to rear board. Gift inscription from 1919 to ffep & a later 1964 one also to ffep. Binding generally tight, pages a little age-toned to the edges, plates also age-toned. 8vo.