WILD, JOHN ROBERT FRANCIS (FRANK). 1873-1939.

1. Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary Kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin. London: Cassell & Company, 1923.

1. Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest ... From the Official Journal and Private Diary Kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin. London: Cassell & Company, 1923.
8vo. Half-title, color frontispiece, 100 illustrations (mostly photographic) on 50 plates, 12 maps in text, decorative endpapers. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt. Spine slightly sunned, slight yellowing, stain on bottom edge, not affecting page margins.
FIRST EDITION of this account of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the Antarctic (1921-23), very much a memorial by Wild and other contributors to their leader, who died on the Quest in January 1922, while anchored at Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Generously illustrated, it includes the last photographs of Shackleton to be taken. Frank Wild served with Scott on the Discovery, with Mawson, and with Shackleton on all of his expeditions. Spence 1259; Taurus 112.
2. WILD, JOHN JAMES. 1824-1900. Thalassa. London and Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. 8vo. Numerous tables and diagrams, some in colors. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth gilt. Shelfwear, scattered stains, slight foxing. Spence 1257.