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Author: Shackleton, Ernest H.
Title: The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher:J.B. Lippincott
Date Published: 1909
Description:

2 volumes. liv, 366; xvi, 451 pp. Illustrated with numerous photo plates including gravure frontispieces; 12 color plates from drawings; 2 folding panoramas on 1 sheet and 3 folding color maps loose in rear endpaper pocket. (8vo) 25x17 cm (9?x6?"), variant binding of dark blue cloth with silver lettering, lacking cover and spine vignettes. First American Edition.

Shackleton's second expedition to the Antarctic, and the first of which he was in command, profusely illustrated from original photographs, with much on the natural history and science of the area as well as the activities of the expedition.

Rubbing and wear to cloth of both volumes, abrasions to lower spines from sticker removal; a few cracked hinges; rear pocket of Vol. II nearly detached; some splits to 2 of 3 maps at folds, minor edgewear;