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Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, in American

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Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, in American

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Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, 19 plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket from the American edition, splits and small loss to folds, neat tissue-tape repairs to verso, chipping and small loss to spine head and top edge, [Rosove 227, A1], 8vo, 1923.*** Scarce in dust-jacket.Mill was involved in the preparations for Scott's Discovery expedition, and accompanied them to Madeira. "During the passage he became fast and lasting friends with Shackleton, who was third officer. For Mill, Shackleton was "the most attractive and many-sided man I ever knew." (Rosove).

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Polar.- Mill (Hugh Robert) The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, first edition, in American

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