Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the 'Quest'
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Color frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, maps. Cloth hardcover. Tall octavo. xvi, 372 pages.
Detailed account of Shackleton's final expedition, which he did not survive. He died on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. This account is written by his fellow explorer, expedition crew member, and "right hand man," Frank Wild. Draws on the extensive diary kept by Dr. A. H. Macklin, physician to the expedition.
Ref. ROSOVE 349.
Bound in light blue coarse-grained cloth over boards with spine titled, ornamented, and ruled in gilt. Upper board with white and black border rules, illustration of a ship in ice stamped in black, gilt, and white, black titling. Illustrated endpapers. Minor extremity rubs, shallow bumps to spine ends, slight foxing to textblock edges and verso of frontispiece. Clean and sound copy. Near fine overall.
Item #2193
Price: $1,500