Shackleton Introduction Hugh Robert Mill (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Two volume set with dark blue boards, the front ones lettered and decorated in silver. VOL 1: Front board has a 2 cm x 2 cm stain and rear one patchilly faded. Spine a little cocked, lettered in gilt and faded to brown; ink spots near top and a 1 cm tear to surface on rear hinge. Internally book[plate on front paste down and free end paper covered in paper cuttings; half title foxed. with neat signature; reverse of portrait frontis toned; occasional foxing in text. Pencil annotation on page 138. Pp xlviii, 372. VOL 2: front board similarly decorated in silver, with 5 cm x 5 cm stain in top left corner and 1 cm x 4 cm one top right; the rear one soiled with patches of fading; the spine rubbed, less faded and with white spots. Internally book plate on front paste down, press cuttings on free end paper, foxing to half title, with written name. 'Errata, leaf tipped in and page 1 foxed; occasional foxing in text. Pp xv + (1), 419 + (1). 3 maps in rear pocket with folding panorama.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Two volumes in original dark blue cloth with silver lettering and decorations, top edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispieces, 12 color plates, numerous photographic plates (some folding), and illustrations and diagrams in text, 3 maps and 1 folding panorama in rear cover pocket of Vol. II, the maps Fine, the panorama Near Fine with creases. A Very Good set, front hinge V.I about 1/2 opened from top down, rear hinge starting, V. II, rear hinge with small opening. Light wear to edges of boards, V.I a bit loose at spine. A quite collectible copy of the account of this major expedition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.