SHACKLETON, ERNEST HENRY, Sir. The Heart of the Antarctic. 3 vols., including The Antarctic Book. 1909. Lacks one plate.

SHACKLETON, ERNEST HENRY, Sir. The Heart of the Antarctic. 2 tipped-in frontispieces; 12 tipped-in color plates after paintings by George Marston; numerous photographic plates; folding panorama and 3 folding maps in Volume 2 rear cover pocket (South Magnetic Polar Party route map reinforced with cellotape along fold on verso causing some discoloration). Half-titles. 2 volumes * The Antarctic Book. 4 tipped-in color portraits after Marston and 5 (of 6) etchings by him; lacks the portrait of Ernest Joyce to face page 38. Half-title. Together, 3 volumes. 4to, The Heart of the Antarctic in original vellum gilt, covers slightly warped, Volume 1 spine slightly soiled at bottom, some foxing on preliminaries, The Antarctic Book in original 1/4 vellum, spine somewhat soiled, with some gilt lettering rubbed off, free endpapers heavily browned, scattered foxing. Armorial bookplates of William Henry Smith, Viscount Hambleden. London, 1909