first edition Hardcover
1909 · Philadelphia
by Shackleton, E. H. with an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, an Account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by Professor T.W. Edgeworth David
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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 (truncated)