Antarctic Days, 1913, limited edition, signed by Shackleton, Murray, and Marston

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Los 266 | Antarctic Days, 1913, limited edition, signed by Shackleton, Murray, and Marston
Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton's men. Illustrated by the Authors..., and introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913

LIMITED EDITION DELUXE, numbered 194 of 280 copies, SIGNED BY E.H. SHACKLETON, JAMES MURRAY, AND GEORGE MARSTON on half-title, 4to (259 x 193mm.), 4 mounted coloured plates (including frontispiece), 29 plates, further in-text illustrations, original light blue cloth with mounted colour illustration to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut, light browning at extremities, extremities slightly soiled and rubbed

"The deluxe edition is a beautiful production. The binding, high quality uncut paper, large margins, the mounting of the colour plates on thick, gray stock with overlying titled tissue paper guards, and the high quality of the photographic plates are all reminiscent of the deluxe edition of The Heart of the Antarctic" (Rosove). Shackleton used such de luxe limited editions in order to raise funds to finance his ventures.
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