SHACKLETON, Ernest. Shackleton’s Antarctica.

London: Filio Society, 2021. The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, with an by Introduction by Alexandra Shackleton (2 vols). South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, with Photographs by Frank Hurley. Illustrated. Accompanied by three folded maps and two panoramas on one folded sheet, contained in a protective dark blue paper wallet titled in silver. A fine set in the publisher's slip-case.

Bound in full dark blue buckram, title in silver on spines. Top edges in silver gilt. Blue endpapers. Pale blue-white cloth slip case with label and lined with printed paper. Colour plates primarily reproducing watercolours by George Marston are accompanied by plentiful photographs from the Nimrod and Endurance expeditions in black and white plates plus further images in the text.

[WR]