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Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922) The Heart of the Antarctic. London: Heinemann, 1909. First edition, two large quarto volumes, frontispieces in each volume, illustrated with twelve color plates, many black-and-white illustrations from photographs, three folding maps and a folding panorama in the pocket at the end of volume two, publisher's blue cloth, blocked in silver, t.e.g., uncut, spines and portions of boards faded, 9 3/4 x 7 in. (2)
Estimate $250-350
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