Shackleton and the Antarctic
Author(s):
Fisher, Margery & James
Copyright: 1958, Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 559, 79 bw photos, 30 illus, plan, 6 maps, appendices, map eps, blue cloth
Condition: dj w/ edge wear, fold lines, unclipped, good+, cloth w/ spotting to edges, very good
An excellent, early biography of Shackleton as the Fisher’s were the first biographers to have access to Shackleton’s diaries, papers, and letters held by his family and numerous institutions, as well as survivors from his expeditions. Uncommon.
Conrad p.217, Karrow 216, Meadows 442, Renard 538, Rosove 128.B1, see Spence 460.