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London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, First Edition, 1930.
Printed in Great Britain by William Cowles and Sons, London. 8vo – 25.0 cm. [i-v], vi, [vii-xii] 161pp, Index [5pp]. Photographic frontis, 2 graphs in text, 21 sketch maps – 5 full-page.
Publisher's maroon cloth boards with blind stamped ruled borders and bright gilt medallion of the British Museum of Natural History; spine with bright gilt title and date. A very clean copy inside or exterior with publisher's original glassine wrapper. An exceptional copy in fine condition. Taurus 113; Rosove 313.A1.

This volume contains the extent of the scientific results of Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition. The geological collections made relating to South Georgia were so considerable and important that Charles Tate Regan, the British Museum's director of natural history, undertook to collect the reports into the present volume.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885, First Edition. Octavo – 21.7cm.. Frontispiece, [vii], 277 pp. 5 fold-out maps ar rear of text, illustrated with 13 black-and-white photographic images taken during the voyage of the Relief Expedition of 1884. Publisher's textured navy-blue cloth with bright gilt title on cover and spine; very light wear to extremities. Prior owner's attractive script signature on the ffe. An unusually bright and complete copy of the first edition. A near fine copy Arctic Bibliography 15483.
Contains a brief resumé of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, 1881-1884, and of the first relief expedition 1882; also a detailed account of the 'Yantic' and 'Proteus' relief expedition 1883 and the 'Thetis", 'Bear' and 'Alert" relief expedition, 1884 which rescued the original seven survivors near Cape Sabine, Smith Sound, and further details on the life of the survivors before the rescue. One of the seven survivors died on the return voyage after rescue. Studiously written as the events… Read More