Shelfmark
Id6.2.08-Id6.2.09
Author
Title
The heart of the Antarctic : being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 / by E. H. Shackleton ; with an introduction by Hugh Robert Mill ; an account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by T.W. Edgeworth David.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : William Heinemann, 1909 ([London] : Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London)
Physical description
2 v., plates (some fold., part col.) : ill., maps, facsims., ports. ; 28 cm.
Note
One folded plate and 3 folded maps in pocket at back of vol. II.
Note
Pagination: xlviii, 371; xv, 418 p.
Note
"This edition, limited to three hundred copies, contains, in addition to the text and illustrations of the oridinary edition, the signature of every member of the shore party, and special contributions written and drawn by different members of the Expedition during the Antarctic winter. No. [--]" -- half-title verso of vol. I.
Binding
White leather binding; title, author, and volume number stamped in gold on spine; gilt fillet at head and bottom of spine; gilt top-edge; rough fore-edges; various watermarks on paper ('Van Gelder Zonen' and '1907 BAE 1909'; 'Scriyia Fine' with shield and 'T' motif; windmill and 'W. H.'); ribbon bookmark in each volume; gilt penguin device stamped as centrepiece on upper cover.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy number 107 -- half-title verso of vol. I
Subject
Adventure and adventurers Antarctica Discovery & exploration.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861 - 1950 editor.
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Heinemann publisher.
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Ballantyne Press printer.
Identifier
B43784