Sir Ernest Shackleton/George Marstom - Heart of the Antarctic - 1909

First Edition
POLAR. SHACKLETON, Ernest H. The Heart of the Antarctic, Heinemann 1909, first edition, 2 vols., half-titles, frontispieces, 12 beautiful colour plates, b&w plates, captioned tissue-guards, 3 folding maps and 1 folding chart in pocket at end vol. 2, cracked hinges, scattered foxing, previous owner's ink signature to ffeps., ex Officers' Library- Royal Marines, Chatham, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners, rebacked with orig. spine with library no., large 8vo (2)
12 plates after paintings by George Marston, all with captioned tissue guards; four double-page photographic plates, 271 photographic illustrations on 195 plates; diagrams, maps, plans & graphs in the text, including nine full-page. Also three folding maps and one folding plate containing two panoramic views in end-pocket of vol. II.
873 pages plus appendix and 901 pages
A very good copy.
Book owned by Captain RM Morgan, Royal Marines.
Had Officers’ Library label attached.