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    Reference 4440 (2535)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Shackleton et al
    Title Heart Of The Antarctic: BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907 TO 1909, Page of Signatures from The Deluxe 3 Volume Limited Edition including Shackleton, Wild and Priestley.
    Publishing Information London: Ballantyne and Co. Limited for William Heinemann, 1909
    Description In 1909 The Heart of The Antarctic was produced as a Deluxe Special Vellum Binding Issue and limited to 300 copies. The edition contained 2 sheets of signatures, 1 from the British participants (14 men) of the shore party and 1 from the Australian participants of the shore party (2 men). The sheets would have been signed prior to binding with some spares in case of accidents. This is one of the spares, a single unbound sheet of signatures of the British participants of the shore party, there is a crease where the sheet has been folded at some time. The signatures are all original. The signatures are of Shackleton, Priestley, Wild, Joyce, Day, Marston, Murray, Brocklehurst, Adams, MacKay, Armytage,Marshall, Mackintosh & Roberts. The watermarks on the unbound sheet are similar to those found in the bound copy of The Antarctic Book. The watermark on the page of signatures shows part of SCRIVIA FINE and shield with a capital letter T. A rare opportunity to purchase a unique piece on Antarctic history from the Heroic Era
    Price £7000.00
    Keywords Antarctic, Shackleton, Polar, Expedition, Heart of the Antarctic S1-Ant
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