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WILSON, D[avid] M: : NIMROD ILLUSTRATED: PICTURES FROM LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON'S BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

UK.CHELTENHAM,GLOS.REARDON PUBLISHING,2009.

ISBN 9781873877906.

UK,Folio HB+dw/dj,Centenary 1st edn. [Centenary scrap book/album,also published simultaneously in a Special Limited/No'd, author SIGNED and slipcased edition,by D.M. Wilson & J. Skelton .] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,wrap-around colour Antarctic scenic painting illustrated dw/dj,with contemporary b/w expedition photographs montage'd to rear panel,with white lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Tiny split +rubbing to top,front corner of dw/dj,all others are unaffected,with some minimal, light,superficial scoring/indents to either panel of dw/dj - boards beneath mainly unaffected.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt Expedition Centenary logo to upper board,with dark blue headband,and immaculate blue+black facsimile Expedition members autographs to front endpaperss and facsimile typewritten letter of Shackleton's of recommendation,to rear endpapers.UK,Folio HB+dw/dj,Centenary 1st edn,1-168pp [paginated] includes b/w cartoon vignette with an epigraph from Robert Browning,title page with oil painting portrait of Shackleton to reverse,illustrated frntis,author's preface acknowledgements,an introduction,8 chapters (includes an epilogue),profuse contemporary b/w+colour illus and photographs throughout the text and the book,expedition members list (includes the Shore Party,Nimrod Officers+Crew,and supernumeraries),a select bibliography, picture list+copyright acknowledgements. 'Nimrod Illustrated' celebrates the centenary of one of the most exciting expeditions of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration.A collage of expedition photographs,paintings and ephemera,collated from numerous sources; both private (expedition members personal journals and scrapbooks) and public (newspapers, postcards,expedition relics and ephemera) in a deliberate reminiscence of the expedition scrapbooks kept by so many of the expedition participants at the time. Many of the images are rarely seen,if ever before published and are therefore rare, whilst others are better known.Together with quotations from the diaries of the expedition's participants,they tell the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 which saw the first use of ponies and motor cars in the Antarctic,achieved the first ascent of Mount Erebus,also achieving the first attainment of the South Magnetic Pole,and which also took Shackleton within 100 miles of the South Geographic Pole to attain a dramatic new 'Farthest South' record.This was the expedition that made Shackleton's name as an explorer and for which he was awarded his knighthood. This is a companion book to Wilson’s previous book ‘Discovery Illustrated: Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition’.The author's great uncle Edward Wilson was that expedition's artist and scientific artist.Edward Wilson died with Captain Scott and his party on their return from the South Pole in 1912. Please contact seller,because of the oversize and heavier weight - nearly 1.3Kg unpackaged,and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US/CANADA customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,Folio HB+dw/dj,Centenary 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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