Lot 78: JAMES MURRAY (1865-1914) and GEORGE EDWARD MARSTON (1882-1940)

JAMES MURRAY (1865-1914) and GEORGE EDWARD MARSTON (1882-1940)

Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life ... introduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: Butler & Tanner for Andrew Melrose, 1913. 8° (253 x 190mm). Half-title. Four mounted coloured plates, 33 black and white plates, illustrations. (Half-title and verso of last leaf lightly spotted, title with very light scattered spotting.) Original light blue cloth gilt, coloured plate mounted on upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (very light soiling, spine slightly discoloured, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped).

EDITION DE LUXE, LIMITED TO 280 COPIES. SIGNED BY MURRAY, MARSTON AND SHACKLETON ON HALF-TITLE. As the title suggests this work concentrates, in general, on the lighter side of expedition life and in so doing casts light on areas that were normally overlooked by the official accounts. Conrad p.145; Rosove 236.A1.b ('VERY SCARCE'); Spence 830; Taurus 61.