Adventure & A Visit to Nansen - Chet Ross Rare Books

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Adventure & A Visit to Nansen - Chet Ross Rare Books

Adventure & A Visit to Nansen

By J.H. Whitehouse

London: Oxford University Press,1928. 1st Edition. Adventure by Ernest Shackleton & A Visit to Nansen by JH Whitehouse. 8vo, 22.7cm, [2], 23pp [5]. In Near Fine publisher’s green cloth backed boards with green cloth back strip, upper cover and spine with publisher’s paper labels lettered in black, two portrait front pieces. Rough cut edged pages, extra spine label mounted at rear. This copy in Near Fine condition inside and out with tight un-cracked hinges and no prior ownership markings. Scarce. —Spence 1255; Taurus 132; Renard 1691; Rosove 1343.

This book’s significance and importance to Antarctic exploration lies in the essay by Ernest Shackleton entitled “Adventure” where he describes the spirit that moved him to explore. A very well written and interesting pair of essays.

$500.00 -