Wild Commander Frank (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; Royal octavo (24 x 16 x 6 cm); pp. xvi, 372. English text. Bound in publisher's original cloth decorated in gilt and black; gilt decorated vignette of the Quest to the front panel; pictorial endpapers by Garth Jones; half-title; illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, numerous maps and over 100 illustrations from photographs. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Covers well-preserved with very slight dulling to spine and rubbing to the spine ends. Interior largely fresh and clean with a previous owner name and date neatly inked to title-page. Notes: A handsome copy of this account of Shackleton's final voyage as told by his second in command and successor Frank Wild, who took over command of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition upon Shackleton's unfortunate death, completing the journey to Elephant Island and along the Antarctic coast while combating unfavourable weather conditions. The expedition made its returned to Plymouth on September 16, 1922, one year after its initial departure. Shortly thereafter, Wild published this account, which reproduces some of the last photographs of Shackleton. Taurus 112; Rosove 349.A1.…

hardcover. 1923 First Edition. xvi, 372pp, 100 illusts, bound in recent light blue quarter leather with raised bands and gilt titling to spine, the decorative illustration from the original front cloth has been pasted on to the front endpaper, some repairs to the half title, slight staining to half title, title page and verso of frontispiece, the index pages have some marks and stains, otherwise a clean copy, the binding is fine, internally near VG and in a colour photocopy of the original dw. From the Official Journal and Private Diary kept by Dr A.H. Macklin. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Shackleton's Last Voyage The Story of the Quest by Commander Frank Wild C.B.E. from the official journal and private diary kept by Dr. A.H. Macklin. Publisher" Cassell and Co. Ltd, London, 1923. First Edition. Good hardback, paper a little cracked and pulled at internal hinges but binding firm, some rubbing, bumping, creasing, fading and marks to boards, heavy rubbing to corners, spine edges and ends, chipping and fraying, back board is quite rubbed, spine creased, book plate, and a Smith & Son's label inside front board, marks to ffep, foxing, tanning and creasing to pages, one or two may have chipping at edge. 372 pages, illustrated. 98 out of the 100 illustrations are present and in good condition. (one double sided page is missing from in-between pages 114 and 115), coloured frontispiece in good condition, small piece missing from edge of rear end-paper. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Impression. Large octavo, xvi, 372 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, title in gilt on the spine, pictorial upper cover stamped in black, white, and gilt. The first impression, with no later printings noted. Pictorial endpapers. Complete with a color frontispiece, 12 sketch maps, and 100 photographic plates. Lacking the publisher's scarce dust jacket. Scattered foxing throughout. Front hinge starting, but secure. (Rosove 349.A1) (Spence 1259) (Taurus 112) Housed in a custom clamshell, quarter blue morocco, decorative bands, title stamped in gilt. The official account of the 1921-1922 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, compiled from the expedition journal and the private diary of Dr. A.H. Macklin. After Ernest Shackleton died at South Georgia on January 5, 1922, Wild assumed command of the Quest and continued the expedition. The first edition of Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest by Commander Frank Wild, published in 1923. (illustrator).…

A fine copy of this account of Shackleton's final voyage as told by his second in command and successor Frank Wild. The lure of Antarctica was too strong for Shackleton to resist, so he started his fourth and final trip in the ill suited Quest in 1921, with (as always) wildly ambitious objectives. However, when Shackleton died suddenly in South Georgia, Wild took charge of what remained, resulting in this handsome publication reproducing the last photographs of Shackleton to have been taken. First edition; 8vo (24 x 17 cm); coloured frontispiece, 12 sketch maps in text, and 140 illustrations on 100 plates (60 full-page), photograph image of Frank Wild pasted to front endpaper; publishers gilt pictorial blue cloth, slightest rubbing to extremities, a bright fine copy; xvi, 372pp. Taurus 112; Rosove 349.A1. …