Adventure & A Visit to Nansen

Ernest Shackleton & Fridtjof Nanen

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, Near Fine condition internally with tight un-cracked hinges and no prior ownership markings. Very Scarce.

—Spence 1255; Taurus 132; Renard 1691; Rosove 1343.

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