The heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909...With an introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. An account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by Professor T.W. Edgeworth David

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1909. First American edition, 8vo, 2 vols, frontispieces, 12 color plates, numerous photographic plates (a few folding), and illustrations and diagrams in text, 3 maps and 1 folding panorama in rear cover pocket; light wear at spine ends but generally a very good, bright copy in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver, the silver lightly rubbed. Contains an account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by Prof. T. W. E. David. David was past fifty when he led this expedition, which was one of the major accomplishments of the Shackleton voyage. Shackleton came within 100 miles of the Pole before turning back under emergency conditions. He was greeted with a hero's welcome and this narrative was enthusiastically received all over the world. Rosove 305.C1; Spence 1098.