An Albion in the Antarctic – St. JAMES PARK PRESS 2022

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An Albion in the Antarctic – St. JAMES PARK PRESS 2022

1wcarter
Apr 21, 10:22 pm

An Albion in the Antarctic - St. JAMES PARK PRESS FACSIMILE LIMITED EDITION 2022

A PICTORIAL REVIEW


No.45 of 92 copies
Frontispiece by Paul Kershaw.
Foreword by Dr.Jan Piggott.
Preface by James Freemantle.
Integrated photos and drawings including two fold-outs.
Fabriano Rustica Blue endpapers.
Quarter bound in blue cloth with red pattern printed paper sides and a white paper spine title label.
Pale blue slipcase with no title.
33.3x24.7cm
59 pages
£275

The story of AURORA AUSTRALIS, the first book written, printed, illustrated and bound in Antarctica, during Sir Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, 1907-9.
This is a facsimile of the original 2020 edition of which only 40 copies were printed.



























































An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.

2TheTotalLibrarian
Apr 22, 7:33 am

>1 wcarter: This was the first fine press book I ever bought. I'm very pleased with it.