SHACKLETON ERNEST HENRY South Signed and Inscribed on front

Sale 2259 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 2,640

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

SHACKLETON, ERNEST HENRY. South. Signed and Inscribed, on front free endpaper, with an Autograph Letter Signed, "Ernest Shackleton," mounted on front pastedown, each to Gilbert S. Szlumper. The inscription, "To Major G.S. Szlumper / with kind thoughts / from / Ernest Shackleton / July 1921." 8vo, publisher's cloth, moderately worn; faint scattered toning, front hinge cracked. London, 1920; inscriptions: 1921

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The letter: "I have written and enclosed a formal letter to the company, but I want to write this line to you personally for I know it is through you that the kindness has been done. Believe me when I say that I think it one of the most friendly things that I have ever had done for me; . . ." 8vo, personal stationery; faint scattered toning. Eastbourne, 28 August 1921.