UNDER SAIL IN THE FROZEN NORTH BY FRANK A. WORSLEY 1927 FIRST EDITION

[WORSLEY, COMMANDER FRANK ARTHUR]. Under Sail in the Frozen North. London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1927.

FIRST EDITION. Cloth bound, hardcover, octavo (23 x 14 x 4.5 cm), pp. [4], 299. English text. Bound in publisher's original cloth, half-title, 33 illustrated plates (including frontispiece), large folding map to rear, index to rear in double columns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Slight handling marks to covers and bumping to spine ends. Contents complete and well-preserved. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper.

Notes: A scarce first edition by Frank A. Worsley (1874-1943), who is most famous for his service as the Captain of Endurance during the ill-fated expedition with Ernest Shackleton. Worsley was involved with various other expeditions following Shackleton's death, along with service in both World Wars, and wrote extensively about his adventures.