13 May 2007

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Posted by tony under: Books; Polar .

The Swann Galleries in New York are holding an auction of the polar library of Dr. John M. Levinson, a past President of the Explorers Club. Included in the Lots is one of only 65 extant copies of the first book published in Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton’s Aurora Australis, 1908. This copy of the book is known as the ‘Veal’ copy because boards from a packing crate containing veal were used to create its cover.

It seems my birthday fell just a little too early to take advantage of this.

One Comment so far...

James Says:

16 May 2007 at 11:11 pm.

Tony

Are you likely to be back before the auction? No harm in handing round the begging bowl!

James

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