WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

Polar Exploration THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 5 MAY 2018 AT 11AM 231 Shackleton, Sir Ernest. Shackleton in the Antarctic, signed by the author and inscribed to botanist Winifred Brenchley. Heinemann, London,1914, small 8vo, red cloth lettered and illustrated in black, black and white frontis portrait and illustrations, 253pp. Inscribed in pen to the fly-leaf, ‘To Winifred Brenchley - with the author’s - kind regards - EH Shackleton - Sept 1914’. Winifred Elsie Brenchley OBE, DSc (Lond), FLS, FRES (1883-1953), botanist, was the first woman in the UK to break into the male dominated sphere of agricultural science. She has been described as “perhaps Britain’s leading authority on weeds in the early twentieth century”. Estimate €500-€700 approx (£440-£610 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 231 232 FrankWild (1873-1939) British Explorer, autograph signature. ‘The Thumb Autograph Album’ containing a tipped in piece of ruled paper signed in black ink by Frank Wild. 2.25 by 4.50in. (5.7 by 11.4cm) Commander Frank Wild went on five expedition to Antarctica. Only Wild and Ernest Joyce have been awarded the Polar Medal with four bars. Wild served as second-in-command on the Imperial Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916 and The Shackleton Rowett expedition. During the latter, Shackleton died of a heart attack andWild took over command and completed a very difficult expedition. Frank Wild’s ashes are buried beside Shackleton in the graveyard in at Grytviken cemetery. Estimate €300-€500 approx (£260-£440 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 232