Census of the Aurora Australis

AURORA AUSTRALIS

Census of copies of the Aurora Australis (Tabular Format)

This is an abbreviated census of copies of the Aurora Australis in public and private ownership. Further details, if available, can be viewed by clicking on the Copy No link.
The Aurora was not numbered. The Copy No included here assigned is for identification purposes only and at the outset was on the basis of country (and within, alphabetically by owner): USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and then private copies in the same order. The numbering system has recently been redesigned to better accommodate changes when new copies are found or ownership changes. Now numbers are distributed between

Group A Public or Institutional Ownership (Numbers 01-99)
Group B Private Ownership (Numbers 100-149)
Group C Private Anonymous Ownership (Numbers 150-199)
Group D Copies That Lack Provenance, That May Appear Above, That May Not Exist, etc. (Numbers 200-249)
Group E Copies that have Appeared at Auction or in Booksellers' Catalogues or Offfered at Book Fairs… (Numbers 250-299)

Text Variant A includes the illustration. Text Variant B has text in place of the illustration.

Most of the entries under Original/Early Owners are from information obtained by John Millard or Robert Stephenson in the late 1970s and into the early 1980s.

Launched: 15 July 2007. Last updated: 30 March 2026.

Group A—Public or Institutional Ownership. (Listed numerically by copy number.) The numbers 01-99 are reserved for this category.
Total number of copies in this category: 43. Of these 43 have been confirmed (indicated by an *) as being present at the location given. Of these Robert Stephenson has inspected those indicated by the symbol # (a total of 35).

Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Location of copy	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
01*#	same as copy 285	John Carter Brown Library	Providence, RI, USA	A	Front: EWED KIDNEYS Back: RCTIC 1907.	None	Unknown	Purchased at a Sotheby sale, 3 (& 4) July 1968 (possibly 1967—American Book Prices Current, 1967 edition), Lot 198. Bought by Maggs at £260.
02*#		Columbia University	New York, NY, USA	A	Front: None Back: PATES	Ernest H. Shackleton \| George Marston" on recto of second blank leaf.	Unknown	Later owner Bassett Jones. Columbia purchased Bassett Jones' Libris Polaris in 1944 or 1945.
03*#		Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH, USA	A	Front: OATM Back: ISH RCTIC ITION 07	The signatures 'Ernest H. Shackleton \| George Marston \| R E Priestley' To the right of MESSMAN. on the concluding page of 'Trials of a Messman' is the signature in ink: 'R E Priestley'.	Unknown	Purchased by Dartmouth College. Purchased by Vilhjalmur Stefansson from Francis Edwards Ltd on or around 28 August 1930.
04*#		Harvard University	Cambridge, MA, USA	A	Front: AYLEY LTD ORT KERS DON E C Back: None	None	Unknown	Gift of Donald McKay Frost. Deposited 29 October 1946. Given 4 December 1946. There were 100 or so other titles given by him at the same time. A note in the accession record indicated "100" which library staff surmised to indicate a value of $100. It appears that this collection may have originally been given to the Amercan Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, and then transferred to Harvard.
05*#		Huntington Library	San Marino, California, USA	A	Front: RUIT Back: None	Purchased in April, 1925 from Miss Edith \| Shackleton, and on June 8, 1925 is \| presented to Henry E. Huntington with \| the warm regards of \| A.S.W. Rosenbach	Edith Shackleton	Edith Shackleton to A.S.W. Rosenbach to Henry E. Huntington. Ernest Shackleton's sister, Edith, was born on 25 April 1878 and died on 26 September 1935. She was the wife of Rev Frank Ayres although they later separated.
06*		Library of Congress	Washington, D.C., USA	A	Front: TURTLE SOUP Back: HONEY	None	Unknown	Has been in the Library of Congress since 1913.
07*#		Morgan Library	New York, NY, USA	A	Front: None Back: OAT	"To J. Pierpont Morgan Esq \| with gratitude from \| The Editor. \| E. H. Shackleton."	J. P. Morgan	An accompanying letter from Shackleton to Morgan dated 25 July 1911 states that "only 80 copies in existence that being the number printed and only 30 have been distributed."
08*#		New York Public Library	New York, NY, USA	A	Front: None Back: None	None	Unknown	London bookdealer Bernard Quaritch sold this copy to W.A. Spencer. In a letter to Spencer dated 11 March 1912, Quaritch said the the man who sold it to him had a second copy exactly like this one. The seller assured Quaritch that the plate in question was never issued. [The plate in question, according to the Quaritch catalogue which must have accompanied this copy, was called for in the text of "Life under difficulties." No such plate is called for in the Table of Contents or elsewhere. The bookseller could have been thinking of the elusive "Giant Tick" illustration.]
09*	same as copy 169	University of California at Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA, USA	B	Front: E followed by an R Back: TARCTIC \| N 1907.	None	J.P. Johnson	According to John Millard in a letter to Robert Stephenson May 1, 1982, "Originally owned by J.P. Johnson & Family for many years. He was a Canterbury N.Z. area Sheep Farmer and an Expedition Benefactor." Later owners: Mary Goodwin. Was "USA Private Collection #2" Copy 169 below.
10*		University of Chicago	Chicago, IL, USA	A	Front: None Back: J & T BA EXP PACK LOND	None	Unknown	"Inscription from bookseller or owner on the first blank page: 'Only 50 copies issued, written, printed and bound in the Antarctic Regions during the Shackleton Expedition bound with wood from the provision boxes used during the expedition'; on the preface page: call number RB20 L999 Q800 and 'Directors Room' is written above a number stamp: 625340; on the back blank page top right hand corner: 'lo8ab'; and on the bottom right hand corner of the page: “Alan Grace Fall '89 $60.00”. Follow up: "I looked in the accession records for Crerar Library and it looks like the book came into its possession February 2, 1938. However, the record had no information about whether it was a gift or a purchase. Under the heading “Source” it simply says “Schmidt, see sheet." " I could not find an Alan Grace Fall in our student records, so it doesn’t look like he was a student here."
11*#		Christ's College, Cambridge	Cambridge, UK	A	Front: SH STEW Back: ON CUTLETS	None	Sir Raymond Priestley	"No inscriptions but the bookplate of Raymond Priestley is present on a blank leaf which now is at the end of the volume although the book being disbound this blank could very well have originally been at the beginning. The College has a letter from Priestley that accompanied the donation, dated 6 June 1921." Presented to the College by Raymond Edward Priestley, the original owner.
12*#	same as copy 280	Dulwich College	Dulwich, London, UK	A	Front: BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907 Back: PETIT POIS	To Rudyard Kipling with \| Ernest Shackleton's regards. \| 1911 \| Frank Wild \| 8/6/14	Rudyard Kipling	"I always assumed the AURORA and THE ANTARCTIC BOOK came from Rowett with the Caird, but the two books came from an OA SIR ROBERT LEIGHTON 1884-1959 of the bookbinding firm. His obituary, Alleynian Autumn 1959 p. 288 mentions these gifts."
13*#		Dundee Heritage Trust	Discovery Point, Dundee, Scotland, UK	A	Front: SOA Back: None	To Mrs. J. B. Joel \| with kindest regards \| from the Editor \| Ernest Shackleton	Mrs. J. B. Joel	This copy was transferred to the Dundee Heritage Trust from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, in 1995. This conflicts with what John Millard found and reported to me in a letter dated 7 November 1982: "Copy #1 [of the National Maritime Museum's three copies] was given to Mrs. J.B. Joel by Shackleton. Unfortunately, there is no date. Later; presented to 'HMS Discovery', in November 1975 by the son H.J. Joel. It's evidently on indefinite loan to the Museum [HMS Discovery?], in view of their special interest in the ship, which is being restored by the Maritime Trust."
14*#		National Library of Scotland	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	A	Front: HONEY Back: UIT	Ernest H. Shackleton \| George Marston	Unknown	"Our ownership stamp indicates that we purchased it in the autumn of 1977. I don't have any further information on this at present."
15*#	same as copy 282	National Maritime Museum (Dawson-Lambton copy)	Greenwich, UK	A	Front: J & T EX PAC LON Back: BRITISH ANTARCTIC	"To Miss Dawson-Lambton \| from the Editor and \| printers with Best \| wishes for the coming \| year; and remembrance \| of all her kindness and \| help. Dec 25th. 1909." On the verso of the final leaf of "Bathybia", upside down, in ink: "To \| Mr & Mrs Buckley \| With the Kindest regards. \| of the publishers \| Ernest E. Joyce. \| Frank Wild. \| George Marston. \| Bernard G. Day. \| December. 1909".	Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton	Presented to Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton by E.H. Shackleton. Unclear why there is an inscription to Mr and Mrs Buckley. John Millard, in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated 11 July 1982, states: "It was originally given to Miss Dawson-Lambton, in December 1909, one of the two sisters to whom the book is dedicated. It was donated to the Museum by M. Bernard, esq, of London, on the 17th of July 1956, as part of a collection of books on polar voyages and discoveries. Interesting is the fact that this copy was sold at Auction, by Sotheby's, 24th February 1953, for £27. It was acquired by someone by the name of Patch. People at the Museum seem to think Patch was the Auctioneer's Clerk."
16*#		National Maritime Museum (Invernairn copy)	Greenwich, UK	A	Possibly no stenciling	To Elspeth from \| Ernest. Nov 1907. \| The Editor." [Almost certainly the 7 is actually a 9.]	Elspeth Beardmore, Lady Invernairn	Presented to Lady Elspeth Invernairn by E.H. Shackleton. It appears to have come to the NMM in 1939 as suggested above ("Acquisitions source: L1939-36 : PBP2621") John Millard, in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated 11 July 1982, states: "Copy #2 was given to Lady Elspeth Invernairn, in November 1909, by Shackleton. Lady Invernairn in turned [sic] donated it to the Museum in 1939, along with some Shackleton letters."
17*#		Royal Collections, Windsor Castle	Windsor, UK	B	Front: MOC RTLE Back: BRITISH AN EXPEDITIO 1723. inner spine: TION 1907	No inscriptions which seems odd.	King Edward VII (perhaps)	There are no records as to when this copy came into the Royal Collections. As there is no inscription it may very well have been given or purchased at some later time.
18*#		Scott Polar Research Institute (Mill copy)	Cambridge, UK	A	Front: BRI[tish?] Back: BUTTER	To Hugh Robert Mill. \| In memory of his friend \| Ernest H. Shackleton \| and of the years 1901-1922 \| from Emily Shackleton. \| Dec: 7th 1922.	Lady Emily Shackleton	Presentation copy Emily Shackleton to H.R. Mill.
19*#		University of Oxford, Bodleian Library	Oxford, UK	A	Front: None Back: [stewe]D KIDNEYS	Bears the signatures of Sir Ernest Shackleton and George Marston.	Unknown	Presented to the Bodleian by John Ehrman.
20*#		Australian Antarctic Division Library	Kingston, Tasmania, Australia	A	Front: None Back: BUTTER	None	John King Davis (?)	The bookplate on the recto of the first blank is of W.B. Firth who appears to have lived in the Hobart area according to an Internet search. No other details on who he was have been found, however. How and when this copy came to the AAD is not known. Below the bookplate is a rubber stamp:"A.N.A.R.E. \| LIBRARY". At the top the following is handwitten: "91 (08) (*7) 1907-09 \| Br. Ant. Ex. \| (Shackleton)". Within a rectangular rubber stamp is written "Aq564". In a letter dated 15 April 1982, A.W. Jackson of the AAD wrote John Millard of Toronto stating that: "The Antarctic Division's copy is contained in the rare book collection of our library, which is composed mainly of the book collection of Captain J.K. Davis. We acquired 'Aurora Australis', and other volumes, from a personal friend of Davis after his death. This person is, or was, resident in New South Wales. He is the person referred to, but not named, on page xi of Davis' biography 'High Latitude', published in 1962." This mystery person could conceivably be W.B. Firth but if so one would think that Jackson would say so or at least suggest it. John King Davis died on 8 May 1967 so if this copy was indeed Davis's then it would have come to the Anare/AAD after that date. (Confirmed as copies once owned by Davis are copy 24 at the State Library of Tasmania in Hobart and copy 28 at the University of New England in Armidale. According to Millard, Davis also gave a copy to Herbert D. Murphy but exactly which copy this is, is unclear.)
21*#		National Library of Australia (Kivell copy)	Canberra, A.C.T., Australia	A	Front: BUTTER Back:267	None	Unknown	Purchased from Rex Nan Kivell in 1959.
22*#		State Library of New South Wales (Dixson Library)	Sydney, N.S.W., Australia	A	Front: GRANULATED SUGAR Back: MEDICAL	None associated with the expedition.	Unknown	John Millard, in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated 11 July 1982, states: "According to the Library the book was purchased by Sir William Dixson for his collection in 1913, from Angus & Robertson. His collections was bequeathed to the State Library after his death in 1952. There is no information in it regarding previous ownership…"
23*#		State Library of New South Wales (Mitchell Library)	Sydney, N.S.W., Australia	A	None	None	Unknown	Disbound Possibly entered the collection from the bookseller Angus & Robertson sometime after 9/7/12.
24*#		State Library of Tasmania	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	B	Front: The numeral 1 and a portion of what appears to be the numeral 9 Back: JULIENNES SOUP	To Captain Davis from the Artist \| and printers - Kia Ora \| Ernest E. M. Joyce \| Nov. 3rd 09	Capt J. K. Davis	This copy is extra-illustrated. Ernest Joyce to Captain John King Davis. Davis presented it to the Library in 21 December 1961. Included with the book is a letter from Davis.
25*#		Museum Victoria	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	A	Front: None Back: CHICKEN	"Ernest H. Shackleton \| George Marston" in upper center of recto of blank leaf following copyright page and preceding the dedication page.	Unknown	"Sir Thomas Ramsay acquired Fred Z. Eager’s book collection when he died in 1949, and FZE had acquired part of the Edge Partington Collection which had been sold in London in 1934." "We finally found a record of the donation of the Aurora Australis to our museum today, so I can say now 100% we have Sir Thomas Ramsay’s copy. The donation was made in 1996 (the year after Sir Thomas’ death) by Lady Ramsay."
26*#		State Library of South Australia	Adelaide, S.A., Australia	A	Front: [exp]EDITION [1]907 Back: None	Signatures in ink of Ernest H. Shackleton and, beneath, George Marston, "on second fly leaf."	Unknown	"Aurora Australis came to the State Library as a part of Sir Josiah Symon's library which was bequeathed to us in the 1930s, so the book was part of his collection, rather than being donated as a single object…"
27*#		University of Adelaide	Adelaide, S.A., Australia	A	Front: [b]RITISH AN[tarctic] [e]XPEDITIO[n] 46 Back: LIQUID BOTTLED FRUIT	None	Sir Douglas Mawson	The copy is disbound. "The copy in Special Collections in the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide was originally held by the University of Adelaide Dept of Geology, presumably donated by Mawson (although I have nothing to substantiate this)."
28*		University of New England	Armidale, N.S.W., Australia	Mixture	Front: HARMUTT (perhaps HARicot MUTTon) Back: S and small portion of a second letter, perhaps T.	None	J. K. Davis	"In his letter dated 5 May 1960, to Professor Gilbert Butland of the University of New England, Griffith Taylor states that the book was being donated by his wife (Raymond Priestley's sister, Doris). According to a label provided by him, the book was given to Mrs Griffith Taylor by Capt JK Davis, captain of the Aurora, on Mawson's 1913 expedition."
29*#	same as copy 289	Canterbury Museum	Christchurch, NZ	A	Front: None Back:[an]TARCTIC [expediti]ON 1907	"To Henry Nuttall with \| Kindest wishes from the Editor E.H. Shackleton, \| in remembrance of the \| practical help to our \| Scientific Results and \| the always sympathetic \| attitude towards the Expedition \| August 1911 \| This book was made in \| the Antarctic. \| E.H. Shackleton."	Henry Nuttall (Manchester, UK)	"To Henry Nuttall with Kindest wishes from the Editor E.H. Shackleton, in remembrance of the practical help to our Scientific Results and the always sympathetic attitude towards the Expedition August 1911 This book was made in \| the Antarctic. E.H. Shackleton." "Purchased 1970", probably from Sotheby's. John Millard, in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated 1 May 1982, says: "Both copies were bought at auction, at Sotheby's, London, 17th November 1970." (The second copy was also P.J. Skellerup's which is now owned by Seamus Taaffe—copy 110.)
30*#		Alexander Turnbull Library (Kinsey copy)	Wellington, New Zealand	B	None Back: [j]U [portion of] LIENNE SOUP	None	Unknown	Sir Joseph Kinsey bequest (originally purchased from Sotheby's, February 6, 1912 )
31*#		Alexander Turnbull Library (Turnbull copy)	Wellington, New Zealand	A	Front: Back: BEANS	None	Unknown. (Frank Wild?)	Bought by Alex H. Turnbull in 1912 from Francis Edwards, who possibly obtained it from Sir Ernest [sic] Wild (Alexander Turnbull Library MS-Papers-0057-112/1912/IV); bookplate of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. Acc. 1772.
32*#	same as copy 250	British Library	London, U.K.	A	None	"Ernest Shackleton, Editor"	Unknown	At the Thomas Streeter Sale at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 21-22 October 1969, Lot 4146, an Aurora—also inscribed "Ernest Shackleton, Editor"—sold for $500 (according to John Millard). In the catalogue description, provenance is given as "Maggs Bros., 1950." See aurora.sales.htm#Park-Bernet. This likely to be the same copy
33*#		National Library of Australia (White copy)	Canberra, A.C.T., Australia	A	None	None	Unknown	Disbound. Contains bookplate of Henry L. White of Belltrees (a property in Scone, NSW), a collector of Australian ornithology, philately and bibliography. The front cover has a label from A.H. Spencer "new & secondhand bookseller & publisher, 86 Bourke St., Melbourne (The 'Hill of Content') Aust.".
34*		The Newberry Library	Chicago, Illinois, USA	A	Front: ME COM Back: [mac?]ALISTER & CO. ON MERCHANTS. [liver]POOL. MI	In middle of page, in three different inks, signatures of "Ernest Shackleton \| George Marston \| Eric S. Marshall \| "Lapsus Linguae" On second blank page, recto: Top center, in blue ink: "E. J. C. Kendall \| September 1951 \| given by Dr. E. S. Marshall"	Dr Eric S. Marshall	E.S. Marshall to E.J.C. Kendall (Kendall inscribed this in 1951, see above). To Gerald F. Fitzgerald (purchased by him from Maggs [London bookseller] in August, 1979—probably going directly from Kendall to Maggs). Thence to The Newberry Library. This is the copy John Millard identified as "USA Private Collection #1". See Copy 168 below.
35*#		Eton College	Windsor, Berkshire, U.K.	A	Front: 1902. Back: There is part of a word in cursive: sions. This could be "[provi]sions.	"Ernest Shackleton \| Editor" on first blank recto.	Unknown	Bookplate of Bernard Eckstein. The Fishers, who wrote the biography 'Shackleton' (London: Barrie, 1957), claimed that in preparing their book they made use of a copy of the Aurora held by Eton College.
36*#		Scott Polar Research Institute (Priestley copy)	Cambridge, UK	A	None	None	Raymond Priestley	Incomplete copy. Apparently Frank Debenham occasionally gave away leaves to persons who had imperfect copies.
37*#		South Australian Museum	Adelaide, SA, Australia.	A	Front: PETIT POIS Back: [britis]H ANTARCTIC [exped]ITION 1907.	None	Sir Douglas Mawson (?)	This copy "(presented by Lady Mawson in 1962) was originally held in the Strong Room [of the Barr Smith Library] but was part of the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research collection, at that time part of the University of Adelaide. This collection has since been transferred to the South Australian Museum."
38*#		VACANT						Dunlop Dummy*# (38) NOW IN GROUP E. Was on loan to SPRI, then sold at auction, Bonhams, 1 February 2017. Present owner unknown. Now Copy 318.
39*#		VACANT						Dunlop Giant Tick*# (39) NOW IN GROUP E. Was on loan to SPRI, then sold at auction, Bonhams, 1 February 2017. Present owner unknown. Now Copy 317.
40*#	same as copies 127 273	Alexander Turnbull Library (Truscott copy)	Wellington, New Zealand	A	Front: None Back: 31	To G. Wyatt Truscott \| from the Editor \| E H Shackleton \| 1909 [This date has been added later in pencil and is not part of the original presentation inscription.]	Daughter of G. Wyatt Truscott	Shackleton presented this copy to Truscott's daughter during the formal opening of the Nimrod for public inspection along the Embankment. A contemporary newspaper article reported: "Upon arrival at the Examination Hall, Mr. Shackleton presented Miss Truscott, as the representative of the Lady Mayoress, with a bouquet, and asked the Lord Mayor's acceptance of a copy of the "Aurora Australis," of which there are only a hundred copies." This copy was sold at Sotheby's 29 November 1990, Lot 348 fetching £3,500 (see Copy 273). This copy was displayed at the SouthPole-sium in Jaffrey, NH, in June, 2012, being offered by Top of the World Books of Vermont. In 2013 it was being offered by Waverly & Rugby Books of North Carolina. Later in 2013 it was purchased by The Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand.
41*	same as copies 268 303 312	Jay I. Kislak Foundation	Miami Lakes, Florida.	A	Front: BEANS Back: [JULIE]NNE SOUP	None?	Louis Bernacchi	On the inside front cover is affixed a newspaper clipping: "A Polar Book.—Messrs. Sotheby's sale yesterday included a copy of the "Aurora Australis," published at the Winter Quarters of the Antarctic Expedition, 1907, illustrated with lithographs and etchings by G. Marston; this is the first book ever printed in the Polar regions, and was edited by Sir E. H. Shackleton, the covers of the book being made from the wood of the packing-cases which contained the provisions, and is one of only 90 copies struck off; it realized £10 5s." In ink at top: "Times March 29 1912" 28 March 1912 Sotheby's to 16 October 2003 Bloomsbury Book Auctions to 21 September 2005 Christie's to Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
42*#		The Oates Collections	Gilbert White's House, High Street, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3JH, UK.	A	Front:BRIT ANTA EXPED 19 Back:None	None	Robert Washington Oates	The Oates Collections copy of the Aurora was given to this museum in the 1930s by Robert Washington Oates who was family member and a book collector and dealer. Where he obtained it is unknown. However, being a collector and dealer he probably obtained it at auction or through a bookseller as opposed to being presented a copy by Shackleton or the printers. A dozen or so sales of the Aurora occurred before the 1930s (see http://www.antarctic-circle.org/aurora.sales.htm) but descriptions were very sparse and there is no way to identify the copies sold through the stencilling, etc.
43*#	same as copy 206	Royal Geographical Society	1 Kensington Gore, London SW7, UK.	A	Front: SOUP O Back: BRITIS EXPED	None	Unknown	NOTE: This copy, long thought to be missing, was recently unearthed at the RGS. According to Cameron Treleaven of Calgary in a phone conversation with Robert Stephenson on 21 April 2016, the spine had become detached and so it presumably was overlooked. Cameron arranged to have it re-bound. According to Cameron the copy has no names or inscriptions and something indicated that it was purchased not given. The online catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society lists an Aurora Australis and gives a call number of MG161K. The control number is 351820. The catalogue gives it as: "(MISSING?)". According to Eugene Rae, Principal Librarian, the book has been missing for quite some time. At one time the shelves were open to all and presumably someone removed it. "This work was added to the library of the Royal Geographical Society by purchase 23 November 1921."
44*		State Library of Victoria	328 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.	B?	Front: Back:	"To Campbell Mackellar of Lerags[?] from the members of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 as a remembrance of his unceasing interest, great generosity, and personal friendship to all. Ernest Shackleton, Editor, Christmas 1910"	Campbell D. Mackellar, Esq	Imperfect: Title page and four of the illustrations wanting. The missing illustrations are the "Night watchman", "The messman", "Struggle for the broom", and "A pony watch". The title page and the four leaves of illustrations have been supplied in photocopy from the copy owned by Sir Thomas Ramsay. (See copy 25) "Presented to the Public Library of Victoria on the 26th day of Dec. 1925 by Campbell D. Mackellar, Esq."
45*		National Trust. Sissinghurst Castle Garden	Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Biddenden Road, Nr Cranbrook, Kent l TN17 2A, UK.	B?	Front: BRIT[ish] ANTA[rctic] EXPED[ition] 190[7] Back: BOTTLED F[ruit?]	"To Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson from the editor E H Shackleton Jan 1910."	Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson	Source: “Polar Books in the National Trust” by Tim Pye appearing in the Autumn 2018 issue of The Book Collector. Mr Pye is listed as the Libraries Curator at the National Trust. National Trust website. "Inscribed on first blank leaf: "To Sir Arthur and Lady Nicolson from the editor E H Shackleton Jan 1910." [i.e. Arthur Nicolson, first Baron Carnock (1849–1928) and (Mary) Catherine Nicolson, Lady Carnock (1860-1951) from Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922)]."

Group B—Private Ownership. (Listed numerically. It's quite possible that one or more of these copies is no longer owned by the named.) The numbers 100-149 are reserved for this category.
Total number of copies in this category: 38. Of these, 36 have been confirmed (indicated by an *) as being present at the location given. Of these Robert Stephenson has inspected/seen those indicated by the symbol # (a total of 11).

Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Location of copy	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
100*	same as copy 306	Seattle copy	USA	?	Unknown	"Inscribed by Shackleton". "front free endpaper inscibed by the editor, with a four line stanza from the poem 'The Antarctic' by Robert Service, and an additional note initialled EHS 'The only printed book ever produced in the South Polar regions'"	Unknown
101*		Campbell copy	UK	A	Front: BUT Back: TER	Unknown	Unknown	Purchased from Francis Edwards no later than September 1980.
102*#	same as copy 259	Crawford copy	Wyoming, USA	A	Front: CRYSTAL[ised] FRU[it] [BUTTER & [b]AKED BEANS Back: TINNED FRUIT	None	Frank Wild	"Presumed to be Frank Wild's copy, as evidenced by copies of correspondence indicating this copy was acquired by Maggs Brothers, London, directly from Miss J. Wild, niece of Frank Wild, in 1970. It was then sold to a private British collector who put it at auction in 1978, where it was purchased for Louis Starr. Additionally, tipped inside the front board is a typed note, signed "Mountevans", (E.R.G.R. Evans, who had been second-in-command of Scott's last expedition), March 2, 1946, to Stanley Wild, Frank Wild's brother, expressing regret at being unable to attend the dedication of the Frank Wild Room at the National Children's Home and including a message to be read." "The 1978 sale was probably the one reported in American Book Prices Current: "Hodgson's (Chancery Lane), June 9, 1978. Lot 301. (Cavendish) £1300. (Re-backed.)" Wild copy. Owned by Louis Starr, Far Hills, NJ. Sold at High Latitude Louis Starr Sale to photographer Neelon Crawford. See Copy 259.
103*#	same as copies 133 255	Bay Area USA copy 1 See No 133.	Bay Area, USA	B	B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition] Unclear whether front or back board.	None		In the Millard census this was given as "USA Private Collection #3." Purchased at or after the Renard sale, Lot 1436.
105*#		Santa Monica USA copy	USA	A	Front: [Ex]PEDITION [1]907 Back: None	Signed 'Ernest H Shackleton \| George Marston' on the recto of a blank leaf situated between the publication and dedication leaves."		The present owner purchased this copy in 1986 from Jake Zeitlin (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles).
106*		Lord Shackleton copy (now Shackleton family member)	UK	A	Thought to be GRANULATED SUGAR.	Unknown	A Shackleton family member	Presumably still in the family
107*#	same as copy 251	Stephenson copy	New Hampshire, USA	B	Front: B43935 25.1LB TINS Back: ANTA[rctic] NI[mrod?] LYT[telton] LAND [party?] T[ea] 2.0.	None		Purchased from Francis Edwards Ltd. 1978.
108*#	same as copies 157 290	Taaffe copy	Athy, Ireland	A	Front: 1903 Back: 40 x 1 LBS CHOCOLATE	"To Belle Donaldson \| from E.H. Shackleton \| Xmas 1910." on recto of first blank. Below this appears G J Skellerup \| December 1970. [Note: The first initial certainly appears to be G but Skellerup's first name was Peter.]	Belle Donaldson	Previously Millard "New Zealand Private collection #1, Near Christchurch, NZ." This copy sold at auction on 17 November 1970. See Copy 290. See Copy 157 below. Owned by P.J. Skellerup prior to present owner.
109*	same as copies 261? 311?	Taurus Collection	Unknown	A	Front: BRITISH ANTA[rctic] EXPEDITION Back: BUTTER	Probably none as there is no mention of any in the description above.		Accompanying the copy of the Aurora at the Morgan Library (Copy 07) is a Blackwell's catalogue of 1970 which offers a copy of the Aurora for £825, this copy having BRITISH ANTA EXPEDITION stenciled on the inside front cover and BUTTER on the inside back cover. Based on the stencilling alone, this would be Copy 109 The Taurus Collection. Also see Copy 261 which appears to be the same copy.
110*	same as copy 309	Ernest Joyce copy. Krementz copy.	New Jersey, USA	A	Front: BRITISH [partially obscured by leather hinge] ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907 Back: 443	None	Ernest Joyce	Joyce family member to the present owners via auction sale. "This copy has significance as it is one owned by Ernest Joyce, who with Frank Wild were the two printers, and was passed down within the family until purchased at auction in 1992. It would seem odd that there are no inscriptions or other markings of any kind. Two sheets are included with this copy. Although now loose they are punched and presumably were bound in originally. The sheets were printed on the same press and constitute a menu for a Midwinter Celebration at Winter Quarters June 23rd 1908." (From the auction catalogue description, 1992)
111*		Harrison/Metz copy	Seattle, USA			Signed by Shackleton and Marston
113*#		Jephcott copy.	Devon, UK	A	Front: BRI[tish] ANTA[rctic] EXPE[dition] 19 [and portion of 0] 315 [clipped at bottom] Back: SYRUP	None		"Purchased for AUD500 from a bookseller in Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia, in 1969." No inscriptions or signatures.
114		Scott-Fawcett copy.	London?			Unknown		The owner of this copy told me it was bought at Christie's London in 1999 (although no Aurora was offered at a Christie's sale in 1999). I was told in 2011 that the copy was discovered missing from the bank vault where it was stored! The copy may never have existed.
115*#		Bay Area USA copy 2	California			With Best Wishes to \| Mr. & Mrs Hill from the \| printer \| Ernest E. Joyce \| August 19th 1911
117*	same as copy 163?	Wordie copy.	Scotland, UK			Front and end paper autographed by E.H. Shackleton, Bernard Day, George Edward Marston, James Murray, A. Forbes Mackay and Frank Wild.		This is probably the copy Millard identifies as "UK Private Collection #4, Scotland, UK" (Copy 252). Wordie Copy. A copy sold at a Scottish country house auction on 20 September 1982 fetching £1,800. This copy has autographs including E.H. Shackleton, Bernard Day, George Edward Marston, James Murray, A. Forbes Mackay and Frank Wild. The buyer is believed to be a Scottish descendant of a member of Shackleton's Endurance expedition. Could be Copy 163 above.
119*		Perth, Australia copy 1	Perth, Australia			Unknown		In September 2010, bookseller David Lilburne told me that there are two copies of the Aurora in Perth, copies he had been associated with.
120*		Perth, Australia copy 2	Perth, Australia			Unknown		In September 2010, bookseller David Lilburne told me that there are two copies of the Aurora in Perth, copies he had been associated with.
121*		New Mexico copy	New Mexico, USA			Unknown		In September 2010, bookseller David Lilburne told me that there is a copy of the Aurora in New Mexico, a copy he had been associated with.
122*#	same as copy 267	West Virginia copy	West Virginia, USA	A	Front: OATMEAL Back: [brit]ISH ANTARCT[ic] EDITION 190	None		No inscriptions or signatures. The same as Copy 267. Purchased at Discovery Book Auctions, Calgary, Alberta, 14 September 2005. Lot 243. The Porter Copy. Sold for US$53,437.50 which includes the 12.5% buyer's premium. In turn, the consigner—Dr Michael Porter—purchased it at Sotheby's Chancery Lane (Hodgson's Rooms), London, on 24 June 1976. Lot 408. Sold for £850.
123* This may now be VACANT as it is not known yet who the new owner is.	same as copy 327	Reaney copy Sold at auction April 11, 2019. See No 327.	Near Hastings, NZ	A	Front: EXPEDITION 1907 Back: [antar]CTIC 18 SHIP [nim]ROD [lytte]LTON PARTY [te]A	"To \| F.W. White Esq. with best wishes from the printers [signed] Ernest Joyce [an initial which could possibly be Joyce's.] Kia Oro" There is a loose leaf page inside front blank page with inscription: With the Comp.s and Kind regards of Monkshood."	F.W. White Esq.	"To \| F.W. White Esq. with best wishes from the printers [signed] Ernest Joyce [an initial which could possibly be Joyce's.] Kia Oro" There is a loose leaf page inside front blank page with inscription: With the Comp.s and Kind regards of Monkshood." "Purchased from John Simper [Explorer Books, UK] 2001. Do not know prior history, other than it was held in an English family for some time."
124*#		Sir Philip Brocklehurst copy	London	A	Front: FAT PE[as?] Back: MARR[o]W	None	Sir Philip Brocklehurst	Formerly the copy owned by Sir Philip Brocklehurst, now owned by a descendant.
125*		San Rafael USA copy	California, USA		Unknown	Unknown
126*	same as copy 274	Simper copy	UK	A	None	Recto of first blank: dedication inscription in ink: "To Mrs Lysaght from \| the Editor E H Shackleton \| with best wishes \| Feb. 1910"	Mrs Lysaght	Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1991. Lot 457. Results: £19,000
127*		Cotton copy	Australia	A	No boards	Raymond E Priestley \| Geologist, 1907-09 British Antarctic Exped. \| 15/10/09. \| to his friend \| Leo A Cotton with \| best wishes \| Feb 9, 1910.	Frank Wild to Raymond Priestley then to Leo Cotton and by descent to Cotton's granddaughter.	This copy lacks the packing-case boards.
128*		Bogolevski copy	US, now in NZ	A	Front: RITISH \| TARCTIC \| EDITION Back: BOTTLED \| LIQUI	None	Unknown	Provenance: "None certain other than probably having been bought in London in the fifties."
130*		Aeneas Mackintosh copy	UK	A	Front ?: BRITIS \| ANTARCT \| EXPEDITI \| 190 and a portion of the 7. Back: BAE 1907 \| NIMROD	None	Aeneas Mackintosh	The copy came to the present family member from his grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Dowler, the daughter of Aeneas Mackintosh. Mackintosh was a member of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition and later commanded the Ross Sea Party. This copy was probably presented to him by Shackleton and if so one would expect a personalized inscription but no such inscription appears.
131*#		Murray copy	UK		Front: SUET Back: POULTRY	None	Sir William Mather	The title page is in black and white only.
135*	same as copy 269	Lady Grey copy	UK?	A	Front: ALADE Back:MARM	At the top of the recto of the first leaf: "To Lady Grey \| from the Editor \| E.H. Shackleton \| June 1910".	Viscountess Grey	Presented to Viscountess Grey, wife of the fourth Earl and one-time Governor General of Canada. Sold on 21 March 2006 at Anderson & Garland, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Lot 683. Results: £46,000 which with the buyer's premium took it to £53,000 or ca. $92,000.
136*# seen but not inspected	same as copy 270	Norway copy	Norway	A	Front: Unknown Back: TISH \| RCTIC \| ITION \| 07 \| 62	Presentation to Charles Cooper on the recto of the second blank: "Presented to Mr Chars Cooper \| by one of the printers. \| Ernest E. Joyce \| May 12th 1910"	Chars Cooper	John Millard writes Robert Stephenson, 1 May 1982: "It appears that Frank Wild…had a least 2 copies of the 'Australis'. This one, that he gave to Cooper, and the one that Mr. Starr now has. It seems that Frank either gave it, or left it with Stanley, one of his younger brothers, he had three. It later came into the possession of Frank's niece, a Miss J. Wild. In 1970 she put it up for sale and it was acquired by Maggs Bros., London, who then sold it to a Mr. K.D. Holmes, in Buckinghamshire. In 1978 he gave it to Sotheby's to sell. It's #22 on my list of items sold at Auction 1912-1979."
137*	same as copy 320	Fossett copy	UK?	B	Front: [A]NTARCTIC [EXPEDITI]ON 1907 Back:[PAT]ES	At the top of the recto of the first leaf: "Ernest Shackleton \| Editor".		Previously unrecorded copy. Sold at auction at Leslie Hindman, Chicago (Fossett Sale) on October 31, 2018, for $87,500. This copy appears as item 20 in a Polar Exploration catalogue issued by Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, UK, and was exhibited at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, March 7-10, 2019. Priced at £150,000.
138*		Cox copy	UK	?	Front: Back: FRU [and] MEAL [unclear on what covers]	With Best Wishes \| To my old friend Mr. Cox \| from the compositor & printer \| Ernest E. Joyce \| September 15th 1911 [location unclear].	The Cox family	Previously unrecorded copy. Presentation copy from Ernest Joyce to Mr. Cox, the the Managing Director of Burberrys. Burberrys supplied clothing for the expedition.

Group C—Private Anonymous Ownership. (This nomenclature derives from the work done by John Millard.) The numbers 150-199 are reserved for this category.
Total number of copies in this category: 14. Of these 0 have been identified. Some could appear above or below.

Copy No	Current Owner	Location	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Notes
150	Argentina Private Collection #1	Argentina	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
151	Australia Private Collection #1	N.S.W., Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	John Millard in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated May 1, 1982, states: "Originally owned by Captain John King Davis, Chief Officer and later Captain of the Expedition ship 'Nimrod'." This could apply to any of the Copies 151, 152 or 154.
152	Australia Private Collection #2	N.S.W., Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	John Millard in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated May 1, 1982, states: "Originally owned by Captain John King Davis, Chief Officer and later Captain of the Expedition ship 'Nimrod'." This could apply to any of the Copies 151, 152 or 154.
153	Australia Private Collection #3	N.S.W., Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	John Millard in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated May 1, 1982, states: "Originally owned by Captain John King Davis, Chief Officer and later Captain of the Expedition ship 'Nimrod'." This could apply to any of the Copies 151, 152 or 154.
154	Australia Private Collection #4	Victoria, Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
155	Australia Private Collection #5	Victoria, Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
156	France Private Collection #1	France	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
158	New Zealand Private collection #2	Near Lower Hutt, NZ	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
159	New Zealand Private collection #3	Near Wellington, NZ	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
160	UK Private Collection #1	Oxford, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
161	UK Private Collection #2	London, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
162	UK Private Collection #3	Sutton Coldfield, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
164	UK Private Collection #5	Middlesex, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
167	UK Private Collection #8	London, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

COPIES THAT ONCE WERE IN GROUP C BUT HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO OTHER GROUPS:

Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Location	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
168 NOW COPY 34	same as copy 34	Was: USA Private Collection #1. Now: Group A-Newberry Library	Illinois, USA	A	Front: ME \| COM [upside down] Inside back cover: ALISTER & CO. \| ON MERCHANTS. \| POOL. \| MI [The MI is right side up; all else is upside down]. Back: Unknown.	On first blank page, recto: At top, in pencil: "Binding restored by Bernard Middleton of London \| 1979." In middle of page, in three different inks, signatures of "Ernest Shackleton \| George Marston \| Eric S. Marshall \| "Lapsus Linguae" On second blank page, recto: Top center, in blue ink: "E. J. C. Kendall \| September 1951 \| given by Dr. E. S. Marshall" [E.S. Marshall was a member of the Nimrod expedition and of the polar party; E.J.C. Kendall was a British M.D., long the Medical Officer of Epsom College, Surrey]	Dr E. S. Marshall	This copy is almost certainly that which is now at Chicago's Newberry Library in its Gerald F. Fitzgerald collection, Copy 34 above.
169 NOW COPY 09	same as copy 09	Was: USA Private Collection #2. Now: Group A-UCLA	Los Angeles, USA	B	Front: "The front inner board has, at the lower edge, a very small portion of an E followed by an R (possibly part of BUTTER)." Back: "The rear inside board has at the bottom right hand side, and upside down, on two lines, "TARCTIC \| N 1907.""	None	J.P. Johnson	This copy is now at UCLA in its Mary Joe Goodwin collection, Copy 09 above. According to John Millard in a letter to Robert Stephenson May 1, 1982, "Originally owned by J.P. Johnson & Family for many years. He was a Canterbury N.Z. area Sheep Farmer and an Expedition Benefactor." Came into the possession of Mary Joe Goodwin who donated it to UCLA.
157 NOW COPY 108	same as copies 108 290	Was: New Zealand Private collection #1. Now: Group B-Taaffe	Near Christchurch, NZ.	A	Front: 1903 Back: 40 x 1 LBS CHOCOLATE	"To Belle Donaldson \| from E.H. Shackleton \| Xmas 1910." on recto of first blank. Below this appears G J Skellerup \| December 1970. [Note: The first initial certainly appears to be G but Skellerup's first name was Peter.]	Belle Donaldson	Previously Millard "New Zealand Private collection #1, Near Christchurch, NZ." This copy sold at auction on 17 November 1970. See Copy 290. See Copy 157 below. Owned by P.J. Skellerup prior to present owner, Seamus Taaffe.
163 NOW COPY 117	same as copy 117	Was: UK Private Collection #4. Now: Group B-Wordie	Scotland, UK	A	Unknown	Unknown		Wordie copy
166 NOW COPY 271	same as copies 104 271 308	Was: UK Private Collection #7. Now: Group E-Unknown 271	Oxon., UK	B	Front: [BRI]TISH \| [ANTA]RCTIC \| [EXPE]DITION Back: VEAL Note: Apparently the covers were switched during rebinding.	Inscribed to Nimrod Expedition Member George Buckley and signed by Shackleton, Frank Wild, George Marston, Ernest Joyce and Bernard Day. The inscription in Shackleton's hand to Buckley, reads "as a remembrance of the practical help and enduring sympathy to our little Expedition from the Publishers, Editor, Artist & printers." "To Mr & Mrs George Buckley \| as a remembrance of the \| practical help and enduring \| sympathy to our little Expedition \| from the Publishers, Editor \| Artist & printers. \| E. H. Shackleton. \| Frank Wild \| George Marston. \| Ernest E. M. Joyce \| Bernard C. Day."	George Buckley	This is Copy 104 above, formerly owned by John Levinson.
165 NOW COPY 321	same as copy 116?	Was: UK Private Collection #6. Now: Group E-Unknown 321	Hertfordshire, UK	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Group D—Copies That Lack Provenance, That May Appear Above, That May Not Exist, etc. The numbers 200-249 are reserved for this category.
Total number of copies in this category: 7. Of these 4 have been confirmed (indicated by an *) as having existed at some time in the past.

Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Location	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
200*	same as copy 162?	Bluntisham/Walcot	UK	A	Front: BUTTER Back: unknown	"With the Editor's kindest \| regards: \| Ernest Shackleton \| This Book was made \| Bound; Printed, Published \| in the Antarctic in \| 1908." [On recto of blank leaf preceding title page, at least in the facsimile.]		This is the copy that was used in the first facsimile edition, published in 1986 by Bluntisham/Paradigm. Apparently some material (The annotated '14 Good and True' illustration, for instance) included was from a copy at SPRI. David Walton told me that Patrick Walcot's copy was used for most of the facsimile.
202		Herbert Dyce Murphy	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		John Millard noted that John King Davis gave a copy to Herbert Dyce Murphy but this was never confirmed.
203*		University of Otago, Hocken Library	Dunedin, NZ	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Leonard Tripp	An original copy was held "on deposit" in the Hocken Library from 17 March 1976 until it was returned to a descendant of the family concerned on 16 November 2005. Hocken Reference file: 804/3. The "original" copy that was held on deposit at the Hocken Library was classified at : Bliss KWT/Aur <#576012803> [From Hocken Library catalogue] NOTE: THIS INFORMATION CONFIRMED BY PERSONAL VISIT 19 MAY 2010.
204*		Clare Lodge	Harpenden, Hertfordshire, U.K.	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		In a letter dated 11 September 1957 the writer, Mr E. Shutt, Governor, National Children's Home, stated that Clare Lodge had a copy of 'Aurora Australis.' Possibly given by sister of Frank Wild. Needs confirmation.
207		Prof. Edgeworth David	Australia ?	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		John Millard noted that David had a copy but he was never able to find it.
209		Sir John Smith	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
210*		Kucharek copy	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		John Millard, in a letter to Robert Stephenson dated 31 August 1983, writes: "Through a round about method I was able to get his [Mackintosh's] daughter's name & address in Britain. I wrote her in July 1982, she answered me in July 1983, apologizing for the delay, but didn't say why. She said, her father's copy of the 'A' was still with the family and hadn't been sold." Robert Stephenson, in a letter to John Millard dated 4 February 1986, writes: "I had an interesting phone conversation in September with Bob Kucharek from England. As I recall he had seen or spoken with you in Toronto just before. I assume his copy is your "Private Coll. #7 Wilts" under private ownership in the UK." Although not confirmed it appears that Mr Kucharek is deceased. What has happened to his Aurora is unknown.

COPIES THAT ONCE WERE IN GROUP D BUT HAVE NOW BEEN MOVED TO OTHER GROUPS:

Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Location	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
201 NOW COPY 124		VACANT. Was formerly the Brocklehurst copy.						This was formerly the Brocklehurst copy, which is now Copy 124 in Group B presently owned by his descendant, Johnny von Haeften.
205* NOW COPY 34	same as copy 34	Dr. E.J.C. Kendall	Was: Cambridge?, UK. Now: Chicago	A	Front: ME COM Back: [mac?]ALISTER & CO. ON MERCHANTS. [liver]POOL. MI	In middle of page, in three different inks, signatures of "Ernest Shackleton \| George Marston \| Eric S. Marshall \| "Lapsus Linguae" On second blank page, recto: Top center, in blue ink: "E. J. C. Kendall \| September 1951 \| given by Dr. E. S. Marshall"	Dr Eric S. Marshall	Photocopies for missing leaves in the SPRI copy (No 18) were made from a "copy in Dr. E.J.C. Kendall's possession." Same as Copy 34. This is the copy John Millard identified as "USA Private Collection #1". See Copy 168.
206* NOW COPY 43		(206) VACANT. Was Royal Geographical Society which was thought to have been lost but it has since been found; since moved to Group A (43).	London, UK	A		Front: SOUP O Back: BRITIS EXPED	None	The online catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society lists an Aurora Australis and gives a call number of MG161K. The control number is 351820. The catalogue gives it as: "(MISSING?)". According to Eugene Rae, Principal Librarian, the book has been missing for quite some time. At one time the shelves were open to all and presumably someone removed it. Since found and restored. Now listed under #43.
208 NOW COPY 25		VACANT. Was Sir Thomas Ramsay. Since moved to Group A (25), Museum Victoria.	Australia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	There is a pencil notation in some early papers that I have from John Millard of Toronto. Sir Thomas Ramsay is noted as having a copy, in Australia. Sir Thomas was a benefactor of Museum Victoria. There is a Ramsay Collection at Scotch College, Melbourne. He was a noted book collector, his collection or a portion of it is apparently being sold at Christie's in Australia in March 3, 1977. Although the 1977 volume of American Book Prices Current lists the Ramsay sale, no Aurora appears in ABPC as having appeared at that sale.

Group E—Copies that have Appeared at Auction or in Booksellers' Catalogues or Offered at Book Fairs and that May Appear Above, or Whose Location is Presently Unknown.
The numbers 250 and higher are reserved for this category.
ARRANGED NUMERICALLY BY COPY NUMBER (which is not necessarily chronological).
THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IS GENERALLY LIMITED TO WHAT APPEARED IN THE CATALOGUE. IF A COPY APPEARS IN OTHER GROUPS, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED THERE.
In the instance of two or more sales of the same copy, the copy appears according to the most recent sale date.
Total number of copies in this category: 79.

NOTE: COPIES THAT HAVE SOLD AT AUCTION AND ARE THEREFORE KNOWN TO EXIST AND ARE NOW LISTED ABOVE IN OTHER GROUPS TOTAL 25 AND ARE INDICATED BY AN •. THE LOCATION OF ALL OTHERS IS NOT PRESENTLY KNOWN.

NOTE: COPIES THAT HAVE SOLD AT AUCTION AND ARE THEREFORE KNOWN TO EXIST AND ARE NOT LISTED ABOVE IN OTHER GROUPS BECAUSE IT'S NOT KNOWN WHICH GROUP THEY SHOULD BE IN. THESE TOTAL ?? AND ARE INDICATED BY AN •.

Seq	Copy No	Same as copy	Current Owner	Present Location	Variant	Stencilling	Inscriptions	Original Owner	Notes
01	250*	same as copy 32	Auction sales	USA	A	Not given	"The initial blank leaf is signed in Shackleton's hand: "Ernest Shackleton Editor."	Unknown	Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 21 and 22 October 1969. (Streeter Sale). Lot 4146. Results: According to John Millard it went for $500. Same as Copy 32: British Library copy. John Millard writes Robert Stephenson, 13 November 1983: "1.) You will note the Provenance is Maggs Bros. 1950. ... 2.) You will also note the single signature of Ernest Shackleton. ... There is also the possibility that it might be one of those 10 copies that Shackleton reportedly sold to Bumpus, the Bookseller in London, that Dora Diener of Edwards, mentioned to me sometime ago." John Millard writes Robert Stephenson, 12 February 1986: "I am referring to the copy sold in the Streeter Sale in N.Y.C. in October '69. The Parke-Bernet Galleries tried to get in touch with the buyer, but did not get a response from him/her."
02	251*	same as copy 107	Bookseller's catalogue	UK	B	Front: B43935 25.1LB TINS Back: ANTA[rctic] NI[mrod?] LYT[telton] LAND [party?] T[ea] 2.0.	None	Unknown	Francis Edwards, London, 1978. Catalogue 1015, Lot 281. Price: £1,000. Same as Copy 107 above. Stephenson copy.
03	252		Auction sale	Scotland	A		"Front and end paper autographed by E.H. Shackleton, Bernard Day, George Edward Marston, James Murray, A. Forbes Mackay and Frank Wild".		Christie's & Edmiston's, Scotland, 20 September 1982. Lot 336. Results: £1,800. Probably Copy 117.
04	253		Bookseller's catalogue	USA	B	Front: Unknown Back: [b]RITISH [An]TARCTIC EXPEDITION	"On the recto of the first blank this copy has been signed by Shackleton, Bernard Day, George Edward Marston, James Murray, A. Forbes Mackay, and Frank Wild."		Bob Finch, Torrance, November 1982. Catalogue 16, Lot 367. Price: $6,500. Could be Copy 252 because of the autographs.
05	254	same as copies 134 264	Auction sale	Australia	A	Front: OATM[meal] Back: [oatm]EAL	"This copy is unusual in this respect, having the signatures of both Emest Shackleton (the expedition leader) and George Marston (the artist) on a blank after the colophon leaf."		Gaston Renard-Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 November 1994. Lot 1435. Results: AUD27,500 which includes 10% buyer’s premium. US$20,653. Based on the stencilling and signatures this could be Copy 254.
06	255*	same as copies 103 133	Auction sale	Australia	B	B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition] [unclear what board the stencilling is on]	Unknown		Gaston Renard-Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 16 November 1994. Lot 1436. Results: AUD22,000 which includes 10% buyer’s premium. US$16,522.
07	256		Auction sale	UK	A	Front: portion of BISCUIT Back: unknown	Presumably no inscriptions as none are noted in the catalogue.		Christie's King Street, 27 September 1996. Lot 161. Results: £27,600 which includes the buyer's premium.
08	257		Auction sale	USA	A	OAT-MEAL [unclear what board the stencilling is on]	"signed on a front blank 'Ernest H. Shackleton George Marston'".		High Latitude, Bainbridge Island, 30 September 1996. Lot 300. Results: $30,250 plus a 10% buyer’s premium = $33,275. Priester copy.
09	258		Auction sale	UK	A	portion of OATMEAL [unclear what board the stencilling is on]	"To Sir Thomas Shaughnessy \| with best wishes from \| the Editor \| E.H. Shackleton. \| June 1910".	Thomas George Shaughnessy.	Christie's King Street, 26 September 1997. Lot 136. Results: £20,700 which includes the buyer's premium. Presentation copy to Thomas George Shaughnessy.
10	259*	same as copy 102	Auction sale	USA	A	Front: CRYSTAL[ised?] FRU[it] BUTTER & [b]AKED BEANS Back: TINNED FRUIT	None	Frank Wild	High Latitude, Bainbridge Island, 29 September 1999. Lot 338. Results: $55,000 with the 10% buyer's premium. Holmes copy. Starr copy. Same as Copy 102 above.
11	260	same as copy 297	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: EXP[dition] 19[07?] Back: BR[itish] ANT[arctic] EXPE[dition]	"To Ernest Perris from Ernest Shackleton. To one Editor of one million five hundred thousand copies per week from the Editor of ninety copies per year. With warmest wishes for his birthday. 15 Feb. 1914."	Ernest Perris	Christie's King Street, 18 April 2000. Lot 153. £37,600 which includes the buyer's premium. Also Sotheby's Chancery Lane (Hodgson's Rooms), London, December 13, 1979. Lot 193A. Results: £1,000 [Way].
12	261	same as copies 109? 311?	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: BRITISH ANTA[rctic] EXPEDITION Back:BUTTER	Unknown		Bloomsbury Book Auctions, London, 16 September 2000. Lot 300. Results: £42,000. In a letter to John Millard dated 24 March 1981, Kenneth Clarke of Blackwell's Rare Books wrote: "We had a very poor copy in 1971 of which we have little detail except the marking of the boards, which were: (Front cover) BRITISH ANTA EXPEDITION (Back cover) BUTTER." This copy also appeared in a Blackwell's catalogue of 1970 that accompanies the Copy 07 at the Morgan Library.
13	262		Auction sale	UK	A	Front: BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Back: Unknown	E.M.S.	Emily Shackleton	Christie's King Street, 25 September 2001. Lot 53. Results: Hammer £30,000. Presentation copy to Emily Shackleton.
14	263		Auction sale	UK	A	Front: KIDNEY SOUP Back: Unknown	Emily Shackleton	Cecily Shackleton	Christie's King Street, 25 September 2001. Lot 55. Results: Hammer £26,000. Presentation copy to Cecily Shackleton.
15	264	same as copies 129 254	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: [m]EAL Back: OATM[meal]	Signed in ink by Shackleton and Marston on blank leaf following title page.		Christie's King Street, 9 May 2002. Lot 182. Results: £47,800 which includes the buyer's premium. Züst copy. Based on the stencilling and signatures this could be Copy 254.
16	265		Auction sale	UK	A	Front: None Back: Unknown	"To Roderick Murchison \| in remembrance of his \| practical interest in the \| Australasian Antarctic Expedition \| from the Editor \| E.H. Shackleton \| 1911"	Roderick Murchison	Christie's King Street, 25 September 2002. Lot 129. Results: £40,630 which includes the buyer's premium.
17	266		Auction sale	UK	A	Front:17 IP N Y Back: Unknown	"To my friend \| Miss Janet Stancomb-Wills \| this relic of another Expedition \| is presented by the Editor \| Ernest Shackleton \| July 1917."	Janet Stancomb Wills	Christie's King Street, 25 September 2002. Lot 364. Did not sell.
18	267*	same as copies 122 302	Auction sales	UK, Canada	A	Front: OATMEAL Back: [Brit]ISH ANTARCT[ic] [Exp]EDITION 190	None		Sotheby's, Chancery Lane, 24 June 1976. Lot 408. Results: £850 to "Porter". Dr Michael Porter (from 1976 to 2005) Lot 243, Discovery Book Auctions, 14 September 2005. Same as Copy 122.
19	268	same as copies 41 303 312	Auction sales	UK		Front: BEANS Back: [Julie]NNE SOUP	None?	Louis Bernacchi	Bloomsbury, London, 16 October 2003. Lot 342. Results: Did not sell. and Lot 345, Christie's King Street, 21 September 2005. "Louis Bernacchi by direct descent."
20	269	same as copy 135	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: [Marm]ALADE Back: Unknown	"To Lady Grey from the Editor, E.H. Shackleton, June 1910"	Lady Grey.	Anderson & Garland, Newcastle, 21 March 2006. Lot 683. Results: £46,000 which with the buyer's premium took it to £53,000.
21	270	same as copy 136	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: Unknown Back:[Bri]TISH [Anta]RCTIC [Exped]ITION [19]07 62	"Presented to Mr Chars Cooper by one of the Printers. Ernest E. Joyce May 12th 1910"	Charles Cooper	Christie's King Street, 27 September 2006. Lot 181. £33,600. Unclear whether this is hammer or with premium.
22	271*	same as copy 104	Auction sale	USA	B	Front:[Bri]TISH [Anta]RCTIC [Expe]DITION Back: VEAL	"Inscribed to Mr and Mrs Buckley, signed by author, Wild, Marston, Joyce and Day."	George Buckley.	Swann Galleries, New York, 24 May 2007. Lot 120. Results: $70,000 including the buyer's premium. Levinson copy. See Copy 104.
23	272*		Auction sale		B	Front: TARCTIC N 1907 Back: TARCTIC N 1907	"To our old Pal Tom Eames \| Wishing him the best of \| luck. From the Printers \| Ernest E. Joyce" and further inscribed below by Frank Wild.	Tom Eames	Bonhams, 26 June 2007. Lot 228. Results: £27,600 which includes the buyer's premium. Apparently the stencilling is the same on both inner boards.
24	273	same as copies 40 127	Auction sale	UK		Unknown	To G. Wyatt Truscott \| from the Editor \| E H Shackleton \| 1909 [This date has been added later in pencil and is not part of the original presentation inscription.]	G. Wyatt Truscott	Sotheby's, 29 November 1990. Lot 348. Results: £3,500. Sold to "Waterhouse."
25	274*	same as copy 126	Auction sale	UK		Unknown	"To Mrs Lysaght from \| the Editor E H Shackleton \| with best wishes \| Feb. 1910"	Mrs Lysaght	Sotheby's, 27 June 1991. Lot 457. Results: £19,000. Sold to "Simper" Same as Copy 126.
26	275	same as copies 115 304	Auction sale	UK, USA	B [based on catalogue description]	Unknown	"With Best Wishes to Mr & Mrs Hill from the printer Ernest E. Joyce August 19th 1911"	Mr & Mrs Hill	Sotheby's, 18 November 1986. Lot 1223. Results: £7,500 [Quaritch] Lot 274, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 11 October 1991
27	276		Auction sale	UK	A	Front: BRITISH ANT[arctic] SHIP NIM[rod] LYTT[elton] Back: Unknown	"To my grandson Nicholas J. Fright on his 21st. Birthday 31 December 1970. To keep in memory of his great-uncle Frank Wild, who made this book in the Antarctic. With best wishes, Laurence C. Wild."	Laurence Wild	Sotheby's, 22 June 1995. Lot 188. Results: £8,675. Purchased by "Antipodean."
28	277		Auction sale	UK		Unknown	Unknown	Frank Wild	Christie's, 25 October 1995. Lot 149. Results: £1,600. "The fifth Aurora Australis went with Wild to South Africa and somehow it was acquired by POB Frost and eventually found its way to Brian Frost in Cape Town." Source: Angie Butler.
29	278*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, February 5, 1913. Lot 811. Results: £4 [B.F. Stevens]
30	279*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, July 20, 1922. Lot 486. Results: £5 [Hope]
31	280*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, October 13, 1942. Lot 669. Results: £32 [Blackwell]
32	281*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, January 24, 1949. Lot 148. Results: £11 [Maggs]
33	282*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, February 24, 1953. Lot 243. Results: £27 [Patch]
34	283*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, May 11, 1953. Lot 128. Results: £19 [Maggs]
35	284*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, April 9, 1957, Lot 438. Results: £24 [Francis Edwards] "Notation in catalogue at Sothebys, London, in blue pencil: "Mrs Pamela Gow""
36	285*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, July 3, 1967. Lot 198. Results: £260 [Maggs] "The consigners were: The Earl Amherst, the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, the Devon & Exeter Institution, Commander W.D.M. Stavely and other donors."
37	286*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, May 20, 1969. Lot 378. Results: £550 [Blackwell]
38	287*		Auction sale			Unknown	Probably not as no mention of same in sale catalogue.		Sotheby's, London, November 18, 1969. Lot 367. Results: £500
39	288*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's, London, July 14, 1970. Lot 541. Results: £380 "Bdg loose, spine detached."
40	289*	same as copy 29	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: None Back:[an]TARCTIC [expediti]ON 1907	"To Henry Nuttall with \| Kindest wishes from the Editor E.H. Shackleton, \| in remembrance of the \| practical help to our \| Scientific Results and \| the always sympathetic \| attitude towards the Expedition \| August 1911 \| This book was made in \| the Antarctic. \| E.H. Shackleton."	Henry Nuttall	Sotheby's, November 17, 1970. Lot 265. Results: £450 [Cavendish]. See Copy 29 which is the same copy.
41	290*	same as copy 108	Auction sale	UK	A	Front: 1903 Back: 40 x 1 LBS CHOCOLATE	"To Belle Donaldson \| from E.H. Shackleton \| Xmas 1910."	Belle Donaldson	Lot 266, Sotheby's, November 17, 1970. £350 [Cavendish]. See Copy 108 which is the same copy.
42	291*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's London, September 22-October 7, 1986. Lot ???. Results: £ ???
43	292*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Hodgson & Co., London, 20 March 1912. Lot 216. Results: £4
44	293*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Hodgson & Co., London, May 11, 1928. Lot 549. Results: £2/10/-.
45	294*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's Chancery Lane, London, December 12, 1975. Lot unknown. Results: £740.
46	295*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Christie's, London, April 16, 1986. Lot 139. Results: £6,500.
47	296*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Sotheby's Chancery Lane, London, June 9, 1978. Lot 301. Results: £1,300. Cavendish.
48	297*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Christie's King Street London, April 18, 2000. Perris copy. Lot 153. Results: £37,600.
49	298*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Puttick & Simpson, London, July 26, 1912. Lot 528. Results: £3/17/6 [Times]
50	299*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Phillips, Son & Neale, London, May 17, 1977. Lot 30A. Results: £500 [F. Edwards]
51	300*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Christie's, Sydney, April 23, 1979. Lot 46. Results: AUD2,900
52	301*		Auction sale			Unknown	Unknown		Christie's, London, July 27, 1977. Lot 7. Results: £560 [Quaritch]
53	302*	same as copies 122 267	Auction sale	USA	A	Front: OATMEAL Back: ISH ANT ARCT EDITION 190	None		Purchased at Discovery Book Auctions, Calgary, Alberta, 14 September 2005. Lot 243. The Porter Copy. Sold for US$53,437.50 which includes the 12.5% buyer's premium. In turn, the consigner—Dr Michael Porter—purchased it at Sotheby's Chancery Lane (Hodgson's Rooms), London, on 24 June 1976. Lot 408. Sold for £850.
54	303*	same as copies 41 268 312	Auction sale	USA	B	Front: BEANS Back: NNE SOUP	Unknown, probably none	Louis Bernacchi	On the inside front cover is affixed a newspaper clipping: "A Polar Book.—Messrs. Sotheby's sale yesterday included a copy of the "Aurora Australis," published at the Winter Quarters of the Antarctic Expedition, 1907, illustrated with lithographs and etchings by G. Marston; this is the first book ever printed in the Polar regions, and was edited by Sir E. H. Shackleton, the covers of the book being made from the wood of the packing-cases which contained the provisions, and is one of only 90 copies struck off; it realized £10 5s." In ink at top: "Times March 29 1912"
55	304*	same as copies 115 275	Auction sale	USA	A	Front: 537 Back: TISH ANTARC PEDITION 19	"With Best Wishes to Mr. & Mrs. Hill from the printer Ernest E. Joyce August 19th, 1911"		This copy was sold at Sotheby's 18 November 1986, Lot 1223, bought by Quaritch. Quaritch presumably sold it to Richard Manney. Acquired at the Manney Sale (Sotheby Parke Bernet 11 October 1991, Lot 274) by a private New Jersey collector. Sold to the present owner on 15 March 2000. See Copies 275 and 304.
56	305*		Auction sale		A	Front: Back:	"Inscribed by Shackleton."		Gaston Renard-Leonard Joel Auction, Melbourne, Australia, August 30, 1988. Lot 820. Results: AUD40,000.
57	306*		Auction sale			Front: Back:	Unknown		Christie's, London, May 1, 1991. Lot 93. Results: £22,000 [Lascaux]. Same as Copy 100: Seattle copy.
58	307*		Auction sale			Front: Back:	Unknown		Sothebys, London, February 6, 1912. Lot 526. Results: £8/5/- [Johnston]
59	308*	same as copy 110 104	Auction sale	USA	B	Front: TISH RCTIC DITION Back: VEAL	"To Mr & Mrs George Buckley \| as a remembrance of the \| practical help and enduring \| sympathy to our little Expedition \| from the Publishers, Editor \| Artist & printers. \| E. H. Shackleton. \| Frank Wild \| George Marston. \| Ernest E. M. Joyce \| Bernard C. Day."	George Buckley	Provenance: Shackleton to George Buckley...John Levinson (purchased at a Bloomsbury auction sale), to unknown American buyer at the Swann sale.
60	309*	same as copy 104	Auction sale	USA	A	Front: BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1907 Back: 443	None	Ernest Joyce	Provenance: The present owners purchased this copy at a 1992 New Zealand auction sale (Lot 500, Copy No 309 Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand, December 10, 1992.) It was consigned by a member of the Joyce family.
61	310*		Bookseller's Catalogue		A	Front: 25. 1LB TINS BRITISH Back: RTIC NIMROD YETELTO AND PAI TEA	Probably none		Blackwells, Oxford, 1971. Catalogue 916. Lot 102. Price: £850.
62	311*	probably same as copy 109	Bookseller's Catalogue	UK	A	Front: BRITISH ANTA EXPEDITION Back: BUTTER	Probably none		Blackwells, Oxford, 1970. Catalogue 895. Lot 004. £825. See Copy 109 which is probably the same copy.
63	312*		Auction sale			Front: Back:	Unknown		Sotheby's, London. 28 March 1912. Lot 218. Results: £10/5/- [Maylin].
64	313*		Auction sale			Front: Back:	Unknown		Sotheby's, London. 27 June 1912. Lot 180. Results: £5/7/6. [Francis Edwards].
65	314*	same as copy 105	Auction sale	USA	A	Front: PEDITION 907 Back: None	'Ernest H Shackleton \| George Marston'		Sotheby's, London. 12 June 1972. Lot 118. Results: £650 [Gaston Alpine Books] The present owner purchased this copy in 1986 from Jake Zeitlin (Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles).
66	315*		Auction sale	UK		Front: S Back: PETIT POIS	None		Sotheby's, London, 28 April 2016, Lot 65. Results: £75,000 including buyer's premium. Petit Pois copy.
67	316*	same as copy 112	Auction sale		A	Front: B43931 25.1 LB TINS BRITISH Back: [AN]TARCT[IC] \| NIMRO[D] \| [L]YTTELT[ON] \| AND PART [these words could be Land Party] \| TEA \| 1	None		Sotheby's, London, 30 September 2015, Lot 1137. Results: £122,500 including buyer's premium. [Buyer ?] Brooke-Hitching copy.
68	317*	same as copy 39	Auction sale		A	Front:None Back: B43936 25.1LB TINS BRITISH	H J L Dunlop		Bonhams, London, 1 February 2017, Lot 175. £68,750 including buyer's premium. [Buyer ?] Dunlop Giant Tick copy. Only copy to have illusive illustration "A Giant Tick was investigating the carcase."
69	318*#	same as copy 38	Auction sale		All pages blank	Front: RATIONS Back: RCTIC 1907	H J L Dunlop		Bonhams, London, 1 February 2017, Lot 176. Results: £8,125. [Buyer ?] Dunlop dummy copy.
70	319*	same as copies 122, 267	Auction sale	USA	A	Front:OATMEAL Back: ISH ANTARCT EDITION 190	None		Bonhams, New York, 25 September 2018, Lot 55. $97,500 (Hammer price = $78,000 plus 25% buyers premium). [Buyer: A West Virginia collector] Fitzsimmons copy, West Virginia copy.
71	320*		Auction sale		B	Front: [A]NTARCTIC [EXPEDITI]ON 1907. Back: [PAT]ES	Ernest Shackleton \| Editor		Leslie Hindman, Chicago, 31 October 2018, Lot 182. Results: $87,500. [Buyer ?] Fossett copy.
72	321	116 165?	Offered at Boston Book Fair 2008 by Antipodean Books, since sold.		A	Front: [deme?]RARA [sug?]AR Back: [j & t b]AYLEY L[td] [Lond]ON EC [Exp]ORT Pack]ERS.	None	Mr Honey	"Marlborough Club. Pall Mall, S.W." It reads: 14th. Oct 1912. Dear Mr Honey I also am a devil to remember a promise so here send you with my warmest regards The book we made down South. I shall look forward to seeing you soon. In haste Sincerely Yours Ernest Shackleton" Could be Copy 165 above. Offered for sale at the Boston Book Fair 11/2008. Shuman collection.
73	322*#	103 133	Auction sale	USA	B	Front: B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition]. Back: EXP \| 19	None		Bonhams, London, 30 March 2012. Lot 72. Did not sell. Now copy 103.
74	323*	254 264 129	Offered at the California Bookfair February 2015 by Douglas Stewart.	UK	A	Front: [OATM]EAL "and pencilled note '6 Tins Oatmeal'" Back: OATM[EAL] ["verso of lower cover with stencil 'OATM'" More likely the recto.	Signed in ink by Shackleton and Marston on blank leaf following title page.	Unknown	Based on the stencilling and signatures this could be the same as Copy 254.
75	324*	132	Offered at the New York Bookfair April 2015 by Maggs.	?	B	Front ?: BRITIS \| ANTARCTI \| TION 1907. Back: Unknown.	Signed on the inner board (see image) by H. Ponting, John Runnstrom, Hardland D. Wood, and Harmes Alpen (from Magg's listing). Ponting had no association with Shackleton and the 'P' appears more like a 'R'. Nothing can be found about the others who signed.		Offered at the New York Bookfair April 2015 by Maggs.
76	325*	134 266	Offered at the London Bookfair May 2015 by Douglas Stewart.	Unknown	A	Front: 17 IP N Y. Back: None.	Presentation to Janet Stancomb-Wills on the recto of the first blank: "To my friend \| Miss Janet Stancomb-Wills \| this relic of another Expedition \| is presented by the Editor \| Ernest Shackleton \| July 1917."	Janet Stancomb-Wills	Provenance: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, presented to Miss Janet Stancomb-Wills, July 1917; thence by descent; Christie's, London, 25 September 2002. Lot 412 (unsold); private collection, Australia. $125,000 AUD £65,000 GBP. As of November 2015 it was being offered by Buddenbrooks, Boston, MA.
77	322*#	103 133	Auction sale	USA	B	Front: B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition]. Back: EXP \| 19	None		Bonhams, London, 30 March 2012. Lot 72. Did not sell. Now copy 103.
78	322*#	103 133	Auction sale	USA	B	Front: B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition]. Back: EXP \| 19	None		Bonhams, London, 30 March 2012. Lot 72. Did not sell. Now copy 103.
79	327*#	123	Auction sale	New Zealand	B	Front: B[ritish] AN[tarctic] EX[pedition]. Back: EXP \| 19	None		Art + Object, Auckland, NZ, 11 April 2011. Lot 75. NZ$159,900.

AURORA AUSTRALIS

Census of copies of the Aurora Australis (Tabular Format)

HOME