MURRAY, James (1865-1914) and George MARSTON (1882-1940). Antarctic Days. Sketches of the homely side of Polar life by two of Shackleton's menintroduced by Sir Ernest Shackleton. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913. 4to (254 x 187 mm). 4 mounted color plates, 34 photo illustrations on 28 plates. Publisher's blue cloth gilt (some spotting and a touch of wear to extremities); with the rare original dust-jacket (defective). Provenance: Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1923.LIMITED EDITION DE LUXE, number 189 of 280 copies, SIGNED BY MURRAY, MARSTON, AND SHACKLETON on half-title. Murray and Marston's account of the Nimrod Expedition of 1907-1909, on which Shackleton's Aurora Australis was printed (see lot 182). Conrad p.145 ("topical accounts of expedition life that help give the flavour of life with the 'Boss'"); Rosove 236; Spence 830; Taurus 61.