8vo. With 32 plates; issue with the errata slip. Original publisher's blue cloth gilt. Provenance: Norah Enderby (signature, 1930). FIRST EDITION of "the principal firsthand account of the Ross Sea shore party of Shackleton's 1914-17 expedition" (Rosove). Written by the veteran of four Antarctic expeditions, this work comprises Joyce's log from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, as a member of the Ross Sea party whose mission was to lay supply depots for Shackleton's group as they traversed the continent. Famously, Shackleton's 'Endurance' was crushed in pack ice before it could land, and the depots were never used. Three members of the Ross Sea party died during the expedition, but their story is often overshadowed by Shackleton's exploits. Renard 821; Rosove 188.A1.a; Spence 642. A fine copy.