Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition: the Collection of Chet Ross
Thu, Oct 12, 2023 12:00PM EDT
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Lot 17
MATSUYAMA, Shisui and Mitsuo HARADA, editors. Nankyok…
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MATSUYAMA, Shisui and Mitsuo HARADA, editors. Nankyoku Tanken [in English: Antarctic Expeditions]. Tokyo: Banrikaku Shobo, November 1930. 8vo (216 x 127 mm). Color frontispiece, 48 full-page photographic plates on 24 pages, fold-out map in color. Original pictorial yellow cloth stamped in black and orange (some spotting to text-block); original dust jacket (spine sunned, light edgewear). FIRST EDITION of this overview of Antarctic exploration including the expeditions of James Clark Ross, Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, Nobu Shirase, and others. Ross 2.2.1 (?Uncommon?).
