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ROALD ENGELBREGT GRAVNING AMUNDSEN (1872-1928)
The South Pole An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 ... Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater, London: printed by Billing & Sons, Ltd, of Guildford for John Murray, 1912. 2 volumes, 8° (225 x 160mm.). Half-titles, portrait frontispieces and 100 plates, 1 folding, 3 plans, 1 folding, 2 folding maps printed in two colours, illustrations. (Some generally unobtrusive spotting.) Original dark red cloth, blocked in gilt, red white and blue, top edges gilt (spines slightly faded).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A GOOD COPY. Conrad p.156; Rosove 9:A1; Spence 18; Taurus 71. (2)
The South Pole An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 ... Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater, London: printed by Billing & Sons, Ltd, of Guildford for John Murray, 1912. 2 volumes, 8° (225 x 160mm.). Half-titles, portrait frontispieces and 100 plates, 1 folding, 3 plans, 1 folding, 2 folding maps printed in two colours, illustrations. (Some generally unobtrusive spotting.) Original dark red cloth, blocked in gilt, red white and blue, top edges gilt (spines slightly faded).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A GOOD COPY. Conrad p.156; Rosove 9:A1; Spence 18; Taurus 71. (2)
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