[SHIRASE (NOBU)] Nankyoku-ki, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, text in Japanese, 4 coloured plates, numerous full-page photographic illustrations (one double-page), one folding colour-printed map, illustrations in the text, publisher's red-printed colophon mounted on card (as issued), toning/spotting to text, light dampstain in upper blank margin of approximately 30 leaves, a few small paper repairs, publisher's dark blue cloth, blind-stamped pictorial decoration and silver gilt lettering on upper cover, silver gilt lettering on spine (rubbed), one endpaper replaced to match, joints neatly repaired [Rosove 309.A1a ("rare"); Ross 1.5.1 ("rare")], 8vo, Tokyo, Seikô Zasshisha, 15 December 1913

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RARE first edition, first printing of the "official account" of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912. Based upon the journals and logs of team leader Nobu Shirase and other exhibition members it also includes information on the scientific findings. It has never been printed in English. All the books relating to the Japanese expedition were largely overlooked by the Western world, Taurus noting that "Spence seems never to have heard of this important Japanese expedition... the first Japanese scientific voyage to leave Asian waters".

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POLAR - JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912 [SHIRASE (NOBU)] Nankyoku-ki, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Tokyo, Seikô Zasshisha, 15 December 1913

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