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POLAR - JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912
[SHIRASE (NOBU)] Nankyoku-ki, Tokyo, 1984

23 March 2022, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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POLAR - JAPANESE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1910-1912

[SHIRASE (NOBU)] Nankyoku-ki, third expanded Memorial edition, text in Japanese, 6 coloured plates, numerous full-page photographic illustrations (one double-page), one folding colour-printed map, illustrations in the text, tissue guard to title, publisher's red-printed colophon mounted on card (as issued), publisher's dark blue cloth, blind-stamped pictorial decoration and silver gilt lettering on upper cover, plain paper wrappers (some loss), original cardboard slipcase, labels printed in red and black on both covers and spine (split at one edge, rubbed) [Rosove 381.A1; Ross 1.4.1], 8vo, Tokyo, 1984

Footnotes

Rare, expanded edition. "The collation is similar to the first edition, first printing [see previous lot] with two notable exceptions. This special memorial edition contains several black-and-white full-page plates that were not included in earlier editions and images throughout appear to be of slightly higher contrast than in earlier editions" (Chet Ross).

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