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AMUNDSEN, ROALD - The South Pole.
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Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,400
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$700
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Description
AMUNDSEN, ROALD
The South Pole.
An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.
London: John Murray 1912, first UK, in two volumes. xxvi, 392p; x, 449p, both volumes complete with frontis's plates and maps [including fldg map at back of vol. I]. Some browning and spotting in both volumes, mainly front and back pages. 235mm bound in publisher's original red pictorial cloth, with the Norwegian flag on the spines and upper covers, gilt titles, top edges gilt, other edges unevenly cut; Light marks and fading and edge wear at extremities. VG.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
The South Pole.
An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.
London: John Murray 1912, first UK, in two volumes. xxvi, 392p; x, 449p, both volumes complete with frontis's plates and maps [including fldg map at back of vol. I]. Some browning and spotting in both volumes, mainly front and back pages. 235mm bound in publisher's original red pictorial cloth, with the Norwegian flag on the spines and upper covers, gilt titles, top edges gilt, other edges unevenly cut; Light marks and fading and edge wear at extremities. VG.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
Condition
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