Fine Books & Manuscripts

AAGAARD, Bjarne. Fangs tog Forskning i Sydishavet [translation: Conquest and Exploration in the Antarctic Seas]. Oslo: Gyldenal Norsk, 1930–34. 3 volumes (with Vol. III; Pt. 1 only. Pt. 2 issued 13 years later), 8vo. Numerous illustrations from drawings, photographs and maps (1 folding pate, 3 folding maps). Publisher’s blue cloth gilt (spines a bit sunned with few stains, minor shelf wear). FIRST EDITION in the original Norwegian having never been translated into English. An important and monumental review of Antarctic explorations from before Captain Cook to the Norwegian whaling explorations of the 1930s. Spence 1; Rosove 1–1.A1, 1–3.A1.