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[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861–1946)]. TADA, Keiichi. Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku [English translation: The True Record of the Antarctic Expedition]. Tokyo: Kainan Shuppan Kyokai, 1958.
8vo. (Even marginal toning). 6 plates from photographs. Original pictorial stiff paper boards (spine recased with few tiny spots repaired at extreme ends, spine also sunned, some spotting or toning to covers).
FIRST EDITION of Tada’s (“RARE”) last narrative of the JAE published just a year before his death. Tada served as the secretary to the Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910–12 and was seen as Shirase’s right–hand man. Tada would go on to author five books, two of which were accounts of the JAE written before the official account was published. Tada also established the Kainan Exploration Society to promote Japanese Antarctic exploration. “Unlike Shirase, Tada had won the support of the Japanese government, and he organized an Antarctic expedition with the Ministry of Agriculture” but this was abandoned due to the onset of Japanese involvement in WWII. This copy is the one pictured in Ross’ Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910–1912: A Bibliography (2010). Ross 1.9.1 (this copy).