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[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861–1946)]. –– MATSUYAMA, Shisui and Mitsuo HARADA, editors. Nankyoku Tanken [English translation: Antarctic Expedition]. Tokyo: Banrikaku, 1930.
8vo. Title–page printed in red and black; under tissue, color frontispiece (tissue torn away), 14 full–page illustrations after photographs, color folding map. Original pictorial yellow cloth (spine gently sunned); original pictorial dust jacket (spine sunned with few tiny chips at ends).
FIRST EDITION of this uncommon overview of Antarctic exploration containing the expeditions of Ross, Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen, Shirase and others. Ross 2.2.1.