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WATANABE, Seiichiro. Eiko to Hinkyu no Nankyoku Tanken Ou Bannen no Shirase Chui Fusai [in English: A King of the Antarctic Expedition from Glory to Poverty - Shirase and Wife in Later Years. Nikaho: Shirase Antarctic Expedition Memorial Hall, 12 July 1994.
Small 8vo (184 x 108 mm). Illustrated from photographs in the text, full-page map and chart. Original printed wrappers; original dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION. A biography of Nobu Shirase and his wife Yasu, covering their life of glory and poverty after the conclusion of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition and up until the opening of the Shirase Memorial Museum in 1991. Ross 2.12.1 (“Scarce”).