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WAHEI, Tatematsu. Nankyoku Ni Itta Otoko Shosetsu Shirase Nankyoku Tanken-Tai [in English: Shirase and the Men who went to the Antarctic in Search of the Pole]. Tokyo: Shoseki Co., 2008.
8vo (190 x 127). Full-page map. Original printed boards; original dust jacket with printed wrap-around band.
FIRST EDITION. A book written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition. In addition to Shirase, this biographical study covers the lives of several other expedition members. Ross 2.14.1 (“Uncommon”).