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MOEJI, Nagai. Nankyoku ni Idomu Nihonjin Shirase Tanken Monogatari [in English: The Man Who Challenged Antarctic Shirase’s Expedition Story]. Tokyo: Komine Shoten, 1951.
Square 8vo (184 x 165 mm). Illustrated title-page printed in teal, 27 illustrations in the text, 1 full-page map. Original color pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers (a bit of wear at ends, light edgewear).
FIRST EDITION. Written and illustrated for a juvenile audience providing an overview and description of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, Shirase and his expedition team. Ross 2.17A (“Scarce”).