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TSUNABUCHI, Kenjo. Kyoku : Shirase Chui Nankyoku Tankenki [in English:] The Cultural Life of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1983.
2 volumes, 8vo (191 x 127 mm). Vol. 1 laid in with a full-page map. Original textured boards; original dust jackets with printed wrap-around bands.
FIRST EDITION of this biographical novel of Nobu Shirase, providing a detailed account of Shirase’s Japanese Antarctic Expedition with a focus on the cultural life during the expedition and voyage. Ross 2.18.1A (“Scarce”).