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KEOUGH, Pat and Rosemarie. Antarctica: Explorer Series Volume I. Salt Spring Island, British Columbia: Nahanni Productions, 2002.
Large oblong 4to. Numerous color illustrations from photographs. Original grey blindstamped goatskin morocco by Felton Bookbinding; original folding box with morocco labels. Original publisher’s ephemera housed in envelope laid in.
LIMITED EDITION, number 731 of 950 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS AND “HER MAJESTY QUEEN NOOR OF JORDAN” on a mounted presentation sheet as issued. “A luxurious masterpiece…stupendously vivid. [It’s] not a book. It’s a work of art, a monument, the apogee of grandeur” (Gene Shalit, The Today Show). Their work went on to win the “World’s Best Photography Book” by the International Photography Awards Committee in 2003, the coveted Benjamin Franklin Award for “World’s Best Novelty Book” in 2002, and many others for best in show.