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TANIGUCHI, Zenya (1916-2011) and Yoshimasa KIMURA (1913-1998). Shirase Chui Tanken-ki (Denki - Shirase Nobu) [in English: Account of Shirase’s Expedition to the South Pole (Biography of Nobu Shirase)]. Tokyo: Ozorasha, February 1997.
8vo (210 x 146 mm). 5 full-page plates, one photographic illustration in the text, 2 full-page maps. Original light brown cloth; original printed slipcase.
SECOND TRADE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 200 copies. This special publication is an expanded edition of the biography of Shirase originally published in 1940 (Ross 2.4.1) and again in 1942 (Ross 2.4.2). It describes his childhood, army days, Chishima expedition, the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, and his life afterwards. Although the content is very similar to the two earlier editions, this handsomely produced book includes several black and white photographic images to include one of Nobu Shirase and his wife, Zenya Taniguchi and Yoshimasa Kimura. It also includes an added section in the back written by Zenya Taniguchi.
This unique copy is SIGNED BY TANIGUCHI on the front pastedown. Ross 2.4.3 (“Scarce”).