Les Pionniers De L'Antarctique, Au Pole Sud by Troupliniere, Yves de la - 1908

Paris / Tournai: Casterman, 1908. Hardcover. Very good condition. Unusual juvenile work on the Antarctic explorers, covering expeditions up to the Charcot Expedition. Includes a long section on Captain Cook's explorations and the January 1773, first crossing of the Antarctic Circle by Cook (pp 88 -95). Intricate gilt and black stamped decorative cloth binding. Small folio, frontispiece, 329 pp, b&w full page plates. All edges gilt. Very good condition, the pages uniformly browned due to the grade of paper used; partially removed prize plate from a Quebec school at the front end paper. Unusual in this condition. OCLC: 154314642 records 2 copies, at the State Library of New South Wales and the Turnbull National Library of New Zealand.