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The South Pole
by AMUNDSEN, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy, light wear and pale spotting to cloth, endpapers discolored, tissue guards creased, some pale intermittent fox
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1912. A very good copy, light wear and pale spotting to cloth, endpapers discolored, tissue guards creased, some pale intermittent foxing. Two volumes, 8vo. Photogravure frontispiece to each volume, 92 similar plates, 2 plates of manuscript facsimile, 6 maps and charts (3 folding), 16 charts and tables to the text. Original dark red cloth, gilt titles and enamelled Norwegian flags to spines and within simple red frame to front boards, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Provenance: W. S. Godfrey (ownership signatures on front free endpapers). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression, of Amundsen's legendary narrative of his race to the Pole.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 404315
- Title
- The South Pole
- Author
- AMUNDSEN, Roald
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, light wear and pale spotting to cloth, endpapers discolored, tissue guards creased, some pale intermittent fox
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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