The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.

Name: The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912.
Author: Amundsen, Roald.

Book Description

First edition in English. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. xxxv, 392 & x, 449; numerous photo. illusts., 21 maps and plans, including 3 folding; embrowning to endpapers, light foxing to fore-edges, previous owner’s pencilled note to front pastedowns, overall a very good set in the original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., Norwegian flag in colours to upper boards and spines, colouring of flags to spines somewhat chipped, with loosely inserted a press photograph of Amundsen, signed by him in green ink.

Dealer Notes

Spence 16; Renard 17; Rosove 9.A1. Amundsen and his party reached the South Pole on Friday, 14th December, 1911, the first men ever to do so. This is the official narrative of that expedition, translated from the Norwegian edition of the same year. It includes a signed portrait of Amundsen, a press photograph issued by the news agency “International” with a captioned slip pasted to the verso: “For more than 19 months the silences of polar seas have shrouded the vessel that bore Roald Amundsen away in his endeavor to reach the north pole; now comes the news that Amundsen, discovered of the south pole has arrived safely at a Siberian port 4-24-20”. In fact, Amundsen was at this time attempting to traverse the north west passage aboard the Maud.

Author Amundsen, Roald.

Date 1912

Binding Original cloth

Publisher London: John Murray

Condition See description

Pages xxxv, 392 & x, 449

Price: £2750.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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