Books, Periodicals & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica

By Spence, Sydney A.
Compiled by J.J.H. & J.I. Semper

London, 1980, 2nd Edition. 4to – 26.7 cm. pp. [xii], 220, [4] (blank) plus blank interleaves; 9 illustrations (reproductions of title pages); publisher’s half-calf with marbled sides — Deluxe Issue in Fine Condition. Rosove 318.B1a

Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies containing 1857 entries including periodicals and maps, substantially more than the first edition of 1966, but in many cases with reduced detail, and with a few omissions from that edition. This copy being #8, was one of a very small number of copies specifically bound in half-calf and with blank interleaves.

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