Account of Shirase’s Expedition to the South Pole
By Zenya Taniguchi and Yoshimasa Kimura

Signed by Zenya Taniguchi

Tokyo: Ozorasha, 2nd Trade Edition, February, 1997, Limited to 200 copies, Deluxe and Expanded Edition – Ross 2.4.3. 21.5 cm. pp. 2, (6), 414 text, [1], 1 advertisement, 6, (17), 1 advertisement. Dark brown end pages, textured beige paper with brown ink on title page; 5 full-page black-and-white plates, 1 black-and-white photographic illustration in text; 2 full-page maps. Copper colored silk cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. Issued with cream colored slipcase, black lettering on front and spine of slipcase. Scarce. This edition limited to 200 unsigned copies with this copy signed inside the “front” cover by Zenya Taniguchi.

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, Chisima 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 of Nobu Shirase and his wife, Zenya Taniguchi and Yoshimasa Kimura. It also includes an added section in the back written by Zenya Taniguchi. The photographic images are poor quality and not up to the same standards as the elegant exterior silk cloth cover boards. Ross 2.4.3

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