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Post Cards: The Japanese Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912 commanded by Lieutenant Nobu Shirase
Japanese Antarctic Expedition — 8 original postcards. c. 1913. Captioned in Japanese. With original glassine envelop.
8 rare postcards representing the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1...
Postal Stamp Design Metal Engraving 50th Anniversary of Japan’s First Antarctic Expedition
切手図案彫金: 白瀬中尉南極探検50周年記念
Kitte Zuan Choukin: Shirase Chui Nankyoku Tanken 50 Shunen Kinen
Postal Stamp Design Metal Engraving 50th Anniversary of Japan’s First Antarctic Expedition
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我國空前の壮挙: 南極探検出発紀念 — Wagakuni Kuzen no Sokyo: Nankyoku Tanken Shuppatsu Kinen
Our Grand Project: Commemorating the Departure of the Antarctic Expedition
By Shigenobu Okuma
Notice of Solicitation from Society for the Support of the Japanese Antarctic...
“Forgotten Antarctic Venture: The First Japanese South Polar Expedition 1911–1912”
By R.A. Swan
Australian National Travel Association, Walkabout. Edition Vol. 21, no.8, 1 August 1955. A Near Fine and complete copy. Ross 3.18.
An informative article about Nobu...
山岳 — Sangaku — The Mountain
The Journal of the Japanese Alpine Club. Volume XXXI, No 2. 1936
By Nobu Shirase and Tatsumi Shimada
An important important publication containing four articles by Shirase or about...
“Die Japanische Südpol-Expedition Unter Shirase”
“The Japanese South Pole Expedition Under Shirase”
By Michaelsen and O. Baschin
The Journal of the Society for Earth Science of Berlin was published in ten volumes each year. Toward t...
あいぬ物語 -- Ainu Monogatari -- The Ainu Story
By Yamabe Yasunasuke
Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1st Edition, November 1913. 22.6 cm. pp. 1, (1), 5, 288 text, 2, [1], 1, 9 advertisements at rear. 5 full-page black-and-white photographic plates...
My Life as an Explorer
By Roald Amundsen
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, 1927. First Edition (stated), First Printing. 8vo – 23.5cm., (6), 282pp.; Appendix: Refutation of Various Points in N...
南極探検実録 Nankyoku Tanken Jitsuroku
The True Record of the Antarctic Expedition
By Tada, Keiichi
Tokyo: Kainan Shuppan Kyokai. 1st Edition, 1958. 18.2 cm. pp. 2, 206 text, [1], (3). 6 full-page black-and-white photos...
Six Came Back
The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard
By Brainard, David L.
Signed and inscribed by David Brainard in the year of publication.
With original unclipped dust...
南極探検飛行機双六 Nankyoku Tanken Hikouki Sugoroku [Antarctic Expedition Board Game]
日本少年
Nihon Shonen [Japanese Boy]
Tokyo: Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha (東京, 実業之日本社), Volume 6.1, January 1, 1911. 21.9 cm; 128 pages, publisher’s advertisement section. 3 full-page plates relat...
The Chronicles of Tokyo Asahi Newspaper, Volume No. 22 – 1910
東京朝日編年史 巻2_2_ -_明治四十三年
Tokyo Asahi Shinbun Hennenshi 22Kan-Meiji43nen (Showa 30nen 6gatsu Shanaiyou)
Tokyo: Asahi Newspaper Publisher, August 1910 – November 1910....
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
By Apsley Cherry-Garrard
London: Constable, Printed by R & R Clark, Edinburgh. 1922 — First Edition, First Printing. Large 8vo – 23cm. Quarter course tan linen on blue-gray p...
Union Club dinner menu titled “In Honor of Captain Roald Amundsen”
Signed by Roald Amundsen, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Robert Peary on January 15, 1913.
Menu printed on stiff card stock, with original nautical polar scene with watercolors (signed by the...
South
The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition, 1914-1917
Shackleton, Ernest
London: William Heinemann, 1919, First Edition, First Impression. Royal octavo, [ii], xxii, 376 pages...
南極記 / Nankyoku-ki
Records of Antarctica
By Shirase, Lt. Nobu
Tokyo: Hakubunka, 1984 – Expanded Memorial Edition. thick large 8vo, 22.5 cm. pp. 1, (9), 9, 468 text, 1 map, [1], 3. Publisher’s dark blue ...
南極記 / Nankyoku-ki
Records of Antarctica
By Lt. Nobu Shirase
Tokyo: Hakubunka, 1913 First Edition, First Printing. Thick large 8vo, 22.8 cm. pp. I, (I), 496 text, [I]. 39 plate leaves including 4 in...
Alone
By Byrd, Admiral Richard E.
New York: G.P. Putnam,1938. First Edition, First Printing. Deluxe Edition. 8vo – 21.4cm. [ix], 296pp. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy-blue M...
The South Polar Times
By Scott, Robert F.; Shackleton, E.H.; Skelton, R.W.; Bernacchi, L.; & Cherry-Garrard, A.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907–14, 1...
"James Caird" Commemorative Plate
“James Caird” Commemorative Plate
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode English Pottery. ND. 8″ — 20.6 cm. diameter. Bone China with gilt trim. Excellent condition with no...
HMS "Endurance" Commemorative Plate
HMS “Endurance” Commemorative Plate
Stoke-on-Trent, England: Spode English Pottery. ND. 8″ — 20.6 cm. diameter. Bone China with gilt trim. Excellent condition with...
The Rescue of Greely
By Schley, Commander W.S., USN and Soley, Professor J.R., USN
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1885, First Edition. Octavo – 2...
Six Came Back
The Arctic Adventure of David L. Brainard
Signed and inscribed by David Brainard to his daughter Elinor.
By Brainard, David...
Au Pole Antarctique
[At the Antarctic Pole]
Nordenskjold, Otto
Paris: E. Flammarion, Paris, 1905. First Edition....
First Crossing of the Polar Sea
By Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927 First Edition, [x] 324pp, Index, 8vo, 23.9 cm. with 32...
Southern Lights
The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937
By John Rymill
Chatto and Windus,...
After Icebergs With A Painter:
A Summer Voyage To Labrador And Around Newfoundland.
By Noble, Louis L.
London: Sampson, Low, Son &...
Paa Ski Over Gronland: en Skildring Af Den Norske Gronlands-Ekspedition 1888-89
[With Ski over Greenland ~ The First Crossing of Greenland: Expedition of 1888-89]
By Nansen, Fridtjof
Kristiana (Oslo): H. Aschehoug,1890 – First Norwegian Edition. Thick ...
The Voyage of the ‘Why Not?' in the Antarctic
The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910
By Charcot, Dr. JeanLondon: Hodder & Stroughton, Printed by Butler and Tanner. ND [ca. 1911], First edition of the...
Naermest Sydpolen Aaret 1900
Nearest the South Pole In the Year 1900
By Borchgrevink, Carsten E.
Kobenhaven [Copenhagen]: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1905. First Edition. tall octavo; 562pp. Publisher’s f...
Eskimoliv [Eskimo Life]
By Fritdjof Nansen
Kristiania (Oslo): 1891, First Norwegian Edition. 8vo – 22.7cm. [xiii], 293pp.,(1). Publisher’s dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spi...
Report on the Geological Collections made during the Voyage of the “Quest” on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922.
By Smith, W. Campbell, editor
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, First Edition, 1930.
Printed in Great Britain by William Cowles and Sons, London. 8vo – 2...
