THE SOUTH POLE, Roald Amundsen, 2 volumes, John Murray, London, 1912 1st UK edn.

THE SOUTH POLE, Roald Amundsen, 2 volumes, John Murray, London, 1912 1st UK edn., each volume 400 page hardback in original red/maroon cloth with bright gilt titles, Norwegian flags on spine and front boards in good shape and particularly bright on front ( often not) , some fading to spine colour, bindings tight, some minor blemishes on boards with one top corner roughed up as in image, tiny worn marks/ cuts top/bottom of spines, some foxing, profusely illustrated with B&W plates, two folding maps VG+, a previous owner's bookplate on fep, newspaper cuttings inserted, Classic account of the Norwegian expedition to the South Pole in the Fram 1910-12 - hard to find in any condition - a corner-stone set for any serious polar library - $NZ2400 (Tom Hu Collection)

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THE SOUTH POLE, Roald Amundsen, 2 volumes, John Murray, London, 1912 1st UK edn., each volume 400 page hardback in original red/maroon cloth with bright gilt titles, Norwegian flags on spine and front boards in good shape and particularly bright on front ( often not) , some fading to spine colour, bindings tight, some minor blemishes on boards with one top corner roughed up as in image, tiny worn marks/ cuts top/bottom of spines, some foxing, profusely illustrated with B&W plates, two folding maps VG+, a previous owner's bookplate on fep, newspaper cuttings inserted, Classic account of the Norwegian expedition to the South Pole in the Fram 1910-12 - hard to find in any condition - a corner-stone set for any serious polar library - $NZ2400 (Tom Hu Collection)