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Author: Amundsen, Roald
Title: The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912
Place Published: New York & London
Publisher:Lee Keedick & John Murray
Date Published: 1913
Description:

2 volumes. xxxv, [1], 392; x, 449 pp. Translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater. Illustrated with numerous photo plates, plus diagrams, maps (a few folding), facsimiles, etc. 23x15.5 cm (9x6"), rebacked three quarters leather with marbled boards and original spine strips laid down, gilt lettering and rule; top edges gilt, other edges uncut, fresh endpapers. First American Edition.

Inscribed 'Very Sincerely Yours, Roald Amundsen' on front flyleaf of volume I, with laminated Certificate of Authenticity included. Amundsen's account of his conquest of the South Pole. The expedition was made in competition with Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Amundsen and his party reached the Pole in December 1911, 34 days before Scott. As with many copies of the U.S. edition, this copy was issued without the folding diagram of the Fram at the end of Appendix 1, although it is called for in list of illustrations. Spence 16.

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Wear and scuffing to leather, corners bumped; marginal damp staining, text and plates largely unaffected, occasional foxing, tape repair to fold of map; very good.