AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928). The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912. London: John Murray, 1912.

2 volumes, 8vo. With 2 frontispiece portraits, 2 folding maps, and photographic plates. (Some light spotting.) Original publisher's maroon cloth, upper covers and spines decorated with the Norwegian flag (short separation along lower joint Vol. II, spines slightly sunned, some light rubbing or wear). Provenance: Collector's bookplate, a few pencil marks.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. On December 14, 1911 Amundsen and four members of his expedition became the first to reach the South Pole, their new route being from the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea and directly to the Pole over the Axel Heiberg Glacier, en route discovering the Queen Maud Mountains. They remained at the Pole three days confirming their observations, left a note for Scott, and returned to Framheim on January 25th. The book was published before the tragic fate of Captain Scott's rival expedition was publicly known. This copy is bound in the publisher's remainder binding without color illustration on covers. Conrad, p 156; Renard 17; Rosvoe 9.A1; Spence 16; Taurus 71.