Amundsen, Roald

8vo (225 x 148mm.), half-titles, 40 plates, 3 plans (one double-page), 7 maps (3 folding, one double-page, 4 single-page), numerous illustrations in text, light blue cloth, gilt, photograph of Polheim on upper covers, marbled edges, scattered staining and creasing, small tears to maps, minor soiling and wear to bindings, rear hinge in vol.2 starting

Rosove 8.A2.c; Taurus Collection 70

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UNCOMMON. The present copy is publisher's binding variant c., due to its marbled edges. "The original Norwegian text of Amundsen's pioneering march to the Pole and safe return, written before the fate of Scott and his men were known. As Amundsen's feat had considerable importance for newly independent Norway, his narrative was first published in serial form, to be bound up by purchasers after the last issue. Hard on the heels of the last issue this splendidly baroque cloth bound version was published" (Taurus).