CHANTER A / MERIOT MICHEL (Choix et adaptation)Livre Rare Book
The Voyage of the "Why Not" In the Antarctic. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition 1908-1910
1911Best.-Nr. 143184Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited ca. 1911. viii315 pp. Quarto. Original gilt lettered illustrated blue cloth. White stamped decoration on spine. Fore edge untrimmed. Very slight wear and soiling on the boards. Folding frontispiece. 2 full page maps and plans. 47 photographic illustrations. The boards are slightly bowed otherwise a very attractive clean copy. Spence 262. Taurus Collection 66. Rosove 67 A3. First edition in English but this being the Canadian issue published simultaneously with the UK edition and from the same sheets. Narrative of the voyage of the "Pourquoi Pas" Charcot's second French Antarctic expedition on which exploring the Bellingshausen Sea and the Amundsen Sea and discovering Loubet Land Marguerite Bay Mount Boland and Charcot Island which was named after his father Jean-Martin Charcot. He named Hugo Island after Victor Hugo the grandfather of his wife Jeanne Hugo. This Canadian issue is identical to the UK issue expect for the colour of the cloth of the binding. Uncommon in nice condition with little wear. 1911 Musson Book Company Limited hardcover
Aquila Books · Kanada1.000,00 CA$≈ 638,37 €
