Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912 A Bibliography: A Bibliography
by Ross, Chet
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- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0970538642
- ISBN 13
- 9780970538642
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Santa Monica, CA: Adelie Books. 2010, First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, pp. (1), [xxviii], 122, (2). Illustrated end leaves front and back, frontis rendering of the Kainan Maru with textured tissue guard. Over 160 high-resolution images in color and black-and-white including 9 maps in text and 2 fold-out entries. Quarter navy-blue leather with silver ruling and dark blue linen covered boards, front cover with debossed image of the Southern Cross constellation in silver foil, spine titles lettered in silver, back cover with Japanese kanji characters (translation: Nobu Shirase) debossed in silver. This First Edition is strictly limited to 290 numbered copies for sale.Encompassing over five years of research, this is the first bibliography of works by and about Lt. Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912, and it contains over 50 publication entries from different countries to include Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Scotland and the United States. This is also the first book written in English about Nobu Shirase and the JAE in the 100 years since the expedition departed from Tokyo Bay enroute to Antarctica.
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- Bookseller
- Chet Ross Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSTX.1010
- Title
- Lieutenant Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912 A Bibliography
- Author
- Ross, Chet
- Format/Binding
- Half blue leather, blue cloth with silver gilt titles
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 290 copies for sale.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0970538642
- ISBN 13
- 9780970538642
- Publisher
- Adelie Books, Santa Monica
- Place of Publication
- CA, USA
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - 23.5cm
- Keywords
- Nobu Shirase, Japanese Antarctic, Kainan Maru
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