Fine Books and Manuscripts

The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912. New York: Lee Keedick, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations, half-titles. (Frontispiece detached in volume II.) Publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, top edges gilt (minor shelf-wear, discreet library label on spine). FIRST EDITION in English, American issue. Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer and the leader of the Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912.