BERNACCHI LOUIS To the South Polar Regions Expedition of 189

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BERNACCHI, LOUIS. To the South Polar Regions Expedition of 1898-1900. Maps, plates and illustrations. 8vo, publisher's green cloth, minor discoloration to the backstrip, minor restoration at the spine ends, other minor wear and blistering. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901

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first edition, first issue. signed by bernacchi. The signature is on the title page and is dated March 8, 1935. The author served as the magnetical observer on Borchgrevink's Southern Cross expedition. The first edition, first issue of his account of that expedition is very difficult to obtain with the green binding in good condition. "Bernacchi's account is a gem in the Antarctic literature"--Rosove 35.A1; Spence 123; Taurus 25.
with--The 1991 reprint issued by Bluntisham Books and the Erskine Press. One of 450 numbered copies.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.