May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 108

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DRYGALSKI, ERICH von. Zum Kontinent des eisigen Südens. Maps, plates and illustrations. Large 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, minor rubbing and spotting; some discoloration to the folding map in the rear pocket, else scattered minor foxing; early owners's signatures on the front pastedown. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1904
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first edition. The 1901-03 German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss yielded an enormous amount of scientific research. Although stuck in the pack ice for a lengthy period, the expedition discovered and named Kaiser Wilhelm II Land. "Zum Kontinent des eisigen Südens is the highly detailed official account of the expedition. The text includes the background to the expedition, brief biographies, details of the ship and general outfit, the general narrative and summary of scientific accomplishments"--Rosove 101.A1; Taurus 28; Spence 384.
with--The Southern Ice Continent. Bluntisham Books and Erskine Press, 1989. The first English translation of Zum Kontinent des eisigen Südens.

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