Such is the Antarctic (First Edition)

The whaling magnate and expedition financier's impressions edited from diary entries made during trips to the Antarctic in 1930-31, 1932-33 and 1933-34.

First edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. Large 8vo. Original dark-blue publisher's cloth. Pages: xiii, 265. 44 photographic plates.

Bound in original blue publisher's cloth. Lettering on spine in gilt. End papers show map of Christiansen's route during his voyages to the Antarctic. Fair. Sans dust jacket. Spine slightly sunned with some discolouration marks. Binding separating from contents at gutter of endpapers. Preliminaries loosening with chipping at edges. Evidence of removed pastedown on FFEP, Otherwise, contents in very good condition. Very mild age toning and spotting throughout.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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