AMUNDSEN, ROALD. 1872-1928.

AMUNDSEN, ROALD. 1872-1928.
The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912 London: John Murray, 1912.
2 volumes. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece, photographic illustrations, maps and plates (2 folding). Publisher's maroon cloth gilt with Norwegian flags on covers and spines in three colors, top edges gilt. Lightly rubbed, flag decoration on spine slightly flaked, light spotting.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, second printing (December 1912) of Amundsen's account of the race to the South Pole in competition with Robert Falcon Scott. The work was a high quality production that improved on the number and quality of plates found in the original Norwegian publication. Rosove 9.A1; Spence 16; Taurus 71.