The Antarctic Regions

By Dr. Karl Fricker

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. & Macmillan, NY, 1900. 1st UK Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo. [xii], 292pp., Bibliography, Index. Frontispiece, with 12 plate leaves including frontpiece with tissue guard, 47 illustrations in text, one fold-out colour map. Original maroon pictorial cloth with bright gilt lettering and image of a three mast ship in an ice flow, back cover with dark stain on upper edge, spine lettering in gilt but darkened compared to cover. Internally with prior owner’s armorial book plate inside front cover, internal hinges strong but beginning to crack, otherwise a clean and unmarked complete copy.A very good+. Copies in this nice condition are considered Scarce.

—Spence 485; Renard 563, Rosove 144.A2.

Translated from the original German by A. Sonnenschein, this book is an excellent early overview of Antarctic Exploration.