ROSOVE, Michael. Antarctica, 1772-1922. Freestanding Publications through 1999. Santa Monica, California: Adélie Books, 2001.
4to. Original quarter buffalo with linen boards, lettered in gilt; pp. xxx, 537; 10 plates; as new.
First edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author. This latest bibliography offers the result of 10 years' research in libraries and archives, private collections and booksellers' catalogues. It lists publications in the original language of the author and English-language translations (non-English are briefly listed), together with contemporary publications (e.g. prospectuses) and selected later publications (autobiographies, diaries and the like), listing full bibliographical details, original price, rarity, etc. Undoubtedly one of the most useful bibliographies currently available.
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