1912 German first edition Norwegian Expedition

Roald Amundsen Die Eroberung des Südpols. Die norwegische Südpolarfahrt mit dem "Fram" 1910–1912. [The Conquest of the South Pole. The Norwegian South Pole Expedition with the “Fram” 1910–1912]. München: J. F. Lehmann’s Verlag, 1912. Authorized German edition translated by Pauline Klaiber. With 500 illustrations, 8 color plates after paintings by Prof. Fr. Lehnert, and 15 maps and plans. Two volumes, original publisher’s illustrated cloth (beige with mounted color illustration on front cover, Norwegian flag, dog sled scene; spine titled in Fraktur). Octavo (ca. 23 x 16 cm). Vol. I: xx, 405 pp. Vol. II: x, 438 pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs, maps and plans, some folding. Very good condition. Bindings sound, mild soiling to cloth. Hinges solid. Pages clean, with only light age toning. Complete with all plates, illustrations, and maps. Ownership bookplate of Hermann Blaschka on pastedown. Attractive bookplate depicting stag’s head. First German edition of Amundsen’s account of the first successful expedition to reach the South Pole, December 14, 1911. Published the same year as the original Norwegian edition (Sydpolen). One of the landmark works of polar exploration, richly illustrated with photographs taken during the expedition. inv. H10