The Antarctic Problem An Historical and Political Study
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951. Tall octavo, blue cloth, spine embossed with silver lettering, 336 pp., endpapers illustrated with maps, 12 double-sided black-and-white plates, one fold-out map and three appendices included. Spine ends and edges of cover a little rubbed, binding split at leaf 256 but holding firm, foxing on endpapers, very light foxing on leaves throughout, small cream Robertson & Mullens Ltd. sticker on inside lower-right edge of front cover; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A general history of the Antarctic up to 1950, and an explanation of the political dispute of the late 1940s between Great Britain, Argentina and Chile over the area of the Antarctic continent located south of South America. Written by a former staff member of the British Embassy, Buenos Aires, who served at the time of the dispute. Item #4619
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