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Sport and Exploration in the Far East: A Naturalist's Experiences in and Around the Kurile Islands.

BERGMAN, Sten (1895-1975), [WHYTE, Frederic, translator].

London: Methuen and Co., 1933. [Far Eastern Travel] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 246 [2]. With 24 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and a map to front endpapers. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Blue ink ownership stamp to half-title. Light spotting to edges. Light wear to cloth; spine sunned. Very good. An account of the Swedish traveller's time on the Kurile Islands, disputed by Japan and Russia in modern times. Item #54894

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