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NANSEN, FRIDTJOF - Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96.
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$150 - $300
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NANSEN, FRIDTJOF
Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96.
And of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by D. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen...
Westminster [London]: A. Constable & Co., 1897 first edition Complete in two volumes. xiii, [3]p, 510p; xiii, [3]p, 671p. Complete with colour plates numerous b/w plates and illustrations in text, 4 fldg maps [one with short, closed tear]. Toning on endpapers and spotting front and back pages, light tide mark on frontis and damp stain to back board of vol.I. 245mm, original blue/green cloth with bright gilt titles and illustrations, binding tight, light wear at edges.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96.
And of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by D. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen...
Westminster [London]: A. Constable & Co., 1897 first edition Complete in two volumes. xiii, [3]p, 510p; xiii, [3]p, 671p. Complete with colour plates numerous b/w plates and illustrations in text, 4 fldg maps [one with short, closed tear]. Toning on endpapers and spotting front and back pages, light tide mark on frontis and damp stain to back board of vol.I. 245mm, original blue/green cloth with bright gilt titles and illustrations, binding tight, light wear at edges.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
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