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Farthest North, 2 Volumese by Nansen, Fridtjof
- Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 005936
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: 2 Frontispieces, 16 Color Plates, 113 Plates, Numberous Text Illustrations
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co
- Place: London
- Date published: 1897
Description
London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1897. This first Fran expedition innovated with kayaks, which Nansen picked up from the Inuit, with skis and with the Primus stove. Very nice decorative gilt arctic scene on both front covers, protected in mylar. The General map of the Polar Regions in vol one is lacking; the other 3 folding, color maps are present. Pages xiii, 587 and xi, 229 . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 2 Frontispieces, 16 Color Plates, 113 Plates, Numberous Text Illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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