Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893 96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup. [VOLUME ONE, ONLY]
by NANSEN, Fridtjof
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London. Constable & Co. 1897. Hardcover. tall8vo, 24cm, the first edition in English, volume one only, 510p., With numerous full page and text illustrations, inc. 8 colour plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches, wanting the portrait and 1 (of 2) rear folding maps, in the original gilt decorated blue green cloth, with gilt stamped illustrations blocked on the upper covers, top and bottom spine edge chipped, binding dust worn, internally fine, as is (gar).
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38110
- Title
- Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893 96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup. [VOLUME ONE, ONLY]
- Author
- NANSEN, Fridtjof
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London. Constable & Co. 1897
- Keywords
- ARCTIC NORTHERN NORTH POLE NANSEN FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION
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Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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