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Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893-96 and of a Fif... (Total: 2 Items)
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Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. 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. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897.First edition. Two octavo volumes. x, [4], 587; x, [2], 729 pages. Eight colored plates under tissue guards in each volume with many additional illustrations including photogravures, and illustrations from Nansen's own sketches. Engraved portrait of Nansen used as the frontispiece in Volume I. Four maps as called for, in pockets, Volume I. With an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram.
Original olive green cloth with beautiful decorative vignettes stamped in gilt and silver, with red and green accents on the front board of each volume. Titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. A handsome set with trivial wear, in fine condition.
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2011 April New York Signature Rare Books Auction #6053 (go to Auction Home page)
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April, 2011
7th-9th
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