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Eskimoleben
by Fridtjof Nansen
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipzig & Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer, 1903. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not stated. A respectable copy of this study of the daily lives of the Inuit peoples by famed Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. A respectable copy of this study of the daily lives of the Inuit peoples by famed Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Covering topics from basic kayaking to theology, it is easy to understand how Nansen came to be regard as a Norwegian national treasure and a great amongst the pantheon of arctic explorers. This lovely edition is cloth-bound with marbled edges, a decorative front board, and Ert-style endpapers. The book is typset in German, with broad margins and a charming gothic font, and is illustrated throughout with a number of plates. In decent external condition. Cloth-bound with decorative front board. Front and back boards are heavily rubbed along joints, but joints are firm. Further rubbing to edges and back board, and some shelfwear to head and tail of spine. Internally, bindings tender but firm. Internally suffering from marginal browning, but pages remarkably bright and clean otherwise. One internal page with pencil markings, one with spot, and one with crease. Identical ink inscriptions to front pastedown and frontispiece. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FGN22-I-3
- Title
- Eskimoleben
- Author
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Illustrator
- Not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Georg Heinrich Meyer
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig & Berlin
- Date Published
- 1903
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- eskimo arctic ethnography Fridtjof Nansen arctic German
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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