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, Captain of the Fram
by NANSEN, Fridtjof
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897.. First US edition, two volumes, 8vo. Four folding maps held in pockets inside the covers of volume I, frontispieces and 16 colour plates plus numerous illustrations in the text, many of them photographic, later bookplates. Original gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g., some very minor rubbing otherwise an attractive set.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46112
- 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, Captain of the Fram
- Author
- NANSEN, Fridtjof
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1897.
- Keywords
- Travel Polar
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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