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London: MacMillan. FAIR to GOOD. Textblocks appear clean. Bindings sound but a bit wobbly. Moderate wear to extremities with spine heads fraying. Owner's name. Minor wood-smoke smell.. 1897. 2-volume SET. Original bindings. Green cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering. No DJs. 351, 471pp. Index. Catalogue.

NY: Harper. GOOD books, no DJs. FINE text & plates. Superb reading copy.. 1902 (1897cp). Early reprint. Hardcover. GOOD books, no DJs. FINE text & plates, but no maps, as issued. 16 color plates and 120 full page & in text illustrations. . Plain green cloth with gilt lettered author/title on spines. Vol 1 outer lower hinge area damp stained, stain also inside the board but not into leaves. Vol 1 cover extrems with minor wear & spots of soiling. Vol 2 covers with extensive sizing damage & extrems with minor wear. Inner hinges of both vols cracked, vol 2 the worst & will need care in handling. The first two blank eps of vol 2 loosening. Inked name inside each cover. BUT: great reading copy as text, plates & tissue guards are all pristine. Please note no fold out maps were issued with this edition. .

New YOrk: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. . Volume 2 only. Brown cloth cover with decoration in gilt, silver gilt, red, and green shows minor wear. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

2 v. fronts., illus., plates (part col.) ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits, Plates.travel

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. vii, 679pp, index, bw ills, map. Or decorated blue cloth. Prev owners bookplate on front pastedown, prev owners name written on each edge. Lovely fresh copy of this single volume edition of Dr Nansen's arctic expedition on the Fram.. First Single Volume Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London, UK: Archibald Constable, 1904.. 8vo. Decorative Red Cloth. 679 pp. Illustrated. Uncut pages. Very Good, with some sunning to covers.

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Harper & Brothers Publishers. Good. Publication 1897. Hardcover is in very good condition. Books are lightly used. Map is included.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Poor.. Illustrations. Has three of four maps present. All eight color plates present. Most other illustrations present. Name of previous owner present. This is volume has several pages missing. Missing title page, page 1/2, 93/4, 159/60, 175/8, 267/8, and page 587 to end of vol. Page 291/2 missing portion at bottom. Boards cracked. Missing... This volume is best used as a source for three maps, the eight color plates, and the numerous other full page photographs. Some of the inset photographs and drawings are also of interest.

New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1899, popular edition. (hardcover) 679pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Contains over 22 full page illustrations, including map, bound in navy cloth with pictorial silver; spine lettering gilt, top edges gilt (faded). Frontispiece is a black and white portrait of Nansen. Title page and table of contents are loose; they are, however, complete and present. Else is clean, tight, bright, and solidly bound..

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NY: Harper & Bros., 1897. TWO VOLS. with. FOUR MAPS in pockets of the first volume. 3 smaller maps in rear pocket; fourth larger map in front pocket. Boards show moderate wear. Gilt. Both volumes are a bit rubbed at the base of their spines. 3/4 inch closed tear at top of Vol. II. Hinges sound.. Owner's name and number at front flyleaves of both volumes. Pages mildly toned. A clean and sound set. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. Please note: International and Domestic Priority orders for this item will require additional shipping. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. First American Edition. x, [2], 587, x, [1], 729, 4 pp. 4to. Gray cloth boards with embossed gold, silver, red, and green design of nautical lines, lanterns, etc. on front cover of each volume. Scuffing to front and rear boards from shelf wear, bumping to corners, staining along right edge of Volume II front cover. Top edges gilt, remaining foredges deckled. Light spotting within, otherwise quite clean with a dedication in ink on the front pastedown of Volume I. All plates and four folding maps in front and rear pockets of Volume I are present and in Fine condition.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volume set. 24.5 x 17 cm. Octavo. 587pp 729pp (4 ads). Bound in grey cloth decorated in gilt, silver, green, red. Gilt top foredges. Extensively illustrated in black and white throughout as well as with 16 color plates. Complete with 4 folding maps in the pockets of volume 1. Maps are in nice shape, but showing some toning and a few tiny holes at the folds in some cases. Title page of volume one is detached but present. Nice set.

Westminster: Archivald Constable and Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good library set in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Library marks remain. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; Vol. 1: xiii, 510 p.; 24 cm. Vol. 2: xiii, 670 p.; 24 cm. Notes; 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. Half title: The Norwegian Polar expedition (1893-1896). Subjects; Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Johansen, Hjalmar.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. Original brown-grey cloth with gilt, silver & green illustration on the front ocver, gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Four folding maps (complete) and all 16 color plates. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. A good gift. Photos available upon request. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner. Fridtjof Nansen was born at Store Frøen, near Oslo in 1861, the son of a prosperous lawyer. As a young man, he was an expert skater, swimmer and skier, excelling in drawing and sciences at school. He studied Zoology at the University of Oslo. Nansen initially started out as a pioneer sports skier, and soon became interested in Arctic exploration. He led the first… Read More

London, UK: George Newnes, 1898.. TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. Three Quarter Calf on Marbled Boards. Spines repaired with matching goatskin by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. 480 & 456 pp. Fold-out Maps. Good, . Bookplates and other identifying marks from previous owners (Univ. of Bristol).OCLC no. 58799380:v. 1. Introduction ; Preparations and equipment ; The start ; Farewell to Norway ; Voyage through the Kara Sea ; The winter night ; The spring and summer of 1894 ; Second autumn in the ice ; We prepare for the sledge expedition ; The new year, 1895 ; We make a start…v. 2. We say good-by to the "Fram" ; A hard struggle ; By sledge and kayak ; Land at last ; The new year, 1896 ; The journey southwardsReport of Captain Otto Sverdrup. March 15th to June 22nd, 1895 ; June 22nd to August 15th, 1895 ; August 15th, 1895, to January 1st, 1896 ; January 1st to May 17th, 1896 ; The third summerConclusion by Fridtjof Nansen…Half title: The Norwegian Polar expedition, 1893-1896. "Farthest north" by Dr.… Read More