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Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 2 volumes. Poorly repaired. Title page in colume 1 is loose. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: General wear: bookplate, ex-library markings, pocket; foxing, FEPs and first photo plate falling out but present, clipped edge of title page, cracked hinges, worn cover splitting spine, chipped corner of cover Illustrated with b&w and color plate drawings Stated Vol 2 DATE PUBLISHED: 1897 EDITION: 729+
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North, Vol. II. Harper & Bros., 1897.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 729 pages plus ads, appendix by Otto Sverdrup--Capt. of the Fram, 120 full-page plus text illustrations, 16 color plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's sketches, photos, 4 maps, index, brown cloth over boards with gilt titles and decoration on front board. All edges worn, corners curved, bookplate, rear hinge weakened, contents very good. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!
Seller: Royal Oak Bookshop, Front Royal, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two volume set. Ex-library, rebound in library buckram. There are library ink marks on the spine and library labels inside the back covers. Some wear and rubbing to the spine edges and the outer joints. The bindings are tight the pages complete. The folding map is in several pieces inside the covers of volume 1. Because this is an oversized set, no international or priority shipping on this title.; 8.5 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches
Seller: Orrin Schwab Books, Providence, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I ONLY, 587 pages, illustrated in b&w and with 8 color plates. VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER, plain black covers, gilt lettering is bright on spine. This edition was not issued with maps in back pocket of Vol I. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Mild edgewear to corners, spine head and foot slightly frayed. Internal hinge crack, title page starting. Some age-toning and foxing to endpapers. Volume II ONLY. ; Pages are clean and unmarked ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 729 p.
Seller: Berkshire Books, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Complete set of 2 volumes published by Harper & Brothers, 1897. These volumes are in poor condition with the front hinge being open on both volumes. The top of the spine cover on Volume 1 is torn and almost separated from the spine. A couple of the end papers on Volume 1 are free of binding and tucked inside. Name written on front endpapers of both volumes, but no text markings are noted. A fold-out map of the north polar region is tucked into the back of Volume 1. The text blocks and illustrations are all in good condition, but the binding is poor on both volumes.
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 2 only. Brown cloth cover with decoration in gilt, silver gilt, red, and green shows minor wear. Pages lightly tanned and clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 vols. Some shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Farthest North Volume 2. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is volume 2 only. It is the first American edition. There are color and b/w illustrations. There is a short gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The inside hinges are lightly worn. The covers are tight and have some soil, scuffing and wear. The spine is concave
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Good condition for it's advanced age. Ownership stamp on the FEP, edge wear, some corner wear. The first volume has a pocket. Both have deckle edge papers, some rubbing. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof. FARTHEST NORTH (2 Volume Set). Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, 1897.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown cloth covers with gold gilt lettering and designs on spine and front covers which is bright and attractive. Gold gilt top page ends are bright. Moderate wear, bumping and fraying on corners and spine ends. Previous owners book plate is on the inside front covers of both volumes. Volume 2 has a white stain on the front cover lettering. Light shelf wear and soiling to covers and spine. Foxing to inside front and back covers, ffep's, bfep's and the drawing opposite the title page. The rest of the text is yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are cracked but still attached. Includes 4 color fold up maps all in very good condition. "About 120 full-page and numerous text illustrations, 16 colored plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait and photogravures". All in very good condition. Includes a appendix by Otto Sverdrup who was the Captain of the Fram. "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." All of our books are individually inspected and never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.
Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo 587pp. + 729pp. from title page: With an Appendix By Otto Sverdup Captain of the Fram. About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations16 Color Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, and 4 Maps [N.B. maps not present] EXTRA SHIPPING FOR WEIGHT. #01845. Vol I, G: endpapers loose but laid in, bumped corners, age wear to boards and spine, ex library with writing/bookplate on front paste down, binding intact but loose, maps missing from protective pockets. Vol II Poor: significant panel missing from rear board, spine frayed and loose, binding exposed. hinge cracked, endpapers loose but laid in, all present but binding loose. both volumes mild toning/foxing, text clean.
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North. 2 Vols.. Harper, New York, 1897.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Vol. 1 spine worn at ends, top crudely repaired; vol2. cocked. Vol. 1 binding fair; vol. 2 binding about very good. Text clean. Four folding maps in two pockets in vol. 1.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Fridtjof Nansen. FARTHEST NORTH - 2-vol. set. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1897.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2-vol. set; 3 maps in pouches. No name or writing.
Seller: Terra Firma Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$84.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ORIGINAL 1897 EDITION; contains two maps in pockets of Vol. 1 (Physical Chart of North Polar Regions; Preliminary Sketch Map, Franz Josef Land); maps w/ small tears where folded; front hinge of volume 1 a bit shaken; chip on fore-edges of blank free endpages of vol. 1; o/w both volumes in very good condition.
Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 587pp+729pp, octavo hardcover volumes in dark blue cloth. light cover wear to v1, mild wear to v2, minor fading to spines of both vols, rear hinge v1 starting at top end of gutter with splitting at last text page yet remains solid, mild lean to v2 with block a bit shaken yet remains solid, mild intermittent foxing to outer edges of some interior pages, text legible throughout.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition, 1897. Two volume set without the folding maps. Dark gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, 587 + 714 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed at the extremities with some spine creasing to volume I from improper storage, good hinges, sound but not tight text blocks, title page of volume I partially detached, one color plate and adjoining text page detached and foxed, pages clean and free from names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Fridtjof Nansen. Farthest North. Harper and Row, New York, 1897.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Considered one of the primary explorations in Polar history, Nansen's classic voyage in the Fram, attained point closest to the North Pole at the time, made major explorations by sledge, and conducted scientific discovery. "Narrative of the First Fram Expedition, 1893-1896, led by Nansen, with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the Pole" (Arctic Harper & Row, New York, 1897. Hardcover. First Edition. FARTHEST NORTH (TWO VOLUMES) Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship : Fram: 1893-1896 and of Fifteen Months; Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Liet. Johansen This is the First American Edition by Harper & Row published in 1897. In two volumes with 4 maps and many full page illustrations as well as illustrations within the text. The covers are a dark olive-gray cloth Now faded spines slightly cocked, else a good 2 volume set in 4to format. chromo color plates inc. Size: 4to
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2-volume set. Brown cloth covers with decoration in gilt, silver gilt, green, and red. No dust jackets. Covers show minor wear, rubbing, and bumped corners. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Folded material (maps) in pockets.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete two volume set bound in decorated cloth, having engraved frontis portrait and all four maps present in pockets. This is a somewhat shaken set with a tear in cloth to the top spine of volume 1 and its title page loose from bind. Maps are very good, one with small old stain in margin, the largest map with small fold tears at corners, color bright in images. I hesitate to call this a reading copy, though considered good only. Heavy set, extra shipping may apply.
Seller: Charles Thomas Bookseller, Stratham, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$106.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ISBN . Hardback. TWO VOLUME SET. First American edition. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No dustjacket; bound in dark brown cloth with gold gilt lettering to spine and design on front. Both volumes have minor wear to corners and edges of boards with slight spine fade; volume one has envelopes with maps adhered to pastedowns; slight wear to corners and edges of pages; minor browning/dustsoiling throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quartos, green cloth, Vol. 1 torn at head of spine, inked 1897 inscriptions on blank pages. In the space of 280 years previous to 1893 the combined efforts of all the Arctic expeditions succeeded only in travelling 150 miles nearer the Pole. Dr. Nansen in three years penetrated 200 miles beyond the farthest point then reached. Originally published at $10. Publisher's advance prospectus in front pocket. 16 color plates, 120 photogravures, 4 folding maps in pockets. [Bennett, PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS, p.82 - "The 16 colored plates are on a par with all the rest of this fine and honest and permanent work."]. One of his aims was to explore arctic ocean currents. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. [ PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, 384; Arctic Bibliography, 11983]. Preceded by the Danish edition in 1897. 120 photogravures, 4 folding maps in pockets.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Alphaville Books, Inc., Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$129.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition, 1897. Two volume set in worn but sound condition. Dark gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, 587 + 714 pages plus publisher's ads, total of four maps in front and rear pockets of volume I. Large polar region map has insect damage along one section of the fold line with some minor paper loss; Franz Josef land map has extensive insect damage along an entire horizontal fold plus some additional damage with some paper loss; two route maps in good to very good condition. Covers have considerable scuffing with the surface coating affected by old insect damage, good hinges, sound text blocks, minor insect damage to the far edges of the rear hinge of volume II, pages clean with some occasional foxing in volume II, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition, 1897. Two volume set in good condition, three of four maps present and in very good condition, polar map absent. Dark gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, silver gilt, red and green, 587 + 714 pages plus publisher's ads. Some wear to spines, mainly some chipping and fraying to spine ends, tiny puncture to one spine, internally very good with good hinges, sound text blocks, very clean pages, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 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. By Fridtjof Nansen and printed in New York City by Harper and Brothers. 1897, 2 volumes, 587 and 729 pp, 9.5 x 6.5 , hardcover decorative cloth. As-is, with rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Hinges splitting at front and back of both volumes. Early pages of Volume I detached but included, including title page. Text blocks beyond said wear in overall good condition with occasional wear. Light marginalia and markings. Filled with numerous black-and-white photographs and sketches throughout. Includes 3 detached (as issued) maps in Volume I, with some tears to folds and wear to largest one. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce 2-volume set on the accounts of Norwegian Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). An explorer, writer, and scientist, Fridtjof would be posthumously honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1938 for his organization s work with refugees.This expedition reached the northernmost documented altitude at the time. COLT1897BDFX-0923-aj0462
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo 2 volume set. Tight, bright, clean and square. About 120 full-page monochrome and numerous text illustrations throughout. Original brown linen cloth with gilt design (gold, silver, red and green) on front cover (with silver rose compass) and spine. upper edges of pages gilt, with rough cut fore-edge and bottom pages. Vol 1: pp 587 pages?
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-x, [4], 1-587, [1]; [5], viii-x, [2], 1-729, [1], [1]-4 (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Grey publisher's cloth with a gilt, red, and silver decoration with gilt lettering on the front boards, gilt lettering on the spines; top edges gilt. Volume one illustrated with two maps in its front pocket, two maps in its rear pocket, a frontispiece, and with several full-page and in-text black and white illustrations, also with eight colored plates. Volume two illustrated with a frontispiece, eight colored plates, and numerous black and white full-page and in-text images (some are photogravures). The full-page and in-text images total to about 120. With an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. Arctic Bibliography 11983. The Nobel Peace Prize winner's narrative of his three-year long expedition to the Arctic, with beautiful color plates. Each volume rebacked with the original spine laid down, a few tiny chips to the endpapers in volume one. A bookplate on volume two's front pastedown.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$169.67 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 24cm, in 2 volumes, the first U.S. edition, 587 & 729 ,4,pp., ads., gravure etched frontis portrait, 16 colour plates, 120 b/w plates, 4 folding colour pocket maps, text illustrations and maps, in the original dark grey cloth, nautical cover designs and titles in gilt and colors, gilt spine titles, t.e.g. a very good to fine set in the original publisher's pictorial cloth binding. (Ads) Nansen, one of the most significant figures in the history of Arctic exploration, was originally a naturalist. He decided in 1888 to attempt the crossing of Greenland, and with five companions, including Otto Sverdrup, set off in June of that year. The crossing, by small boat, ski and sledge, achieved many important scientific objectives, including meteorological observations, as well as illustrating the ideal methods of Arctic travel. His most important achievements were on the Fram Expedition of 1893-96. He established the nature and drift of the Arctic Ice-pack, having deliberately allowed the ship, built to his own design, to be frozen into the ice. During the expedition, Nansen, with one companion and 3 dog sledges, achieved the highest latitude yet attained (86o14').
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Two vols. Tall 8vo. x, [4], 587, [1]; x, [2], 714 pp., plus 2 pp. publisher's ads. Photogravure frontisp. both vols, 120 photo-illustrations, several colour chromolithograph plate, illusts., 4 large colour folding map at rear of Vol. I. Recent gray cloth, renewed endpapers, resewn & recased, w/ original cover decorations & spine labels laid-back down, still a VG set. First edition of this incredible polar journey, issued in conjunction with the British edition by Constable in 1897. Nansen's Fram Expedition of 1893-1896 originally published in Norwegian details the epic effort to reach the geographical North Pole by allowing the ship to be frozen into the Arctic Pack Ice, but due to the slowness of the drift, he chose to sled with Sledges and Hjalmar Johansen to a Farthest North record. His scientific observations and methods were groundbreaking for oceanography, and influenced subsequent polar expeditions. See: Arctic Bibliography, 11983.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume 1 only of 2 Volume Set - black cloth boards with elaborate gilt, silver, red and green design on front, including silver compass rose. Despite size, book is tight, square and free of markings or flaws inside. Outside front cover has some mold spotting on lower right corner. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Two chromolithographed color maps in pockets in front and rear. Engraved frontispiece by Johan Nordhagen, 8 striking full color plates, all with tissue guards. This is the First American Edition - the first edition in Norwegian and an English language edition in the UK, were printed the year before.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavos, 6.5 x 9.5 in., pp. 587 (Volume I); pp. 729 (Volume II). Illustrated with "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Color Plates in Fascimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches (with tissue guards), Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps." Gray-green cloth boards with gilt, green, red, and silver rope design and gilt title to covers, and gilt title to spines. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to extremities of both volumes. Untrimmed pages. Books lightly shaken. Four maps, laid in and stored in pockets on front and rear pastedowns of Volume I. All four maps in very good plus condition. Light age-toning to pages. Half-circle offset stain to edges of both front and rear endpapers from half-circle cutaway to map pocket in front pastedown endpaper of Volume I. "Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, humanitarian, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was born on October 10, 1861 in Store Frøen, near Oslo, Norway and was one of three children. Nansen's childhood was shaped by his surroundings. Swimming and fishing were the main activities during the short, Norwegian summers. During the winter, hunting game in the forest and skiing became the chief pastimes. In school, he excelled in science and drawing. He entered the University of Oslo in 1881 and decided to major in zoology because it would enable him to spend more time outside in the open air. In 1882 he had an opportunity to sail to Greenland aboard the sealing vessel Viking. During the four-month trip, he took notes on winds, ocean currents, ice movements, and animal life, including seals and bears. His thorough notes were accompanied by finely detailed sketches. After he returned to Norway, he was offered the post of curator of the natural history collection at the Bergen Museum. He accepted the job and spent six years of intensive study at the museum. His chosen field of study was the central nervous system of lower marine creatures. For many years, Nansen had been thinking about a plan to cross Greenland. The interior of the great island had never been explored. His daring plan involved crossing from the uninhabited east to the inhabited west. This meant that once his party was put ashore, there would be no turning back. The party of six left for the expedition in June of 1988. The sealing ship Jason took them from Iceland to the east coast of Greenland. For two months the party braved temperatures as low as -49° F (-45° C) and climbed as high as 9,000 feet (2,743 meters) above sea level. They emerged on the west coast of Greenland in October of 1888. The difficult trip revealed important information about the island's interior. The expedition returned to Norway and the men were treated as national heroes. Nansen spent the next four years as curator of the Zootomical Institute at the University of Oslo. During this time he published several articles and began planning a scientific expedition to the arctic. He believed that an east-west current existed that could carry a ship close to the North Pole. His plan was to sail a strong ship north until it froze in the ice, and then ride the ice pack west toward the pole. He would then use sleds to attempt to reach the North Pole. Nansen spent three years preparing for the journey. An unusually strong ship was built called the Fram. In June 1893 the party of twelve left with enough provisions for six years. The ship sailed east and entered the ice pack off the coast of Siberia. The well-designed ship held up against the ice and they floated in the current westward toward the pole. For nearly two years the ship floated in the ice pack. On March 14, 1895 Nansen and one other crewmember left the ship on a sled and made their way north towards the pole. After traveling 140 miles (225 km), they made it as far as 86°14', closer than anyone else had ever come, before turning back. They finally returned in August, 1896. Their ship, the Fram, arrived one week later after a journey of over three years. During that time the ship performed valuable scientific observations. When Nansen and his crew returned home to Norway they were welcomed as heroes. Nansen spent most of his time engaged in scientific work. He eventually published six volumes of research based on his arctic expedition aboard the Fram. In 1905 he became involved in politics and helped Norway gain their independence from Sweden. Afterwards, he became Norway's minister to Great Britain. During the next few years he led several oceanographic expeditions to the polar regions. But in 1914 his research was halted by World War I. He served important political positions, helping his native Norway during the war and helping to repatriate over 450,000 prisoners of war. He became famous for his humanitarian efforts, helping refugees from many war-torn nations. In 1921 he helped direct relief for millions of Russians who were dying from a famine. It is estimated that he may have saved up to 22 million people. In recognition for his selfless charitable work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. He continued his work assisting war refugees until he died on May 13, 1930. He passed away peacefully at his home near Oslo." (from Sea and Sky).
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$198.88 + shipping
Description: 3 Bände (cpl.). Gr.-8° (23.5 x 17 x je 4.2 cm). X, 527 u. VIII, 507 u. VIII, 519 SS. Schriftsatz in 7-Punkt Fraktur, Druck a. satiniertem Papier (beste Papierqualität aller Auflagen = Gewicht!). 2 Portr.-Front, 12 farb. lithogr. Tafeln n. Aquarellen, zahlreiche teilw. photogr. Tafeln u. Abbildungen (ca. 58er Raster), sowie Illustrationen, 2+2 farb. lithogr. Faltkarten (diese mit einigen marginalen Reparaturstellen). OFeinleinen (beige, lamin.; unterschiedlich etwas bestossen u. fleckig, Bezug v. Bd. 1 in der unteren Aussenecke etwas blatterig) mit farb. (R-) Titel u. mont. Deckelbildern. Erste dt. Ausgaben. Etwas Manipulations-/Dislokations-, kaum eigentliche Gebrauchs-/Lesespuren. Gesamthaft sauberes, recht gutes Exemplar. - - Norwegische Originalausgabe 1897 in 2 Bänden u.d.T.: Fram over polhavet. Den norske polferden 1893-1896 (Kristiania, Aschehoug); resp. Suppl.: a. Framgutterne. Tre aar gjennem skrugar og nat. Beretning om nordpolsfaerden af Bernhard Nordahl (Kristiania : Edv. Magnussen 1898, 192 SS.) / b. Hjalmar Johansen, Selv-anden paa 86°14'. Optegnelser fra Den Norske polarfaerd 1893-96 (Kristiania, Aschehoug 1898, 366 SS.; alle NB Norwegen) - Englische u. US-Übersetzungen 1897 für Bde. 1 u. 2 u.d.T.: Farthest North. Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey (London, Newnes, u. Westminster, Constable, bzw. New York, Harper & Brothers) - Faltkarten : Bd. 1: a. Route der norwegischen Polarexepedition 1893-96, b. Vorläufige Karte der Route der 'Fram' längs der Nordküste der alten Welt (westl. bzw. östl. Taimyr Halbinsel); Bd. 2: a. Physikalische Karte der Nordpolarländer, nach den neuesten Quellen einschliesslich der Angaben Dr. Nansen's bearbeitet von J. G. Barthlomew, Edinburgh, b. Vorläufige Kartenskizze der als Franz-Joseph-Land bekannten Inselgruppe (entworfen auf Kap Flora, Juli 1896 von Fridtjof Nansen) - INHALT : Berichte Nansens, des Bordelektrikers (!) Nordahl und des Heizers u. Hundeführers Johansen über die norwegische Nordpolar- od. Fram-Expedition von 1893-1896 - Mit Abbildungsverzeichnissen; Bd. 2 u. 3 mit Registern -- "Noch weiß man fast nichts über das innere Polarmeer. Manche Wissenschaftler vermuten am Nordpol Land, andere ein flaches Meer. Die norwegische Regierung sagt schließlich Mittel zu, um diese Fragen zu klären. Nansen bereitet das Unternehmen drei Jahre lang vor, lässt nach seinen Vorstellungen ein eistaugliches Schiff bauen. Er wählt zwölf Begleiter aus, die meteorologische, astronomische und magnetische Beobachtungen durchführen sollen. Fridtjof Nansen selber wird die Wassertemperatur messen und die Meeresströmungen erforschen. Im Juni 1893 stechen sie in See. [.] Am Kap Tscheljuskin erreichen sie den nördlichsten Punkt des asiatischen Festlands. Westlich der Belkowski-Insel nehmen sie Kurs auf das Eismeer - und frieren im September planmäßig im Packeis ein. [.] Am 26. Oktober verschwindet die Sonne. Im Dezember lassen sie die Lotleine ins Meer. Sie ist 2100 Meter lang und erreicht keinen Grund, flach kann das Polarmeer also nicht sein. Im Februar 1894 erreicht das Schiff zum ersten Mal 80 Grad nördliche Breite - das wird gefeiert. [.] Im Juni sind die Norweger bei 81 Grad 52 Minuten. Es geht nur langsam nach Norden, dafür stetig nach Westen. Der zweite Winter im Eis steht bevor. Nansen fasst den Plan, im Frühjahr zu Fuß zum Pol aufzubrechen. Er wählt Hjalmar Johansen zum Begleiter. Am 14. März 1895 brechen sie mit drei Schlitten, zwei Kajaks und 28 Hunden auf. [.] Sie laufen gegen die Strömung und erreichen dennoch am 8. April 86 Grad. Nur 368 Kilometer sind sie noch vom Pol entfernt, weiter nördlich hat es noch niemand vor ihnen geschafft. Nun aber machen die Bedingungen ein weiteres Vordringen unmöglich. [.] Die Männer marschieren nach Westsüdwest. Knapp vier Monate später sichten sie die Inseln von Franz-Joseph-Land. Sie bauen sich eine Hütte [.], jagen Eisbären und Walrösser. So überwintern sie von August 1895 bis Mai 1896. Dann ziehen sie an der Ostseite des zugefrorenen Britannienkanals entlang, erreichen den Südrand der Inselgruppe - und treffen [.] auf andere Menschen. Der britische Polarforscher Frederick George Jackson hat dort das Hauptlager seiner Expedition aufgeschlagen. Auf seinem Dampfer erreichen Nansen und Johansen am 13. August den Hafen von Vardø in Norwegen. Eine Woche später kommt auch die 'Fram' zurück. Die Drift hat sie in einem weiten Bogen um Franz-Joseph-Land und Spitzbergen getragen, bevor Kapitän Sverdrup sie aus dem Eis befreien konnte. Eine der unglaublichsten Expeditionen in der Geschichte der Arktis ist nach mehr als 1000 Tagen im Eis zu einem glücklichen Ende gekommen. Nansen reist danach nie wieder ins Eis." (nationalgeographic de, online). - "Das Buch 'Mit der Fram über das Polarmeer' (oder 'In Nacht und Eis', wie die deutsche Übersetzung betitelt ist) wird immer eines der großen Werke in der Geschichte der Entdeckungen bleiben." (H. W. son Ahlmann, in: Erdkunde, Bd. 16, H. 1, 1962, p. 6) -- NETTOGEWICHT / Net weight / Poids: 4.8 kg - VERSANDKATEGORIE / Weight category / Poids brut 10 kg - Sprache: de
Seller: Franz Kühne Antiquariat und Kunsthandel, Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps." Maps and map pockets are at front and back pasted-downs of Vol I. Four pages of ads at the back of Vol II. Very good plus, first edition books. Small ex-lib stamps on both copyright pages, and faint stamp on upper external page edges, difficult to see against the gilt, no other indications. Dark olive/gray cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering, gilt, silver, red, and green-stamped nautical decorated front panels. Gilt lettering and graphics on spines. Upper page edges are gilt. Vol I has partial glass ring stains on front panel, a small dark stain and faint scuffs along the lower edge on the back panel; back panel of Vol II has several scuffs down the center and along the lower edge. Upper and lower edges and tips at head and tail of board spines are scuffed, Vol I has a 1/8" vertical tear near the upper front corner and the lower edge has a horizontal crease; the front corners at head and tail of Vol II are slightly frayed. Fore-edge tips are minimally scuffed. The title page on Vol II is separated from gutter but held by the tissue-guard of frontispiece. Lower edge of Vol II has a damp stain with most impact to lower margins of pp. 403-421, please ask for photos. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos are available at your request. 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, by Dr. Fridtjog Nansen. In two volumes, published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1897. "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps." Maps and map pockets are at front and back pasted-downs of Vol I. Four pages of ads at the back of Vol II. Very good plus, first edition books. Small ex-lib stamps on both copyright pages, no other indications. Dark olive/gray cloth covered boards with gilt stamped lettering, gilt, silver, red, and green-stamped nautical decorated front panels. Gilt lettering and graphics on spines. Upper page edges are gilt. Vol I has partial glass ring stains on front panel, a small dark stain and faint scuffs along the lower edge on the back panel; back panel of Vol II has several scuffs down the center and along the lower edge. Upper and lower edges and tips at head and tail of board spines are scuffed, Vol I has a 1/8" vertical tear near the upper front corner and the lower edge has a horizontal crease; the front corners at head and tail of Vol II are slightly frayed. Fore-edge tips are minimally scuffed. The title page on Vol II is separated from gutter but held by the tissue-guard of frontispiece. Lower edge of Vol II has a damp stain with most impact to lower margins of pp. 403-421, please ask for photos. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos are available at your request.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavos. 2 volumes: Volume I: [1], xi, [1], 587 pages, frontispiece sketch of author, 4 folding maps in pockets, 8 color plates, and black and white illustrations; Volume II: [1], xi, 729 pages, frontispiece illustration, 8 color plates, black and white illustrations, 4 pages publisher advertisements, [1]. Olive green cloth bindings with gilt title and gilt, silver, green and red nautical designs on front boards. Gilt titles on spines. Untrimmed side and bottom edges. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait illustration volume 1 has a paper repair upper left corner where a small corner section was torn. Minor loss to the illustration. Rear hinge of volume 2 is cracked.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$218.75 + shipping
Description: First American edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. x, [4], 587; x, [2], 729, [1], 4; frontispieces, 16 color plates after the author's sketches, four color maps laid into chemise mounted to front pastedown, black and white text illustrations, many photographic, throughout; publisher's dark brown decorative cloth stamped in gilt, green, red, and silver, t.e.g.; spines a touch cocked, minor ink staining to volume II bottom textblock edge, large dark stain on volume II back cover; bookplate of John S. and Bessie S. Ely on front pastedowns (some offsetting) with gift inscription dated 1897 on front free endpapers; both title pages starting to loosen, else interior about fine. A nice set with hinges still intact. English translation of Fram over polhavet, den norske polarfaerd 1893-96, the narrative based on Nansen's investigation of the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice currents from the New Siberian Islands northwest toward the Pole; "every detail.was worked out by Nansen himself and went absolutely according to plan" (PMM 384). Arctic Bibliography 11983.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof. Farthest North (2 volumes). Harper & Brothers 1897, 1897.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Firste dition ed. avout very good condition with all maps present in the pockets
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The 1897 Two Volume First Edition. Mild tanning to the gutters. Ink name and short inscription in Volume 1. Two approx 1" half circle age darkened spots caused by the 'access cutout' for the two map pockets. Probably present in all copies. Overall a very clean and bright set with minimal wear. All 4 Maps present in pockets at the front and rear. A much better-than-average example of a set prone to wear due to its size and multiple inserted plates. ; 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The 1897 Two Volume First Edition. Mild tanning to the gutters. Bookplate in each volume. 2 approx 1" half circle age darkened spots caused by the 'access cutout' for the two map pockets. Probably present in all copies. Overall a very clean and bright set with minimal wear. All 4 Maps present in pockets at the front and rear. A much better-than-average example of a set prone to wear due to its size and multiple inserted plates. ; 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
[ARCTIC] NANSEN, FRIDTJOF.. Farthest North. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897, 1897.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Two volumes; complete with four maps in pockets in the first volume; bookplates; insignificant wear; near fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$243.08 + shipping
Description: Interamente impressa su carta patinata con tavole in cromolitografia su carta pesante. Legatura editoriale in tela blu. Formato: 2 v. (X, [4], 587 p. [9] c. di tav. color., X, [2], 729, 5 p., [8] c. di tav. color.), 24 cm, tela, tagli spruzzati. Buono, ordinari segni d'uso e del tempo. Buono, ordinari segni d'uso e del tempo.
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Adige, Trento, Italy
Price: US$245.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo. Pp. x, 587; x, 729, 4. With over 100 full page plates and text illustrations; 16 plates in colour, facsimile's after Dr. Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait in volume 1 and 4 maps in the pockets at the front and at end of the first volume. Original publisher's cloth with gilt front boards, gilt spine lettering and gilt to the top edges. Bookseller's ink stamp in each volume in the lower inside corner of front endpapers. Light scuffing and rubbing to the cloth but generally a very good clean set in tight bindings.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: With an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fra. 2 vols. About 120 full-page and numerous text illustrations; 16 colored plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait, photograpvures, and 4 maps. 8vo, full gilt morocco, a.e.g., by MacDonald, with nautical decorations in gilt. First American edition. Engraved bookplate in each volume; very slightest of shelfwear; a beautiful set, handsomely bound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Both volumes are Very Good plus copies in black cloth bindings with a bit of chipping to the top edge of the spine of volume one. Contains "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait and Photogravures. [No statement calling for maps on the title page.] There are no maps or pockets for maps in either volume and no evidence of pocket removal.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 volumes (xiii, 587, xi,729 pages + [iv] pages of advertisings at end of vol. 2. Large 8vo (24 cm.). Original decorative dark grey cloth with gilt lettering on top and spine. Top edges gilt. Jagged edges. Frontispiece in each volume (one etched, one engraving with tissue guard). "About 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches (with tissue protection), Etched Portrait, engravings, and 4 Maps". Maps are folded in pockets (front and end of volume 1). Ex-libris pasted on inside cover "Lumen Coeleste Sequamur" (Translation : May We Follow Heavenly Inspiration). Title page of vol. 2 is loose. Else a nice set on glossy paper. "Narrative of the First Fram Expedition, 1893-96, led by Nansen, with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the Pole.". They achieved the closest approach to the North Pole at that time.
Seller: 2Wakefield, Wakefield, QC, Canada
Price: US$392.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 587, 729 + iv. Bound in publisher's stamped cloth, untrimmed, hinges little tender, contemporary name on end papers, small stain to foredge of end paper. Contains over 129 full page illustrations, numerous illustrations within the text, 16 color plates, etched portrait, photogrocures and 4 maps within pockets in first volume, "Nansen, one of the most significant figures in the history of Arctic exploration was originally a naturalist. He decided in 1888 to attempt the crossing of Greenland, and with five companions, including Otto Sverdrup, set off in June of that year. The crossing, by small boat, ski and sledge, achieved many important scientific objectives, including meteorological observations, as well as illustrating the ideal methods of Arctic travel. His most important achievements were on the Fram Expedition of 1893-96. He established the nature and drift of the Arctic ice-pack, having deliberately allowed the ship, built to his own design, to be frozen into the ice. During the expedition, Nansen, with one companion and 3 dog sledges, achieved the highest latitude yet attained."
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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 crossing of Greenland by ski, and achieved great success with his Arctic expedition aboard Fram. He later became noted as a zoologist and oceanographer, and was a pioneer of the neuron theory. He was also a distinguished diplomat, eventually becoming Commissioner of refugees for the League of Nations. He was married to Eva Nansen (died 1907) and was the father of noted architect and humanist Odd Nansen and the grandfather of Eigil Nansen. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1897 ARCTIC 1ed Farthest North Nansen Polar Eskimo Kayak Hunting Fram Expedition Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic scientist who voyaged throughout the North and was one of the most famous polar explorers of the 19th-century. During the Fram Expedition, he encountered large Eskimo populations, learning from them and their nomadic tendencies in the New Siberian Islands, in search of the North Pole. Nansen made extensive records of this journey which were published under the title Farthest North. Item number: #13560 Price: $499 NANSEN, Fridtjof Fridtjof Nansen's "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: Harper & Brothers, 1897. 1st US edition Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes Vol. I xv, [1], 480 103 illustrations 4 folding maps Vol. II viii, 456 102 illustrations Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure Green cloth Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 13560 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes, 8vo. Four folding chromolithographed maps in pockets in volume one. Engraved frontispiece by Johan Nordhagen, 16 color plates, tissue guards. Original decorated cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (the first edition in Norwegian was published the previous year). Arctic Bibliography 11983. A very good set, some light wear at exgtremities, but generally very clean and fresh
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North - 1st US Edition. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A bright set of the first US edition in Nearly Fine condition. A most handsome and collectible documentation of historical significance. All four folded maps present. Arctic Bibliography 11983; The Nobel Laureate's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years. 120 full page and numerous text illus, 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 loose maps in protective pockets. Top edges gilt, two sides un-cut; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; xiv, 588; xii, 714, 4 pp advertisement pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$555.00 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. x, [4], 587; 2 p.l., [vii]-x, [2], 714, 4(ads). etched frontis. portrait, 16 chromolithographs, 4 folding coloured maps, 112 plates (incl. photogravure frontis. in Vol. II) & numerous text illus. original cloth (Vol. I recased). First American Edition. "Narrative of the First Fram Expedition, 1893-1896, led by Nansen, with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the Pole." (Arctic Bib.) Nansen and Lieut. Johansen made a sledge journey toward the North Pole and wintered on Franz Josefs Land, 1895-96. Arctic Bib. 11983. Ricks p. 161. Smith 7208. cfNational Maritime Museum I 991.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$579.72 + shipping
Description: First US edition of the official account of the first Fram expedition, undertaken to investigate "the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the pole" (Arctic Bibliography). "Nansen returned to international acclaim not only for the voyage itself but for its results, proof of a deep Arctic Ocean, free of any land masses or islands, and extensive data on magnetism, zoology, and oceanography. His account of the journey, Farthest North, was a worldwide bestseller and prepared him for an effective life of diplomacy" (Books on Ice). Farthest North is beautifully illustrated from photographs and from Nansen's own sketches, for which he "claims no artistic merit," but which are nonetheless atmospheric and effective. It was first published in the UK earlier the same year. Arctic Bibliography 11983; Books on Ice 5.2; Howgego III N3; Printing and the Mind of Man 384. 2 volumes, octavo. Original dark grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, silver, green, and red, top edges gilt, others uncut. Etched frontispiece in vol. I, photogravure frontispiece in vol. II, 24 plates (16 in colour with tissue guards), 4 folding colour maps in vol. I endpockets, numerous illustrations in the text, many full-page; 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at end of vol. II. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpapers of one "Miss Wright", bookseller's tickets on rear pastedowns. Cloth neatly cleaned, bindings a little rubbed and scuffed with minor marks, vol. I with label removed from front pastedown and neat tissue repair to gutter of front flyleaves, contents slightly shaken with scattered foxing or soiling. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Illustrated with 120 full-page and numeroud text illustrations & 4 maps in pockets. 2 vols. 8vo. PMM 384 (Norwegian edition) Original decorative grey cloth. A fine copy Illustrated with 120 full-page and numeroud text illustrations & 4 maps in pockets. 2 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volume clothbound set of books . This is the first American edition of Nansen's record of his polar journey during the period 1893 - 1896. Includes an appendix by Otto Sverdrup, the Captain of the "Fram". With approx. 120 full-Page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures and 4 Folding Maps. Both volumes well bound and in collectible very good condition. With gilt, green, red and silver decoration to the front panel of each volume. Prior owner name to the front endpaper of each volume. Minor staining to the endpapers of Volume One. A handsome set of books.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Harper and Brothers, 1897.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: two volume complete set. fold-out map in both front and rear pockets of Volume One(1). 1st U.S. Edition
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 518 pp. + 714 pp. 1st US Edition; first printing. Dark gray boards with red, green, and silver decorative stamping front cover; gilt lettering across spine; 2 tiny closed tears tail of spine; former owner signature first blank sheet (Robert B. Bowman). 120 full page and numerous other text illus., 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 loose maps in protective pockets. Original Cloth. Condition: Both vols. near fine. A bright set of the first US edition. A most handsome and collectible documentation of historical significance. All four folded maps present. Arctic Bibliography 11983; The Nobel Laureate's (Peace Prize) account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled 146 miles farther north than anyone else in the past four hundred years. 120 full page illus., 16 colored plates, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 loose maps in protective pockets. Top edges gilt, two sides uncut; Vols. 1 & 2; xiv, 588; xii, 714; 4 pp advertisement pages.
Seller: ABLEBOOKS, Hollywood, FL, U.S.A.