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Nansen, Fridtjof. In Northern Mists, 2 Vol. Set.. Frederick A, Stokes, New York, 1911.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In blue boards with gilt type and decoration. Ex-lib. with usual marks. Both volumes are moderately bumped and somewhat frayed on the corners and tope and bottoms of the spines.and the top left corner of the back cover of volume 2 is rubbed and the last hundred pages of Vol. 2 are ripples, some showing damp stain in the lower right corners. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: First American edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xvii, [1], 384; xiii, [1], 420; mounted color frontispieces and numerous illustrations and maps throughout text; a fine, bright copy in original pictorial blue cloth, stamped in gilt and black on upper cover and spine, top edges blue. A translation of the author's Nord i Taakeheimen (Kristiania, 1911). Arctic Bibliography 11993.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slight bow to both volumes - see image. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpapers. ; Both volumes are in excellent condition. Colored illustrated frontispiece tipped in with tissue guards for each volume. The author, "Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis." [Wikipedia] ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto, two volumes, [xviii] 384pp (Vol.1), [xiii] 420pp (Vol.2). Publishers blue cloth, illustrated cover, gilt title on spine. Color frontispieces in both volumes, opposite title page. Lacking scarce dust jackets. Library tag on spine. Clean pages, illustrations fine. Published at the same time as the London first edition. Nansen was known for his exploration of Greenland and setting a record in 1896 for the northern most voyage. He was later surpassed by Robert Peary. Arctic Bibliography, 11993.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; Very nice tight set of books, a few small light spots along the very edge of the bottom of one cover, thinned fabric at the gutters, nice and attractive in dust jackets with edge wear, and some chipping just along the very edge. Very nice and attractive books.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.