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Nansen, Fridtjof. Through Siberia The Land of the Future. William Heinemann, London, 1914.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 478 pp. with three maps. Hardcover, bound in cloth. The edges worn, cloth frayed in spots, spine faded; front endpapers repaired at the fold.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: xvi,477 Pp. Illustrated with 3 folding maps as well as many photo illustrations throughout including frontis photo of Nansen "The author on the Bridge" Cloth is worn with some splitting to edgesbut binding is still pretty tight. Inner hinges have been taped. Generally good Black cloth with red titles & gilt vignette to front. Title on spine
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Nansen, Fridtjof. Through Siberia: The Land of the Future. William Heinemann, London, 1914.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front hinge started, else VG indeed.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Nansen, Fridtjof. Through Siberia: The Land of the Future. William Heinemann, London, 1914.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Front hinge started, else VG indeed.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof.. Through Siberia, The Land Of The Future.. William Heinemann., London., 1914.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition 1914. Three folding maps and plates throughout. Some foxing throughout. One plate is dusty on the edges and is very slightly torn and creased at the edges, else contents very good. Publishers dark blue cloth with white lettering and gilt decoration. Some light marking to the cloth. Spine is darkened and marked, else good solid copy. 478 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Nansen, Fridtjof. THROUGH SIBERIA THE LAND OF THE FUTURE. William Heinemann, Ldn, 1914.
Price: US$69.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 478 pp.+ Photo Plt of Author at Frontis (With Tissue Guard) & 3 FoldOut Maps & 94 BW Photo Plts, Professionally Rebound in Grn Hardback with Gilt title, New e.p., ex lib perfs on title page & Maps have repaired tears, else VG, 1st ed
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Fridtjof Nansen. Through Siberia, The Land Of The Future. William Heinemann, 1914.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Ref.R2 ) Black cloth boards, faded and with some light foxes etc. White front titles are a little rubbed. Gilt decoration to front and gilt spine titles. Spine titles mostly rubbed away. Creasing and wear to head and heel of spine. Tanning and foxing to top edge. Yellowed, foxed and soiled foredge. Some yellowing and marking to endpapers. Contents otherwise very good and generally unmarked. **Heavy volume may require extra postage. Please message for details prior to ordering.**
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nansen, Fridtjof. Through Siberia The Land of the Future. London William Heinemann 1914, 1914.
Price: US$94.24 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First edition. Original black blind-stamped cloth with gilt crest and white lettering stamped to the front board and gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the spine. Edges roughly trimmed. Heavily illustrated with plates from photos, including the frontispiece, and three folding maps. Previous owner's gift inscriptions to the ffep. Some of the plates are in a different order than designated in the "List of Illustrations"; one of the plates has come loose, but there is another bound in the place where it should have been. All maps present and without any tearing or foxing. Toning the ffep. Foxing to the textblock edges. A slight bit of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. A good copy. Arctic Bibliography 41535. A narrative of Nansen's trip in 1913 from Norway through the Barents and Kara Seas, up the Yenisey River to Yeniseysk, then eastward overland to Vladivostok, returning overland to Europe.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$131.94 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First edition. Original black cloth with gilt crest and red lettering stamped to the front board and gilt lettering and rules stamped to the spine. Top edge gold gilt. Heavily illustrated with plates from photos, including the frontispiece, and three folding maps. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The map from p.464 has come loose, but is present with no tearing. The slightest bit of fading to the gilt on the spine, otherwise a tight and clean copy. Arctic Bibliography 41535. A narrative of Nansen's trip in 1913 from Norway through the Barents and Kara Seas, up the Yenisey River to Yeniseysk, then eastward overland to Vladivostok, returning overland to Europe.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$165.36 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 478 pages: illustrations (black and white), map. Subjects: Siberia (Russia) Description and travel. Siberia (Russia) Description and travel 20th century. Siberia. Russia. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi, 478 pages: illustrations (black and white), map. Subjects: Siberia (Russia) Description and travel. Siberia (Russia) Description and travel 20th century. Siberia. Russia. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$198.00 + shipping
Description: Book has spot foxing, owners dated signature. Dj has chips, tears, missing approx. half of spine. A nice copy with all maps and plates present.
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.
Nansen, Fridtjof. Through Siberia the Land of the Future. William Heinemann, London, 1914.
Price: US$220.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, complete with the 3 maps and photographic plates. Slightly later Bicker's and Son binding from Highgate School, lightly sunned on spine but overall near fine. An interesting association copy, a Geography Prize Plate dated 1937 for a 14 year old Joss Lynam who would go on to become Ireland's most well know mountaineer and explorer, possibly inspired by this volume, by another famous 20th century explorer.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$307.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A striking first English edition of this ode to Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work in English, translated by Arthur G. Chater.An interesting travel work on Siberia, looking into the province and its development over history. Nansen such much interested and sympathetic to the life and culture of the Russian, travelling on the Trans-Siberian trailway.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, and ninety-five plates.Collated, complete.By Fridtjof Nansen, an important Norwegian figure known as an explorer. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, and a small bump to the bottom edge of the rear board. A little light rubbing to the boards and spine. Scattered spots the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$313.21 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xvi, 478, [1 leaf]. 3 folding maps. 156 illus. from photographs on 48 plates (incl. frontis.). original cloth (scuffed & bit puckered, spine dull & ends slightly frayed). First Edition. An account of the Siberian Company's 1913 attempt to navigate the Kara Sea, for the purpose of opening a trade route linking the Siberian interior with Europe via the Kara Sea and Yeniseisk River. The noted explorer and scientist Nansen was a member of the expedition. Nerhood 583.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$372.00 + shipping
Description: The first English language edition of this study of Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The first edition of this work in English, translated by Arthur G. Chater.An interesting travel work on Siberia, looking into the province and its development over history. Nansen presents a detailed and sympathetic view of the life and culture of the Russian region, and recounts his experience of the Trans-Siberian railway.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, and ninety-five plates. Collated, complete.The work of Fridtjof Nansen, an important Norwegian explorer. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom