Item #11211 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]. Fridtjof Nansen.
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]

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]

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. Very Good. First Edition. in two volumes [6.75x9.75”]; Vol. I - x, [2], 587 pp., Frontispiece etched of Nansen, 94 illustrations and images, 8 color plate sketches by Nansen, 4 folded maps, Vol. II - x, [1], 714 pp., [1-4] advertisements, frontispiece of sailing kayaks, 123 illustrations and images, 8 color plate sketches by Nansen; Green-brown cloth covers with gilt embossed lettering on front and spine, gilt embossed intertwined rope circle with ship navigation lanterns in red and green and silvered compass face, gilt sailing kayaks on spine, gilt top edge and others uncut, map pockets on both inside covers of Vol. I; minor shelf wear to edges and corners slightly bumped, Vol. I offset darkening on front endpapers, rear hinge loose and cracked. [Arctic Bibliography 11983, Howgego Polar N3]. Item #11211

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