"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. About one hundred and twenty full page and text illustrations and coloured plate in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches. In two volumes.
Printed in the UK. George Newnes. 1898. Second British edition. Cloth over boards. Set of two volumes. Hardcover cloth (original turquoise) over bevelled boards. 8vo. Pagination: volume I -- xv, 480 pp; volume II -- viii, 456 pp. Illustration: volume I -- a full colour engraved plate frontispiece, 60 full-page b/w engraved plates, and 51 in-text b/w engraved drawings; volume II -- a b/w engraved plate frontispiece, 51 full-page b/w engraved plates, and 39 in-text b/w engraved drawings. Note: the colour map at the end of volume I is missing. Elaborate short title and ornaments stamped on the front board and spine in gilt and silver. Green endpapers. Previous owner inscription of the front flyleaf of both volumes. Edges foxed. The text blocks are minorly age browned with moderately browned endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bindings are strong and square. The boards and spines of both volumes are moderately shelf worn along the edges, and have gently bumped corners. A handsome set in fair condition. Ref: Arctic Bibliography 11983.. Fair. Item #67338
Price: $400.00