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 [One Volume Only]
by Nansen, Fridtjof; Otto Sverdrup (Appendix By)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1899, popular edition. (hardcover) 679pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Contains over 22 full page illustrations, including map, bound in navy cloth with pictorial silver; spine lettering gilt, top edges gilt (faded). Frontispiece is a black and white portrait of Nansen. Title page and table of contents are loose; they are, however, complete and present. Else is clean, tight, bright, and solidly bound..
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- Bookseller
- Spafford Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125994
- Title
- 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 [One Volume Only]
- Author
- Nansen, Fridtjof; Otto Sverdrup (Appendix By)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Keywords
- North, Arctic, Exploration, North, Travel - Explorations
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About the Seller
Spafford Books
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Regina, Saskatchewan
About Spafford Books
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