Nansen a Family Portrait by His Daughter by Hoyer, Liv Nansen - 1957

Oslo, J.W. Cappelens Forlag, [, 1955. Hardcover. Cover edge-worn; endpapers faintly edge-browned; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). ]. 329p. Illus. Frontispiece.

Oslo, Norway: J.W. Cappelens Forlag. Text is in Norwegian. Missing the jacket. Some moderate Corner/edge wear. Spine only slight wear. Inside is fine and photo plates very nice. . Good. Hardcover. 1954.

Longmans Green, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. h/b 269 pages, condition is very good, no DJ. Gift inscription to the flyleaf.

Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1957. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 1st Edition: x, 269pp, illustrated, maps, 18 b/w plates. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. "In this fine biography of Nansen his daughter does not set out to give a detailed appraisal of his life's work, but rather to present an intimate family portrait of the man seen against the background of his many and varied activities. As an Arctic explorer, scientist, politician, and humanitarian nansen was world-famous, and his achievements in these fields are now part of history. In this book, for the first time, we have a picture of the man behind the public figure....." Previous owners signature dated 1957 on fep, dustjacket slightly grubby, slight browning to eps, very slight edgewear, contents clean. Very Good/Dustjacket Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

J. W. Cappelens. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1955. Norwegian Language. Hard Cover. (O118) .

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1957. 269 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates throughout. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in blue hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn and faded around the edges. Black, blue, and white illustrated dustjacket in very good condition with black and white titles. Worn around the edges with tears and creases. Smudged on the back of the jacket. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. VG/VG-. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-.

J. W. Cappelens. Very Good/Good. 1955. Norwegian Language. Hard Cover. (M26) .

Not Stated : F A Brockhaus Wiesbaden, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . Bright copy of this scarce biography of Fridtjof Nansen by his daughter Liv Nansen-Hoyer. A scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Biography of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate's Fridtjof Nanse, known as the leader of the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888. The first edition of this work, written by Fridtjof Nanae's daughter Liv Nansen-Hoyer. In the original German. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped with light chipping to peripherals. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine