Vers le pole traduit et abrege par charles rabot. 200 illustrations d'apres photographies et les dessins de l'explorateur
by NANSEN, Fridtjof
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, Editeur, [1897]. viii, 424pp. With original white printed paper wrappers bound in. Finely bound in a twentieth-century designer binding; embossed and onlaid morocco designs to each board, the upper depicting a ship on frozen waters, two huskies, knotted rope and the title 'Vers le Pole', and the lower with two leaves on a stem with a sunset over the waters in the background, each board inset within navy morocco, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed to extremities, joints, small scratch to lower board. A remarkable copy of an early French edition, bound - by person or persons frustratingly unknown - with elaborate embossed morocco designs, of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen's (1861-1930) account of the Fram expedition of 1893-1896; an attempt to reach the geographical North Pole by harnessing the natural east-west current of the Arctic Ocean. . 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ24672
- Title
- Vers le pole traduit et abrege par charles rabot. 200 illustrations d'apres photographies et les dessins de l'explorateur
- Author
- NANSEN, Fridtjof
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Ernest Flammarion, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- [1897]
- Keywords
- Exploration
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...