Farthest North" Being The Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893 - 1896, Farthest North Being The Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893 - 1896 2 Volumes
by Nansen, Fridtjof
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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Bungay, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1897. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good+. Vol. 1 : xiii, 510pp 8 col'd plates, 48 full-page plates 2 maps at rear (one repaired). Vol.2 : xiii, 671pp 8 col'd plates 66 full page plates 2 maps at rear. Bound in green cloth, gilt titles and emblems. Edges and corners rubbed. 1/2" crack to Vo.2 tailband. Bookplates. Ink names on both free endpapers. w.a.f. Extra postage will be requested for these two volumes. 4to Size: 4to
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- Scorpio Books
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- 014299
- Title
- Farthest North" Being The Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram" 1893 - 1896, Farthest North Being The Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893 - 1896 2 Volumes
- Author
- Nansen, Fridtjof
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Tailband
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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