New York/London: Frederick A. Stokes Company/William Heinemann, 1914. Octavo. First edition. Original black cloth with gilt crest and red lettering stamped to the front board and gilt lettering and rules stamped to the spine. Top edge gold gilt. Heavily illustrated with plates from photos, including the frontispiece, and three folding maps. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. The map from p.464 has come loose, but is present with no tearing. The slightest bit of fading to the gilt on the spine, otherwise a tight and clean copy. Arctic Bibliography 41535. A narrative of Nansen's trip in 1913 from Norway through the Barents and Kara Seas, up the Yenisey River to Yeniseysk, then eastward overland to Vladivostok, returning overland to Europe. 1914

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Bookseller: Aquila Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 142360
Title: Through Siberia The Land of the Future
Author: Nansen, Fridtjof
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company/William Heinemann
Place of Publication: New York/London
Date Published: 1914
Keywords: Arctic|Siberia

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.