Fridtjof Nansen: Explorer-scientist-humanitarian by Vogt, Per - 1961

Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1961. 202 pp. Beige endpapers. Full blue leather with gilt titles and decoration. Corners bumped, light wear along the edges, black mark on the rear cover. VG-. First Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oslo: Dreyers Forlag, 1961. First edition quarto 197 pages illustrated with colour plates, black & white photographs, drawings and maps. Fine blue calf with gilt decoration. Pages top edge gilt. Very good dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. An excellent copy. .

Oslo : Dreyers Vorlag , 1961. First edition. Leather. Near Fine/Very Good. 10.5" by 8" . Not Stated . A beautiful first English language edition of Per Vogt's biography of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen, adorned with beautiful illustrations and complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First English language edition of this work, preceded by the original Norwegian edition of 1941. An account of Nansen's extraordinary life and career as explorer, diplomat, and ice skater. Including descriptions of his voyages and explorations, in particular the famous 'Farthest North' dangerous voyage to the North Pole which marked the beginning of modern day exploration. Written by Per Vogt. Featuring numerous black and white photographic illustrations in text as well as a coloured frontispiece and ten full page plates of drawings, two of which in colour, and a map. Some illustrations by Nansen himself. Collated, complete. With unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full calf binding. Externally very… Read More