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London: William Heinemann, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 415 p. 27 cm. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and numerous b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with black and gold impressing. Corners bumped, edges worn, tears in spine ends. Front hinge cracking internally. Ink signature on front pastedown. Roughened text block edges. Topics include Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, Eskimo and Skraeling, decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland, Norwegians in the White Sea, whaling and sealing, the north in maps of the Middle Ages, John Cabot, Portuguese discoveries.

London: William Heinemann, . 1911 English Translation. Hardcover. Very Good, Clean, Some Edge Wear To Covers, Partially Unopened, Some Foxing To Vol. I and I I Frontis Tissue Guards. Quarto, Blue Cloth, Gilt Color Lettered And Decorated, Two Volumes. 1911 Tipped On Color Frontis Vol. I and I I With Tissue Guards, Numerous Text Figures, Text Maps, Fold Out Map Missing Quarto, Blue Cloth, Gilt Color Lettered And Decorated, Two Volumes, , PP.425,xi,383, Nansen was a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Led Team to be the first to Cross the Interior Of Greenland in 1888, and had a long career after his exploring days that are related by him in this two volume set. He introduced new cold weather methods and Clothing; His high profile in world politics aided in his support of Norwegian Independence from Sweden Rb2top

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; Very nice tight set of books, a few small light spots along the very edge of the bottom of one cover, thinned fabric at the gutters, nice and attractive in dust jackets with edge wear, and some chipping just along the very edge. Very nice and attractive books. .

London: William Heinemann, 1911. Undetermined. very good. 1st UK Edition. xi,384; (vi)416pp. Tall octavo. Two volumes, Bound in original blue cloth with gold gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Head and base of spine and cover corners with very minor rubbing and minor bumping. Endpapers foxed and toned as usual. Top of text block darkened and dust soiled. Colour tipped-in frontispieces clean and bright; overlaying tissue guards intact. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, charts and maps. Volume II has a two-page, four-sided August 1911 Heinemann catalogue listing the book laid in with this title listed. A very nice, attractive copy. Arctic Bibl. 11993. A history of arctic voyages from original sources, often translated specifically for Nansen. Covers the discovery of Iceland and Greenland in the Middle Ages, the decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland, early whaling and sealing, etc.. Wonderfully inscribed by Nansen, in the year of publication, to… Read More