Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
by Nansen, Fridtjof
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Thus. Hardcover. A few marks to boards. Gutters split at endpapers. Moderate foxing. Owner's signature dated 1898 "N Edgar Bagley".; Two volumes (complete). Macmillan's Colonial Library edition. Volume One dated 1897, Volume Two undated. Volume One: [viii], 351, [1] pages + 8 pages advertisements. Volume Two: vii, [1], 471, [1] pages. No maps or illustrations in this edition. Both volumes: Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 190 x 124mm.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6676
- Title
- Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
- Author
- Nansen, Fridtjof
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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- 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....