Fridtjof Nansen's "Farthest North" Being the record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and a fifteen month's sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram. ...2 vols.

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Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company 1897. Roy. 8vo. Orig. gilt-illust. green cloth with gilt titled spines (top and bottom edges chipped). With frontisp. portr. 16 coloured full-page plates 111 b/w full-page plates 92 text-illusts and 4 col. maps. 1st ed. (The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896). Previous owners name and date on front fly leaf of Vol. I. Previous owners bookplate on front end-papers of both volumes. Light foxing on end-papers otherwise a good set. Partly unopened. NOTE: Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (1861-1930) was a Norwegian explorer scientist and diplomat who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of National High Commissioner.