Description
Quarto, two volumes, [xviii] 384pp (Vol.1), [xiii] 420pp (Vol.2). Publishers blue cloth, illustrated cover, gilt title on spine. Color frontispieces in both volumes, opposite title page. Lacking scarce dust jackets. Library tag on spine. Clean pages, illustrations fine.
Comments: Published at the same time as the London first edition. Nansen was known for his exploration of Greenland and setting a record in 1896 for the northern most voyage. He was later surpassed by Robert Peary. Arctic Bibliography, 11993.
