About this title: Nansen's three-year expedition to the North Pole with the Fram marked the beginning of the modern age of exploration. This book is an account, by Freidtjof Nansen, of that expedition. It describes his plan, ridiculed by his peers, to allow the specially designed Fram to become frozen in the treacherous pack ice of the Arctic Oceans. Drifting with ...
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Edition: First Paperback Edition, Second Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375754722ISBN:0375754725
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A good paperback copy, lightly used. The spine is solid and square and free of reading creaaes. The cover has moderate edgewear. with some obvious rubbing along the edges of the spine. The front hinge is a little on the fragile side. There is a brief gift inscription if front, but the text of the book is clean and unmarked. There is light, spotty staining on the edge of the text block, as from coffee splashing, but it is not very noticeable. ------------------------ ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-13:9780375754722ISBN:0375754725
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375754722. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375754722ISBN:0375754725
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00278 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00456 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co, London
Date Published: 2000
Description: F+/F+. 8vo. original blue textured paper boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xx (last blank), 508, with illustrations & 3 maps. A very fine copy, as new. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Ny And London
Date Published: 1897
Description: VG/NONE. ..1893-96 and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. Association copy, out of J. Douglas Vedoe's collection of Polar books and signed "DOUGLAS VEDOE" by him on the free end papers of both vols. Doug is the son of Anton Vedoe who was one of the Engineers on Anthony Fiala's Ziegler Polar Expeditions. About 120 full-pg text illust, 16 colored plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait and photogravures. Date on cp only. Edition? ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Newnes, London
Date Published: 1898
Description: Very Good. London. George Newnes. 1898. Two volume complete set. Hardbacks. Large 8vo. xv/ 480 pages. viii/ 456 pages. One fold out map (only) and many illustrations. Map torn in two places. Some light foxing to prelims. Ex. libris. from Portsmouth sailing club. Owners name. Edges rubbed. Very Good condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Blue hardback cloth cover, gilt pictorial design and lettering
Publisher: Archibald Constable, London
Date Published: 1897
Description: G: in Good condition without dustwrapper. Cover lightly rubbed and marked. Spines neatly recased. Scattered browning. Contents tight. 510pp; 671pp: Fold out maps and b/w photographs and drawings: 250mm x 160mm (10" x 6"): Expedition to reach the North Pole. Fridtjof Hansen was a Norwegian explorer, a professor of zoology and oceanography, and a prime mover in Norwegian's independence from Sweden. In 1893, Nansen and Johansen set out to reach the North Pole. In their ship Fram, they made fast ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Archibald Constable
Date Published: 1897
Description: Good in N/A jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 2 Vols. Complete. Sea green cloth, gilt and gilt design. Some pages uncut. Maps in back, one has been torn out, but is present. Some foxing towards the ends, otherwise minor foxing. Private library bookplate. pp xi, 510, xiii, 669. Post Typically 1-2 days UK, 2-7 days Worldwide. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co, London
Date Published: 1897
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. original green cloth gilt, uncut (some rubbing & bumping to corners, cloth has a few scrapes and small surface tears, some spotting & marking to outer leaves, else internally clean and unmarked); pp. xvi (last blank), 510, [2 (blank, last colophon), with 8 colour plates, 48 full page plates, 47 illustrations in text & 2 folding colour maps (closed tearing to one); xvi (last blank), 672 (last colophon), with 8 colour plates, 65 full page plates, 45 illustrations in text & 2 folding ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Archibald Constable and Company, London
Date Published: 1897
Description: 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 with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. 2 volumes octavo, original green combed cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board, gilt pictorial vignettes to the upper boards. Etched portrait frontispiece to Volume I, photogravure frontispiece to Volume II, 127 plates, 16 of them coloured lithographs, 4 folding coloured maps, 2 at the rear of ... read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 1897
Description: Very Good+ 8vo All loose maps present. Minor rubbing, unfaded spines, slight toning to end papers, in otherwise Very Nearly Fine condition. A most handsome and collectible documentation of historical significance, First US Edition; Nansen's account of his three-year long expedition. In 1893 Fridtjof Nansen set sail for the North Pole in the Fram, a ship specially designed to be frozen into the polar ice cap, withstand its crushing pressures, and so drift North. Given up for dead, he traveled ... read more
Edition: Abridged
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375754722ISBN:0375754725
Description: New. This brilliant first-person account, originally published in 1897, marks the beginning of the modern age of exploration, vividly describing Nansen's dangerous voyage and his 15-month-long dash to the North Pole by sled. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1999-08-17
ISBN-13:9780375754722ISBN:0375754725
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"Monster book and one might want to skim over some of the long technical descriptions, but fascinating account of exploration of the northern latitudes and amazing endurance story. Great descriptions. I read about this guy's trip in a National Geographic article. It can be a bit repetitive at times, but then again, the guy was on a long trip and so this gives one a sense of the repetitiveness of his life, especially when hunkered down riding out the winter."
"If you can get beyond the serial dog abuse, Farthest North is a hugely interesting and very readable book. Nansen describes his 1893 quest for the north pole employing direct quotes from his expedition diary and post-voyage commentary. He comes across as a nineteenth century renaissance man: explorer, ship designer, carpenter, navigator, naturalist, Norwegian national hero, leader of men and master of daring-do. Beyond the quest itself, I loved his descriptions of a part of the world few people even think about, let alone visit."
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