BAIN,J.ARTHUR

FRIDTJOF NANSEN. HIS LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS

London 1897, 160 pp., plates (code A-139)

Moby DickProfessional seller

Book number: 241095

Catalogue: Polar

BAIN, J. Arthur.

Fridtjof Nansen his Life and Explorations.

London: S.W. Partridge & Co, 1898 3rd edition, 15th thousand. x, [11]-160pp, 28pp publisher's catalogue, portrait frontis, full page plates within the pagination, numerous text ills. Original red cloth gilt. Spine slightly discoloured, occasional random spotting.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 9181

Keywords: BAIN Fridtjof Nansen TRAVEL Polar

BAIN (J. Arthur)

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen.

London: Watler Scott, Ltd., [1897.] New edition revised and considerably enlarged, 8vo, xix, [1], 449, [1, blank], [2, publishers' adverts]pp., frontis., 14 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. blue cloth, decorated in silver and gold.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38495

Keywords: TRAVEL EXPLORATION ARCTIC REGION POLAR REGION NORTH POLE

Bain, J. Arthur

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

GC plus. Walter Scott, 1897. New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Pictorial bordeaux hardback (gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, some nicks, dents and small marks on the edges of the cover and spine, two small tears on the edges of the cover and spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with b/w photos, map. Nice and clean pages with small foxing marks and ink marks on the outer edges, small foxing marks, inks and creases on the edges of the pages, missing the front endpaper page, previous owner's stamps inside the front/back covers and title page, previous owner;s name and writing on the title page. The book is in GC for its age with some shelf wear. 463pp including Introduction, list of illustrations. A collectable book. Heavy book (approx. 1. 1 Kg). Good/No Dj Cover As Issued.

Alpha 2 Omega BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 11150

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Rare & Collectable Books

BAIN,ARTHUR

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

London: Walter Scott Limited, 1897. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. London, Published by Walter Scott in Blue buckram cloth with gilt title lettering to the spine and upper cover with further gilt and silver embossed designs to the front cover and also to the spine.Illustrated with 14 black and white plates and one map.green patterened endpapers present.There is one neat previous ink inscription to the blank front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The corners are rubbed and a little chafed,mild rubbing to spine tips.Gilt lettering remains vivid and bright.There are a few sporadic foxing spots within the text block and a little spotting to the fore-edge of the book.Fascinating account of the explorations of Nansen 8vo 449pp New Revised and Enlarged Edition [1897] Nansen born near Oslo became an expert in skating, tumbling, and swimming, but it was his expertise in skiing that was to play such a large role in his life. Not a massive man,he was tall, supple, strong, hard. and he possessed the physical endurance to ski fifty miles in a day and the psychological self-reliance to embark on long trips, with a minimum of gear and only his dog for company.. Very Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 74978

Catalogue: Travel/Transport

Keywords: Nansen

BAIN, J.Arthur

Life and explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

London, Walter Scott, 1900. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in ribbed dark blue cloth with gilt Rev.ed.. Undated - prize bookplate (1900) on front pastedown; plate facing p.394 has been sellotaped-in, with slight wear to outer edge; sellotape repairs to tears in p.ix-xii of the introduction. New edition, revised and considerably enlarged. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS068321I

J Arthur Bain

The Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co, 1900. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of this account regarding the great explorer Fridtjof Nansen's life and adventures. Undated, dated using LibraryHub.Illustrated, with a frontispiece and forty six further illustrations. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown dated 1915. A fine work, which explains the life and adventures of Nansen. This includes his first crossing of the Greenland interior, other arctic explorations, In a full calf binding. Externally, very smart. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 748L2

Catalogue: Polar

Keywords: Travel Greenland Voyages Greenland Various

J. Arthur Bain

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen

London, Walter Scott, 1897. Cloth. An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior. The revised and considerably enlarged second edition of J. Arthur Bain's biographical study of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen, also a renowned polar explorer.This informative study of Nansen's life and explorations includes discussions of his crossing of the Greenland interior, the Fram expedition, Nansen's home and Arctic sports.With fifteen illustrated and photographic plates. Collated, complete.In the brown cloth variant, with a nineteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear, and a prize bookplate, dated 1900, to the front pastedown.The first man to cross the Greenland interior, and a pioneering arctic explorer, Nansen traversed the island on cross-country skis, with his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influencing a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.This is an informative and exciting study of this great explorer. In the publisher's original brown pictorial cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with small splits to the cloth in these regions. Prize bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 797F42

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Fridtjof Nansen Greenland Arctic Polar Greenland Not Stated