Author: Nansen, Fridtjof; Translated by Arthur G. Chater
Title: In Northern Mists / 2 Volumes; Arctic Exploration in Early Times
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1911. First English language edition. Hardcover. pp. xi, 383. Vol. II, pp. xiii, 420. 4to. Bound in ribbed gunmetal blue cloth with half-circle gilt illustration on front boards. Gilt lettering to spines and front boards (a variant binding shows the front boards lettered in black). Tipped-in colour frontispieces, with tissue guards. Illustrations and maps in-text, title pages printed in blue and black. Some general shelfwear and light age-toning, spines a bit pulled, light spotting to top edges, tissue guards age-toned, Vol. II shows spotting to tissue guard and crease to corner of plate. Apart from these minor flaws, this is a handsome set, square and sound. A beautifully produced set, in lovely condition. Ill.: maps, colour, b&w illustrs.

Keywords: Arctic; North Pole; Northwest Passage;;;;;; maps, colour, b&w illustrs.


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