Farthest North 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. About 120 Full Page and Numerous Text Illustrations 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps. In Two Volumes.

Farthest North 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. About 120 Full Page and Numerous Text Illustrations 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps. In Two Volumes. 1897. New York: Harper & Brothers.

8vo.(6.5" x 9.5") Two volumes complete. Full gray cloth with gilt title/author and red/green/silver/gilt decoration to upper board, rear blank. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Virtually no edgewear. Ink and pencil inscription neatly to the first free endpaper. Title page to Vol. I split at the gutter, now laid in. All four folding colored maps are present. A beautiful, heavy set of books. Illustrated with About 120 Full Page and Numerous Text Illustrations, 16 Colored Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches, Etched Portrait, Photogravures, and 4 Maps.

Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram" is a two-volume work written by Fridtjof Nansen, first published in 1897. It is one of the most famous and influential polar exploration narratives of the 19th century. The book documents Nansen’s 1893–1896 Arctic expedition, in which he attempted to reach the North Pole.

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