Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2527 (763) Category Arctic; Author Nansen, Fridtjof Title In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition, 1893-1896 (In 3 Volumes, Vol I & II plus Vol III Supplement). Publishing Information Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1897-98, Description 1st German Edition. Title translates "In Night and Ice" German text. This was the first German edition of Fram over Polhavet; den norske polarfaerd 1893-96, af Fridtjof Nansen. Med a tillaeg of otto Sverdrup. (The Fram across the Polar sea, the Norweigan expedition 1893-96. with a supplement by Otto Sverdrup which was published in English as Farthest North. In 3 volumes, illustrated throughout. 2 portrait frontispieces, 12 coloured plates, 4 folding & colored maps, 293 text-figures. Original tan cloth with illustration mounted on front covers. Vol I, x, 527pp, map; Vol II, viii, 507pp, 2 maps, Vol III, viii, 519pp. Narrative of the first "Fram" Expedition, 1893-96, led by Nansen. Covers on all volumes grubby, some staining, shelfware, Vol I splitting at rear hinge, Vol II front ep split at hinge. All volumes age toning to pages, occasional spotting, as expected. Overall Very Good. Price £150.00 Keywords qpolarq S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket