Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : unknown:S-Arc ; Antarctic; Arctic; Miscellaneous; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2711 (869) Category Arctic; Author Nansen, Fridtjof (Translated and abbreviated by Rabot, Charles) Title VERS LE POLE. Traduit et abrégé par Charles Rabot. With 200 wood-engraved maps, views, plates and illustrations, including frontispiece portrait of the author. Publishing Information Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1897. Description Illustrated French Edition: French Text. viii, 424pp, illustrated, b/w photographs, illustrations in text, map, tables. Half leather binding, decorated and titled in gilt, teg, marbled eps. Richly illustrated popular French edition of the account of the famous Polar expedition of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), a Norwegian explorer and scholar. Nansen laid the foundation for modern Polar science, and later he also played a large role in international politics, in the League of Nations, also receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace. Shelfware, leather rubbing at edges, corners, booksellers or library stamp to title page, no other markings, some minor foxing, age toning to pages. Contents clean. Very Good. Price £65.00 Keywords qpolarq, arctic, north pole S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket