Nansens Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of 1893-96, and of a Fifteen months’ Sleigh Journey By Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. 1897. Second Edition, first to feature these beautiful bindings. Two Volumes. Very Good Condition.
Elaborately decorated green cloth over beveled boards with designs and lettering in gold, silver, and red. Gilt edges. Boards feature the ice-bound ship, The Fram; spine depicts solitary figure on mountaintop. Filled with photographs, illustrations, and maps.
Originally published in 1897, this two-volume work chronicles the polar expedition of Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), who came closer than any previous explorer to the North Pole.
