Fridtjof Nansen - Farthest North (2 Vol.)

Nik's Bookstore item-no.: 1-A125
 2 Volumes. 2nd. UK Edition. George Newnes, Ltd., London 1898.

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 with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the FRAM.
About one hundred and twenty full page and numerous text illustrations and coloured plate in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches. Portrait and Maps.

Both books are in very good condition and a bit skewed. Litlle browning to the fly leafs.Top edges are a little dusty. The illustrative covers of the boards are well preserved. The tops and the bottoms of the spine of both books are a little rubbed and show signs of usage.

Overall a very decorative and richly illustrated set of Fridtjof Nansen's North Polar expedition.