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
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First American edition. Numerous illustrations, some color. Folding maps. 3/4 leather. Quartos. Over 1,300 pages. Near fine. Some slight edge rubs. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards, top edges gilt. Spines stamped in gilt with five raised bands, marbled endpapers. Bindings sound. Very handsome set.
Nansen's account of the three year arctic expedition on which he achieved the record-setting northern latitude of 86°14′. Well illustrated, including 16 colored plates from Nansen's own sketches. There is an appendix by "Fram's" captain, Otto Sverdrup, and four maps in liner pocket at end of volume I. Newspaper clipping from the November 5, 1897 Boston Herald is laid in, relating to Nansen's visit and a lecture he gave in Boston.
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