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Published by William Heinemann, London, 1911
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 415 p. 27 cm. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and numerous b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with black and gold impressing. Corners bumped, edges worn, tears in spine ends. Front hinge cracking internally. Ink signature on front pastedown. Roughened text block edges. Topics include Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, Eskimo and Skraeling, decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland, Norwegians in the White Sea, whaling and sealing, the north in maps of the Middle Ages, John Cabot, Portuguese discoveries.
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1911
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. 1st UK edition. 383pp; 415pp. Small quartos in decorative gilt-stamped blue cloth. Fraying to spines at tips, corners lightly exposed; hinges softened, bookplates on front pastedown, light foxing throughout. B&W illustrations. Two volume set.
Original Cloth. Condition: Near VG Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Book has spot foxing, owners dated signature. Dj has chips, tears, missing approx. half of spine. A nice copy with all maps and plates present. Book.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first English language edition of this study of Siberia, by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The first edition of this work in English, translated by Arthur G. Chater.An interesting travel work on Siberia, looking into the province and its development over history. Nansen presents a detailed and sympathetic view of the life and culture of the Russian region, and recounts his experience of the Trans-Siberian railway.Illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, and ninety-five plates. Collated, complete.The work of Fridtjof Nansen, an important Norwegian explorer. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by London William Heinemann, 1911
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Two Volumes, First Editions, Volumes 1 and 11: Hardbacks, blue bds., gold titles and illustration on front bd., gold spinal titles, 180 x 255mm., 3.2kg. (extra postage), 384 and 416 pp., with Index, tipped-in colour frontis on both vols. and illustrated throughout with numerous line drawings in the text, slight loss of colour to edges of bds., and light edge wear, no dws., VG copies.
Published by London William Heinemann 1911, 1911
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
Condition: very good. 1st UK Edition. xi,384; (vi)416pp. Tall octavo. Two volumes, Bound in original blue cloth with gold gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Head and base of spine and cover corners with very minor rubbing and minor bumping. Endpapers foxed and toned as usual. Top of text block darkened and dust soiled. Colour tipped-in frontispieces clean and bright; overlaying tissue guards intact. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, charts and maps. Volume II has a two-page, four-sided August 1911 Heinemann catalogue listing the book laid in with this title listed. A very nice, attractive copy. Arctic Bibl. 11993. A history of arctic voyages from original sources, often translated specifically for Nansen. Covers the discovery of Iceland and Greenland in the Middle Ages, the decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland, early whaling and sealing, etc. Wonderfully inscribed by Nansen, in the year of publication, to Lord Edward Grey, Liberal parliamentarian, Foreign Secretary, and leader of the House of Lords. Inscribed association copies are very uncommon.