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Farthest North (Vol. I Only) Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram," 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey
de Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1898. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fine binding in half-pebbled morocco over fine-grained gray cloth, light wear to extremities, bright ornate gilt titles and decoration to spine and covers and top page ends. Marbled endpapers with handsome bookplate of Hughson Hawley on verso on front pastedown. Binding is tight, pages are clean. Lacking 3 of the 4 maps called for in the map pocket; only the 22.5" square "Chart of North Polar Regions" is present, in Fine condition. The eight colored plates are all present. . Volume I only of Nansen's classic work. A handsome, scarce copy of this edition, published only one year after the first. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 587 pages. T1 .
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- Librería
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 33446
- Título
- Farthest North (Vol. I Only) Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram," 1893-96, and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey
- Autor
- Nansen, Dr. Fridtjof
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Early Printing
- Editorial
- Harper & Brothers
- Fecha de publicación
- 1898
- Palabras clave
- Polar Regions, Exploration
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
