Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1854-1930) & Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832-1901) Fridtjof NANSEN. The First Crossing of Greenland . Translated from Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp. London & New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1890. 2 volumes, 8° (212 x 138mm). Half-titles. 12 plates, 5 folding coloured maps, numerous illustrations. (Small tears and some light browning to maps.) Contemporary half morocco (extremities rubbed, spines slightly faded). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 11985. [ With : Fridtjof NANSEN. "Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr.Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. 2 volumes, 8° (237 x 163mm). Titles in red and black. Numerous plates, 8 coloured, 4 folding coloured lithographic maps, numerous illustrations. (Repaired tears to two folding maps, some light spotting.) Original cloth gilt (discoloured). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 11983. [ And :] Otto Neumann SVERDRUP. New Land Four years in the arctic regions... translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co, 1904. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 150mm). Half-titles. 2 frontispieces and 60 plates, 3 folding maps (2 coloured and in pocket at back of vol.II), numerous illustrations. Contemporary half morocco gilt, top edge gilt (extremities scuffed). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 17322. [ And :] Adolf Erik NORDENSKJÖLD. Svenska Polar-Expeditionen ar 1872-1872 under ledning of A.E.Nordenskiöld skildrand af F.R.Kjellman . Stocklholm: P.A. Norsstedt & Söner, 1875. 8° (246 x 166mm.) 2 folding tinted and lithographic plates, folding coloured lithographic map, illustrations. (Some browned and spotted.) Original cloth (extremities rubbed). Adolf Erik NORDENSKJÖLD. Die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse der Vega-Expedition... autorisirte Deutsche ausgabe. Leipzig: F.A.Brockhaus, [no date]. 8° (221 x 145mm). Half-title. 3 maps (1 folding and coloured, 2 coloured and double-page), 8 plates (4 double-page, 4 folding and coloured). (Some spotting.) Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt (extremities lightly scuffed); together with 40 others in 65 volumes (including: F.NANSEN. Eskimoleben , Leipzig & Berlin, 1903, 8°; F.NANSEN. In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwgische Polarexpedition 1893-1896, Leipzig, 1897-1898, 3 vols., 8°; F.NANSEN. Auf Schneeschuhen durch Grönland , Hamburg, 1898, 2 vols., 8°; O.SVERDRUP. Nyt Land fire aar i arktiske egne , Oslo, 1903, 2 vols., 8°; A.E.NORDENSKJÖLD. Die Nordpolarreisen Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld's 1858 bis 1879 , Leipzig, 1880, 8°; A.J.NORDENSKJÖLD. Vegafahrt um Asien und Europa , Leipzig, 1886, 8°). (72)
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1854-1930) & Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld (1832-1901) Fridtjof NANSEN. The First Crossing of Greenland . Translated from Norwegian by Hubert Majendie Gepp. London & New York: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1890. 2 volumes, 8° (212 x 138mm). Half-titles. 12 plates, 5 folding coloured maps, numerous illustrations. (Small tears and some light browning to maps.) Contemporary half morocco (extremities rubbed, spines slightly faded). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 11985. [ With : Fridtjof NANSEN. "Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr.Nansen and Lieut. Johansen. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. 2 volumes, 8° (237 x 163mm). Titles in red and black. Numerous plates, 8 coloured, 4 folding coloured lithographic maps, numerous illustrations. (Repaired tears to two folding maps, some light spotting.) Original cloth gilt (discoloured). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 11983. [ And :] Otto Neumann SVERDRUP. New Land Four years in the arctic regions... translated from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co, 1904. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 150mm). Half-titles. 2 frontispieces and 60 plates, 3 folding maps (2 coloured and in pocket at back of vol.II), numerous illustrations. Contemporary half morocco gilt, top edge gilt (extremities scuffed). First edition in English. Arctic Bibliography 17322. [ And :] Adolf Erik NORDENSKJÖLD. Svenska Polar-Expeditionen ar 1872-1872 under ledning of A.E.Nordenskiöld skildrand af F.R.Kjellman . Stocklholm: P.A. Norsstedt & Söner, 1875. 8° (246 x 166mm.) 2 folding tinted and lithographic plates, folding coloured lithographic map, illustrations. (Some browned and spotted.) Original cloth (extremities rubbed). Adolf Erik NORDENSKJÖLD. Die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse der Vega-Expedition... autorisirte Deutsche ausgabe. Leipzig: F.A.Brockhaus, [no date]. 8° (221 x 145mm). Half-title. 3 maps (1 folding and coloured, 2 coloured and double-page), 8 plates (4 double-page, 4 folding and coloured). (Some spotting.) Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt (extremities lightly scuffed); together with 40 others in 65 volumes (including: F.NANSEN. Eskimoleben , Leipzig & Berlin, 1903, 8°; F.NANSEN. In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwgische Polarexpedition 1893-1896, Leipzig, 1897-1898, 3 vols., 8°; F.NANSEN. Auf Schneeschuhen durch Grönland , Hamburg, 1898, 2 vols., 8°; O.SVERDRUP. Nyt Land fire aar i arktiske egne , Oslo, 1903, 2 vols., 8°; A.E.NORDENSKJÖLD. Die Nordpolarreisen Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld's 1858 bis 1879 , Leipzig, 1880, 8°; A.J.NORDENSKJÖLD. Vegafahrt um Asien und Europa , Leipzig, 1886, 8°). (72)
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