Description: Fridtjof Nansen's "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 with Lieut. Johansen with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup Captain of the Fram. Author: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Publisher: George Newnes, Ltd., London. 1898. Second edition. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Original green cloth bindings with elaborately decorated spines and front covers. Boards are beveled and front covers are blocked in gilt, silver & red. Spines lettering & decoratives in gilt & silver. Page edges sprinkled red. Yellow endpapers. 120 full page & numerous in-text illustrations & coloured plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches. Vol. I - xv. 480 pages. Pages and plates collated complete. Half-title and title pages intact. Frontis of Fidtjof Nansen. The coloured folding map called for in Volume I is at back of Volume II and is present but split in two - Chart of the North Polar Regions. Pges & plates collated complete. Vol. II - xiii. 456 pages. Half-title & title intact. Frontis of "Sailing Kayaks." Pages and plates collated complete. Dimensions: Octavo. 235 mm tall x 160 mm wide.

Condition: See pictures for condition. Good condition, otherwise very good, but with some post-earthquake amateur repair to hinges. Matching pair. No bookplates, markings, stamps or writing. Boards clean & bright with limited wear and fading. Spines have limited to no sun fading. Hinges glued and repaired in both volumes. Both volumes now tight. General rubbing, bumping & bending to board corners & spine head & tail edges. Limited shelf wear to board bottom ends both volumes. Text blocks tight, clean and supple. Plates clean & supple. Please ask any questions before bidding. Look to Abebooks for descriptors and pricing. Thank you for looking and good luck.