A Library of Curiosities - Part II
Sat, Nov 8, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 55
NANSEN, Fridtjof, 1861-1930. Farthest North.
Estimate: $600 - $800
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
NANSEN, Fridtjof, 1861-1930. 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, by Dr. Fridtjof Nansen ; with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup ... ; about 120 full-page and numerous text illustrations, 16 colored plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches, etched portrait, photogravures, and 4 maps.
First US Edition. [New edition, with index].
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1897.
2 volumes. With frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some color), portraits, maps; with Four folded color maps in front and rare pockets of volume 1.
Bound in dark gray boards with red, green, and silver decorative stamping front cover; gilt lettering across spine.
H: 9 3/4 W: 6 3/4 in.
Condition
Very Good. T.p. of Vol. 1 partially detached.
With bookplate, “John A. Davidson,” at rear pastedown of both volumes, with “Jennie S. Withrow Xmas 1897” in ink on front pastedown of both volumes.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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