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    By Fridtjof Nansen
    London   Longmans, Green and Co.
    9" by 5.5" xvi, 350, 24pp
    A scarce first edition of this work by Fridtjof Nansen.
    By Fridtjof Nansen

    1893 Eskimo Life

    London   Longmans, Green and Co.
    9" by 5.5" xvi, 350, 24pp
    A scarce first edition of this work by Fridtjof Nansen.
    £1,750.00
    : 1.5kgs / : EXP1-E-5
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Scarce

    With 16 plates and woodcuts in the text. Publisher's Catalogue to the rear. Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian. His polar exploration won him international fame and recognition, and his innovations in equipment and clothing were influential in the field of Arctic exploration.

    Condition

    In a green cloth binding with gilt pictorial detail to front board. Externally, smart with just some light rubbing to extremities and wear to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge tender after endpaper. Lacking a blank. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright with light scattered spotting. Publisher's catalogue age toned. Ink signatures to half title. Blind stamp to verso of frontispiece

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