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NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Northern Waters: Captain Roald Amundsen's Oceanographic Observations in the Arctic seas in 1901. Christiania: Jacob Dybwad, 1906.
A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Fridtjof Nansen’s survey of Greenlandic waters. His work is based on data collected by Roald Amundsen, to whom the book is dedicated and who would later be the first man to reach the South Pole—sailing Southward on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Arctic Bib. 12003.
Quarto (274 x 182mm). 11 plates, some of which in color, partially unopened. Original tan printed wrappers (spine repairs, dampstain to upper inside corner). Provenance: Sophus Feny (gift inscription from Nansen) – Chet Ross Rare Books.
A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Fridtjof Nansen’s survey of Greenlandic waters. His work is based on data collected by Roald Amundsen, to whom the book is dedicated and who would later be the first man to reach the South Pole—sailing Southward on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Arctic Bib. 12003.
Quarto (274 x 182mm). 11 plates, some of which in color, partially unopened. Original tan printed wrappers (spine repairs, dampstain to upper inside corner). Provenance: Sophus Feny (gift inscription from Nansen) – Chet Ross Rare Books.