Farthest North

NANSEN, FRIDTJOF: Farthest North. The Norwegian Polar Expedition, 1893 - 1896. Fridtjof Nansen's "Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a fifteen month's sleigh journey by Dr.Nansen and Lieut. Johansen with an appendix by Otto Sverdrup captain of the Fram. Two volumes. Archibald Constable and Company. Westminster. 1897 1st edition.

Tall 8vo. 9 1/2 x 6 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With gilt vignette of "The Fram" on the cover of volume I and "Northwards through the Drift-Snow" on volume II. 510, 671pp. About one hundred and twenty full page and numerous text illustrations, sixteen coloured plates in facsimile from Dr. Nansen's own sketches etched portrait photgravures and colour fold out maps. In very good condition. Spines slightly faded with small chips at ends. Small indentations to both spines. Corners slightly bumped and small bumps to fore edges. Mild foxing to edges. Else clean and tight copies. First Edition of the English Translation. "Narrative of the First Fram Expedition, 1893-1896, led by Nansen, with the object of investigating the polar basin north of Eurasia by drifting in the ice with the currents northwest from the New Siberian Islands across or near the Pole." Large paper copy.

[SW: FOREIGN TRAVEL::Antarctic / Arctic FRIDTJOF NANSEN, Farthest North, Norwegian, Polar Expedition, 1893 - 1896, Fram, sleigh journey, Lieut. Johansen, Otto Sverdrup, New Siberian Islands, North Pole, first edition.]

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[Clark, Walter, chairman, et al., committee appointed by The North Carolina Literary and Historical Society]: FIVE POINTS IN THE RECORD OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1861-5. Esse Quam Videri. Report Of The Committee Appointed By,
The North Carolina Literary And Historical Society -- 1904. Goldsboro, N.C.: Nash Brothers, Book and Commercial Printers.

1904. First edition. 8vo (6" x 9"). 79 pages. Gray printed wrappers (paperbound). Maps of Bethel, Gettysburg, and Appomattox (including four double-page maps). Book weighs 7 oz. CONDITION: Dark circular stain (approximately 1 1/4" in circumference) at right edge of front wrapper which extends to the side edge of the title page and the first twenty-four page (diminishing in size until it is only 1/8" in width from pages 11-24), wrappers lightly soiled, tip of upper corner of page 47-48 had been folded over (to mark place), faint vertical crease to rear wrapper, else Good+. Contains: "Report Of Committee"; "First At Bethel" by Major E.J. Hale; "Farthest At Gettysburg" by Judge W.A. Montgomery; "Longstreet's Assault At Gettysburg" by Lieut. W.R. Bond; "Farthest At Chickamauga" by Judge A.C. Avery; "Last At Appomattox" by Hon. H.A. London; "The Last Capture Of Guns" by E.J. Holt, 1st Lieut. 75 N.C., (7 Cav.); "Number Of Troops Furnished By North Carolina And Number Of Killed And Wounded" by Capt. S.A. Ashe. Scarce. An advertisement from the State Librarian inside the rear wrapper promotes the remaining volumes of Clark's five-volume set of HISTORIES OF THE SEVERAL REGIMENTS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. The sets are offered at5.00 per set and individual volumes at1.00 each!!! Oh, for a time machine!!!

[SW: KEYWORDS: *Civil War *Military History *North Carolina *Confederate States *Southern History]

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[Clark, Walter, chairman, et al., committee appointed by The North Carolina Literary and Historical Society]. FIVE POINTS IN THE RECORD OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1861-5. Esse Quam Videri. Report Of The Committee Appointed By.
1904. First edition. 8vo (6" x 9"). 79 pages. Gray printed wrappers (paperbound). Maps of Bethel, Gettysburg, and Appomattox (including four double-page maps). Book weighs 7 oz. CONDITION: Dark circular stain (approximately 1 1/4" in circumference) at right edge of front wrapper which extends to the side edge of the title page and the first twenty-four page (diminishing in size until it is only 1/8" in width from pages 11-24), wrappers lightly soiled, tip of upper corner of page 47-48 had been folded over (to mark place), faint vertical crease to rear wrapper, else Good+. Contains: "Report Of Committee"; "First At Bethel" by Major E.J. Hale; "Farthest At Gettysburg" by Judge W.A. Montgomery; "Longstreet's Assault At Gettysburg" by Lieut. W.R. Bond; "Farthest At Chickamauga" by Judge A.C. Avery; "Last At Appomattox" by Hon. H.A. London; "The Last Capture Of Guns" by E.J. Holt, 1st Lieut. 75 N.C., (7 Cav.); "Number Of Troops Furnished By North Carolina And Number Of Killed And Wounded" by Capt. S.A. Ashe. Scarce. An advertisement from the State Librarian inside the rear wrapper promotes the remaining volumes of Clark's five-volume set of HISTORIES OF THE SEVERAL REGIMENTS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. The sets are offered at5.00 per set and individual volumes at1.00 each!!! Oh, for a time machine!!!. The North Carolina Literary And Historical Society -- 1904. Goldsboro, N.C.: Nash Brothers, Book and Commercial Printers.

[SW: KEYWORDS: *Civil War *Military History *North Carolina *Confederate States *Southern History,]

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Happy Motoring, Volume 20, Number 5 - an Imperial Oil/Esso Periodical, Toronto Imperial Oil/Esso 1959 ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
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Features: Ski trails of Banff National Park; Le Royaume du Saguenay; Nova Scotia "Campsite" - the Cabot Trail; Postage Stamp Motoring; Odd items about Canada - The "Coleman" Frog (as big as a dog!), Pount Pelee - south of the northmost part of California!, Ukrainian 'Bush' House of God, near Neepawa and Minnedosa, Farthest east home in Canada; Along the Yukon Trail; photo of Imperial's and probably North America's, first service station, opened in Vancouver in 1908; North to Buffalo Narrows. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. First Edition Stapled 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition

[SW: Happy Motoring, Volume 20, Number 5 - an Imperial Oil/Esso Periodical Ski trails of Banff National Park; Le Royaume du Saguenay; Nova Scotia "Campsite" - the Cabot Trail; Postage Stamp Motoring; Odd items about Canada - The "Coleman" Frog (as big as a dog!), Pount Pelee - south of the northmost part of California!, Ukrainian 'Bush' House of God, near Neepawa and Minnedosa, Farthest east home in Canada; Along the Yukon Trail; photo of Imperial's and probably North America's, first service station, opened in Vancouver in 1908; North to Buffalo Narrows. Ephemera Magazine Back Issues]

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