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Lot 68
[NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930)]. A group of 6 works by or about Nansen in 9 volumes, 8vo, condition generally fine.
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[NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930)]. A group of 6 works by or about Nansen, comprising:


NANSEN, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897. Publisher's green cloth gilt. 2 volumes. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bibliography 11983. -- NANSEN. The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1890. Publisher's pictorial cloth. 2 volumes. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- NANSEN. Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic. New York: Duffield & Company, 1925. Publisher's black cloth gilt. Provenance: T.R. Peirsol (ownership signature). -- NANSEN. In Northern Mists. London: William Heineman, 1911. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Evelyn Steffanson Nef (1913-2009), former president of the Society of Women Geographers (ownership signature). -- JOHANSEN, Hjalmer (1867-1913). With Nansen in the North. London: Ward, Lock, & Co. Limited, 1899. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. -- And 1 other. Together, 6 works in 9 volumes, 8vo, condition generally fine. Provenance for the lot: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks.

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