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AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928). Nordvestpassagen: beretning om Gjøa-ekspeditionen, 1903-1907. Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1907.
8vo. 3 color maps, 2 of which are large and folding, illustrations in the text (few small tape repairs at gutter of folding maps). Original gilt-decorated red cloth, marbled edges, patterned endpapers (spine a touch bit sunned, else fine). Provenance: Jacob A. Carlsen (small stamp on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION of the original account of the Norwegian Arctic expedition that became the first successful negotiation of the Northwest Passage in a single ship. A VERY FINE COPY. Arctic Bib. 400; Tourville 226; Wickersham 6670a.