NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram” 1893-96 and of Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897.
2 volumes, royal 8vo. Etched frontispiece portrait, 4 color-printed folding maps, 16 chromolithographic plates, numerous illustrations after photographs. Original blue-green cloth blocked in gilt.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A fine set. Arctic Bib. 11983.
[With:] the first American edition published in New York by Harper & Brothers, 1897. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Numerous plates from photographs, chromolithographs, 4 folding maps loose as issued in rear pockets. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt, silver, green and red, top edges gilt, others uncut (light wear at ends, joints tender). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- [With:] the first Norwegian edition published in Kristiana by H. Aschehoug & Co., 1897. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. 3 color-printed folding maps, portrait frontispiece, and 40 plates (3 in color). Original dark blue cloth blocked and lettered in gilt. FIRST NORWEGIAN EDITION. A fine set. Arctic Bib. 11983; PMM 384. -- [With:] the second English edition and the first to appear in the publisher’s pictorial cloth. London: George Newnes, 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo. Illustrated. Original teal pictorial cloth stamped in various colors. A FINE SET.
Together, 4 different imprints of Nansen’s “Farthest North”, in 8 volumes.