NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). A group of 15 works by or about Nansen, comprising.
NANSEN. The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans, Green, 1890. 2 volumes, 8vo. 5 folding route maps, 12 plates, numerous illustrations in the text. Original pictorial blue-green cloth blocked in silver (spines sunned and skewed). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bib. 11985. -- BRÖGER, W.C. and Nordahl ROLFSEN. Fridtiof Nansen. London, et al: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. Tall 8vo. Numerous illustrations, folding maps. Original cloth blocked in silver. Provenance: Martin L. Greene (booklabel), notable polar collector. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- BAIN, J. Arthur. Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen. London: Walter Scott, n.d. [1897]. 8vo. Illustrated. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. -- BULL, Jacob B. Fridtjof Nansen: A Book for the Young. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1898. 12mo. Illustrations. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Martin L. Greene (booklabel), notable polar collector. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this rare title. -- Another copy, later edition dated 1899. Also from Martin L. Greene’s library. -- NANSEN. In Northern Mists. London: William Heinemann, 1911. 2 volumes, 4to. Color printed frontispieces tipped-in, numerous maps, illustrations in the text. Original grey-blue cloth stamped in gilt and black, uncut (spines gently sunned, light rubbing at corners). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bib. 11993. -- NANSEN. Through Siberia: The Land of the Future. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Royal 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs, 3 maps. Original gilt-decorated cloth, lettered in white (light rubbing to extremities). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bib 41535. -- NANSEN. Eskimoleben. Berlin: Globus Verlag, 1921. 8vo. Illustrated. Original pictorial cloth. Provenance: Martin L. Greene (booklabel), notable polar collector. Later German edition.
And others, including several from the Martin L. Greene library. Together, 15 works in 16 volumes.