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NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Pair of First Norwegian Editions, including: Paa Ski Over Gronland: en Skildring Af Den Norske Gronlands- Ekspedition 1888-89 [With Ski over Greenland ~ The First Crossing of Greenland: Expedition of 1888-89] Kristiana (Oslo): H. Aschehoug,1890. First Norwegian Edition. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece of Nansen, 5 full-page plates, numerous woodcuts, 5 fold-out maps – 4 in color; numerous woodcut illustrations in text, numerous black-and-white photographs in text – some full-page. [xii], 704pp. Publisher's dark-green cloth pictorial label on front board and spine with bright gilt titles (recased, showing prior owner's script signature on second blank end leaf, slightly skewed, light toning to text, hinges reinforced.) A near fine copy. A SCARCE AND COMPLETE FIRST NORWEGIAN EDITION DOCUMENTING THIS MOST IMPORTANT NORWEGIAN GREENLAND EXPEDITION. Arctic Bibliography 12010 Narrative of the expedition of Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrip with four companions to East Greenland with the objective of crossing the Greenland ice — a feat never before achieved. The book contains descriptions of the equipment, the voyage from Norway via Iceland to Umivik, the East Greenland coast and its ice belt, previous attempts to penetrate the ice belt and this expedition's drift there. A feat he aptly summed up as "death or the west coast of Greenland." This is a very well documented account and first person narrative. And: Eskimoliv [Eskimo Life]. Kristiania (Oslo): 1891, 8vo. Frontispiece illustration plus 15 plates. [xiii], 293 pp.,(1). Publisher's dark-blue cloth on beveled boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spine (light rubbing to binding, hinges repaired, bookplate of Svein Brose on fp). Near fine. COMPLETE FIRST NORWEGIAN EDITION. Arcti Bibliography 11982. Contents include Greenland and its Eskimo, appearances and clothing, the kayak, winter houses, tents and umiaks, cookery, social conditions, art and poetry, religion, etc.