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NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). The First Crossing of Greenland. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. 8vos. Illustrated with 5 fold-out color maps and several plates. 510, [24, ads]; 509 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in silver (binding heavily worn, toned, rear board of volume I loose, spine of volume II torn with a large piece loose, text toned, several gutters cracked, hinges cracked). Fair. Bookplates of Robert Rigby on both fps. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF NANSEN'S RECORD OF HIS EXPEDITION ACROSS THE ICEFIELDS OF GREENLAND.