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NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Nord I tåkeheimen: utforskningen av jordens nordlige strøk i tidlige tider. Kristiania: Jacob Dybwads, 1911.
Roald Amundsen’s copy of the first edition of Nansen’s history of Arctic exploration. In the year this book was published, Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, having traveled south on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Arctic Bib. 12000.
Quarto (265 x 194mm). In-text illustrations. Publisher’s original blue decorated cloth (small crack at head of spine). Provenance: Roald Amundsen (1872-1928; signature dated 13 May 1912) – Christie’s, 27 Sept 2006, lot 213.
Roald Amundsen’s copy of the first edition of Nansen’s history of Arctic exploration. In the year this book was published, Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, having traveled south on Nansen’s own ship, the Fram. Arctic Bib. 12000.
Quarto (265 x 194mm). In-text illustrations. Publisher’s original blue decorated cloth (small crack at head of spine). Provenance: Roald Amundsen (1872-1928; signature dated 13 May 1912) – Christie’s, 27 Sept 2006, lot 213.