Eskimo Life -- 1893 FIRST UK EDITION

Nansen, Fridtjof

Verlag: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1893

Beschreibung

1893 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original greenish blue cloth with gilt lettering spine, gilt decorations front cover and spine, original black coated EPs. The book has some light spotting to covers, some puckering to cover cloth, some darkening to spine, cracking to EP hinges but hinges very sound and not loose (not breaking), old owner gift inscription on verso of FFEP dated 1932 and name penned to recto of frontispiece and owner name stamped to corner of short title page (NOT ex-library) otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, some foxing but mainly restricted to pages with plates and to the first and last few pages (most pages have no foxing), solid binding, usual browning to advertisement pages at end of book (due to cheap paper used for the ads), no restorations. The book measures 229mm tall x 153mm, and has 350 pages + 24 pages of ads, 16 b/w plates, 16 in-text illustrations, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003816

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Eskimo Life -- 1893 FIRST UK EDITION
• Verlag: Longmans, Green and Co., London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1893
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Polar
  • Mountaineering
  • Skiing