NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Farthest North.

NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930).  Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, large 8vo (239 x 160mm). Half titles, etched portrait, titles printed in red and black, 16 coloured plates, half tone plates, illustrations, 4 folding coloured maps (some spotting mainly at the beginning of each vol.). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: J. Berkley Matthews (signatures on front pastedowns); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bib. 11983; Howgego Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850-1940 III, N3; PMM 384: “… Nansen’s own account of a remarkable achievement in polar exploration, every detail of which was worked out by Nansen himself and went absolutely according to plan.” (2)