Nansen Explorer by Edward Shackleton (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A well-illustrated biography of Nansenâ s life and polar achievements. Original blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Dustjacket chipped to spine ends and corners, some creasing and small tears. Colouring is still bright and clear. Book with light shelfwear only. Ownership written in coloured pencil. 496. None (illustrator).…

Condition: Gut. xii, 209 S. Gebunden. Schutzumschlag berieben, gedunkelt und mit Randeinrissen; Seilten etwas nachgedunkelt und im Schnitt mit kleinem Braunfleck; Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz, sonst gut. In englischer Sprache. [K 217].

Condition: Very Good. 1959. First Edition. 209 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear. Pastedowns and endpapers remain clean overall, with small pencil mark to front endpaper. Frontispiece remains bright and clear. Boards have moderate edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate to heavy crushing to spine ends. Bumping to corners. Light fading to spine. Moderate tanning to textblock. Clipped dust jacket has moderate wear to edges, with moderate chips and tears to spine and corners. Heavy tanning to spine. Moderate tanning to front and rear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition UK hardback, 1959 Chatto & Windus. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in very good condition. Slight wear to the head and foot of the spine.Not price clipped. Illustrated.

Leineneinband. Condition: Gut. Auflage aus dem Buch nicht ersichtlich. 209 Seiten Das Buch befindet sich in einem gebrauchten, antiquarisch guten Zustand. Es ist gebraucht, und besitzt leichte, keinesfalls übermäßige Gebrauchsspuren, wie Schutzumschlag am Rand gering berieben, Einband an den Ecken gering bestoßen. Einband im Bereich des Buchrückens ausgeblichen, Seiten und Schnittkanten auf Grund Alter und Sonnenlicht leicht verfärbt, alles nicht übermäßig. Im Buch, bis auf alte Preisangaben oder Namenseintrag, keine Einträge. Nichtraucherbuch. Weitere Qualitätsmerkmale / Einschränkungen: kleiner Eintrag auf Vorsatzblatt Rik161632 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 783.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 209 p. : illus. ; 23 cm Subjects: Nansen, Fridtjof 1861-1930; Explorers Arctic regions ; Biography; Explorers Norway Biography; Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Norwegian. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 209 p. : illus. ; 23 cm Subjects: Nansen, Fridtjof 1861-1930; Explorers Arctic regions ; Biography; Explorers Norway Biography; Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Norwegian. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Excellent tight clean bright copy in DJ, free of markings, bumps or wear, DJ tight bright and tear-free, price-clipped. minor marks to rear panel and minor corner rubbing. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. better than VG/VG dj * corners sharp * light foxing top edge only * secure packaging * fast shipping.

8°, gebunden mit Umschlag. Condition: Gut. 209 Seiten, Umschlag stärker berieben und an den Kanten leicht bestoßen, Buchblock minimal nachgedunkelt, sonst sauberes Exemplar. A42311 Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "First published in 1959…" to the copyright page. Like new, appears unread, and not remaindered. Interior is clean, unmarked and free of any names or plates. Boards (hardcover) are clean, small "ding" to the top corner of the rear board. Bright silver titles to spine. Clipped dustjacket is lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities with a handful of very small chips and tears. Handful of small abrasions and stains to the front wrap. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. One of Norway's most accomplished explorers Nansen proposed locking a ship in the pack ice and letting it drift across the polar seas and then… gave it a go. Lord Edward Shackleton was the son of famed explorer Ernest Shackleton. Photographs (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1959 1st edition signed with dedication my the author in price clipped jacket. Signed by Author(s).

First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Very Good plus copy in blue cloth boards with a hint of sunning to the top edges and a previous owner name on flyleaf in a Very Good plus unclipped dust j with light wear to the extremity and a damp stain along the bottom edge of the rear panel. Fridtjof Nansen was the first to cross Greenland and later succeeded in proving that an ice locked ship would drift with the ocean current as he crossed the Arctic Ocean. Edward Shackleton, himself no stranger to heroics of polar exploration, greatly admired Nansen and here writes affectionately and authoritatively of his Arctic hero.…