Description
The first American edition of In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration In Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen.
Quarto, [two volumes], [xviii], 384pp; [xiii], [1], 420pp. In the publisher’s blue cloth, illustrated cover, gilt title on spine. Stated “November, 1911” on copyright page, no additional printings listed. Solid text blocks, light points of rubbing along perimeter of cloth. Faint foxing along edges of text blocks, otherwise clean and fine. Complete with a detailed color frontispiece in each volume, as well as numerous in-text illustrations. In the publisher’s scarce dust jackets, $8.00 net retail price listed on front panel of each volume. Both jackets with chipping at corners and thin losses along hingeflaps. Professional tissue repairs reinforcing hinges and edges on verso of each jacket. Overall very good condition.
(Arctic Bibliography, 11993)
This rare first American edition was published in 1911, simultaneously released with the first English edition by William Heinemann in London. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) was a renowned Norwegian explorer, scientist, and diplomat who led the first successful expedition across Greenland’s interior in 1888, making significant contributions to Arctic exploration. He later developed the Nansen Passport, a document that provided stateless refugees with legal protection, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. Nansen also made notable contributions to oceanography and zoology, enhancing the understanding of the polar regions.
