Beretning Om Gjøa-Ekspeditionen 1903-1907
Aschehoug, 1907.
First edition, in the original Norwegian. Large 8vo. Publisher's attractive gilt decorated cloth. Marbled page edges. Patterned endpapers. Extensively illustrated throughout with photographs and plans. Three colour maps to rear, two of which are large and folding. A bright, fine copy. Uncommonly well-preserved. A small, neat and contemporary inscription to half title.
The original account of Amundsen's first great Polar 'first' - becoming the first man to successfully navigate The Northwest Passage.
Stock ID: 42416
£1,250.00