j arthur bain (42 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. 1898. Third Edition. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Heavy cracking to gutters. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Mild water stains and droplets to boards.

Zustand: Fair. 1897. Abridged. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations. Noticeable thumb marking, water staining, foxing and tanning to pages and plates; text and images unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Front free end paper and frontispiece slightly detached. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. x, 11-160pp, 16pp publisher's ads, some black and white photographic plates. Brown cloth-covered boards; black and blind-embossed design, gilt titles on front, gilt titles and black design on spine; publisher's ads on endpapers; in-text photographs and illustrations throughout. 12mo. Rubbed and bumped extremities, staining, soiling and some mottling. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan. Volume a little loose. Internally neat, clean and bright. Nansen was a scientist and polar explorer and political activist who became the first League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Good clean reprint of Bain's book first published 1897, with numerous illustrations and map. Red cloth sun darkened to spine and with short tear to head of spine, internally very clean and tight. Prize label dated February 1914 to front pastedown.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Missing front endpaper, some water staining inside rear cover. ; Pictorial boards. No names inside. 32 page catalogue at rear. Undated but probably early 20th century. ; 352 pages; Omnibus edition containing the stories of Sir Henry M. Stanley and Fridtjof Nansen.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Described as "New Edition Revised and considerably enlarged", the preface dated 1897, but this might be a bit later (inScription dated 1902 on prize label at the front). Original publisher's red cloth with gilt and silver illustrations to front cover and spine, xix,[1], 449 pages, with 18 pages of publisher's adverts at rear. 15 plates including frontispiece and other illustrations within the text. A good sound copy, pages clean, minor wear only to covers.

8° Leinen. ohne Schutzumschlag, leichte Gebrauchsspuren an Einband und Block, Block sauber und fest, Einband berieben und fleckig, Vorsatz fleckig, Exlibris im Vorsatz 120 Deutsch 450g.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A good square unmarked copy, moderate wear to cover extremities, front inner hinge loosening, text block square & tight.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1898. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Fridtjof Nansen was a Scandinavian Arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos. xix and 449 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Board edges rubbed, worn and frayed at corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Some grubby marks to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Rev.ed. Undated - prize bookplate (1900) on front pastedown; plate facing p.394 has been sellotaped-in, with slight wear to outer edge; sellotape repairs to tears in p.ix-xii of the introduction. New edition, revised and considerably enlarged. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in ribbed dark blue cloth with gilt Used - Very Good. VG hardback in ribbed dark blue cloth with gilt.

hardcover. No Date, circa 1910. xix, 450p, original grey cloth with black lettering, rubbing to top of spine, owner's name and address, VG. The Everygreen Library edition. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. hb, no d/w, 160pp, plates. Prize book-plate (dated 1899).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Clean tight copy. Clothbound in maroon with gold gilting. Black and white images throughout. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with a little marking to the upper board. Leans. Hinges weakening fore and aft. The contents complete, clean and tight; Hardback. Bevelled Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 5" (1.2 kg); pp (x) 290 (12); Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; Black & white photographs; Top edge gilt; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190817 ||.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. New Edition. No date - circa 1897. A new edition revised and considerably enlarged. ***With numerous illustrations, including a map showing 'The "Fram's" Drift and Nansen and Johansen's Sledge Journey' on page 394. ***Very good in dark blue bevelled cloth covered boards, with gilt titles and silver decoration of "'The Fram" sailing ship to the spine, and gilt titles and gilt decorative portrait of Nansen and blind rules to the front board. The boards have a few marks and rubbing commensurate with age and handling [see scans]. Back board slightly curved. Olive green floral front and rear endpapers, with a period prize bookplate on the front pastedown dated 1898. All edges of text-block very lightly foxed, but not affecting interior pages. Spine tight. xix-prelim pages including contents, list of illustrations and introduction by the author. 449 pages plus two-page publisher's adverts to rear. 208 x 150 mm. ***Contents: Introduction; Ch. I: Preterita; II. Science, Sport, and Exploration; III: Personalia; IV: Greenland and its Inhabitants; V. The First Crossing of Greenland; VI: Fru Nansen; VII: Nansen's Home; VIII: The "Fream" [sailing ship]; IX: Arctic Equipment; X: Where an Expedition is Needed; XI: Arctic Sport; XII: How Can the Polar Region Be Crossed?; XIII: Arctic Currents; XIV. Nansen's Arctic Ship; XV: Criticisms of Nansen's Plan; XVI: "We are Thirteen All Told"; XVII: The Departure; XVIII: Three Years' Silence; XIX: The Treasure Islands of the Arctics; XX: Meeting of Nansen and Jackson; XXI: Arctic Exploration Previous to Nansen; XXII: Arctic Exploration Previous to Nansen (continued); XXIII: A Talk With Dr. Nansen; XXIV: Conclusion. ***'The only cure for the Arctic fever is the discovery of the North Pole. If anyone imagines that man is going to abandon this idea, should a few more lives be sacrificed in the pursuit of it, he is greatly mistaken. The operations of Arctic heroes, beginning with Sebastian Cabot and ending with Fridtjof Nansen, have gradually broken down the barriers that have stood for ages between restless man and his ambition. For many years Great Britain has stood foremost in the history of Arctic exploration, but Norway has lately proved a formidable rival in the person of Fridtjof Nansen, whose crossing of the great Greenland plateau in 1888 drew attention for the first time to the fertility of resource possessed by this strong-nerved Scandinavian. ***Like Columbus, Dr. Nansen set off to face tremendous odds armed with but three frail weapons - a little knowledge, a theory, and determination to succeed. Like Columbus, again, Dr. Nansen was able to convince many persons of the soundness of his scientific deductions and of the practicability of his plans.' (Quote from the introduction by J. Arthur Bain). ***Fridtjof Nansen (1861- 1930) the Norwegian explorer, scientist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86 degrees 14 minutes during his North Pole expedition of 1893-96. He retired from exploration after his return to Norway. His method of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. ***A nicely preserved copy of this magnificent Victorian publication, now over 120 years old. The book is very heavy, being printed on quality art paper, and is often found shaken with loose pages. This copy is nice and tight with no splitting of hinges or loose pages. Uncommon thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 1897. Walter Scott, London, 1897.Hard cover, dark blue boards, gilt titles. Book condition : Very good, clean tight text. Super photographs.New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Spine bumped, worn, corners turned.Covers have shelf wear. Previous owners stamp inside cover. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #008413. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A.

Third Edition, Fifteenth Thousand. S.W. Partridge, London. 1898. Hardback. Caramel cloth, type and illustrations in gilt, black, white and blind to spine and upper board. Nansen portrait photograph frontispiece + further photographs and line drawings internally. Spine slightly darkened with slight crumpling to ends; pretty colour-illustrated Wesleyan Sunday School prize bookplate to front paste-down end-paper. A nice copy.

Hardcover. y18257 Buch in gutem Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Two volumes bound together; the Nansen is "Abridged from the Larger Work". S.W. Partridge, London. No date given. Hardback. Olive green cloth, type and illustrations in black, gilt, blue and cream to spine and upper board. Plates and further illustrations to text. Extremities slightly rubbed; bookplate imperfectly removed from front paste-down end-paper; end-papers and pre-lims. foxed.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated biography of the life and expeditions of Frfidtjof Nansen, a pioneering Arctic explorer and the first man to cross the Greenland interior. Illustrated with fourteen plates, and map, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A biographical study of Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen, also a renowned polar explorer. This informative study of Nansen's life and explorations includes discussions of his crossing of the Greenland interior, the Fram expedition, Nansen's home and Arctic sports. The first man to cross the Greenland interior, and a pioneering arctic explorer, Nansen traversed the island on cross-country skis, with his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influencing a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. Written by J. Arthur Bain, a British author of several biographical books. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from the Natural History Museum Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Small marks to the cloth with minor fading. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Residue from the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. N/A (illustrator). 1897. Walter Scott, London, 1897. Hard cover, green boards, gilt titles. Book condition : Very good, Clean text and illustrations, Spine has wear top .Previous owner signature inside cover. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #008414. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair. xix., 449pp., blue cloth cover, gold lettering on spine and cover, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine slightly rubbed, small vertical 1cm tear at top of spine, minor markings on both covers, school label belonging to Winchester House on front free endpaper, minor foxing on first and last few pages and odd pages throughout, also minor foxing on outer page edges, selection of b&w photographs throughout. An interesting copy.

New edition revised and considerably enlarged, 8vo, xix, [1], 449, [1, blank], [2, publishers' adverts]pp., frontis., 14 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. blue cloth, decorated in silver and gold.

A nice early edition of this biography of the explorer. Inscription dated 1898 to front free endpaper Illustrated covers protected by removable plastic sleeve. VG.