Add this copy of Nansen to cart. $45.00, good condition, Sold by Book Bear rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brookfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1940 by Junior Literary Guild and the Viking Press.
Publisher:
Junior Literary Guild and the Viking Press
Published:
1940
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17314938409
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Seller's Description:
Boris Artzybasheff. Good to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 165 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. Title page states 1940 publication. The copyright page state First Published In March 1940. No later printing history offered. This copy is bound in light olive colored boards with greenish-blue type face on the spine and image on the front board. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
Add this copy of Nansen to cart. $66.00, very good condition, Sold by AARDVARK RARE BOOKS, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1940 by The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press.
Edition:
1940, The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press
Publisher:
The Junior Literary Guild and The Viking Press
Published:
1940
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17737522084
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Boris Artzybasheff. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 6.25 x 9.4 in., pp. 165. Illustrated in blue by Boris Artzybasheff. Gray-green cloth boards with dark blue boat design and title to cover. Publisher's paper spine label. Publisher's blue stain to top-edge. Very light rubbing to extremities. Light brown stain to bottom of spine, and to bottom edge. Graphic endpapers in blue by Artzybasheff. Light foxing up to page twenty-eight only. Rubbing and several chips to edges of dustjacket. Age-toning and spots of light brown stain to dustjacket. Some additional notes on "post-its" temorarily affixed to several pages. Protected in mylar. Newberry Honor Book in 1941. This novelized biography tells the adventures of Fridtjof Nansen, a scientist whose Arctic explorations were full of danger and courage. "And when, honored by all the world, he thought to return to his native Norway, there came a call from the League of Nations. There was a need for his help looking after war refugees and prisoners..." (from the dustjacket).
Add this copy of Nansen to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Crooked House Books & Paper rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1940 by Viking.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Gray cloth with stamped blue ship on front board, large 8vo (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches), 165 pages, illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff throughout printed in blue, pictorial endpapers. Boards faded to tan along extremities with some foxing, internally clean and bright with sound binding; toned dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with a bit of chipping at spine ends. A biography for young people of Norwegian Polar explorer, Fridtjof Nansen. Newbery Honor book of 1941.
