{"product_id":"1896-avonturen-van-nansen-noordpool-childrens-picture-book-vlieger","title":"Avonturen van Nansen aan de Noordpool [Adventures of Nansen at the North Pole]","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e(Arctic Expeditions) Brabant, Else van (pseudonym of E. J. de Moulin van Harlingen). Avonturen van Nansen aan de Noordpool [Adventures of Nansen at the North Pole]. Amsterdam: J. Vlieger, circa 1896.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eQuarto. [12] pp. including inside wrappers. Illustrated throughout with six pages of chromolithographs and six pages of monochrome lithographs. Publisher's original pictorial glazed card wrappers, featuring a multi-color lithographed portrait of the Norwegian Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen to the upper wrapper, and an action scene of Nansen traversing ice on skis towed by a sled dog with his exploration vessel, the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"420\"\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e, icebound in the distance, to the lower wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eThe physical condition of the volume is \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e. The highly vulnerable glazed card wrappers remain bright and structurally sound, with minor routine rubbing and localized wear along the spine fold, including a clean split to the lower 2-1\/4\" of the spine junction that does not compromise the text block security. Internally, the heavy paper stock is remarkably well-preserved; defects are minor and strictly restricted to a few isolated finger smudges and two or three minute spots of foxing on the margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003ePolar Exploration Iconography and Late-Nineteenth-Century Juvenile Lithography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis ephemeral Dutch picture book serves as an immediate contemporary response to Fridtjof Nansen’s historic \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"109\"\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e expedition (1893–1896). Written under the pseudonym Else van Brabant by E. J. de Moulin van Harlingen, the work translates the tactical and geographic realities of Arctic exploration into a visual narrative for European youth. The technical execution relies on high-quality \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"388\"\u003echromolithography\u003c\/b\u003e balanced by fine-line monochrome lithographs, capturing the specialized equipment, clothing, and canine transport networks that defined Nansen's methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eIn terms of content, the narrative captures the cultural phenomenon surrounding Nansen's attempt to reach the geographical North Pole by intentionally permitting the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"166\"\u003eFram\u003c\/i\u003e to freeze into the moving Arctic pack ice. While the expedition fell short of the pole itself, Nansen's radically innovative polar travel techniques—including custom-designed sledges, specialized clothing layers, and ski-dog integration—revolutionized late-Victorian exploration and established the tactical blueprint for subsequent successful rushes to both the Arctic and Antarctic poles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eBibliographic Scarcity and Institutional Census\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eNineteenth-century children's toy books issued in soft glazed wrappers suffered from an notoriously high mortality rate, particularly when treating heroic or highly handled adventure themes. Because these fragile paper-covered booklets were routinely read to destruction in nurseries, clean examples containing the full compliment of uncompromised lithographed plates are exceptionally difficult to recover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eA current global sweep of the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"30\"\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/b\u003e confirms the immense scarcity of this J. Vlieger imprint. The database records \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"132\"\u003eonly one solitary copy in permanent public or institutional holdings worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e, located at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAN EXCEEDINGLY RARE, TRULY RECOVERY-LEVEL PIECE OF POLAR JUVENILIA, SIGNIFICANT FOR SPECIALIZED ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS FOCUSING ON NANSEN ICONOGRAPHY, LATE-VICTORIAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY, AND THE EUROPEAN POPULARIZATION OF THE ARCTIC HEROIC AGE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001257\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000541925525,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/avonturen_van_nansen_01_20250504.jpg?v=1746490857","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/1896-avonturen-van-nansen-noordpool-childrens-picture-book-vlieger","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}