[Two books]. MIKKELSEN (Ejnar). Lost in the Arctic. Account of the "Alabama" expedition, 1909 to 1912, by Danish captain Ejnar Mikkelsen. Translation by Charles Laroche. Illustrated with 73 illustrations and a map (fold-out in color in-fine). Tours, maison Alfred Mame er Fils (1913); in-4 (30x22 cm), red percaline boards decorated on the first with a polychrome gilt plaque, gilt edges. NANSEN (Fridtjof). Towards the Pole. Translated by Charles Rabot. 200 illustrations based on the explorer's photographs and drawings. Paris, Flammarion (1897); in-8 (23x16 cm), burgundy half leather (rubbed) with corners, blue percaline boards decorated with a gilded iron on the first cover. 424 pages (no foxing).

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