The North Pole. Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club: With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Signed by the author.
by Peary, Robert E
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. The Plimpton Press, 1910. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Quarto. [4], xxxii, 373 pages. Illustrated with 8 colored plates, 100 black and white photographs, and a folding map in back. A few light scuff marks to the leather on the raised spine bands, front and rear joints, and the upper front right corner. Light soil to the cloth front board. Folding map has a small .75" closed tear upper edge. Three-quarter blue Moroccan leather binding with light blue cloth covered boards. 5 raised bands on the spine with gilt stamped title and designs. Gilt top edge. Blueish marbled end sheets. Foredge and bottom edge untrimmed. The General Hubbard Edition was published September 1910. Limited, numbered edition. #149 of 500 signed by Peary on the blank page preceding the half title. Illustrated book plate of Jane S. Strong on the front paste down.
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- 18389
- Title
- The North Pole. Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
- Author
- Peary, Robert E
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company. The Plimpton Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
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