Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : unknown:S-Arc ; Antarctic; Arctic; Miscellaneous; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2296 (574) Category Arctic; Author Fitzhugh Green Title PEARY: The Man Who Refused To Fail Publishing Information New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1926. Description 1st Edition: Foreword by Josephine Diebitsch Peary. [2],(i)-viii,404pp, illustrated, portrait frontispiece, 19 b/w plates. Map endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g. Arctic Bibliography 6126. A biography of the Arctic explorer who was allegedly the first man to set foot at the North Pole. Also includes information of his lesser discussed earlier Arctic trips, including his crossing of Greenland. Shelfware, Titling to spine rubbed and indistinct. Owners stamp on fep and title page, frontispiece tissue paper guard loosening. Contents clean. Good. Price £25.00 Keywords qpolarq, North Pole, Arctic, expedition, explorer S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket