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    Category Arctic;
    Author Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
    Title THE NORTH POLE: With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One hundred and sixteen illustrations from photographs.
    Publishing Information London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
    Description Limited Deluxe Edition of 500, SIGNED by Peary and Bartlett: We believe this is a proof copy as this copy is unnumbered and all the special plates and plates are in b/w and tipped in. Collated and all illustrations(including the 4 photogravures) as called with their page location added neatly in pencil. Full vellum bound, top page edge gilt, page edges uncut, vignettes of polar bear to covers. Original covers, frontispiece loosening, with map and 1 of the photogravures laid in. Shelf wear, covers bumped, stained. The London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first (U.S.) edition but all the photos are in black and white. American explorer Robert Peary's interesting account of his expedition from 1908-1909 to the North Pole, the expedition in which he claimed to have reached the Pole. This was a controversial claim and was widely debated alongside Frederick Cook competing claim. The debate continues to this day, with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole. .A very interesting addition to any polar collection.
    Price £500.00
    Keywords qpolarq, polar, Arctic, expedition, signed. S1-Arc
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