Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2682 (855) 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 SIGNED Limited Deluxe Edition of 500, signed by Peary and Bartlett, this copy is unnumbered; xii, 326 pages, illustrated, 116 illustrations from photographs, included 4 photogravures. Full vellum bound, top page edge gilt, page edges uncut, vignettes of polar bear to covers. Original covers, frontispiece loosening, page 316 loose. Shelf wear, covers bumped, stained. The original large folding map is laid in. 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. Price £525.00 Keywords qpolarq, polar, Arctic, expedition, signed. S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket