The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E.; Roosevelt, Theodore (Introduction by); - 1910

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue textured cloth (NOT the illustrated variant), lettered in gilt. 1st ed., matching dates. xxxii,373 pp., 8 color illus., 100 b&w, lacking the map. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities, spine panel cloth slightly sunned, minor moisture spotting to a portion of front cover. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. Binding a bit shaken but hinges intact. Mild cigarette odor to contents, nothing objectionable..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 26 x 19 cm. Quarto. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and gilt medallion of Peary to cover. xii 315 pages with 116 illustrations from photographs, including 4 photo photogravures. Folded colored map in rear is present, but has several closed tears and some foxing. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper states that this was a prize for geography for Mount College Brighton, awarded X-Mas 1915. Spine is worn and has a closed tear completely down one hinge. Binding is still holding but feels loose.

London: Hodder and Stoughton,, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt medallion of Peary to cover as well as a design of coat of arms of Waverley School of Nottingham. 315 pages with 116 illustrations from photographs. Folded colored map in rear. Label on front pastedown designated this as a gift and was presented thus: "B.W.Davies for manly qualities voted by his school fellows. July 1914, from the Waverley School in Nottingham". Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Rear gutter cracked.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. A bright first edition of Robert Peary's controversial 1908-1909 expedition to the North Pole, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, whom the ship Peary travelled on was named after.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 made by. The debated continues to this day, with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole.Illustrated with a frontispiece, two further photogravures, one folding colour map, and one-hundred and twelve plates. Collated, complete.With the armorial bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox inserted following the front free endpaper, accompanied by the inscription "My Godfather E.R.… Read More