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Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: xxxii, 373 p. col. front., illus. (facsims.) plates (part col.) fold. maps. 25 cm. Good conditionm corners lightly worn, fold. map at end worn
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, cloth with illustrated top cover, illustrated with color frontispiece and seven additional color plates, and numerous black and white illustrations, folding color map in the rear, xxi, [1], 373 pp. Spine faded, top joint cracked, but still firm, bookplate; otherwise very good. Robert E. Peary (1856-1920) was a well known arctic explore who was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He worked for the U.S. Coast and Geologic Survey, and led a couple of survey expeditions into the Nicaraguan jungles between 1885-1888. On his second expedition he would hire Matthew Henson, a black assistant, who would end up spending 25 years with Peary and join him on his arctic expeditions. On Peary's last expedition that began in July 1908, he claimed to reach the North Pole in September 2009. However, his claim along with the claim of Frederick Cook, who claimed to get there in April 2008 created some controversy. Peary denounced Cook's claim and a publicity battle raged for several months. While Peary seemed to get the upper hand, his claims faced challenges too, and most historians do not believe he actually reached the North Pole. Nevertheless, Peary was considered a hero in his day, and he was awarded a gold medal by Congress. The introduction to this work was written by Theodore Roosevelt, and this copy was owned by James Wood Johnson, a co-founder of the Johnson and Johnson Company. The book has his bookplate. ANB.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Second edition. 8 full page color illustrations, 100 black-and-white illustrations, and a map. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue gilt pictorial cloth, t.e.g. Bookplate. Top spine end lightly spotted, else fine 8 full page color illustrations, 100 black-and-white illustrations, and a map. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. N.Y.: Stokes, 1910. 1st edition (September). xxxii + 373pp. Colour and b/w photo plates, folded colour map detailing Peary's trek as well as that of other explorers. Gilt and colour pictorial blue ribbed cloth, with explorer holding the US flag near his sledge. Very good. Peary's account of his claim to having conquered the pole.
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$222.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xxxii, 373. with half-title. 8 colour plates (incl. frontis.), 32 double-sided plates (with multiple illus.), large folding coloured map, & several text facsimiles. original decorative cloth, gilt, t.e.g. (extremities bit rubbed). Second Edition. Narrative of Pearys last expedition, 1908-09, on the Roosevelt, describing the passage through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, the wintering at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan, north of Ellesmere Island, and the march on the Pole, which was reached on April 6, 1909. Pearys record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908, but Cooks claim was disallowed, and most arctic scientists agree that Peary was the first man to reach the Pole. cfArctic Bib. 13230. cfNational Maritime Museum I 985.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece, xxxii, 373p. Original blue cloth. Complete with the foldout map inside the rear cover. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. Some foxing to a couple of illustration, otherwise a clean copy
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Large octavo, halftone plates, some colorized, folding rear color map. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and forward by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Peary's expedition to the North Pole. Very Good in partial dustjacket which includes the front panel and flaps (but even lacking the spine and rear panel the jacket is rather rare).
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Peary, Robert E.. The North Pole. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [4], vii-xxxii, 1-373, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt border around a white and blue decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates (reproductions of photographs colored by hand), 31 double-sided plates (black and white photographs), a few full-page illustrations in the appendix, and a colored fold-out map bound in the rear. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and a foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Arctic Bibliography 13230. Peary's narrative of his last expedition which took place in 1908-1909. The author discusses the expedition's organization, personnel, travels around the arctic, the ship the Roosevelt's passage through the ice of the Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, wintering at Camp Jessup, north Ellesmere island, hunting big game, and sledging. A very nice copy of Peary's travel narrative of the tundra. Minor rubbing to the extremities and a touch of bumping to the corners.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 373pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Top edge is gilt. "September 1910" on copyright page. Map at end of book. Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole -- a claim that subsequently attracted much criticism and controversy, and is today widely doubted. Narrative of Peary's last expedition, 1908-09, on the Roosevelt, describing the passage through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, the wintering at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan, north of Ellesmere Island, and the march on the Pole,which was reached on April 6, 1909. Peary's record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908, but Cook's claim was disallowed, and many arctic scientists agree that Peary was the first man to reach the Pole. It will probably never be proven whether or not Peary was there or not. It is likely he got close and believed he did reach it.
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 373pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Top edge is gilt. "September 1910" on copyright page. Map at end of book. Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole -- a claim that subsequently attracted much criticism and controversy, and is today widely doubted. Narrative of Peary's last expedition, 1908-09, on the Roosevelt, describing the passage through the ice of Smith Sound-Robeson Channel, the wintering at Camp Jesup, Cape Sheridan, north of Ellesmere Island, and the march on the Pole,which was reached on April 6, 1909. Peary's record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908, but Cook's claim was disallowed, and many arctic scientists agree that Peary was the first man to reach the Pole. It will probably never be proven whether or not Peary was there or not. It is likely he got close and believed he did reach it.
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1910 The North Pole 1ed Robert E. PEARY Arctic Expedition Exploration Voyage MAP The North Pole by Robert Edwin Peary is an exciting account of the explorer s arduous journey to the North Pole in 1908. Introduced by Theodore Roosevelt, the narrative details the systematic strategy employed by Peary and his team of 22 men, with significant help from local Inuits. Overcoming extreme Arctic conditions, the team gradually advanced towards the North Pole, with only Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Inuit team members reaching the final destination. The book contains a large, color folding map along with 8 color plates and 100 illustrations from photographs, depicting their trials and triumphs. Item number: #41585 Price: $599 PEARY, Robert E.; ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Contrib.); GROSVENOR, Gilbert H. (Contrib.) The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Robert E. Peary. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and a Foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. With Eight Full-Page Illustrations Reproducing Photographic Enlargements Colored by Hand; One Hundred Illustrations in Black-and-White, from Photographs; and with a Map in Colors by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. First US Edition. Details: Collation: Complete o xxxii, 373, [1] o 108 illustrations + folding map 8 color plates (including frontispiece) 100 illustrations from photographs Edition Note(s): o Title Page: Dated 1910 o Copyright: September, 1910 Reference(s): Arctic Bibliography 13230 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Blue cloth Size: ~9.5in X 7in (24.5cm x 17.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 41585 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$937.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. xxxii, 373; large folding map printed in color at the back; color frontispiece and 7 other color plates; 100 other illustrations, mostly from photographs, on plates; original pictorial blue cloth, t.e.g.; a fine, bright copy and unusual thus. This is the narrative of Peary's final expedition to the Arctic which culminated in the attainment of the North Pole, a discovery now discredited. Credit is now generally given to the Minnesota insurance salesman, Ralph Plaisted (1927-2008) and his three companions, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, who were the first to succeed in a surface traverse across the ice in a Ski-Doo snowmobile (a then-novel invention of Canada's Bombardier Company) to the North Pole on 19 April 1968, making the first confirmed surface conquest of the Pole. Arctic Bibliography 13230.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto, xxxii, 373pp. Publisher's blue cloth, pictorial front cover, gilt title on spine. Stated "second edition" on title page. Top edge gilt. Complete with 8 color plates, hundreds of black and white photographs and large fold-out map at rear. Light rubbing to edges, loss of gilt at bottom of spine, bright illustrations and coloring on front cover. Inscribed by Robert E. Peary on the front free endpaper: "To Edward A. Carruthers, with best wishes of R.E. Peary. - Apr. 12th '17." Book contains an introduction by President Theodore Roosevelt. This book recounts the voyage of Rear Admiral Robert Peary in his quest to be the first person to reach the North Pole. An attractive copy.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1815.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. A copy WITH WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION MATERIAL. At the front of the book is tipped in an original photograph of Ootah, the Eskimo who had accompanied Peary on his 1906 travels nearest the pole and had reached the pole with Peary on the expedition which is recorded in this volume. Peary had spent 30 hours at the North Pole accompanied by Ootah and a few other Eskimos. With 8 full-page color illustrations, 100 black and white illustrations from photos, and a large folding color map at the rear. Large 8vo, publisher's original navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover which also features a pictorial vignette in gilt, white, blue, gray and red, t.e.g. xxxii, 373 pp. A handsome copy, the interior very fresh and clean, the cloth bright and clean and well preserved. A very interesting 1953 owner's notation on the front blank regarding an original photograph tipped in of Ootah, the Eskimo who accompanied Peary on his travels to the North Pole. A HANDSOME COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, WITH FINE ASSOCIATION MATERIAL. Peary, of course, was the first to reach the North Pole, and this is the account of his expedition. Along with Amundsen's THE SOUTH POLE, this work represents the culmination of centuries of man's attempt to reach, literally, the ends of the earth. "Commander Peary has made all dwellers in the civilized world his debtors; but, above all, we, his fellow Americans, are his debtors" (-from the introduction by Roosevelt).
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
PEARY, Robert E.. North Pole. Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary. , 1910.
Price: US$4125.00 + shipping
Description: PEARY, Robert E. The North Pole. Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Club. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. xxxii,373pp. 8 color plates, 100 black and white illustrations from photographs; folding colored map. Small 4to. 3/4 crushed dark blue morocco and cloth, raised spine bands, compartments gilt, T.e.g. Fine. Arctic Bibliography 13230. One of 500 signed numbered copies. The "General Hubbard" edition of this narrative of Peary's final, and successful, expedition to the North Pole in 1908-09. Pinned to a rear endpaper is a typed letter signed from Peary dated 14 March 1911 to Mr. Charles Stanford authenticating the signature on the limitation page: "I have personally signed the autograph sheet of every volume of the General Hubbard edition that has been issued." This detailed account is lavishly illustrated with eight color plates "reproducing photographic enlargements colored by hand," an additional one hundred black and white illustrations from photographs, and a folding colored map. The narrative provides information on the expedition's organization, personnel, the voyage, interactions with Eskimos, hunting, sledging, and detailed account of the final march to the pole. The volume also includes an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and a foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Director and Editor of the National Geographic Society.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.