A Diary Kept While with the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896
signed first edition hardcover
1897
by HOPPIN, Benjamin
Privately Printed, 1897. First. hardcover. very good(-). Map frontispiece, one photo Illus. 83pp. 8vo, original green cloth, bottom corners very lightly bumped, front cover with small light dampstain. (N.p.: Privately Printed, 1897). First Edition Presentation copy, that is signed and dated from 1897. Author was Admiral Peary's mineralogist during the Arctic Expedition of 1896. Hoppin kept a day-to-day account of the voyage of the Hope, including scientific observations. Arctic Bibliography 7401 (Inventory #: 283234)