first edition Hard Cover
1910 · London
by Peary, Robert E.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hard Cover. Quarto. 315pp., with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, illustrated with 4 photogravures and 116 illustrations from photos, one large color folding map at rear; bound in green pictorial cloth, central gilt medallion featuring a bust of Peary, lettering gilt with border edges ruled in white, pictorial spine in white, lettered in gilt; rear board with a white polar bear. A very nice copy of one of the most important narratives of Peary's last expedition. Peary's record was disputed by Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have preceded him in 1908. Very good to fine. (Inventory #: 0861)