Peary, Robert E.

Nearest the Pole, A Narrative of the Polar Expedition to the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 - 1906.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. First edition. Hardcover. An account of Peary's expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way of the northwest coast of Greenland. 8vo, color frontis, xx, 411pp, teg, 2 color folding maps, b&w illus throughout. Full green crushed levant with gilt title, spine darkened to brown. Spine in six gilt-decorated compartments, raised bands. Internally, gilt dentelles at inside covers, and green marbled end papers. Arctic Bibliography 57770. A handsome copy. Very good. Item #12912

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