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London: Methuen, 1898. Hardcover. Fair. "With a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the "Saviksue," or Great Cape-York meteorites". Volume II of a two-volume set. Dark blue coverboards with gilt embossed lettering. Frontis portrait of Josephine Dietrich-Peary with glassine protective sheet. Top edge of text block is gilt. Cloth coverboards is worn at corners and head/tail of spine. Binding is loose. Many pages have check marks in pen in margins. Dates stamped on rear coverboard. Previous owners' names on front endpapers. Side and bottom edge of text block is rough-cut. Some light soiling on pages likely from page turning. Very richly illustrated with black and white photos, charts. Book is missing fold out map at rear and part of the index and rear endpapers. Still a decent reading copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Frederick A. Stokes, 1898-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 2 volume set. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. "With maps, diagrams, and about eight hundred illustrations." Contents: Part I. Reconnaissance of the Greenland inland ice, 1886; Objects and results of 1886 reconnaissance --Part II. North Greenland expedition of 1891-1892. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover. 2012 edition. As new copy of the two volume set.

Frederick A. Stokes. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Two volume set. 521,625 pages. Some cover wear and sunning. Volume 2 has green water stains down an inch and a half from the top edge for a couple hundred pages. 1914 reprint. .

Methuen 1898. THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt motif & gilt rule to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 625pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label & previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown,moderate foxing to prelims, previous moderate water damage to page tops causing sporadic adhesion/tearing, pgs 2-3 stuck together, cracks to gutters)

Frederick A . Stokes Company. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: Frederick A . Stokes Company, 1898. 1st edition. 2 volume set. 8vo Hardcover. 521; 625pp. B/W photos. Fair Set. Both volumes: Hinges cracked. Owner's name on front free endpaper. (exploration, arctic explorers, inuit, greenland, autobiography) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

New York, : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1898,. 230x175mm,. LXXX + XIV - 625Êpages, b/w photographs, editor's binding. Bel exemplaire. Book in good condition. 2846

London: Methuen & Co, 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First UK edition. Front hinge of each volume just beginning to weaken, boards lightly rubbed. 1898 Hard Cover. lxxx, 521; xiv, 625 pp. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt, Arctic motif on front boards. Peary's firsthand account of his two separate Greenland expeditions, with maps, diagrams, and about 800 illustrations. Five appendices follow text. Arctic Bibliography 13231: "Contents: v. 1, pt. 1 Reconnaissance of the Greenland inland ice, 1886 (Account of the man-drawn sledge trip east of Disko Bay to about 100 miles from edge of the icecap, coasting southeastern Nugssuak Peninsula and exploring glaciers). Pt. 2. North Greenland Expedition of 1891-92. (Account of the party's exploration from its base at McCormick Bay, determining the insularity of Greenland, delineating the northern extension of the icecap; its discovery of the ice-free land masses on the north coast; observations of… Leer más

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1898. First American Edition. Large Octavo. Author's first book, in two volumes, 521, 625pp., With a Description of the Little Tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the Most Northerly Human Beings in the World, and an Account of the Discovery and Bringing Home of the "Saviksue," or Great Cape-York Meteorites. with maps, diagrams and about eight hundred illustrations by photograph, bound in blue cloth lettered and stamped in white, spine lettering white, top edges gilt, all others uncut. Spine are faded with just bit of rubbing. The author states "This narrative has been written to supply a complete authentic record of my Arctic work.....and covers all my work. The reader will find no padding, no resumes of previous work nor constant reference to other explorers." A very good set.

Methuen & Co, 1898. Two volume set, octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontis, illus (1) lxxx + 521pp (2) xiv + 625pp; both VG (foxing to eps, light fading to spine, wear to cloth cover with slight fraying at spine edges, v light tanning (1) small chip to spine top)

Methuen & Co, 1898. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. 2 volumes, complete as issued. The first English edition (from American sheets). Attractively bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over red textured boards, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, edges speckled red (minor wear to bindings, corners a bit bumped). Profusely illustrated in b/w. PROVENANCE: engraved armorial bookplate in each volume of Wickham Noakes of Crofton Hall, from the noted brewing family, one-time High Sheriff of Surrey.

London: Methuen & Co, 1898. Hardcover; large 8vo/small 4to; 2 volumes. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles and silver illustrations on front. Rubbed corners and head/tail, fraying gently. Some tears in headcap. Some spotting on volume two's boards. Bright and clean interiors, many illustrations. Tissue guard of volume one's frontispice is slightly ripped. One signature, the final, from volume 2 is loose and shaken. Gilt on top. Hinges somewhat loose. Else VG/--. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1898. Vol. I. lxxx, 521 pp. Vol. II. xiv, 623 pp. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes. Octavo. Original white lettered and decorated blue cloth. Gilt top edges, others uncut. Spines rather sunned, as usual. One very small ownership rubber stamp on the free end papers. Some staining inside Volume II. Portrait frontispieces. Eight hundred illustrations from photos. Large folding map in Volume II. Overall, tight and clean copies in very good to fine condition. AB 13231. In two parts. Part I describes the 1886 man-drawn sledge journey east of Disko Bay to within 100 miles from the edge of the icecap. Part II recounts the North Greenland expedition of 1891 - 92. The volumes also detail the North Greenland expedition of 1891-92. Previously unexplored regions of the Inglefield Gulf and the Whale and Murchison Sounds were mapped. The summer voyages of 1896-97 recount the unearthing of meteorites at Cape York and Smith Sound. These copies come from the library of… Leer más

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo; frontispiece in each volume, large folding map, 1 folding panorama, 2 frontispiece portraits, nearly 800 illustrations throughout, primarily from photographs, many full-page; spine lightly sunned but generally a very good copy in original pictorial blue cloth, white lettering on spines and upper covers, t.e.g. Peary's firsthand account of his two separate Greenland expeditions. Contains much on the natives of northern Greenland and the expedition from McCormick Bay which determined the insularity of Greenland. Arctic Bibliography 13231.

London: Methuen and Co., 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No dustjacket. larger 8vo. Complete in two volumes: pp. lxxx, 521; xiv, 625. Bound in blue/gilt cloth, TEG, frontispiece portraits, front board silver vignettes still bright, spine extremities worn, some uncut pages, previous owner's attractive bookplate (E.C.Oakes), in both both volumes. Arctic Bibliography 13231 ""Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920), the distinguished American Arctic explorer, is usually credited as the first…