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New York: The Viking Press, 1929. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and stamping to the front cover. Faded spine and worn edges. Rubbing or scuffing wear to the front cover. Small oval stain on the blank pages preceding the rear endpapers. The lower corner of the title page is torn away. 221 pages with Appendix (The Italia's Doom). Illustrated with black and white photos (all taken by the author with a few exceptions), including a frontispiece photo of the author, Einar Lundborg, Captain in the Swedish Air Force. Laid in is a promotional photograph of Lundborg with a typed piece of paper adhered to the bottom of the photo announcing the publication of his book and lecture-tour in America. The book is Lundborg's account of rescuing General Umberto Nobile and his crew of the Italian dirigible Italia after it crashed on an ice floe while returning from a polar flight of Arctic exploration. From the…
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The Arctic Rescue: How Nobile was Saved
de Lundborg, Einar; Translated by Alma Luise Olson
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FINDING THE NORTH POLE: Dr. Cook's Own Story of his Discovery, April 21, 1908 and The Story of Commander Peary's Discovery, April 6, 1909, Together with the Marvelous Record of Former Arctic Expeditions
de Cook, Dr. Frederick A. and Robert E. Peary, U.S.N.; Edited by Charles Morris; Introduction by George W. Melville
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W.E. Scull, 1909. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Embossed pictorial cloth covers, no dust jacket. Covers are darkened a bit and show rubbing wear. Tight, square binding. Clean interior. xii, [3], 17-448 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Contents by chapter title: I. The Dramatic Announcements of Cook and Peary, II. The Story of Peary's Great Exploit, III. Side-lights on the Peary Expedition, IV. Early Life and Experiences of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, V. Cook in the Antarctic and in Alaska, VI. Bradley's Account of the Cook Expedition, VII. Robert E. Peary, the Indomitable Polar Explorer, VIII. Peary Crosses Greenland, IX. Peary's Farthest North of 1905-6, X. Europe Gives Honor to Dr. Cook, XI. Receptions of Cook and Peary on American Soil, XII. The Controversy Between Cook and Peary, XIII. Interesting Scientific Work in the Arctic, XIV. Animals of the Arctic Region, XV. Terrors and Mysteries of the Polar Regions, XVI. The…
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