The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
de Peary, Robert E
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910. Original dark blue cloth, gilt embossed titles on spine and front board, embossed color illustration on front board of polar explorer holding flag, top edge gilt, (9.75 x 7 inches). First American Edition (published "September, 1910" stated on copyright page). 373 pages with Appendices and Index; illustrated with 8 full-page plates reproducing photographic enlargements colored by hand; 100 illustrations in black-and-white from photographs and with fold-out map at rear in colors by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, including tissue-protected color frontis. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and Foreward by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. Peary was a famous Arctic explorer and allegedly the first explorer to successfully reach the North Pole by applying the methods and customs of the Eskimo. Showing just light wear and rubbng to exterior, internally clean. A collectable copy with the fold-out color map at rear. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Tall Octavo.
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- Título
- The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
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- Peary, Robert E
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- First American Edition
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- Frederick A. Stokes
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- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1910
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- Tall Octavo
- Palabras clave
- Polar Exploration; North Pole
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