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Nearest the Pole; A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-06
by Peary, Robert E
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- Condition
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1907. First Edition. Very Good. [10.25x7.5in]; xx,411 pp., frontispiece color illustration from photograph, 97 illustrations and images on 32 double-sided plates, two color fold out maps at rear, index; Dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, stamped globe and borders with gilt and color eagle on front, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with fraying of corners and rubbing to all edges, faint age toning and some stain spots to text and frontispiece, offset darkening to front end paper from prior owner bookplate, bookseller stamp on rear end paper. [Arctic Biblio 13226]. Robert Peary [1856-1920] was an active arctic explorer from 1886 in visits and six organized expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic islands. This is a narrative of his fifth expedition and first attempt to reach the North Pole using the "Peary System" His ship, the Roosevelt, traveled through the Smith Sound - Robeson Channel to Cape Sheridan on North Ellesmere Is. to set up winter quarters. He apparently reached 87 30' which was not confirmed by navigation or diary notes. On the return trip he discovered Cape Colgate and claimed to see "Crocker Land" to the north west. Again notes from his diary dispute that claim and in other expeditions and flights, the land was nonexistent.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13837
- Title
- Nearest the Pole; A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905-06
- Author
- Peary, Robert E
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Arctic, Greenland BIBLIO-LIVE-4
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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