PEARY, Robert E. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt

The North Pole

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1910. First American Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor. 4to. Pp. xxxii, 373. Appendices. Index. Top edges gilt. Color frontis., seven color plates, 100 b/w illustrations, large folding map at rear. Illustrated blue cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate shadow on front pastedown, light pencil marginalia, light wear to extremities and spine ends. Very Good+. Item #13458

Peary's dramatic account of the organization and execution of his 1908-09 expedition. His claim to be the first to reach the pole is still debated.

Price: $150.00