Book Description

First UK edition. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. [viii], xv-lxxx, 520 & xiv, 624; port. frontis. to each vol., numerous photo. illusts. throughout, folding panorama, large folding map to vol. II; previous owner’s inscriptions to flyleaf of each, minor spotting, else very good copy in original cloth with vignette to upper boards, gilt, t. e.g., a few minor marks but a handsome set.
Dealer Notes
Peary's reconnaissance of Greenland and the ice-cap station determined the insularity of Greenland and mapped the previously uncharted northern coastlines.
Author Peary, Robert E.
Date 1898
Binding Original cloth, gilt
Publisher London: Methuen & Co.
Condition See description
Pages pp. [viii], xv-lxxx, 520 & xiv, 624

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