Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 table Engraved titlepage and four other

Engraved titlepage and four other engraved vignettes

5 x 6 ins) pp x + 296

Extensive manuscript notes to endpapers and some markings made to text

Number 194 of an edition limited to 1

First Edition in the rather tatty dust-jacket

Nearest the Pole. A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 table Engraved titlepage and four otherLondon: Hutchinson, 1907. First UK Edition. Royal 8vo (28cm) Original black buckram, image of sledge team in gilt to upper cover, lettered in gilt; pp. xx, 412; coloured frontispiece, 98 photographic plates from the author's originals (in pagination), 2 colour printed folding maps; light wear to joints and edges, very few marginal spots to the text, a fresh copy. Peary's 1905 6 attempt on the North Pole by way of Smith Sound was sponsored by the Peary