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[Polar Exploration] Peters, William; John A. Fleming (ed.) The Ziegler Polar Expedition: 1903–1905 Anthony Fiala, Commander; Scientific Results Obtained under the Direction of William J. Peters. Washington, DC: The National Geographic Society by the Estate of William Ziegler, 1907. First edition. Original dark green cloth titled in gilt and ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, green endpapers. Illustrated with black & white photographs, numerous scientific charts, color plates of the auroras, and color maps + three folding maps housed in pocket at rear including part of Franz Josef Archipelago, map of the North Pole Regions, and a map of Franz Josef Archipelago compiled from surveys of the Ziegler Polar Expeditions. Included with a Ziegler estate card and part of the original mailing envelope addressed to a professor at Cal Berkley tipped-in to front fly leaf. 4to. Lower corners bumped, contemporary ownership signature and date above title; contents and maps fine.