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AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928) and Lincoln ELLSWORTH (1880-1951). First Crossing of the Polar Sea. New York: George H. Doran, 1927.
8vo. Illustrated from photographs and maps. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine.
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ELLSWORTH. Ellsworth accompanied Amundsen to the North Pole on two separate expeditions, and in 1935, Ellsworth discovered the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica that would soon be named the Ellsworth Mountains.
[With:] AMUNDSEN and ELLSWORTH. Our Polar Flight. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. FIRST EDITION.